THIS DEVIATION & DRABBLE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR DEATHLY HALLOWS - CONSIDER YOURSELF WARNED.






He stared up at the sky. It was that particular shade of turqoise that only came around once every few years (and he should know, he had done enough sky-watching in his time).

He had been there since early morning, preferring to be out of the house before Da was up. He could hear the cows ripping up grass from across the field, and somewhere nearby a bumblebee droned lazily. His stomach rumbled in response, it must be close to noon by now.

He desperately checked the position of the sun again. She wasn't going to come. He twisted the stem of the flower in his hand. Not that he expected her to anyway, he thought angrily to himself. Who'd want to be friends with him? Poor, dirty, freakish, nothing but trouble, that Snape boy.

He looked down at himself. His smock was stained and the pipes of his trousers tattered where he had tried to let the hem out a bit. He sighed... he didn't even want to be near himself.

He was about to scoop up his scuffed shoes and Da's old coat when he heard the pounding of running feet. His first instinct was to make a run for it - the village boys were merciless - but then that banner of red hair appeared from behind the hedge.

"Sev!" she cried, waving and smiling the way he imagined only best friends did.

He returned the smile shakily, holding up the wilted daisy hopefully.

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My first piece of fanart after completing DH. Although I know most of the Snape faction absolutely HATE the Snape/Lily connection, I think the childhood friendship is freaking adorable (but NOT the adult stalkery-obsession).

The deviation will be available as a print, in which case it is a picture of a dirty little boy who does absolutely NOT belong to one JK Rowling (who doesn't deserve him ANYWAY! ).

Image & text is copyright Blue Nadir (2007) - please do not alter or redistribute without express permission.

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