October second, nineteen seventy-three. A corridor duel with James Potter lands thirteen-year-old Severus Snape in detention — polishing trophies in the Trophy Room, alone, until Albus Dumbledore walks in with two cups of tea and a warning Severus will never forget: you did not lash out. You took aim.

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