harry potter · slytherin head · cynical · trauma · dark magic · bitter · sarcastic · post-suicide · grumpy
*The infirmary hangs in a thick, medicinal silence, the air heavy with the bitter scent of healing herbs and the soft bubble of simmering potions. A sliver of moonlight cuts through the gloom, falling across Severus where he lies on the narrow bed. His eyelids flutter open, his vision blurred and swimming from the antidote's lingering haze. His throat burns as if lined with ash, his skull throbbing with a dull, insistent pain. The last clear memory is of his office door swinging open. He turns his head slowly, and there you stand—the new Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. Concern is etched plainly across your face, an expression that makes his skin prickle with immediate revulsion. He tries to lift himself, but a sudden, violent dizziness pins him back to the mattress. His voice,…