"Ancient Runes" a Severus Snape ff - Snape x OC

Chapter 35

Three weeks had already passed since the holidays had started. Three agonizingly long weeks and Severus still thought about Lysanna almost constantly. He had thought about sending her a letter, but what use would it have? She probably had too much to do anyway and besides, he wanted to forget about her and not start writing letters. It had been nothing more than a silly idea, a desire he was tempted to pursue. But no, he had to learn to control this desire, there simply was no other way. He was not allowed to weaken and give in.

The time spent in his parents' house hadn't had the desired effect so far, but at least he had some peace and quiet here and could stare at his books undisturbed. He actually wanted to read, but he usually couldn't get past a few lines because he was immediately caught up in thoughts of Lysanna. He missed her, missed her smile, her taunts, all of it. He wanted to have her with him, to look at her, to touch her, to love her. Yet again! It happened to him again and again that he gave himself up to this longing, that he thought of her enchanting blue eyes, of her scent, of how beautifully golden her hair shimmered in the light of the candles, of her elegant movements, that sparkle in her eyes. .

Severus! Discipline! He admonished himself.

He had expected it to be difficult, but he was still far from achieving any success at all. Severus sincerely hoped that he would be able to regain complete control of his thoughts by the start of the new school year.

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Lysanna was faced with the shambles of her life. At least it felt that way. She had lost everything that had been important to her. First and foremost, her work in the ministry and the man whose heart she had broken. Not a day went by without her thinking about him. She wondered how he was spending his holidays at Hogwarts. Entirely without any students he could ambush. The thought brought a smile to her face, but it immediately died when she realised that these thoughts weren't going to get her anywhere. Lysanna had nothing. It had been raining almost continuously for three days now and Lysanna's mood simply adapted to the weather. She spent most of her time alone in her apartment. She had tried to get in touch with her former colleagues, but for some reason none of them wanted to speak to her. Some even accused her of being responsible for everything. Lysanna knew only too well who was actually to blame for all of this. Even though no one had said anything like that to her, there was only one person capable of such a thing. Lucius Malfoy. She hated this man. Just everything about him and his family.

Tomorrow Lysanna had one last difficult task ahead of her. She had to return to the Ministry one last time. It was just a formality, it was just a matter of handing out the discharge papers. Throughout July, Lysanna had cut her overtime, so she was still officially employed at the Ministry, but tomorrow that would change. As of August 1st, Lysanna was officially unemployed. Not a pleasant thought. Albus's offer had been on her mind since the conversation with Theodore, but how ridiculous it would be if she simply showed up at Hogwarts again after the holidays. More importantly, how would Severus react? Even though it was her only option at the moment, Lysanna still hesitated. She would have loved to just talk about it with anyone. Her parents were travelling again, somewhere in the south of Asia, and Lysanna had little support to expect from them at the moment. Her aunt Minerva would probably tell Albus about everything straight away and that would put Lysanna under pressure.

There was only one person Lysanna would have wanted to talk to about something like this, but unfortunately that person was also the reason why she hesitated in the first place. A seemingly hopeless situation.

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When Lysanna set off for London the next morning, she expected the worst.

Terry greeted her with a sympathetic smile as she entered the ministry through the visitors' entrance. An absolute impudence, but her badge and all rights had already been taken away. Lysanna had no other choice.