Severance Snape

Severance Snape I am Potions Mistress at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, skilled and trained in a variety of difficult skills as well as complex academia, and of very little tolerance for those who waste my time. [Track: severancesnape]

[licnbcrn]

"No, don’t be," Lily rushed out, trying to salvage the situation, though, to be honest, she didn’t know why. 

"I didn’t mean to—I mean, I don’t—I’m sorry, Severance.” Sorry that she’d ever given the minute impression that that was anything she’d ever wanted. She’d heard the rumors spread about them, of course; kids were cruel. But, she never thought about Severance like that. 

[the-potionsmistress]

Severance felt her dark locks become heavier. She could not bring her gaze up to meet Lily, and she could not bring her ears to listen to the Gryffindor's hasty apology. A single tear threatened to spill onto her sallow cheek, and Severance felt a stirring of anxiousness, embarrassment, and suffocation. 

She backed up, bumping into several of her peers as she moved. She still did not reach the green eyes of her once-friend; she had to leave.

[the-potionsmistress]

"Ah, and I meet the infamous Severance Snape at last." William said with a smile.

“Infamous,” she scoffed, though her voice was heavy and dark. She narrowed her dark brows. “Why is it you speak lowly of me, Riddle?”

[williamjriddle]

"It was not meant as a disrespect. You are well known for being.. what is the word, diligent in your duties, and you never miss your mark. That would lead me to believe you would prefer infamy instead of fame." William told her, watching the woman cautiously, seeing as he had somehow managed to get to a bad foot already. 

[the-potionsmistress]

"I do not care for your pitiful excuses," Severance hissed, eyes glowering and teeth bared. She stalked closer to William, the contorted tenseness in her face beginning to relax and fade into a sheer, pallid canvas. 

"For what reason have you," she paused and quirked a brow, "graced my presence?"

[the-potionsmistress]

FIFTY FOLLOWERS FOR SEVERANCE!                 [ She is growing up so quickly.]

[the-potionsmistress]

She basked a broken smile  of descending gleam and glossy teeth, though I am in shadow; and I thought for a moment two brazen lips could meld and stitch the raggedy tears between the flesh of our fingers; and now I know, as summer's snow, that I am still nothing.

[licnbcrn]

Lily’s eyes widened, green eyes blinking rapidly at the pressing of her ex-mate’s lips, before she pulled away, face heating, hands running roughly through her hair. She glanced around the crowded room; a few onlookers gazing their way. 

"I—er—-" When had it become ok to do that? When had Severance thought that it was ok? They were practically sisters, or had been, and sisters didn’t kiss. 

[the-potionsmistress]

Severance realigned her spine, the sight of her mortified once-friend sobering her greatly. Her eyelids fell closed, dark and heavy. She sighed, feeling lost and shameful. 

"I'm sorry," she whispered once more.

[thelittlelilyevans]

Green eyes widening at the sight of the rabbit, Lily’s mouth fell open. “They’re wonderful,” she whispered, grinning from ear to ear. “Can I really hold one? They look so sweet.”

[the-potionsmistress]

Severance smiled with malignant sweetness and directed her eyes towards a small, spotted rabbit  that had begun to rise. The bunny let out several desperate squeaks before it levitated affront Lily. 

"Hold him right where his stomach is, Lily," she directed, hair drooping over her forehead.

[licnbcrn]

“‘Course I know,” the ginger nodded solemnly, though, to be honest, she’d forgotten exactly what they were talking about. Potions? No, that didn’t seem right. She shivered at the draft that came through an open window, moving her hair out of her eyes. 

"What’re ya talkin’ about?" she asked, hearing but not catching the raven haired girl’s words. 

[the-potionsmistress]

Severance reached her lengthy fingers and brushed Lily's jawline before allowing her hand to settle. Without a clear though, her lips conjoined to the Gryffindor's, a gentle alignment of mouths. She did not force the kiss, but let it linger for that moment. 

[the-potionsmistress]

"Ah, and I meet the infamous Severance Snape at last." William said with a smile.

“Infamous,” she scoffed, though her voice was heavy and dark. She narrowed her dark brows. “Why is it you speak lowly of me, Riddle?”

[licnbcrn]

Lily stifled a giggle at the tickling breath against her skin, before frowning slightly. 

"I know ya are," the ginger admitted, nodding. Of course Severance was sorry; she hadn’t meant to say what she did. But, unfortunately, she meant it, thought it. Even drunk, Lily knew that. She was just a mudblood, after all. 

[the-potionsmistress]

"Ya- you know?" Severance blinked, but did not distance herself from the ripe curve of Lily's cheek. She inhaled sharply, feeling enriched with possibility, though it was merely alcohol and a light draft. 

"It can all be the way it was," she murmured, more to herself than the green-eyed teenager beside her. "Or better." She had the sudden inclination to kiss Lily Evans.

[the-potionsmistress]

"I have always wondered, Severance. Are you queer?"

Severance met her Lord’s forceful gaze from the corners of her eyes, and forced a dry swallow. She fixed her posture and turned to meet him fully. 

"I would not label myself as such, no, My Lord." The titles were standard.

[licnbcrn]

Lily loosened the collar of her shirt a bit, glancing at some of the other patrons who jostled beside the two. She had trouble picking out what Severance had said among the conversations of everyone else. 

"Fer wot?" she slurred, turning her gaze back to her former friend. 

[the-potionsmistress]

"I- I want to know you now," She confessed, forgetting a transition of words. Severance leaned into Lily, so their cheeks brushed and her thin lips rest just beyond the ginger-haired's ear. Severance exhaled slowly, her breath circling the bare skin of Lily's head. 

"'M sorry for it all."

[licnbcrn]

Why do you have Lily flirt/have sex with with other men, when she obviously ends up with James?

A symphony in three parts: 

Part I: 

James Potter was in love with Lily Evans. LILY EVANS DIDN’T EVEN LIKE JAMES UNTIL SEVENTH YEAR. Is she supposed to be this quaint little virginal prude until she likes him or something? She spends nine months (roughly) out of the year in a castle with hormonal teenagers, and in in the house most notorious for rule breakers. I think not. 

Part 2: 

This is RP land, which basically gives me the right to play my character how I see fit. AKA, if she wants to shag every man in the castle, she can shag every man in the castle, and she doesn’t have to end up with James Potter. 

Part 3: 

Do you go round asking this to all the James Potters out there with other ships that don’t include Lily Evans, or is it different somehow when it comes to him? 

[the-potionsmistress]

[Ah, but you've forgotten that James owns Lily.]

[licnbcrn]

"Please, you know almost everything, Sev. More than most people, except for me, naturally." Her voice was lighthearted and bubbly, mostly due to the alcohol, the inebriation that threatened to overwhelm her. It was odd, how a bit of liquor could make people forget bad blood. 

Literally, it seemed. 

[the-potionsmistress]

Her eyes shifted from the lips of her childhood best friend, to her irises, fresh with mint. Severance's breathing hitched, suddenly it was warm; her sallow cheeks flushed a faint pink.

"I'm sorry," she murmured, before she could catch herself.

[bluejaysong]

Loving me is asking for disaster.

six words; forty-seven. (via jackofspadesx)

[licnbcrn]

"I don’t change my mind easily; you know that Sev," Lily gave her a wicked grin, all that had happened between them momentarily forgotten in the drunken haze that was this night. 

“‘Sides, he’s still a prat.” 

[the-potionsmistress]

"I feel as though I know nothing, Lily," she expressed with a long sigh. Severance reached out to the wall in order to stabilize her equilibrium. She hadn't meant to impose on the green-eyed Lioness, but as her eyes unveiled from two pallid lids, Severance realized the closeness. 

Lily had always had  a softness to the curve of her lip.

[thelittlelilyevans]

After being silenced, that’s exactly what Lily did. She buttoned her lips shut and glanced anxiously in the direction her friend was looking, hoping to see at least something. “What is it?” she whispered, her voice no more than a murmur.

[the-potionsmistress]

"Rabbits," Severance whispered, exposing a coy smile and using magic to part the bush branches. Five bundles of black and gray huddled around a larger rabbit, who was watching the two girls cautiously. 

"You can hold one, if you want," Severance tempted.

[the-potionsmistress]

[I am willing, and eager, to add up to three more threads on this account, if anyone is interested.]