I feel the breeze hit me one last time and darkness surrounds me, this is it, This is the end.

I'm gone.

But it was the blood curtailing scream that changed everything.

It's then I realise that I regret everything. I shouldn't have left, I could've asked for help but its too late. Isn't it?

-Severus' Pov-

I'm doing my nightly patrol around the grounds and see a figure turn the corner to the astronomy tower, I follow after it. Stupid dunderhead these students never learn. As they run up the stairs I follow behind, It's only when I get to the top that I realise it's y/n and she's on the other side of the barrier. I freeze in shock until she jumps.

My instincts take over and the next thing I do is a blur to me, as i'm holding her unconscious body in my arms it's then I realise that I love this girl more than i've ever loved anyone. She was my lifeline and if she left then I would too. "well you look like yourself but you're not the happy girl I once knew" I talk to her body, tears rolling down my cheeks. What if it was me that made her do this, what if I made her feel like this. And I cant take it back. What if i'm someone you don't want around.

I break down with y/n in my arms, my hands shaking and puddles of tears surrounding me. " Take me back to the night we met" Memories flood my brain, seeing her e/c eyes for the first time, the way her h/c hair fell over her shoulders, her amazing smile, her infectious laugh. She was everything to me and I never got to tell her. I had all and then some and now none of her and it killed me.

As thunder bangs in the background my trembling gets worse and worse until my whole body is feeling tired. But if she loved me, why'd she leave me. I missed her so much already. I remember the last time I hugged her, It was around a month ago and it was after Blaise tried something but I can't help thinking if it was my fault, what if all she needed was a hug, I didn't give her the affection she needed and now she's gone.

I heard a breath and look down to see y/n's eyes flickering, struggling for breath she said one last thing before passing out again. "I get the feeling you'll never need me again Sev" I place my trembling hand on her stone cold face that I love so, " I'll always need you y/n"

"always"