Designs on The Heart

I would like to point out that this is the first fanfic that i ever wrote..... I have come a long way since then

Chapter 3:Obliteration in Pairs

Liz felt Severus' arms shaking around her; she automatically knew that it was anger induced when she looked up into his face. His obsidian like were burrowing a hole into the wall behind her. His hands which before were gentle and kind were now digging into her flesh making her call out his name in pain. His name seemed to snap him back to reality and he jumped away from her as if she had the plague and dressed himself with the wave of a hand. Severus move as far away from her as he could, pressing himself against the wall opposite her, he said nothing all he did was stare at her. His eyes hard and unreadable, taking in her naked form he sneered in disgust before he levitated and fixed the rip down the front before she grabbed it and turned to dress. Liz sighed once she was dressed and turned to look at him.

Severus's face was flushed, his breathing still erratic and he seem t be panicking. It wasn't anger in his eyes, it was something that Liz had never in all her years at Hogwarts expected to see from the Potion's master. Fear! He swallowed and looked at the floor before he raised his eyes to her once more. Growling in aggravation Severus grabbed her just as she picked her wand from the floor and hauled her to the door. She had just enough time to put on her shoes and grab her thin wool cloak as the door was slammed behind her and they disapparated away.

As her feet hit the ground she was pulled forward before she was ready to, so true to her klutzy nature, she stumbled and fell straight into a puddle. Thankfully it wasn't large and it only got on her legs and feet. A hand snaked into her hair and pulled her from the ground. Liz cried out and went to speak but stopped as Severus was suddenly face to face with her, his lips barely a hair away from hers.

"It's time you see what this LOVE does to people." Severus sneered as he jerked her forward once more. He pulled her arm, twisted it this way and that as they made their way down the dark almost abandoned street. They came to stop in front of a house that had been almost completely destroyed; it had been left that way for sometime apparently. Liz looked around for a moment before she looked down and saw a plaque just below her feet in the sidewalk. It words had been faded with time until it was unreadable. A small sob to her right pulled her attention up just as Severus fell to his knees. Tears were streaming gently down his face as he looked at the ruins; his breath came out in tiny barely audible whimpers. Liz knelt by the man who was obviously in pain and touched his shoulder in an attempt to soothe him, but at the feel of her touch he jerked away, quickly standing to his full height. He loomed over her, his countenance quickly changing from sorrow to one of all consuming rage.

"This is what LOVE does!" He pointed to the ruined house. "She's dead because of me, because of my love for her. That's what drew Potter to the Dark Lord's attention, and then she was killed. NO! She was taken from me! All those I have ever dared care for, dared to allow near me are DEAD! Now you're telling me you LOVE ME?" He grabbed Liz roughly once more. His long fingers digging into this flesh of her arms as he roughly turned her to face the house. His voice was rough as he strained to keep his voice free of emotion. "This is what love really is. Nothing but death and destruction will happen from love. I'm not worthy of love! I'm unclean, a soiled plaything that should have been discarded long ago!" His breath came out in heaves in her hair as he stood behind her, his hands which no longer held her in a crushing manner were suddenly gentle and calm. They slid around her waist as he nuzzled his head into her long hair. His scent was enveloping them both in the intoxicating cloud of sandalwood mixed with her scent of orchids, drowning them both. Liz was only pulled from the haze at the feeling of his lips on her shoulder. "Don't love me! I can't loose you too! Run while you can, I'm poison…"