Hogwarts. Once, this place had been a bastion for him. A home where he'd had none despite the harships that came with his schooldays here. Here, he had learned magic. Here, he had been more. Not even James Potter and his infernal band of miscreants could fully dampen what this place had meant to him back then. Coming from a broken home and with few friends to call his own outside of Lily Evans, Hogwarts had been the first place that Snape had ever *fit.* Here, he had excelled in potions. Here, h...