𝙷𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚜

𝚜𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚜 𝚜 - 𝚛𝚊𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚞𝚗𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚎

Summary: Severus had fallen in love with you. The only problem was you were none the wiser.

Warnings: mild bullying, flufffff

Recently things had been rough for Severus. His love for you was getting out of control, it was taking over his mind and his soul. You were everywhere.

Of course, you would be, you shared a lot of the same classes and your smile was so bright he was sure you could be at the other side of the castle and he'd catch a glimpse. He'd been doing that a lot recently, trying to catch a glimpse of you.

It started with him noticing the small skip in your step when you entered class, and then it was the way your laugh seemed to make his heart beat faster. Now he was at the stage where he'd look forward to seeing your face. You were a ray of sunshine among the dark and dreary life he was used to living.

He'd always hated other people. But you were just so happy all the time it was infectious. If only you knew how he felt. Right now all his feelings were in the confinement of his brain and his diary which was on him at all times. He truly was a schoolboy in love.

One Tuesday afternoon in Flitwick's charms class, Severus had sat at the back of the class like always. It seemed better to be out of the way from everyone, draw as little attention to himself as possible. This plan was destroyed however when Flitwick announced he'd be partnering people up for a project on superficial charms.

He'd zoned out completely until he heard his name being called, the one that followed made his heart completely stop.

"Snape and l/n..."

His ears burnt bright red and suddenly he felt completely exposed. Like you'd easily figure him out within seconds. The shock on his face turned to a cold stoic glance as you skipped over to him with that perfect adorable smile he cherished.

"Hi Severus..." you chided softly your eyes scanning his face. He was relieved to see you weren't upset to be partnered with him, his worst nightmare was to see a look of disgust on your pretty face.

"Hello..." he croaked out nervously. How was he meant to work with you if he couldn't even get one word out without making a fool of himself?

"I was thinking we could do the hair colour changer charm... it's one of the only ones I'm any good at, to be honest..." you chuckled softly. Your voice like honey to his ears.

"Okay.." he replied simply. He was going over all the conversations he could start as you jotted down notes and bullet points for the project. He tried to not come across as some freak who couldn't talk, but he didn't want to say something wrong and have you hate him.

Before he could however you had beaten him to it. "What's your favourite Colour Severus?" You asked softly, he didn't miss the mischief brimming behind your eyes.

"Black... or green perhaps.. how about yourself?" He asked, patting himself on the back for managing to not trip over his words and ruin any chance with you.

"I love yellow... being a Hufflepuff I guess that's rather stereotypical..."

Of course, your favourite colour was yellow. It made sense since you were the embodiment of it, bright and cheerful. He watched carefully as you brought out your wand and pointed it at him.

"What are you-"

Normally if someone had changed his hair colour he'd be embarrassed and angry. But seeing the joy on your face as you mastered the charm, he couldn't help but let a shy smile fall on his face, not before he changed your hair to a proud Hufflepuff yellow.

"Wow you're rather talented.." you commented fiddling with a lock of your hair with a grin.

Severus hated how his face heated up like the fireplace in the Slytherin common room. Instead of getting a chance to reply Severus was interrupted by a snigger to the left of him. He turned and saw James potter bent forward with a smirk on his face.