A/N: I dunno if I'm going to continue this fic. It's up for adoption, if anyone wants it. Yeah. Thanks to all the wonderful reviews—and flames—I think that I may be done with this. I'm too lazy to continue it right now anyways. Yeah. Adopt? R&R?

Severus closed his eyes, trembling, as he sat on one of the couches in the Gryffindor common room, listening as James explained what had happened to Lupin, Black and Pettigrew in hushed tones. He was hugging his knees to his chest, onyx eyes tightly shut as he curled up on the couch.

Finally, he felt the couch dip as Potter sank down beside him. "Snape?"

"What?" He squeaked.

"Do you want to stay here for the night? We've an extra bed in the dorm because Longbottom's in the hospital wing." James said softly.

Severus shrugged one shoulder. "I don't care." He mumbled into the tops of his knees.

He felt a hand gently touch his shoulder from the other side. "Snape. I…Jams told us what happened to you. Look, I'm…I'm sorry, okay? We all are. If there's anything we can do…" It was Sirius Black.

Severus shrugged one shoulder. "Thanks." He whispered.

"Yeah. Can I…Uh…can I call you Severus?" Sirius asked hesitantly.

Severus shrugged again. "Whatever."

There was a sigh from James. "We won't tell anyone else, okay?" The other boy asked.

Snape nodded in a single jerky movement.

The Marauders all exchanged glances. "Well, c'mon, then. The dorm is this way." Remus Lupin said.

Severus allowed them to pull him to his feet, and he shakily followed them up the stairs and into the dorm. Potter showed him to Longbottom's bed, than offered him a pair of pajamas. Lupin's were the closest to his size, so he borrowed a pair from the Prefect.

He changed in the bathroom quickly, still afraid of being naked, even when alone. The last thing he remembered was Potter, Black and Lupin speaking softly together, before he drifted off to sleep.

James sighed and ran his fingers through his hair irately. "I didn't even plan to. You know…do him. I was bluffing to see if I could scare the shit out of him, you know?" He said to his three best friends.

They all nodded. "I wanted him to leave us alone, he's always sticking his beak into our business." James said.

Sirius sighed like James just had. "Gods. I knew he hated his parents or whatever, but Gods…to have something like that happen to a fourteen year old?"

The others all looked at the curled up form sympathetically. "Gods, I feel horrible." Remus muttered.

The others clearly agreed as they all settled down for bed. When they decided to talk to Severus more in the morning, James extinguished the lights and they joined the Slytherin in his slumber.

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