When snow falls from the sky, you can stretch out your hand and almost touch these dancing spirits of winter. But when I really reach out, trying to ignore the pain the cold causes as it touches my fingers, the snowflakes lose their beautiful shapes the instant they land, turning into colorless drops of water.
I think Severus and I are just like that. We want to be close, and we've already given things up, but the closer we get, the more the hurt grows.
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... Snape apologized, but Lily completely understood that he and she were different. So there is a big BUG.