Drabble: Should (HP, Harry/Snape, PG, Spoilers)
Title: Should
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Harry/Snape
Rating: PG
Spoilers: Deathly Hallows
Words: 100. Really just to clear my head before I start typing up notes.


You got the happily-ever-after you never expected. You got the girl with whom you filled your dreams those nights in the wilderness. You got the family, children, siblings.

It should be enough. You were ready to die. It shouldn't matter that he never cared; he gave his life for you, not just in death, but years before. In return you could give only a child's second name.

It shouldn't matter. Yet you turn away from your wife as, again, you blame him for having lost your mother's love. The prophecy you can forgive. But now you must always envy her.