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sᴇᴠᴇʀᴜs. ([personal profile] darkart) wrote 2014-11-06 04:38 am (UTC)

For a little while it seems like Severus hasn't heard Lily. He carries on staring at her as though she hadn't said anything, like maybe her answer is so ludicrous or painful that he's incapable of even hearing it, much less processing it. As it does sink in - her words, the way she looks away, her voice, the implication on her whole life and her baby - Severus's eyes change, black going darker, tension flinching over his eyes and brow like frost snapping into place.

It's small. But it's there.

And now it's his turn to stand up. Severus doesn't pace but once, twice, waiting with one hand on his hip and the other over his mouth, turned away from Lily. Like his honest reaction might hurt her by accident, that even if James is the target she might be stuck in the crossfire or emotional blast zone simply because Severus is here, feeling, breathing.

He is so angry.

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