Summary: Prequel to Someone Like Me. Severus Snape and Evelyn Dumbledore were best friends until Evelyn and her mother fled Aberforth when the children were five. When Evelyn returns years later, Sev's heart melts and his wall comes crashing down. To keep her safe from Voldemort, he must give her up. But Evelyn is not your average librarian. And sometimes things don't go as planned... And sometimes they do. Can suicide be a happy ending? In a mind twisted just enough, it can.