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“ꜰᴏʀ ᴀꜱ ʟᴏɴɢ ᴀꜱ ɪ ᴄᴀɴ ʀᴇᴍᴇᴍʙᴇʀ, ʏᴏᴜ'ᴠᴇ ʙᴇᴇɴ ɢᴏɴᴇ. ɪ ᴡɪꜱʜ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴇꜱᴛ, ʙᴜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ᴅɪᴅ ᴍᴇ ꜱᴏ ᴡʀᴏɴɢ. ɪ ʜᴇʟᴅ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʜᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ɴɪɢʜᴛ ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴀɪᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ʟᴏᴠᴇᴅ ꜱᴏᴍᴇᴏɴᴇ ᴇʟꜱᴇ. ɪ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ᴇꜱᴄᴀᴘᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛʀᴜᴛʜ ᴏʀ ᴡʜᴀᴛ'ꜱ ʟᴇꜰᴛ ᴏꜰ ᴜꜱ“ Y/N and Severus were childhood friends. Before Hogwarts, before Slytherin, before Lily became the center of his world, there was Y/N. They grew up together, understood each other in a way few people ever did, and Y/N was one of the only people who could make Severus genuinely laugh. Then Hogwarts happened. Severus fell hopelessly in love with Lily Evans. Y/N watched it happen from the sidelines. “ᴅᴏ ɪ ᴡᴀɴɴᴀ ᴋɴᴏᴡ.. ɪꜰ ᴛʜɪꜱ ꜰᴇᴇʟɪɴɢ ꜰʟᴏᴡꜱ ʙᴏᴛʜ ᴡᴀʏꜱ? ꜱᴀᴅ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴇᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ɢᴏ… ꜱᴏʀᴛᴀ ʜᴏᴘɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ʏᴏᴜ’ᴅ ꜱᴛᴀʏ.” Severus has to confront an uncomfortable possibility: Maybe Lily was the love he spent his youth chasing… …but Y/N was the person he’d been missing all along.