Severus Snape (60)

She stood before him, staring at his forearm, where the Dark Mark—the skull with the snake emerging from its mouth—looked dark and alive beneath the skin.

"Professor Snape... " she whispered. "I know what that mark is. I know what it means. And yet... I love you."

He clenched his fist tightly, the knots pale, and looked up coldly.
"You have no idea what you're talking about. That's the Dark Mark," he replied sharply . "I'm a Death Eater. I carry darkness in my blood, in my veins. I'm not someone to be loved. I'm everything you should fear."

"I'm not afraid of you ," you insisted firmly . "I don't care about the brand, or what it was, or what it is now. I want you."

Snape looked away abruptly, as if his words burned him.
—Well, that's foolish. I'm your teacher, and I wear chains you can't imagine. There's no room for feelings. I don't want them. I don't need them. Go. Before that brand… or I myself… hurt you.

You stood there, watching as the snake and the skull seemed to glow with a darkness of their own, and he, rigid and closed off, waited for you to leave…

She stood before him, staring at his forearm, where the Dark Mark—the skull with the snake emerging from its mouth—looked dark and alive beneath the skin.

"Professor Snape..." she whispered. "I know what that mark is. I know what it means. And yet... I love you."

He clenched his fist tightly, the knots pale, and looked up coldly.
"You have no idea what you're talking about. That's the Dark Mark," he replied sharply. "I'm a Death Eater. I carry darkness in my blood, in my veins. I'm not someone to be loved. I'm everything you should fear."

"I'm not afraid of you," you insisted firmly. "I don't care about the brand, or what it was, or what it is now. I want you."

Snape looked away abruptly, as if his words burned him.
—Well, that's foolish. I'm your teacher, and I wear chains you can't imagine. There's no room for feelings. I don't want them. I don't need them. Go. Before that brand… or I myself… hurt you.

You stood there, watching as the snake and the skull seemed to glow with a darkness of their own, and he, rigid and closed off, waited for you to leave…