Halloween Gift to Torino10154
Gift for: torino10154
From: theimpossiblegl
Title: Incomparable
Pairing: Harry/Severus
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Harry Potter isn’t mine. If it were, there’d be no epilogue!
Summary: Snape shares what he thinks of, when he visits Lily’s graveside each Halloween.
Notes: Many thanks to T for the beta skills extraordinaire, and thanks to our mods for hosting this fest!
“What do you think of when you go there every Halloween?”
Severus sighed and leaned back against his pillow. His reading glasses were perched high on his nose, and he pretended that the fog growing on the lenses was only from the change in position. Harry took the chance to lean against him, snuggling close. The space between the thin arm and chest felt like it was made for the young man, a thought that was never lost on either of them.
“I think, usually, that the damned groundskeepers never do their jobs. There are always leaves everywhere. Some of them are just as red and orange as her hair was. I think of the cup of tea I always take with me, and the pumpkin spice scone in my pocket that I always end up throwing to the birds. She would have loved them, but-“
Harry waited patiently for Severus to finish, stroking his chest in the way that always made the tension fall away from his very bones.
“I think of you.”
Harry stopped stroking. “Me?”
Severus sighed. “I think of how much she loved you. And I wonder if how I feel about you even compares.”