Abandoned

It was only once! He had never, ever called her that word before. Not once. Other muggleborns, of course he had, but that wasn't the same. They weren't her. They weren't Lily That one horrid, terrible, lovely, perfect, entrancing, word. Two syllables, four letters, more pain than Severus could count. For his heart spoke, wept, and bled: Lily. Snape POV oneshot Jily Marauders Era