Snape Theory of the Week #2

Did anyone ever love Snape?

I'm not counting Lily, of course, because I'm sure she loved him as a friend and even more than that until he became a Death Eater. And I'm pretty sure someone asked J.K. Rowling this once, but there are some things about the HP series that I don't take her word for. I like to have my own interpretations, and I want to know what you guys think.

First off, there's the possibility that someone had a crush on him during his years at Hogwarts. A lot of people would consider that unlikely, since he was apparently hated by most people at Hogwarts except for Lily and his Death Eater friends. But when you think about it, there are a lot of instances where everybody hates someone except for one person, and that person pretends to hate them as well just so they aren't hated too. I think it's possible that a Slytherin girl might have had a crush on him, and therefore hated Lily because they wanted to be with him. Who knows, maybe Lupin had a crush on him, and that's why he never partook in any of the bullying.

But that wouldn't necessarily be called 'love' if it's only a crush. There's also his Death Eater days... Maybe one of the female Death Eaters liked him. Honestly, I doubt that one.

And then there's his years as a teacher at Hogwarts. I think it's very possible that one of his students may have fallen in love with him. In fact, I think Hermione may have been in love with him until she found out he killed Dumbledore, and then she moved on to Ron. But there could have been a couple other girls throughout the years, likely Slytherin girls... I wouldn't doubt it. Although I don't think any of them ever actually tried to make a move on him or slip him Love Potion. He would be able to detect a Love Potion anyway.