end of a friendship -HP

The moment after Lily tells Snape that she really doesn't want to have anything more to do with the kid and goes back to her room, I can see Snape completely breaking down where he stands. The whole sinking to his feet, holding himself, not even thinking only feeling breakdown.

Snape strikes me as one of those cries silently types. You know, the type of people who can sob great deals and the only sliver of peep you would hear from them is the sniffing of their runny noses.

Poor Fat Lady. She wants to help but she's only portrait. All she can say is, "There, there. It's going to be okay, you'll see."