>>>The whole summary is inside<<< The war is over. Everything should be over, he should be six feet under, getting the much deserved rest... Except that he wasn't. Who's to blame for the sudden change of plans is anybody's guess. No matter. He is left to aimlessly flounder forward, struggling with the lack of any purpose or meaning, or even a way to find an occupation worthy of a shred of effort. The name of the man who's responsible for that does not bare being repeated ...

When the world around crumbles into dust, and darkness seems endless, when the pull of the bottomless pit of despair is insurmountable, and life is an unbearable living hell full of pain and misery, all you need to do is say "please". And who knows, maybe your angel will hear your plea and come. It is the end of Hermione's sixth year at Hogwarts and Severus Snape is one breath away from taking his own life. Will anybody hear how fast his heart thrums its last beats?

Life dictates its rules, and Harry Potter is not the boy the magical world expects him to be. Even at a young age Harry knows who he is, what he wants, and goes for it, but one day unexpected circumstances turn everything upside down. Would this new life he's been dumped into be a blessing or just another circle of hell? This is a side-story for 'Mirror' — a collection of one-shots about Harry's Hogwarts years. Rating is for language and violence.

A few years after the end of the war, the ministry decided that enacting a marriage law was a splendid idea. But instead of searching for a wife, headmaster Snape spent the allotted time secretly watching a certain young arithmancy professor with golden-brown eyes. Whatever will come of it, I wonder?

It's been ten years after the war. Hemione Granger and Severus Snape work together in the Department of Mysteries. Upon returning from Christmas shopping that the two of them did together, Hermione sees an obviously romantically intended gift to an unknown woman, and realizes two things: first — they accidently switched a couple of bags, and second does not even bare being thought of… Kind of. Probably.