How It All Began

"I'm Severus Snape. What's your name?" - he enquires, his voice just as dead and calculating as his eyes had been a few moments ago, but there's a hint of uncertainty in his tone, and she smiles at him, not because she feels compelled to do so, but because it has become a habit, and she grins wider as she feels his grip relax around her fingers. "I'm Lily Evans. Nice to meet you."