What did Severus really cry about?

[SnapesSlytherin at aol.com]

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I've been reading all the posts about Severus crying over Lily's letter, and I've had a thought: 

He wasn't just crying over Lily's death and the loss of her.

Think about it for a second.? He's spent his entire life trying to make up for what he did (I'm sure he's also trying to make up for what he did to her in school), but this doesn't mean that that was the only thing he was crying about.? It could've happened like this: Severus was reading the letter and he started to remember how things were in school, then he thought about what he did to Lily, the prophecy, her death, his life as a double agent, the years he's spent teaching, killing Dumbledore -- in short, his wasted life.? He wasn't just crying over Lily, he was crying over his entire life and what he could have been.? Haven't you ever started crying about one thing and it turned into something completely different?? Severus was probably thinking about what might have happened if he had chosen a different path -- not just with Lily, but with his entire life.

We've seen how complicated Severus is, let's not sell him short now.

Oryomai
Snape Lives.

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