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James Potter had a secret that not even his closest friends know. Many believed that his choice to bother that greasy git Snape was due to his close relationship with Evan's but that wasn't the case, in fact it was quite the opposite. He was in love with snivellus. The shame James felt when he first realized, he was so embarrassed he couldn’t even tell the other marauders. They'd laugh in his face if they knew their dear golden boy was in love with a slimy boy like snivellus.
Dinner has just ended, many of the students had retreated to their common rooms. James had noticed while walking out the great hall that Snape and Sirius younger brother was heading to the library. It wasn’t quite odd the pair was always seen together, not out of the ordinary at all.
However something was telling James to follow them so hurried to grab his cloak and cover himself before heading to the library. He quickly searched his rucksack to find the marauders map to find where the pair was sat before approaching them.
He found them sitting in a dingy little corner where Madam Pince couldn’t see snickering to each other.
James kept watching the pair, every-time Sirius little brother would get close to Snapes face James heart ached.
He didn’t like the way the corner of Severus’s lip would slightly rise, he hated the way they’d lean on to one another.
His jawed clenched, he was sitting across staring at the pair enjoy themselves, Severus, enjoying himself.
He hated it.
Sirius’s brother leaned in towards Severus planting a chaste kiss on his cheeks causing the sickly looking boy to become flushed as he pushed the boy away.
James went still. Surely he must’ve imagined it. There’s no way anyone would willingly kiss snivellus. Surely he thought as his hands began to clench, his eyes darken.
He watched as his Severus walked away with that insufferable death eater. He just didn’t understand how Severus would even allow someone like that into his world and not him. It wasn’t fair, Severus was James he’d knew it since the first day he locked eyes with those deep ebony eyes.
James was seething, he had to do something he couldn’t just let that git think he could steal his Severus away from him. He stood up intending to chase after them when he overheard some third years talking.
“I heard from my cousin that 6th years are brewing amortentia” Whispered a third year trying not to catch the attention of Madam Pince.
“What’s that?” Asked the other third year.
“A love potion” replied the third year.
And that’s when it clicked he could just brew amortentia.
He rushed back to his common room to find Sirius lounging on the couch by himself.
“Padfoot I have an idea” James loudly exclaimed.
Sirius sat up smirking “what is it prongs?”
“Let’s prank Snivellus” he replied.
“What are you thinking about doing prongs?”
“Let’s slip snivellus a potion that’ll make him spiral.”
“Alright I’m in mate. What potion?”
“You don’t need to worry about that.”
They headed towards slughorns quarters while discussing how they’ll get the ingredients from him.
While Sirius distracted slughorn, James collected the ingredients making sure he left no trace of missing ingredients not like the man would notice anyway.
He winked at Sirius before quickly rushing towards the room of requirement hastily walking back and forth the blank wall imagining a cauldron with the needed equipment. His smile widened when the door appeared.
He walked in quickly setting down the ingredients before preparing the cauldron. As he simmered the ingredients all he could think about was Snape. After a while of stirring steam began coming off the iridescent potion in tight spirals. He found himself breathing very slowly and deeply as the smell of parchment, herbs and dust filled his lungs.
“Perfect”. He whispered to himself before placing the philtre into a vial and wandering down to the kitchen.
He peered into the kitchen before entering making sure none of those nibbly hufflepuffs were there.
“Tilly” James smiled while leaning on the prep table. “I need you to pour this into Severus Snapes tea tomorrow morning, got it?”
Tilly let out a high pitched screeching sound. “Master Potter! Tilly cannot Tilly will get in big trouble with Professor Dumbledore! House elves get in big trouble when messing with students meals! Tilly cannot and will not!”
James looked at the house elf with pleading eyes. ”Come on it’s nothing bad i promise it won’t harm him.”
“Tilly isn’t a bad elf Tilly will not mess with food” cried Tilly
"I pinky promise that there's nothing that will physically harm him okay I just want to play a small prank and I... promise he'll never find out it was you okay?" James reassured the elf passing her the vial.
Tilly look at the vial then at James pleading eyes before letting out a deep sigh. "Fine, Tilly will only do this once!
And you better eat all your vegetables properly or Tilly will fell very guilty."
"Deal" James beamed.