The First
Title: The First
Author: cruisedirector
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Challenge: #23 - Firsts (really late, sorry, forgot this was on my drive!)
"One."
It was not the answer Harry had been expecting when he had steeled himself and asked how many Severus had killed for the Dark Lord before he turned spy. He'd braced himself for dozens.
"Just one? Do you... regret it?"
"It was why I switched sides."
Harry's eyes widened. He had thought his mother's death sentence triggered Snape's defection. "You were close to this person?"
"I hardly knew the man. Nobody on either side was sorry when he died."
"Then why...?"
"It was my potion. An invisible killer. Despicable." Shaking his head, Severus muttered, "Dragon pox, at his age."
Author: cruisedirector
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Challenge: #23 - Firsts (really late, sorry, forgot this was on my drive!)
"One."
It was not the answer Harry had been expecting when he had steeled himself and asked how many Severus had killed for the Dark Lord before he turned spy. He'd braced himself for dozens.
"Just one? Do you... regret it?"
"It was why I switched sides."
Harry's eyes widened. He had thought his mother's death sentence triggered Snape's defection. "You were close to this person?"
"I hardly knew the man. Nobody on either side was sorry when he died."
"Then why...?"
"It was my potion. An invisible killer. Despicable." Shaking his head, Severus muttered, "Dragon pox, at his age."