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Harry scrambled around the door to the boathouse as he heard the apparition pop. He knelt beside Severus and reached out, trying to stop the bleeding on his neck. Severus inhaled a small gasp, feeling the young man's icy cold hand, looking up into Harry's eyes. "Take it…" He gestured to his eyes as he sobbed. A silver tear fell from the corner of his eye.

Harry turned to Hermione, shouting, "Give me something! Quickly, a flask. Anything!"

"Take them to the Pensieve." Severus muttered and grasped Harry's hand, pulling away from his wound. He stared up to Harry, "Look at me…"

Hermione handed Harry the vial, and he quickly collected the silver tears. Harry corked it and looked down at Severus with sadness. "Professor… Please, we can save you. I'm a vampire now, I can turn you." Ron snorted behind Harry, and Hermione smacked him in the arm, tears rolling down her face.

Severus shook his head, "So that's what happened to you." He flicked his eyes to Edward and, with all the strength he could muster through pain, nodded to the young man. "Thank you for keeping Harry alive." He turned back to Harry, "No," He inhaled a shaky breath, "I've done my part. No more," He looked to Harry and reached up with a bloody hand to Harry's cheek. "You really have your mother's eyes…" Severus softly whispered and exhaled his last breath. His hand fell, and his head rolled to the side. Harry reached out and felt the man's chest; the heartbeat stilled under his hand. In a short time, he knew Severus was true to Dumbledore the entire time. Flashes of memories of all the times Severus had stepped in for Harry, he had saved his life countless times and expressed his concerns for him in his own way. He knew Severus was an honorable man. He reached up and closed the onyx eyes. He rested back on his heels and looked down to his hands in his lap; the vial with silver liquid sloshed within glistened in the dim moonlight.

Edward knelt and turned Harry's face. He softly said, "Vampire can't cry." He reached up and wiped Harry's eyes, surprised to see silver tears rolling down.

Harry closed his eyes, resting his face in his lover's hand. "I hurt for him. He's young but his life was full of pain. He did so much for us."

"But he has a message for you," Edward laid his hand down over Harry's hand, where the vial was, and closed it. "You need to see it soon."
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From Chapter 14 in Smaragdus arcanum Lunam
AO3: archiveofourown.org/works/2885…
FFNet: www.fanfiction.net/s/13796873/…

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Description
Harry scrambled around the door to the boathouse as he heard the apparition pop. He knelt beside Severus and reached out, trying to stop the bleeding on his neck. Severus inhaled a small gasp, feeling the young man's icy cold hand, looking up into Harry's eyes. "Take it…" He gestured to his eyes as he sobbed. A silver tear fell from the corner of his eye.

Harry turned to Hermione, shouting, "Give me something! Quickly, a flask. Anything!"

"Take them to the Pensieve." Severus muttered and grasped Harry's hand, pulling away from his wound. He stared up to Harry, "Look at me…"

Hermione handed Harry the vial, and he quickly collected the silver tears. Harry corked it and looked down at Severus with sadness. "Professor… Please, we can save you. I'm a vampire now, I can turn you." Ron snorted behind Harry, and Hermione smacked him in the arm, tears rolling down her face.

Severus shook his head, "So that's what happened to you." He flicked his eyes to Edward and, with all the strength he could muster through pain, nodded to the young man. "Thank you for keeping Harry alive." He turned back to Harry, "No," He inhaled a shaky breath, "I've done my part. No more," He looked to Harry and reached up with a bloody hand to Harry's cheek. "You really have your mother's eyes…" Severus softly whispered and exhaled his last breath. His hand fell, and his head rolled to the side. Harry reached out and felt the man's chest; the heartbeat stilled under his hand. In a short time, he knew Severus was true to Dumbledore the entire time. Flashes of memories of all the times Severus had stepped in for Harry, he had saved his life countless times and expressed his concerns for him in his own way. He knew Severus was an honorable man. He reached up and closed the onyx eyes. He rested back on his heels and looked down to his hands in his lap; the vial with silver liquid sloshed within glistened in the dim moonlight.

Edward knelt and turned Harry's face. He softly said, "Vampire can't cry." He reached up and wiped Harry's eyes, surprised to see silver tears rolling down.

Harry closed his eyes, resting his face in his lover's hand. "I hurt for him. He's young but his life was full of pain. He did so much for us."

"But he has a message for you," Edward laid his hand down over Harry's hand, where the vial was, and closed it. "You need to see it soon."
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From Chapter 14 in Smaragdus arcanum Lunam
AO3: archiveofourown.org/works/2885…
FFNet: www.fanfiction.net/s/13796873/…

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