In Your Eyes

Fay-Fortchyn

You and I

A/N: FYI: This is Severus' POV until you see the little colon ( : ), then it's Hermione's. Then, it's Severus' POV again, when it has the italicized words. It seems a little confusing, I know, but you'll get it when you read on.

I look in your eyes, and I know,
with the heart in my chest,
the breath in my lungs,
the thoughts in my mind,
that I love you.

And when I'm with you,
I can hardly keep
my heart from pounding,
my breath from hitching,
my thoughts from slipping away.

I never thought I would love again,
never thought I'd be loved,
but in your eyes I see the self
I have always wanted to be...
and the person I have always
wanted it to be with.

The thought of having a life with you,
the thought of catching you when you fall,
and knowing that you will always
be there for me, should I fall...
and even if I shouldn't,
makes my head spin
and my mouth quirk in a rare,
but permanent, in your presence, smile.

I don't deserve this.

Even you know and accept this fact,
yet you give yourself to me anyway,
knowing what I am...
and what I have done.

I didn't know that was even possible.

How can I live up to what you see me as?

In your eyes, I am a savior,
a protector,
... a lover.

That is so far away from what I really am.
How can I be compared to
someone who has done no wrong?

Yet, you merely smile,
telling me with your eyes,
with your touch,
with your expression,
that you believe
I underestimate myself.

I don't.
I never have.

Your words are ever-present
after that statement :

I love you for who you are.
Not for who you aren't.

You are a savior.
Did you not save Dumbledore's life,
as he slowly died of a curse?

You are a protector.
Did you not protect me,
and many others,
from a certain death
of torture and manipulation?

You are a lover.
And an adequate one,
if I may say so.
You have showed me passion
that I hardly believed
still existed.

How can you believe
you are not so?

You have risked your life,
for what you believe in.

You have lived in shadow
for other's well-being.

It is time to leave the darkness,
to let yourself be captivated by
the light that shines between
you and I.

You and I.

How I love to hear those words
from your mouth.

When I hear them
I can see the reason,
the light,
the temptation,
of being with you.

When I hear them,
I know in my heart,
that I can be with you,
always and forever.