Stress Relief

WARNING: Spoilers from Order of the Phoenix, but only to about chapter seven, so if you\'ve read that far, you should be safe. And if you haven\'t, this still won\'t give away much!

SS/NT (Tonks)

Snape\'s cloaked form slid into the kitchen, his eyes flicking around the room before settling on Sirius. A small, evil smile crept onto his lips. The four youngest in the room, Harry, Hermione, Ron and Ginny, stared up at their potions master, holding their breaths as they waited for the battle that would undoubtedly ensue.
\"Back from saving the world are we?\" Sirius inquired in a bored tone. He had barely bothered to glance up from the paper in front of him.
\"Well, some of us have to do something useful,\" Snape sneered. Molly Weasley suddenly made an awful racket from behind the kitchen counter, slamming the pots she had removed from the cupboard onto the bench with a force that was more than necessary.
\"Oh, well, far be it for me to steal your spotlight, Severus. Then what would become of you? Have to just settle back to teaching, I suppose. Of course, Dumbledore might come to his senses and fire your sorry arse.\" Sirius appeared to still be reading the paper as he replied. Snape, however, had his full attention focused upon Sirius. Harry couldn\'t help but think that over the past four years he\'d been let off lightly by Snape.
\"That is enough. Now, Severus, why don\'t you sit down and join us for dinner?\" Mrs Weasley asked, in a voice that was just a little too sweet, as she wiped her hands on her apron.
\"Yes, why doesn\'t the hero grace us with his presence?!\" Sirius\' stood up and made an overly dramatic bow in Snape\'s direction. Snape was fuming. As Harry watched on, he began to wonder if he would ever live to fight Voldemort - the rage in the eyes of the two wizards was something Harry had never seen before.
\"Now, stop it! Working against You Know Who is not a popularity contest!\" Mrs Weasley yelled, waving her wand at the two of them, like they were a pair of her children.
Snape forced his face into what Harry supposed could be called a polite expression, however the anger was still quite visible just below the surface. He turned to Mrs Weasley. \"Thank you for the offer, Molly, but I think perhaps I will eat in my room.\"
Snape\'s dark figure swooped from the kitchen. Tonks, who had sat quietly through the entire argument, pushed her chair back from the table and followed Snape from the room.
\"Is she going to talk to him?\" Harry said, a little disbelievingly. Surely no one would want to talk to the surly potions master when he was in such a rage.
\"Something like that, dear,\" Molly Weasley replied, avoiding Harry\'s curious look.
\"Well, she\'ll save him a few knuts, at least,\" Sirius said darkly, his eyes not having left the door through which Tonks had departed.
\"What do you mean?\" Ginny enquired curiously.
\"A little jealous, perhaps?\" Lupin muttered, but not quietly enough. Harry heard, and his face turned red with embarrassment.
\"That is quite enough!\" Molly exploded, turning her wand on Lupin and Sirius. Her face was now the colour of her hair, and Harry could hear her grinding her teeth. \"It is bad enough that that nonsense takes place under this roof without the two of you discussing it in front of the children!\"

Tonks reached the top of the stairs, and paused before she tapped on the door to one of the spare rooms. She ran her fingers through her short, bubblegum pink hair. Snape did not usually stay in the Black House, but when he was there he frequented this room. She waited a few more seconds and then rapped on the door again, a little harder than last time. The door flung open, and Snape was glaring at her from across the tiny bedroom. He was sitting in a chair, his back to the large wooden desk that took up most of the room, leaving space for only a small bed and side table.
\"Severus,\" Tonks began, walking calmly into the room. \"You must try to...\"
\"Ignore that arrogant little snot?!\" Snape boomed at her, as she closed the door firmly behind her. Tonks gave the wizard a patronising look, and he sighed.
\"Yes, you are right. I shouldn\'t waste my time on such insignificants as him and that bloody Lupin.\"
\"That\'s better,\" Tonks replied, leaning back against the door, a slight feeling of relief washing over her. Perhaps today would be easier than most. \"Now, who shall it be today?\"
For the past few weeks Tonks had been coming to Snape\'s room, and changing herself into whomever he desired. She felt it her duty to try and restore some sort of peace to the household, and a satisfied Snape was definitely a calmer Snape. However, the insights into whom Snape wanted to ravage had left Tonks somewhat disturbed. Tonks\' own Great Aunt, Narcissa Malfoy appeared to be the favourite at the moment, but many of the other death eaters had also been there to satisfy the Potions Masters desires.
A sigh escaped Snape\'s lips, and Tonks jumped in surprise.
\"I don\'t care,\" he muttered, leaning back in his chair, almost in defeat.
\"Oh, now, come on, Severus,\" Tonks said, crossing the room so that she stood right in front of him. \"How about Narcissa?\" Tonks screwed up her face, as if in agony. Snape watched on with little enthusiasm as Narcissa Malfoy appeared before him, and winked.
\"No,\" Snape growled, anger in his voice.
\"Well...how about Lucius then?\" Narcissa\'s face flinched as she became her husband. Lucius placed his hands on his hips.
\"NO! Just leave!\"
\"Why?\" Lucius asked, flopping down on the tiny bed, propping his head up with his hands, and crossing his legs at the ankles.
\"Because I told you to!\" Snape yelled, picking up his wand.
\"Alright, alright. I\'m going,\" Lucius replied, pulling himself up from the bed. He turned back to face Snape, his hand on the door knob. \"You know, I could be anyone you want, Severus.\"
\"I am sick to death of playing these silly games with you, Tonks. I am sick of getting myself off by bonking half the bloody wizarding world. That\'s just...\" Snape looked up at Lucius and grimaced. \"Oh, for Merlin\'s sake, turn yourself back to you - I cannot have this conversation with Malfoy!\" Lucius\' face contorted, and then Tonks had returned, in all her bubblegum pink hair glory. That was better - if Snape had to talk to anyone about this, he would rather it be petite Tonks, than a looming Malfoy.
\"You were saying?\" Tonks asked, leaning back against the door, her arms crossed over her chest. Snape knew by now that this, at least for Tonks, was not a defensive posture. Well, in a way it was, but only to save herself from her clumsiness.
\"I was saying,\" Snape sighed, \"that I am sick of fucking half the wizarding world in order to get my ya-yas.\"
Tonks giggled.
\"You know what I mean!\" Snape snapped at the tiny witch. He picked up a piece of paper from the desk and began to shred it, letting the ribbons of paper waft to the ground.
\"No, I don\'t. Severus, you can have anyone you want - just tell me. How can that not be ultimately satisfying?\" Tonks\' smile had faded somewhat, and she moved across the room and back to the bed. She resumed the same position Lucius had minutes earlier, lying on her belly, her chin propped up by her palms.
\"Why are you d thi this?\" Severus inquired, glancing across the room at her, before refocusing attention to a new piece of paper.
\"Doing what? Talking to you? Because you need someone to talk to, Sev,\" Tonks replied, sounding a little confused herself.
\"Thank you,\" Snape replied, and by the crispness of his voice, Tonks knew this was not a word that often passed the wizard\'s lips. \"But I meant why do you come here and... satisfy me?\"
\"It helps keep the house calm,\" Tonks replied. She saw Snape\'s face distort in disgust and she quickly added, \"and because I enjoy it.\"
He looked at her again, one dark eyebrow raised. \"Really?\" he asked in disbelief.
\"Yeah. Jeez, Sev, do you really think I\'d keep doing it if I didn\'t enjoy it? Besides, I would\'ve thought you would\'ve noticed that already,\" Tonks said with a smirk on her face.
\"But it\'s not you! And it\'s not them either! Do you know how hard it is to see Lucius Malfoy face to face after having fucked his wife on my desk two hours earlier?! Have you any idea?!\"
Tonks looked a little guilty, and shook her head ever so slightly. \"I\'m sorry...\"
\"Sorry? You silly girl!! Don\'t you see, this is my doing?! I could quite easily have said no!\" Severus slammed his fist into the top of the desk before him.
Tonks made a wise choice in deciding to stay silent for a few moments.
\"It should be me apologising to you,\" Snape said in barely more than a whisper. \"I\'m the one who has been using you.\"
\"There\'s no need to be sorry,\" Tonks replied calmly. She reached across the small room and squeezed the hand that lay on his knee. Severus\' looked from her tiny fingers up to Tonks\' green eyes.
\"I guess I just wanted to feel like someone wanted me,\" Severus muttered. \"It\'s...I\'ve always been the outsider, Tonks. At school, as a death eater, as a spy...\"
\"Plenty of people want you, Sev. Dumbledore thinks the world of you. Hogwarts definitely wouldn\'t be the same without you. And where do you think the Order would be without your information?\"
\"But those people only want me for what I can do for them, not for me,\" Severus muttered. \"I have become a surly old bastard!\"
\"I want you,\" Tonks mumbled on the edge of a sigh.
\"What?\" Severus\' head snapped towards her, and panic flew across her face. She hadn\'t thought the wizard would be able to hear her.
\"Uh, nothing,\" Tonks said hurriedly, leaping off the bed and to the door.
\"You said something!\" Snape demanded, as she reached for the doorknob. Tonks had pulled the door open a couple of inches when Snape\'s hand appeared above her own, pushing the door shut again. \"I heard you, Tonks. Say it again,\" he spoke in a low growl, and his sudden closeness sent a shiver up Tonks\' spine.
\"It was nothing... I just said... I said that I want you,\" Tonks looked at her feet in embarrassment. Two of Snape\'s finger lifted her chin so that she was forced to look him in the face. His eyes had softened and Tonks heard a tiny chuckle rumble in his throat.
\"Well, in that case...\" Snape dipped his head and his lips met hers with a passion that they had never shared before. His kiss was much softer, much more caring than the time\'s they had been together before. Tonks felt her lips tingle against the soft skin of his. He gently parted her lips with his tongue, and began a slow, languid exploration of her mouth. Tonks got over her shock, and returned the gesture, her tongue tracing over Snape\'s bottom lip. He let out a tiny moan, and Tonk\'s felt her inside\'s quiver. Snape was moaning because of what she was doing to him - Tonks as herself, not as someone else. She felt her nipples stiffen and the material of the tight shirt she had on become suddenly coarse. She\'d been blessed (or cursed, depending on how she looked at it) with small enough breasts that a bra wasn\'t necessary. The hand that had been under Tonks\' chin was now holding the back of her head, and Snape\'s other one wrapped around her back and pressed her tighter against him. Tonks gasped as she felt the bulge press into her stomach, sending a flood of moisture into her panties. Tonks was having a hard time grasping that this was the same Severus she had done on many occasions - that Severus\' had only wanted to bury himself in whomever was his choice of outlet for the night, and slam into them until he came. Though he hadn\'t been rough precisely, he most definitely had not been caring. Both hands suddenly dropped to the back of her thighs, and Snape then picked Tonks up and carried her to the bed, all the while continuing to kiss her. Gently Snape placed her on the bed, crouching over her reclined body on all fours. He broke their kiss, moving his attentions to her neck. The gentle kisses and nips he placed there sent shivers through Tonks\' body, making her gasp in pleasure. She busied her hands grasping at his back, urging him on. Snape leant on his elbow, using his free hands to undo the tiny buttons on the front of her shirt, kissing the skin as it was exposed. He pushed the shirt open, and quickly took one of her nipples into his mouth, sucking gently and teasing with his tongue. Tonks couldn\'t help it - she let out a loud moan and bucked her hips.
\"Shhh,\" Snape mumbled against her skin. \"You\'ll wake Mrs Black.\" He didn\'t let up though, now grasping her other nipple between his forefinger and thumb and rolling it with slight pressure. Tonks fought desperately to keep quiet, all the while wanting to scream for Snape to never stop. He kissed his way down her taught belly to the top of her jeans, where he paused to undo the clasp and zip before, with some help from Tonks, pushing the pants down her legs and off, discarding them on the sparse floor space. Snape then took a moment to admire the view - Tonks\' chest was heaving, her breath ragged. Her eyes were half lidded, full of desire. But her body... oh, Snape hadn\'t seen anything quite so wonderful in his entire life. Her skin was soft and flawless, her figure perfect. Why had he spent all those times staring at Narcissa Malfoy\'s body when he could have had this? Snape hooked his index fingers around the waistband of her panties and they quickly joined her jeans on the floor. He could see her folds glistening with her desire, and had the sudden urge to bury himself deep with in her and never leave. But he restrained himself, instead giving Tonks a lopsided grin and burying his nose between her folds. He inhaled deeply, and felt Tonks shudder beneath him. She smelt so good. He took a moment to glance up at her, and was somewhat surprised to find her staring back at him, eyes wide.
\"Tonks? Are you all right? Do you want me to stop?\" Severus asked feeling quite concerned. Perhaps he\'d over stepped that invisible line.
\"Oh, Sev, no. Please, keep going,\" she breathed. \"I...I just...No one\'s ever...\"
Severus smirked. \"Well, I\'m sure you\'ll enjoy it.\" With that, he darted out his tongue and grazed the very tip of her clit. Tonks let out a moan so loud that Snape had to quickly reach up and cover her mouth with his hand. He waited, letting her regain control, then slowly removed his fingers.
\"Sorry,\" she said sheepishly. \"I just didn\'t expect that to feel soo..so good.\"
\"I am pleased that you enjoyed it, but your going to have to keep it down or Mrs Black will be screaming obscenities from here to kingdom come.\"
\"Sorry. I\'ll try.\"
Snape focused his attention back to the job. He parted her folds with his slender fingers, pinning them back out the way, and increasing the tension across her clit. He took another cautionary glance at Tonks before sliding his tongue from her clit down into her core and back again. Tonks\' body jerked in response, but true to her word she stayed silent. Snape, deciding all was safe, began to lathe her clit relentlessly. Each stoke caused Tonks to shudder until she gasped \"Oh...oh...I\'m going to...I\'m going to...\"
Snape didn\'t wait for her to finish, he plunged two long fingers deep inside, his tongue still working it\'s magic. He felt Tonks convulse around his fingers, and her body shake. He kept stroking with his tongue and fingers prolonging her orgasm. Looking back up at her face, it was contorted almost in the same way it did when she changed, but this face was somewhat more at peace. When she finally calmed, Tonks buried her fingers in Severus\' hair and pulled him back up the bed to her. She placed a soft kiss on his lips.
\"Thank you,\" she whispered against his mouth.
\"That was definitely my pleasure.\" Snape smiled softly.
\"No, your pleasure is yet to come,\" Tonks replied with a mischievous grin.
\"Only if you wish to,\" Snape replied, quite seriously. \"Tonight is about you.\"
Tonks looked quite surprised at this new rule. \"But...\"
\"No buts - you want me - you\'ve got me. I\'ll do as you wish.\"

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