When Unmasked.

[pekeleke]

Title: When Unmasked.

Rating : G.

Author: pekeleke

Word Count: 100

Challenge: Written for snarry_100 prompt challenge 368: Committed.

Warnings: None.

Disclaimer: Don't own these characters. No money is being made out of this work.

Summary: Harry Potter finally understands Severus Snape when he sees him without shields. Unmasked. Disarmed...

 

When Unmasked.

The first time I heard Snape's laughter it hit me like a punch between the eyes.
It left me reeling. Dazed. Horrified. It was bitterness turned sound.

The second time he cackled with such desperate hopelessness that I was instantly afraid.

Today he walked out of the courtroom, looked up towards the sky and laughed until he cried.
The sound was so warm, so vibrant, that I finally understood something crucial about him:
His Snape is like my Potter. Is the role he was committed to play.
Is a front. A shield. A lie. Is the mask that hides... Severus.

 

Comments

[lilyseyes]

Oh very nice!

[pekeleke]

Thanks! ;D