[HP] Can you be gentle with me

Severus Snape stood in front of a large stone table, staring intently at the cauldron that was emitting thick smoke in front of him. The whole space seemed to be filled with a damp smell. The room was very dark, with almost no sunlight coming in. The only source of light was the door behind Snape Faint candles on the side wall, but apparently that didn't stop him from staying here—

In fact, he had been in this small room for nearly five hours, not for anything else, just for the potion in front of him.

Throwing down the last ingredient, the potion in the crucible instantly turned bright red, and at first glance it was thought to be blood──

Snape sneered.

The one who drank blood... himself?

At least it's quite vivid.

Turning off the fire, Snape stood quietly, waiting for the pot of liquid to cool, then it was a success, and he was able to achieve his—

The sudden ringing of the doorbell interrupted his thoughts.

Snape's face was dark, and when he walked out of the room he had been in for a long time, he couldn't help but teach the person who rang his doorbell a lesson in his mind, and there was definitely only one person who interrupted him without knowing what to do at this time It should be said that there is only one person who knows where he lives and who dares to come here.

She yanked the door open, and sure enough...

Squinting at the visibly startled Tahlia outside the door. "I thought you would at least send a message first." He said unkindly.

"Uh..." Tahlia shrank back guiltily. "I thought, if I told you first that I was coming, you would find an excuse to avoid—"

Snape's mouth twitched. "I don't have time to do that, Tahlia." As he spoke, he took a few steps back very slowly, seeing Tahlia still standing at the door hesitating, he spoke impatiently. "Do you still want me to ask you to come in?"

"No—" Tahlia said quickly, walking quickly into the house.

Although she had known that Snape lived here, this was the first time Tahlia had entered the house, and she had mostly just stood at the door and glanced inside.

And now there is only one thought in her mind——

It turned out that Snape had been living in such a dilapidated environment.

If it weren't for Snape himself standing here right now, the house would look almost uninhabited, with a thick layer of dust on the floor, and even the furniture, except for a chair that looked like Snape used to sit on it. It was clean, the curtains were drawn, resulting in dim light in the room, almost none of the dishes in the cupboard were complete, a few glasses were placed in a mess on the table, and several empty wine bottles were scattered on the ground beside it, as if they had been It has been there for a long time, and even the wine bottle is gray with dust.

"You..." She stared blankly at the inside, and it took a long time before she could say a word. "Have you thought about tidying up the house?" She couldn't stand the dust in her small apartment when she came home, and the level of mess in front of her really shocked her.

"If you're not satisfied, you can leave, I didn't ask you to stay here—" Snape said coldly, ignoring Tahlia, and walked straight to the door in a corner of the living room, where the potion should have cooled down.

"I didn't mean that—" Tahlia hurried to follow. "It's just... living in such an environment is not good for your health──"

"Sounds like you care..." Snape said casually, pushing open the door and walking in first.

Tahlia, who followed behind, took some time to adjust to the dim lighting in the room, and found that Snape was already holding a bottle of potion he had just filled, staring blankly at it.

"What's that?" she asked.

Snape stood upright, holding the potion firmly, watching it seem to be making up his mind, and after a long time, he spoke slowly. "Hope and disillusionment." Then, he took a deep breath. "I don't think you've heard of this..."

No, she has heard of it──It should be said that she has the impression that she has seen...Hope and Disillusionment...Hope...and Disillusionment──

disillusioned!

The contents of a piece of parchment suddenly appeared in my mind.

And the words described in the back greatly impacted her brain──It can make the user realize the hope in his heart...contradictory...disillusion──

Did Snape want to drink that potion?

He definitely longed for Lily to be alive, but there was no magic that could bring people back to life in this world, and neither did potions!

It represented Snape's desire at odds with reality, and that would lead to—

destroy.

"You can't drink it!" yelled unconsciously, stopping Snape's attempt to drink the potion.

Snape's hand holding the potion was still in mid-air, but he had no intention of continuing for the time being, and glared at the person in front of him displeased. "What did you say?"

"I said," Tahlia took a deep breath. "You can't drink that potion—and even if you did, Lily wouldn't show up—" She couldn't bear to say that, and it was the first time since Snape ordered her not to mention Lily. He mentioned the name Lily to his face.

Sure enough, Snape's face turned extremely ugly in an instant, he didn't say anything, just looked at Tahlia coldly, extremely cold.

"I remember I said..." He spoke slowly, but his soft tone made people feel creepy. "Never mention Lily's name in front of me—"

"But I still have to mention it." Tahlia continued as if she was going all out. "You clearly know the description of this potion──what you desire is contrary to reality, and completely destroyed... That's what it says on the parchment──"

A flash of surprise flashed across Snape's face, as if surprised that Tahlia knew the potion had even seen the parchment. "So what?" he said. "Maybe I don't care about...destruction." Especially now that he has reached his destination, he has no nostalgia for this world.

"But I..." Tahlia was about to say something, but it was too late──

Snape had already raised his head, gulping down the bright red potion.

Nothing happened.

Snape stood straight, staring blankly at the door past Tahlia, as if hoping that in the next second, a red-haired woman would open the door and walk in, smiling at him. "Long time no see, Severus."

But no.

It's exactly what Tahlia said--contrary to reality.

Lily won't be coming back...

And Tahlia—

He stared angrily at the worried woman in front of him.

Why worry?

Snape only felt that the expression looked unusually dazzling, and it also stimulated his heart abnormally.

"You..." He opened his mouth and found that his voice suddenly became hoarse, which made him feel very inexplicable.

"How do you feel?" Tahlia asked cautiously, she didn't know what the potion meant to be completely destroyed, she only knew one thing now, this potion didn't make Lily appear in front of Snape .

"You killed her──" Snape's expression looked even more terrifying, and then he strode forward, and after Tahlia subconsciously backed away and felt her back touch the wall behind him, Snape followed suit, condescending He looked at her coldly.

Tahlia had never been so close to Snape's station, they had sat next to each other on the train before, but that was because there was not much room in the compartment at that time, and her heartbeat began to accelerate uncontrollably again, Even Snape's expression didn't look kind at all.

Sure enough, in the next second, she fell into the discomfort of suffocation...

Because Snape had already reached out and grabbed her neck tightly.

"Ahem..." Tahlia began to struggle subconsciously, but this didn't make the man in front of her relax. She felt dizzy, and the tightness in her neck made him unable to breathe. Although that feeling was uncomfortable, it was far away. Can't compare to the sadness in my heart.

Snape still wanted to kill her, even though they had been able to get along peacefully before.After having a glimmer of hope, at this moment, she was slapped heavily again, and the pressure on her neck was reminding her of this fact──

About what Snape had said, he'd never forgive himself for the fact.

However, after she gradually gave up struggling, Snape's hand also slowly relaxed...

Snape wanted to kill the woman in front of him, and he actually took action, which was not like his usual behavior, he should not have done such an out-of-control behavior, choking someone to death with his bare hands.

However, when he saw the desperate struggle of the woman imprisoned by him, a strange emotion rose in his chest, no, it shouldn't be strange... It's just that he hasn't felt it for a long time, a very long time.

He thought that this feeling had long since disappeared, but he never thought that one day it would reappear, and at this moment──

So it didn't disappear... it was just buried deep within myself?

Snape lost his mind.

I also forgot to continue to exert force on my hand.

And when he saw the tears falling down Tahlia's cheeks due to the discomfort of being choked just now, an impulse rose from the bottom of his heart—an impulse to reach out and stroke them away.

He didn't have time to stop himself, and when he reacted, he had already acted, wiping the tears off Tahlia's face, and she stared at him with wide eyes.

Tahlia couldn't comprehend the current situation at all. One second ago, she was ready to let Snape kill her, but in the next second, he suddenly stopped trying to kill her, even, almost Gently stroked his face.

She stared blankly at Snape, overwhelmed by the sudden strange look on his face.

Then, his face enlarged instantly, and before Tahlia could say anything, she felt something touch her lips──

It happened so suddenly, and Tahlia didn't have time to think about what caused the situation. At this moment, his mind was filled with one sentence——

Snape kissed her...

It seemed a long time passed, Tahlia had completely lost the sense of time, and Snape slowly backed away...

"What did you do..." he said in a hoarse voice, just now that strange emotion completely dominated all his senses, and he discovered with horror that he had no way to control his actions.

"I…" Tahlia opened her mouth, and the words came out.

She obviously did nothing...

"Damn—" Snape cursed one last time, lowering his head again under Tahlia's blank gaze, blocking his slightly parted, red and swollen lips.

I don't know when and where the wind came in, blew out the only candle in the room, and at the same time completely plunged the already dark space into darkness.