[HP] Can you be gentle with me

Still sunny, the day seemed ordinary, especially to Snape - it was no different from countless days in the past.

No, maybe there is a little difference...

The impatient and impolite knock on the door made him frown even more because of correcting the students' homework.

"Come in."

As if he was waiting for the word he said, when the door opened, a figure stumbled in. He seemed to be panting, and there was a faint blush on his cheeks, but this could not be regarded as why the person in front of him would have The reason for such a rash move.

"Draco." He raised an eyebrow. "Perhaps I should talk to your father sometime about your... rash behavior—"

To his surprise, Draco didn't show a panicked expression because of his words, on the contrary, he took a few deep breaths, and after breathing smoothly, he spoke.

"Professor...she...she's awake."

Not expressing anything about Snape's frozen body for a moment, Draco continued.

"Tahlia is awake, sir."

Ink was scattered all over the table, and even a big puddle of black juice could be seen on the ground, but the owner here didn't even bother to clean it up. There is a mess in the office papers, and the student papers that have long been illegible.

The mood became more and more disturbed as the distance from St. Mungo's got closer. Although Snape came over once a day, this time was different.

He didn't know what to say after facing Tahlia.

He was mortified now that he had been praying for Tahlia to wake up all the time, but had never taken the time to organize what he wanted to say to her.

All the complex emotions in my heart are entangled together, guilt, reluctance, admiration...

And of course, love.

Finally reaching the door of the ward, Snape lost the courage to open the door.

This flimsy door is like a high wall in his eyes at this moment, and he can't get over it no matter what──

The door was suddenly opened, and the two who could see each other clearly stood awkwardly looking at each other because they lost the barrier of the door.

It is rare that there is no tit for tat when they meet.

Snape had no urge to hex him, and the man had no reluctance to punch him first.

"How's she?" Snape started after a while.

The black-haired man in front of him was taken aback for a moment, then looked away, this action made Snape feel a little uneasy...

"She..." The man opened his mouth, but did not continue. "...Go and see for yourself." After saying that, he turned slightly sideways so that Snape could enter the ward.

Tahlia sat on the bed.

Her whole body was bathed in the morning light coming in from the window, and Snape, who had just walked in, couldn't bear to be broken by the sight, and stood at the door blankly, looking at her.

For a moment, he seemed to only see the woman sitting there, and the therapist who was busy beside him did not exist at all.

"You shouldn't want to stay here any longer, Snape."

Because of Black's words, he finally took a step, approached slowly, and finally stood beside her, and the door of the ward was closed by Black who had already left.

"Tahlia?"

There was no response, she was still staring blankly ahead.

"Tahlia?" he called again, and took her hand.

Still no response.

What was wrong with Black just now came back to Snape's mind, and he had never felt so terrified.

It was impossible for Tahlia to be unresponsive to his yelling, and even in the days before, she would have cast a glance, albeit a cold one, when she heard his voice.

"What's the matter with her?" Turning his head, he asked accusingly.

It seemed that the therapist was taken aback by Snape's tone, and stood aside with his mouth open, unable to say anything for a moment.

"answer me."

The therapist swallowed. "I...we don't know what's going on...Miss Watson woke up this morning like this, no matter what we do, she doesn't respond at all, it's like... like—" He hesitated For a moment, muttering under his breath. "...been kissed by a dementor──"

"Shut up!" Snape yelled.

The therapist immediately shut up and stood aside in bewilderment, not daring to say anything to the furious Snape.

"How dare you say such a thing?" Snape was obviously angry, and he didn't want to suppress his anger at all. "It's impossible for her to touch the dementors!"

Besides, Tahlia's soulless...he couldn't imagine it at all.

The therapist felt extremely wronged.

Everything about Miss Watson was exactly the same as that of the person who had received the kiss of the dementor, with empty eyes, no reaction to the outside world, and only the minimum survival instinct like a walking dead-this simply made them unbelievable.

After all, as Professor Snape said, she hadn't had any contact with dementors at all this year.

"Tahlia." Snape turned his head and called again, unwilling to give up.

Then the scene in front of him completely chilled his heart.

Tahlia's hand was already reddened by his clenched fist just now because of anger, but she still didn't respond, she couldn't even feel the pain, she didn't move, and looked ahead quietly.

It was like her soul literally disappeared.

Suddenly, her eyes shifted.

Snape had a feeling that the next second she'd be looking at him, smiling to herself, saying she was just kidding, she was fine-

But he was wrong again.

Tahlia's eyes moved back and forth, as if looking for something, but those eyes never stayed on Snape, and finally, she finally found her target, a glass of water on a low table not far away.

She stood up slowly, walked there slowly, slowly picked up the cup, slowly drank in her mouth, and then slowly sat down on the small sofa beside the low table.

Again there was no movement.

"Merlin, this is incredible!" the therapist exclaimed suddenly.

He finally saw the difference between Miss Watson and those who had received the Dementor's Kiss.

To put it simply, once you have received the dementor's kiss, you probably won't be able to do anything other than breathe, and even need the help of others to eat──

But just now, after feeling thirsty, Miss Watson moved to the only water source in the room by herself, and was even able to drink the glass of water without the help of others, which proved that she could not feel nothing—at least she could After seeing the furnishings in the room clearly, we also maintain a basic understanding that there is water on the table.

"Mr. Snape," he said. "I think we have to start working on how to cure Miss Watson."

Clearly, however, they were overly optimistic from the start.

Years passed, and still no one could figure out a way to break Voldemort's curse, and Tahlia was still alive, unresponsive, yes, just alive.

Snape was going crazy.

The one she loves is by her side, but she can no longer talk to herself, she can no longer smile to herself, she can no longer respond to him.

He became more gloomy and more reticent, and even though the kid Tahlia had brought back was in school and was a genius in Potions, and everyone thought it was his son, it didn't cheer him up.

The kid was always staring at Snape angrily, as if he was his biggest enemy, but Snape didn't have the energy to do anything to the kid, it should be said, even if he called him to question him, it was useless, because that The child never said a word to him, even though he was his dean, or rather, his father.

Then the kid graduated and started writing books, not Lockhart's kind of storybooks without IQ, but research books that really explore the theory of magic. That kid is just like Tahlia, who is very good at studying and researching. The difference is that the kid is really good at What is potion.

But once he graduated, he never touched potions again, like it was just a tool for him to pass the graduation threshold, and once he graduated, he didn't need to study it again.

Snape said nothing about it, the kid still didn't say a word to him, and Tahlia showed no signs of recovery.

Then, the child got married, to a Muggle girl, who had the same freckles as Tahlia, but Snape thought that, other than that, the girl was nothing like her.

He still doesn't know what the boy's voice sounded like, but he'll never forget Tahlia's laugh, even if it's been a while since he heard it.

It didn't take long for the child to have a child of his own, but Snape wasn't even a little happy that his blood was being passed on, and his only wish was to see Tahlia turn back at his call again.

On the night of June 2025, 6, Snape brought a big cake and appeared in front of Tahlia.

The years didn't seem to have left many traces on her face, but he knew she never cared about this kind of appearance... except maybe her height──he couldn't help smiling.

"Happy birthday, Tahlia."

The next day, when the therapist came for a routine checkup, they found Snape in the ward, eyes closed and not breathing, just like Tahlia who was sitting motionless beside him.

Tahlia Watson, born on June 1960, 6, who was once considered the most notorious Death Eater, was cursed by the mysterious man in the last battle, and died on June 19, 2025 at the age of 6.

Severus Snape, born on January 1960, 1, the famous master of potions, known for improving wolfbane potion, professor of potions at Hogwarts, died on June 9, 2025, at the age of 6.