Severus has been in a coma for three years. They have kept him from aging but he'll never get those years back. Slow burn, young Severus Snape.

Eileen kept his boy's identity secret from everyone, even Severus himself. She taught him how to hide and how to survive. Now, years after her death, everything starts to unravel. The story starts at the time of 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'. Creature Severus Snape, Elves.

Severus gets injured in the shrieking shack (his fifth year). While unconscious he witnesses some scenes from his future and realizes becoming a death eater wouldn't bring him power and glory but pain and servitude. He spends the rest of his schooling trying to shape a different future for himself. Alternative universe, Visions, Lily bashing, Fix-it, Slow build, Warnings are inside