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.