I've always thought that Lily Evans was the type of girl to be very critical and judgemental of others' actions only because she expects a lot from her friends (not unlike myself actually). The people who bare the brunt of this character trait (flaw?) are the boys who are attracted to her. While there are many fics where James suffers from Lily's critical nature but not as many about Severus. So, here's

Free verse written for the Colours Competition and Freeverse Competition over at the super awesome HPFC Forums :)

And It Was All Yellow

And you know, for you I'd bleed myself dry.

-Yellow, Coldplay

For you, Flower

I have dedicated my every breath, each hour

You ask me to be a fish

I'm already swimming

And already drowning

But I drown for you

You tell me you want yellow

When I'm already blue

How can I change to better suit you?

If I could, you know I'd let you paint me

I twisted, and bent, and broke, and cut,

And severed, and torched, and weakened, and lied

In order to try and be what you wanted me to be

I only learned that flowers aren't easily satisfied.

You brushed my hand

Putting into the our cauldron

Did you notice the goosebumps you gave me?

Because I did.

As time went on,

Your time for me ran thin

We didn't go for walks

We didn't talk about potions

We didn't smile toward each other at breakfast

We didn't talk

Instead you yelled.

I wasn't the person who I used to be,

I had changed.

But your were the one who had wanted me to be a fish

Remember, Flower?

I tried my best to be yellow

When you knew I'd always be blue

And you didn't like green much either

Who had sent me mixing? It was you

And now you criticize me for being

Twisted, and bent, and broke, and cut,

And severed, and torched, and agreeing

But I can't fix what you have done to me.

I hurt myself again and again

Trying to be what you wanted me to be

But it was all yellow

You had always wanted yellow.

And I'm blue.

He's yellow.

And I hope you grow sick

Of such a happy colour.