"…you may only have it at a price." Harry knew then that he was in serious trouble. AU -movie-verse.

"You're going to pay," said Malfoy in a voice barely louder than a whisper. "I'm going to make you pay for what you've done to my father…" AU, movie-verse.

That voice slithered through his ear to viciously coil in his belly. Merlin, Snape's voice could melt the sun. Harry felt his hands shake as he pressed them against the stone wall in front of him.

I feel a sense of freedom in writing what I could never say to your face. Forgive my 'appalling Gryffindor brashness' and this... my truest confession.