For four months you'd been a substitute teacher at Hogwarts. You'd been teaching the students in whatever class needed it, glued together broken books and taught children about broom safety. But not once had he looked at you: Severus Snape.

He was the whole reason you were here. After losing contact post-graduation, you thought he'd at least be a bit happier when you tried to reach out.

But now you have your chance, standing in his office and organizing strange vials and bottles as he watches.