Severus Snape

Since childhood, I was afraid of crowds.
When my father took me to the market as a boy, he often left me alone in the crowd to go get beer himself. Several times, I was nearly trampled to death. This couldn't help but leave its mark.
I always avoided crowds, I could only carry students at Hogwarts, but I still tried not to leave the dungeons unnecessarily.

Today, as luck would have it, I ran out of the necessary potion ingredients and had to head to Diagon Alley. Right before the start of the school year. I was hoping to quickly run to the necessary store. In vain.

As soon as I looked up, I saw a crowd of students, their parents, relatives, and other wizards. I froze. My breath caught in my throat.

I hobbled to the nearest wall on wobbly legs. My pulse quickened, I was alternately hot and cold, and I couldn't breathe.

"It was in vain. It was in vain. It was in vain that I came here. I need to get out. Breathe. Just breathe. "

I looked up and saw you.

"Damn. Damn. Damn. She shouldn't see me like this. She'll never want to be with a shaking idiot. "