happy life?strange

When Joe entered the office again, he saw Severus sitting on the sofa, leaning lazily, drinking a Coke that someone had secretly slipped into his hand.Severus had already interviewed several people, and the energy he had finally accumulated was exhausted. He felt a little tired, and his fingertips began to gradually become numb.

"Joe, how many more?" Severus asked while drinking Coke. He really talked a lot, which made him a little irritated. Now he is not used to talking too much with people.

"Well, there's one more. Do you want to take a rest first? Your complexion is not very good." There was a faint red on your face when you entered the door in the afternoon, but now it is completely pale, as if after the sun has gone white snow.

"It's okay, there's one more anyway, just read it." Severus kind of wished it would be over quickly, and then he could rest for a while.

Lily knocked on the door anxiously, and heard the voice of the boy asking her to come in. The boy's voice was as clear as the impact of ice cubes in a glass. She pushed the door open, and saw a man who was like the fluttering white gauze curtain. The pale boy sat on the big sofa, as if he was sunk in the wide and comfortable sofa.Lily can't help but envy the boy who can own his own store at such a young age. She thinks that the boy's family must be very rich. At the same time, she also envies the boy's parents who trust their child so much and entrust him with such a good store. .

Severus saw standing in front of him a slightly fat, nervous looking red-haired woman in her thirties, he shook his head inwardly, sure he didn't want to recruit this person, she was too nervous, and didn't know Why, this lady has a discordant temperament that makes people want to stay away from.

"Please sit down." Severus picked up the resume on the table and flipped through it. This lady's name is also very common, a common surname and a common first name.Because his body felt tired, Severus leaned on the sofa and asked softly, "Miss Lily Evans?"

"Yes, yes." Lily lowered her head, the unsatisfactory life has worn away all her confidence and courage she once had.She didn't even dare to look up at the boy who was obviously much younger than her in front of her.

"Are you British? When did you come to America? Do you have work experience?" Although he was not planning to hire the red-haired lady, Severus still had a good attitude.

"I, I just came to the United States not long ago. I don't have much work experience." Lily twisted the corner of her clothes nervously.

"Miss Evans, don't be nervous. I'm just asking casually, and, you know, we're only recruiting part-time kitchen workers this time, and they may be tiring, and even have to work late." Severus said gently said.However, his appearance and his voice will only transform the mildness into the dewdrop-like cleanness and transparency on the grass blades in the morning, and it will only make people feel that this young man is as clear and clean as water.

Perhaps because there was only a young man in front of her, Lily finally had the courage to raise her head.This is a boy of about 17 years old. Compared with the vague impression she gave at a quick glance just now, this boy is actually thinner, and his arms are so slender that you can see the veins under the pale skin.The young man's face was pale and bloodless, and the only things that could see the color were black crystal eyes, night-black hair, and the light color on his lips.The boy looked completely weak after recovering from a serious illness.

"Miss Evans, because the work will be late, in fact, we prefer to recruit male employees." Not wanting to make others have false hopes, Severus still expressed his opinion directly.

"But, but, I can really work overtime. I don't care about working late." Perhaps it was the boy's light expression, or his clean eyes. Lily opened her green eyes wide and tried her best to win this position. Work.

"Miss Evans, because your rented place is too far away from here. Personally, I think it's better for you to find a job near the rented apartment." Severus kindly suggested

"But, but I really need this job." Looking at the young man's quiet eyes, and feeling the peaceful breath flowing slowly around him, Lily suddenly wanted to cry about the difficulty of finding a job, and wanted to confide that no one would know. The grievances buried deep in her heart.

"I have searched a lot, but none of them finally hired me. I really need this job, really." Lily looked longingly at the thin and quiet boy in front of her.

"I'm really sorry, Miss Evans, your conditions don't meet our employment requirements." Severus shook his head, no matter how much the red-haired lady begged, the principle is the principle, and if you don't meet it, you don't meet it. No matter how pitiful she is.Severus rested his head on his hands, feeling suddenly dizzy, and sure enough, still tired.

Standing at the door, Joe saw Lily's pleading and Severus' tired look, and hurried in.

"Madam, our boss has already said that your conditions do not meet our employment requirements. This is also for your own good, and our boss is tired. Otherwise, you can sit outside first. Today's dinner is our treat. you."

Seeing the pale young man with his eyes closed tiredly, leaning on the sofa like a powerless kitten, although Lily still wanted to fight for it, in the end, she stood up helplessly and walked out the door.She vaguely heard the tall clerk calling the boy's name, as if calling "Severus".

Severus, this name is really familiar, so familiar that it seems to represent her most beautiful and hazy life of more than ten years ago.She didn't leave the coffee shop first because the clerk had said she would be offered a free dinner.Sitting on the sofa by the window, drinking lemonade, Lily looked out the window blankly.She hasn't had such a leisurely time for a long, long time, Severus, this name once again brought her thoughts back to more than ten years ago, back to the carefree, pampered, and the biggest worry every day was just How to get close to that boy's time.

More than ten years have passed, and Lily can't remember what Severus looked like. In fact, Hogwarts and those classmates have become illusory in her mind, as if it were just a beautiful dream.The reality cruelly shattered her original dreams and hopes one by one.Now she just thinks about being able to find a better job, and maybe find a better person to marry, instead of being busy looking for a job but always being rejected.

However, the name I heard just now, and the rare free time, reminded Lily of her pink girlhood. However, no matter how much Lily recalled Severus in her mind, she couldn't recall his outline again. clearly outlined.Unexpectedly, what Lily remembers most about the clean and smiling boy is his bloody and tragic appearance.Lily was a little sad, but she still firmly believed that if Severus stood in front of her, she would recognize the former boy at a glance.

Seeing Severus leaning on him weakly, Joe complained a little, knowing that he was not in good health, but insisted on holding on. "Severus, why don't you go back and rest first. Anyway, you can tell me which ones you want tomorrow."

"I... I'll take a rest first, then, I'll leave later."

"Would you like me to give you a ride?" Joe asked concerned.

"No need, the store is very busy, and business can't do without you." Severus shook his head, there were so many people today, Joe couldn't leave at all.

"Then don't worry about it."

"I don't care, I'll just take a rest." Severus waved his hand weakly, but helplessly the people around him regarded him as a fragile sick baby.He has no self-awareness at all. In fact, he is really frail both in appearance and body.

Lying on the sofa specially sent by Voldmort, he slept lazily for a few hours, and the sun had already set when Severus woke up rubbing his eyes.Not feeling hungry either, Severus picked up the car keys, greeted Joe and left the coffee shop.Before going out, he saw the red-haired lady having dinner, and Severus didn't want to disturb her either.Quietly walking past her, the frail young man didn't attract Lily's attention.

After Lily finished her meal, she searched for other recruitment information in this large SHOPPINGMALL, but unfortunately, there were no other stores that needed to recruit people.She walked to the gate helplessly, and sat on a green-painted bench waiting for the bus. The mall behind was brightly lit, and everyone was strolling happily.It is really far away from the low-cost apartment she rented, and it takes four bus transfers, and it takes at least two hours to come here. Lily checked her watch, and the nearest bus would have to wait for half an hour.

The night wind blew coldly on her body, Lily tightened her thin clothes, in order to impress the store, she didn't wear a warm coat, because her coat was already too worn out.Lily felt a little cold now, and she was alone on the bench.After waiting for a long time, the bus finally came slowly. Lily sat in the car with few people, looked at the warm yellow lights in the houses on the side of the road, enviously imagined those people having dinner lively around the dining table, Sitting around watching TV.

Lily continued to look at the dark night outside the window, thinking vaguely, tomorrow, tomorrow she will go to another place, or a place farther away to submit her resume again.She touched her wallet, and there was not much money left. If she couldn't find a job this week, she could only call her parents to send some more.

No matter how beautiful the past is, it must give in to the cruel reality.Lily changed the car, clutching her old handbag tightly in her hands, and continued to sit on the empty bus, looking around with wide eyes. The area where she lived was a poor area with few street lights. She had to Pay attention to ring the bell to let the driver stop when you arrive at the station, so as not to miss the station.She won't know, never will know, that Severus, whose name she still remembers firmly until the time of her death, once sat in front of her, but three steps away, once smiled and talked with her Talked to her, gave her a free dinner, passed her by.She didn't recognize him, didn't recognize the name engraved in her heart, didn't recognize the boy; and he had completely forgotten her.

Fortunately or unfortunately, Lily, in her unhappy life, would never know that she was once so close to Severus, so close that she could reach out and grab him.

Ending One (HE)

The sunshine in Australia is always so bright all year round that it illuminates everything in front of you until it loses its color. The sunshine in Australia is still so vicious that it hurts people's skin.The leaves on the side of the road always look dry without the moisture of rain.

In the early morning, it was still relatively cool and comfortable, Voldmort walked slowly holding the hand of Severus who was wearing a peaked cap, and the people around were chatting happily as they walked.

The current Severus still looked like a boy in his early twenties, pale and thin.And the appearance of wearing a black T-shirt and a peaked cap makes him look even younger. Voldmort gripped his thin, translucent hand firmly, not letting go for a moment.

Not far away is the Olympic Park, and there is a long queue at the gate. It is rare to see so many people in Australia.In fact, today is the carnival in Sydney.This year, because Grandpa Thompson was in a relatively old age, it was too hard to travel back and forth from the United States to Australia. After discussing with Grandpa, this time Severus and Voldmort came to Australia to see the situation of the ranch and pay homage to Grandma Thompson.

Originally, they were just planning to stay for a few days before leaving, after all, the dry and hot environment in Australia made Severus uncomfortable.But when they were at the ranch, the tall employees warmly invited Severus to participate in the carnival, because this year their ranch's cattle and sheep will participate in competitions and evening performances.Severus had no way to refuse the enthusiasm and invitation of familiar people, so the trip in Australia suddenly stretched elastically in time.

As soon as you entered the Olympic Park, there was a lot of voices and happy smiling faces everywhere.The children sat on their father's shoulders holding balloons that were as full as their faces, shouting loudly.The lovers are holding hands, wearing devil's horns on their heads, and strolling happily.

Severus bought a map when he entered the door, which marked the location of each venue, the time of activities, and the information was very detailed.

"Sev, what do you want to see?" Could it be that Severus is interested, usually the two of them have their own affairs, and they usually meet at night at Voldmort's villa, so they don't spend much time together.

Severus, his appearance, until now is just like a young college student in his early twenties, his voice is still as clean as a boy and has not grown again like a willow leaf just picked in spring, too The youthful and unchanged face would be too conspicuous in some aspects. Severus reduced the number of times he went to the coffee shop and the number of times he met his former college classmates. For him, since it cannot be explained, it is better not to connect.

On the one hand, Voldmort was very happy that Severus could not contact others, he could completely occupy the most important position in Severus's heart besides Grandpa Thompson, but on the other hand, seeing Severus getting more and more More and more quiet, more indifferent, less and less talking, Voldmort is still very distressed.

Although Severus was fully aware of Grandpa and Voldmort's worries, he wasn't as utterly alone as they thought.Joe and Sean kept in touch with him, and Vermeuren, who came to the United States from time to time to confirm his situation with his own eyes, made the black-faced Voldmort kick him out of the room every time.As for Robert and Huxley in France, they were married a long time ago. It is said that Huxley used some means to get Robert to agree. Depressed and full of satisfaction and aftertaste on Huxley's face.

Severus tilted his head, pointing at an event with his long, knuckle fingers. "Viddie, I want to see the piggy race and the piggy dive."

"It would be great if you could be as fat as a piglet." Voldmort felt a little distressed as he touched the slender arm of the person beside him.

"Viddy, I'm much better now, enough is enough." Severus smiled faintly.

After discovering that his magic power could no longer be absorbed by Severus' weak body, Voldmort frantically searched for a solution, even more impulsive and crazy than when he was looking for immortality, he even ran to ask him that he was equivalent to house arrest Dumbledore.In the end, he found a way, which is to use his own vitality to resolve the negative effects of the power of the soul-returning stone. The vitality of life and the darkness of death are balanced, and Severus is finally no longer so ethereal, and finally no longer looks It's like stepping into the world of the undead with one foot.Thin, though pale, the current Severus was just a frail college student in his early twenties.

Bought a large bag of popcorn, and then sat in line early on the concrete steps, Voldmort naturally cast a spell secretly to prevent Severus from being sunburned by the venomous Australian sun.Soon, with a loud whistle, the piggy race began.Watching the chubby pink piglet running wildly, Severus threw himself back and forth with laughter.Afterwards, the beautiful figure of the piglet jumping into the water with a heroic scream from the high platform made Severus laugh so much that he almost scattered the popcorn all over the floor.

Perhaps due to the influence of the surrounding atmosphere, Severus's usual calm mood was finally mobilized.The enthusiasm of the boyhood that was forced to give up seemed to sneak up a little like the grass after the spring rain. Although it could not be recognized by the naked eye, it was the first time that Severus's emotions had changed after leaving Hogwarts. Such obvious delight.

After watching the piggy race, he dragged Voldmort to various venues with great interest, watching the cattle, sheep, pigs and horses brought in from all over the place.At noon, the two bought fried fish steaks. The fish steaks were deep-fried to a crispy yellow color, and the fish inside was delicious. The two of them found an open space to sit, and the white seagulls walked around leisurely. He also ran to them to grab fish steaks, Severus smiled and distributed some of the lunch in his hands to the fat seagulls, which immediately attracted many seagulls to scramble.

In the afternoon, Severus and Voldmort found the employees of the ranch, dressed in denim jackets and cowboy hats, proudly showing off their sheep.Seeing Severus, they waved their hands, "Severus, how about it, it looks like our sheep are better."

Severus smiled and nodded, said a few words and ran to other places with Voldmort.

In the evening, the venue of the carnival was extremely lively, and various entertainment facilities were placed there, such as a jumping machine, a centrifugal machine, a pirate ship, a haunted house, and a merry-go-round. Severus looked at it with a trace of envy in his eyes.When he was young, he didn't have the chance to play, and now, his body is still not suitable for playing too exciting games.And merry-go-round ferris wheels and the like are too naive for his current age.

"Sev, you are very tired today, let's find a place to sit down. If you like, we can come and see it every year in the future."

"Um"

Sitting on the grass, looking at the noisy carnival venue in the distance, the small lawn lights that are as cute as mushrooms did not disturb the peace between the two.

Voldmort took Severus into his arms, stroked his back lightly, and slowly guided the magic power of the Soul Resurrection Stone, feeling the warm and comfortable feeling inside his body, Severus closed his eyes.

Looking at Severus with a faint smile, Voldmort suddenly remembered the dream that the boy once said. He once said that he wanted to go to college, find a leisurely job after graduation, and find a beautiful wife. There are a group of lovely children.When he grows old, he sits on a deck chair in the yard drinking tea, covered with pear blossoms on the tree, while his lovely grandchildren chatter around.

Cheers sounded in the distance, and the gorgeous fireworks bloomed in the night sky. Although it was fleeting, it also had the beauty of its own moment.Severus leaned lazily and naturally, and suddenly heard Voldmort's ambiguous voice, "Sev, let's find a way to have a child of our own."

"what?"

"Stupid Sev, let's find a way to have a baby of our own."

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A few years later

A little boy with black hair and black eyes rushed into the large study room on the second floor excitedly holding a toy wand. When he saw a teenager in his twenties quietly reading a book in front of the window, he eased his footsteps.He sneaked up to the boy's side, covered the boy's eyes from behind, and said softly, "Daddy, guess who I am."

"You're my little fool." Severus' voice remained unchanged, still as clean as a boy's.

"Daddy, I want to go out to play, I want to go to the amusement park. Daddy, take me out to play." The cute little boy acted coquettishly beside Severus like a twisted joint, and Severus put down the book helplessly "But, I just took you out for most of the day yesterday. Why don't you let me take you out with your dad?"

"Daddy is a big villain, I don't want Daddy, I just want Daddy." The boy's childish voice was full of coquettishness towards Severus, "Daddy, take me out to play, take me out to play."

The little boy knows how soft-hearted his daddy is. Generally speaking, he only needs to act coquettishly for 2 minutes, and his dearest daddy will surrender.

"Okay, okay, where are you going then?" Sure enough, Severus surrendered

"Oh yes, Daddy is the best, as long as you are with Daddy, you can go anywhere." The little boy jumped up happily

"Would you like to tell Dad?" It seemed that Voldmort's face had changed when he saw them coming home at night yesterday.

"Don't... Daddy, don't you love me?" The little boy's big eyes were foggy immediately, and his small mouth was also puckered.

Well, when Voldmort got home, he found his cunning son had abducted Severus again.It seemed that he shouldn't let Severus go this evening, lest he have the strength to go out again the next day.

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The surroundings are a sticky white like a thick fog, and there is only a shining path winding forward underfoot.In the end, he went on the final journey alone. Although he was still a little worried about Voldmort who was still paranoid to pathological and domineering to manic in the end, but now he could no longer do anything for Voldmort.

Severus was about to embark on the starry journey to the unknown world after death, when suddenly he was embraced into a familiar embrace again.

"Sev, as I said, you will never leave me." A familiar, domineering, threatening voice sounded in my ear. "Why, do you want to leave alone?"

"Viddy, why are you here?" Severus was worried "What about the children?"

"They are so old and have their own children, so we don't need to care about them. Only in front of you, they still play the role of children. I only want you, my stupid Sif." Voldmort smiled triumphantly, "Sif , you will always be mine, whether you live or die. You will always be my prisoner."

"Really?" Severus raised an eyebrow. "Maybe, we are each other's prisoners."

"Stupid Sev" Voldmort kissed the man in his arms again on the lips.

Yes, neither life nor death can stop the deep bond between these two people, even if they are reborn again, they will meet again, and will be closely linked by fate and someone's obsession again .Just like the continuous faint golden connection between the souls of these two people, like the morning sun, it cannot be seen clearly but cannot be cut off by any means.

Ending Two (BE)

Standing on the vast pasture in Australia, Severus standing on the balcony stared blankly at the Labrador retriever happily running beside the white cloud-like sheep. The gray kangaroos were jumping, and the green eucalyptus trees were languishing in the hot sun. Although it had rained the night before, the sun had evaporated a lot of dust from the red ground.It's already autumn, but the weather in Australia is always relatively hot, and the sunshine in the autumn afternoon is still vicious.Because Severus's body can't adapt to the dry climate in Australia, and whether it's a ship or an airplane that will make Severus tired, Grandpa Thompson usually doesn't let him come to this continent, but this time, Severus Les has been in Australia for more than half a year, looking at the pure blue sky, listening to the whispering of the wind around him, Severus, who is wearing a black long-sleeved T-shirt, is standing, thinking about something What.

Voldmort walked to his side, embraced Severus, who was still extremely thin and looked colder, into his arms, and kissed his pale forehead lightly.

"Severus, go back to the house, it's too hot and dry outside, your body won't be able to take it." Not taking care of him for a while, Severus lost weight again.

"Viddy, I want to stay for a while." Severus shook his head. "Grandpa always likes to sit here, and I want to see what's special here."

"Fool, you have been standing for a long time. If you stay for a long time and your health is not good, won't you make Grandpa Thompson more worried?" Voldmort stroked the back of the 21-year-old boy. Man, why can't you figure it out?"

Severus smiled faintly, looked up at the tall Voldmort, and said softly, "If it were you, would you be able to see through it?"

"If I'm gone, can you see through it?" Severus suddenly brought up this topic, maybe it's the sadness of Grandpa Thompson's departure, maybe it's the worry that he won't be able to accompany this immature Viddy to the end Fearing that he would be sad, Severus couldn't help but want Voldmort to be mentally prepared.

"I can't. Sever, don't talk about this topic in front of me." Voldmort squeezed Severus's slender arm tightly, so much that Severus frowned in pain." Don't mention it, don't mention it, believe me, I will go with you, don't leave me alone."

"Hey." Severus shook his head, "Okay, I won't talk about it." He also knew that he had been in a low mood for the past few days, and he also understood that Voldmort wanted him to let go as soon as possible.

"Go back, I will accompany you to see them tomorrow."

"Okay." Maybe he stood there for too long, and as soon as he moved, he staggered and fell into Voldmort's arms.

"Sev, you're too skinny. You haven't taken care of your body at all. I don't want you to spoil me by using my vitality to help you recuperate."

"I'm sorry, Viddy."

More than ten years have passed, and Grandpa Thompson finally left him.In the last days, Severus accompanied Grandpa Thompson back to Australia, to the place where Grandma Thompson was buried.Severus was by his side all the time, sleepless, and Voldmort couldn't be by Severus's side all the time because of British affairs.As a result, Severus, who was already thin and not too healthy, became even weaker, but he always smiled so that his grandfather would not worry.And when Voldmort finally finished the work in hand, handed over some less important matters to Abraxas and Rossini, and rushed to Australia.He wished he could take Severus home, who was even thinner and even unsteady, to raise him.But he also knew of Severus' love for Grandpa Thompson, so Voldmort always secretly took advantage of someone's unsuspecting spare magic power to put him into a deep sleep.It was also fortunate that Voldmort arrived in time, otherwise, Severus' body would have completely collapsed and there was no room for recovery.

Finally, Severus stayed with him until the end, and when he was dying, Grandpa looked at Voldmort, and the tall red-eyed man put his hand on the sad Severus' back, seeing the dark as if The black mamba snake-like man nodded firmly, expressing that he would abide by the agreement of the year and treat Severus well after he left.

In fact, at the end, Grandpa Thompson still had a bit of regret. It was a pity that he could not see Severus' healthy appearance. In the end, the grandfather still looked at Severus, the unhealthy grandson who is still young. He had to hand over his most beloved grandson to that strong and domineering man.In the end, I still feel sorry for Severus, because his voice is still as clean as a boy's and has not grown again like a willow leaf that has just been pulled out in spring, because he looks only 21 till now.A face that is too young will be too conspicuous in some aspects. Severus has reduced the number of times he went to coffee shops and met with his former college classmates. For him, since he cannot explain it, it is better not to contact him anymore. .

And with Hufflepuff, Severus didn't want to get too connected, after all, his identity was very embarrassing, and if his identity as Voldmort's partner was exposed, he would be in trouble.And Voldmort also paid great attention to never revealing Severus' identity. Wizards in the magical world only knew that their Minister of Magic loved his wife deeply, and they didn't even have the slightest idea of ​​the identity of the lady.

On the one hand, Voldmort was very happy that Severus could not contact others, he could completely occupy the most important position in Severus's heart besides Grandpa Thompson, but on the other hand, seeing Severus getting more and more More and more quiet, more indifferent, less and less talking, Voldmort is still very distressed.

Although Severus was fully aware of Grandpa's and Voldmort's concerns, he wasn't as alone as they thought.Joe and Sean kept in touch with him, and Vermeuren, who came to the United States from time to time to confirm his situation with his own eyes, made Voldmort kick him out of the room every time.As for Robert and Huxley in France, they were married a long time ago. It is said that Huxley used some means to get Robert to agree. Depressed and full of satisfaction and aftertaste on Huxley's face.Now we have to meet many times a year. It seems that Robert prefers the free environment in the United States. Both of them have bought houses in the United States.

Actually, Severus really didn't feel lonely, he had grandpa, friends, and... lover.With these, he was very satisfied, and he always hoped that this kind of harmonious happiness could last for a long time.

However, no matter how much you try to keep Grandpa Thompson, no matter how hard you try to treat Grandpa Thompson, no one has the power to resist the god of death. No matter how magical the potion is, no matter how powerful the magic is, no one can stop him when it is time to leave. No one can do anything, death is always the most powerful force that can never be resisted.

Severus just watched helplessly as the vitality slowly faded from his grandfather, saw him finally weak and bedridden, saw his grandfather finally lose consciousness, and saw himself unable to keep his loved ones, the sense of powerlessness frustrated The sense of emptiness and emptiness of loss made Severus' heart feel as if it had sunk to the bottom of a deep lake and could never be salvaged again.Severus was sure he didn't want the paranoid Voldmort to suffer the same grief.

In the end, grandpa left, peacefully.Grandpa's body lay quietly, but life was gone like quicksand.

After that, Severus went through the funeral as if his mind was numb. Although Voldmort was very worried, he was unwilling to hinder Severus' strong desire to do more for Grandpa Thompson.Until, after the grand funeral was over, Voldmort and Severus returned home, and as soon as they stepped into the door, Severus fell to the ground, so caught off guard, that Voldmort, who had been standing beside him, had no time catch him.

Seeing Severus lying on the bed with weak breath, Voldmort wished he could hold him firmly. Originally, he found a better way to extend Severus' life after searching through countless magic books, but this Duan took care of the seriously ill Grandpa Thompson day and night, and the severe overdraft during the funeral, once again made Severus' body overwhelmed.

He was obviously in his late forties, but he still looked like he was only 21 or [-] years old.Holding the deeply comatose Severus in his arms, Voldmort used his own vitality to bring back the power of the soul stone to repair the overdrawn and weak body of the person in his arms.Power, glory, wealth, prestige, all the things Voldmort had longed for when he was young seemed to be very easy to obtain.None of these things could compare to the thin, pale man in his arms.Guided by his own vitality, Severus finally looked a year or two older. Although he was still thin and pale, he was no longer so ethereal.

Severus opened his eyes and saw that he was locked tightly in Vol.