Thivilt

* When Severus Snape thinks of fire, he thinks of Lily Evans. So he doesn't like fire. It's hot and nasty and burns if one gets too close, and if he's honest with himself he far prefers the chill emptiness of his shadowy dungeons to the merry crackling of flames. It's better this way, he tells himself. Easier. But even though he knows he's going to end up burned, there's no way that the wizard can resist the fire's temptation. This fact irks him. *.  *.  *.  *.  *. It's not as though his teaching job at Hogwarts offers plentiful opportunities for romantic involvement, and given his past Severus believes that perhaps this is for the bette