One-Shot. Lily/Severus. Severus Snape appears unexpectedly years after leaving Hogwarts to talk to Lily, who doesn't exactly welcome him with open arms.

Sometimes, things don't go according to plan. Sometimes, the course of love doesn't run smoothly. Narcissa Black didn't marry Lucius Malfoy because she loved him - she did it to please her parents. Sometimes, love can destroy you.

It is the summer of 1997,shortly after Dumbledore was brutally murdered by his trusted ally. Her family in more danger than ever, Molly must come to terms with their situation and her eldest son's predicament. This is her story, her song for the desolate.

Soon, soon. Soon he would be dead, gone from this world. He would no longer have to remember his terrible wrongs, that ate away at him, no longer have to live with the guilt of the people he had murdered in cold blood or driven to the edge of insanity.