Dear Severus Snape (Snarry Fanfiction)

Chapter Fifteen

Dear Severus Snape,

Perhaps you are right. Maybe I should see a healer. But I feel different now. Something about the last few weeks has changed me. Maybe it's because I've been enjoying working on Potions, maybe it's because Ron and Hermione are getting married, or maybe it's because George helped me figure out who I really am. Either way, I am not the same person.

I know you claim that you're not lonely. But I don't believe that. Not even a little. So I'm going to keep writing.

You said you were working on your hobbies. Besides Potions, what else do you like to do?

Sincerely,

Harry Potter

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Dear Mr. Potter,

You seem the same to me as you did a few weeks ago. You're still the same stubborn, stuck up Potter that I've always had to deal with. It takes a very long time for someone to truly change, if they are able to at all. I still suggest you see a healer, even if you do believe that you're fine now.

I cannot claim to understand why you are so determined to write to me. But I will humor you for a brief time, with the hopes that you will discontinue this foolishness.

My hobbies mostly revolve around Potions. I enjoy reading, and gaining more knowledge about Potions. I do occasionally read other things, but Potions are my main interest. I experiment often, now that I have the resources and so much free time.

As for your letters, you send them quite frequently. You claim that your goal is to stop me from being lonely, and to keep me from going insane. At the rate you're going, I will be insane by Christmas. Please refrain from contacting me so often. I am quite positive that one of your little Gryffindor friends would love to talk to you instead.

Sincerely,

Severus Snape

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Dear Severus Snape,

I'm not trying to drive you crazy. I'm just concerned, that's all. You're all by yourself. You need someone to check in on you occasionally. I don't think that writing a letter every other day will suffocate you like it claims to.

Besides, I have a feeling that you will come to enjoy writing to me. Maybe not this week. Maybe not this month. But mark my words, you will eventually look forward to receiving my letters.

I can't imagine focusing on just Potions for 4 months straight. Aren't you bored out of your mind? Don't you want to study something else?

Sincerely,

Harry Potter

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Dear Mr. Potter,

I actually scoffed out loud reading your letter. The day I look forward to your letters is the day that pigs will fly. As I have said before, I am an adult, and I can take care of myself. I do not need some know-it-all 17 year old checking in on me.

As for your question, I have not grown bored of Potions yet. Perhaps I would, if it wasn't for the experiments. I have been working on cures that have not yet been invented. It is incredibly interesting and time consuming work. But, I will admit, I don't know what good my Potions do if I cannot publish my findings. No one can know that I'm alive, and I hardly doubt anyone will believe you if you take the credit for inventing new Potions. Draco will certainly see right through you. That being said, there is no good way for me to publish my work, so I'm not sure why I continue to experiment.