This one wouldn't let me sleep till it got out last night. Sooo here it is.

Title: Night Terrors
Fandom: HP
Characters: Severus Snape
Prompt: "Lights went out in the house and hamlet as they came, and doors were shut, and folk that were afield cried in terror and ran like hunted deer."
Word Count: 554
Rating: PGish
Summary: Snape has trouble sleeping sometimes.
Author's Notes: Well, I got an instant mental picture when I read the prompt and I had to write this. Also, I checked most of my canon details with hp-lexicon.com, however info on Snape’s family is remarkably scarce, so most of this is my own little invention.

There were nights Severus awoke cold in his bed at Hogwarts, sweating and panting. Groping for his wand with damp hands he would mutter “Lumos!” and wince as light drove the shadows away. His eyes would dart around to the still-dark corners, would search out any shadow, while his heart raced with half-awake fear.

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