Private Life of Severus Snape

Title: The Sandman Carries A Knife
Category: Harry Potter
Rating: PG-13
Authors: tiaoconnell and bewize
Warnings: spanking
Author\'s Note: yet another Ana and Severus story!

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Severus rolled over restlessly. He never slept well without Ana next to him, now. It was amazing how used to her presence he had gotten. He missed her breathing, her body heat, her arms tossed over him. He even missed her hair in his mouth.

He eyed the clock wistfully. It wasn\'t that late yet, and he knew Ana would be up playing with her new DVD player. He never understood her fascination with muggle toys, but he couldn\'t deny her delight when she got it. She was like a child at Christmas. Still, he hoped she\'d finish watching that movie soon. Whatever it was...

Ana was curled up in a blanket watching Scream on DVD. She loved that movie, even though it still scared the daylights out of her each time she watched it. At a particularly jarring moment, she shrieked loudly. \"Ahhhhhhh!\" and jumped so high, she nearly tumbled right onto the floor.

In the bedroom, Snape lept out of bed. He tripped over the blanket as he rushed to the door and crashed into the doorjamb on his way out. Cursing, he wished he thought to leave some of the candles lit in the hallway.

Finally, he skidded to a halt in front of a sofa where he assumed Ana was the one huddled under a blanket. The tv thing showed some moron in a black robe running around with a butcher knife. A girl was racing up the stairs, and even without seeing the rest, Severus knew she should have bolted for the front door.

\"Ana? What is it?\"

Ana\'s eyes and nose peeked out. \"That part always scares the shit outta me\" she said quietly. \"It\'s such a good movie though, but very scary. Sorry, did I wake you love?\" She looked back at the screen and screamed again, covering her face.

Even though he was standing right in front of her, Snape jumped a foot when she screamed. He shook his head. \"I was awake anyway, just not expecting to have to race down here to protect you from a muggle toy.\"

He frowned at her. \"Why don\'t you turn it off and come to bed? It\'s getting late. And you can finish your movie tomorrow. When it\'s light outside.\" He muttered under his breath.

\"Don\'t wanna. It\'s never as good when you don\'t see it all at once\" she peered out of the blanket again. \"Not your kind of movie, but I snuck into this movie when it came into the theaters. That was so cool. Didn\'t sleep for a week, but cool all the same. That might be why it\'s one of my favorites. It was all my brother\'s idea I swear\"

He rolled his eyes towards the ceiling, desperatly wishing her brother was here to get a piece of his mind. Instead, he eyed Ana again and glanced at the TV. \"Well, if you\'re sure...\" he hesitated. \"I\'m going to go back to bed. Try to keep it to a dull roar.\" He kissed the top of her head.

\"Night Severus. I\'ll try\" she blew him a kiss as he disappeared back into the bedroom, and she curled up with the blanket and the one fluffy pillow she had managed to sneak into his chambers. A good half hour passed, before a loud scream, followed by a thump and a loud \"OWW!\" were heard from the living room, causing Severus to jump in his own bed.

For the second time that night, he lept out of bed, nearly killing himself on his own covers. Cursing loudly, he kicked them out of the way. This time he made it out of the door and to the chair in only a few seconds. \"Ana?\" he called anxiously. \"What happened? Are you hurt?\"

Ana was on the floor, rubbing her knee. \" I feel off the damn couch and smacked my knee on the floor\" she pouted, the movie on pause. After a little more rubbing, she curled up again, barely peeking out of the blanket. \"This is fun!\" she decided. \"Go back to bed love, I\'m fine\"

He looked at her incredulously. \"Fun? I\'ve nearly killed myself twice tonight for fun?\" Severus shook his head. \"I think I\'m better off just watching the end of this movie with you. Move over.\"

Ana moved over, plopping her fuzzy pillow against his side and leaning into it. \"Ah, this is nice. Ok, so basically this dude is like killing people or something.\"

She unpaused the movie and patted his chest. \"EEE!\" she shrieked several moments later, pulling the blanket over her head and slapping him in the face with it in the process. \"Oh my god, I forgot about that part!\"

He pulled pieces of blanket out of his mouth and turned his attention to the tv. \"I\'m not sure I see why this is scaring you. If that girl would only pay attention, she could easily escape.\" He frowned. \"Of course, no one that age should be having an unsupervised party anyway.\"

\"Um, darling, the whole point of the movie is not about why she isn\'t paying attention. The plot is mainly to scare the daylights out of the people watching. And it does a good job. AH!!!!\" she yelled, grabbing onto him and practically diving into his lap. \"That part is SO gross! See, you distracted me and I wasn\'t, er, ready!\"

Severus was reconsidering his decision to watch the movie. He moved her elbow from his gut and spit out another piece of blanket. \"Well, I admit it was gross.\" He watched as the killer cornered another helpless victim. \"Someday, you\'ll have to explain the appeal of this movie again. How much longer is it going to take before they figure out who it is?\" He already had a sneaking suspicion and he\'d only seen a few minutes

\"Oh, I don\'t remember. Trying to remember how many more really scary parts there are. My mother always said I should never watch these kind of movies, but my brother took me anyways. That\'s just what he did I guess, that and give me wedgies and eat my cookies from my lunch if I didn\'t pay my brother tax on time.\"

The next scene made her shiver and nearly elbow him in the face. He tucked her elbow into a safer place. \"I think that you both should have listened to your mother.\" He watched as Sydney realized that she\'d been duped. \"She\'d better be careful. Doesn\'t she realize...\"

Even he jerked back at the bloody scene that unfolded. \"No I guess she didn\'t.\"

Ana covered her mouth with her hand, nearly gagging. She clutched his arm tightly, digging her nails in, before burying her face against his chest until the screams of the victim stopped.

Ten agonizing minutes for Severus later, the end credits rolled, signalling that the horrid film was finally over. Ana seemed to drag her feet a bit as he led the way back to bed, taking longer then usual to get completely ready.

\"Hold me close?\" she whispered when she crawled in beside him. \"I\'m not scared, I swear\".

\"I believe you. I really do.\" He pulled her close against him, relieved to have her back where she belonged. \"Now go to sleep.\" He stifled a yawn.

Ana nodded and quickly drifted into a slightly disturbed sleep. It was close to 2am when Severus\' nose was slammed into by a flailing hand, followed by a \"Run Sydney, he\'s COMING!\" and another near miss flail to his nose, which bounced off his chest instead.

\"Ouch!\" He sat up abrubtly, rubbing his injured nose. Not too gently he reached out to shake his flailing bedmate. \"Wake up, Ana! You\'re having nightmares!\"

Ana screamed and jumped as he shook her, sitting up straight, her arms still flailing. She blinked and looked around. \"Huh? Wuh? WHy\'d you wake me up?\" she whined. She never had been a morning person--- once asleep, she wanted to be left that way until the very last possible moment to get up and get herself ready.

\"Wake you up?\" He was still rubbing his nose. \"I could press charges for assault. I thought you said the movie wouldn\'t bother you.\"

\"It didn\'t,\" Ana said, looking confused. \"Assault? Oh my god, did someone break in or something?\" she smacked his arm.

\"Don\'t you have WARDS up Severus? God, any freaking idiot could get in if you don\'t! Even the students! What\'s wrong with you?\" she scowled at him.

\"Nothing is wrong with me!\" He scowled back at her. \"And of course there are wards up! You are the one who nearly broke my nose and you were the one screeching for Sydney to run. At least you didn\'t tell her to go up the stairs.\"

Ana gasped. \"Severus Snape! You lie!\" she scowled. \"Go back to sleep and stop bugging me for heaven\'s sake! You know I hate being woken up like that! Of all the things to do. And if I do break your nose, that\'s not my fault if you shake me like that agian\" she grumbled, turning her back to him and pulling the covers to her chin.

\"I don\'t lie,\" he said sullenly. He pulled his own covers back over his head. He was half tempted to continue the argument, but he was tired as well. He settled down to sleep.

He had finally drifted off to sleep again, after a last rub to his aching nose, when a weight suddenly dived on top of him. \"Noooooo!\" Ana yelled, diving on top of him. \"Gotta get out stupid!\" she climbed over him where she promptly fell onto the floor with a loud thud. She lay there for a moment, blinking. \"Ok, that hurt.... damn movie\" she muttered, hoping shen\'tn\'t woken Severus.

He peered over the edge of the bed, looking down at her on the floor. \"Ahem.\" When she made eye contact with him, he raised an eyebrow. The lone light in the room illuminated enough so that she could see his expression. \"Are we going to be doing this all night?\"

\"Well, not that I plan on...\" she said softly. \"I can\'t remember the movie ever making me do this before, honest Severus. I didn\'t mean to... crawl over you and nose-dive onto the floor\"

He softened. \"Climb back into the bed. Try it one more time. But no more scary movies before bed!\"

Ana nodded. \"Alright, I think even I\'m convinced of that.\" She got up off the floor and crawled into her side of the bed. \"I\'ll try not to assualt you in your sleep or anything. I\'m sorry love.\"

A moment later, she passed out asleep on his chest, only to bolt up and scream a mere twenty minutes later

Severus bolted awake for the bazillioneth time that night. He was starting to get annoyed. \"I swear I\'m going to destroy that dvd thingie first thing in the morning. Stupid muggle toy is keeping us both awake all night!\"

Ana cringed \"Sorry love. Lesson learned. Burn all scary DVDs that my bro sen sent me. I will first thing in the morning, I promise\" she kissed his slightly crooked nose.

\"I think I\'m just going to stay up now, there\'s no point in trying it again. Sorry\" she sighed.

\"I don\'t like the idea of you not sleeping, though.\" Snape grumped. \"Why don\'t you try reading something and get that off your mind. Make sure its something calming.\" He rolled over as Ana obediantly picked up a magazine.

Ana grabbed a celebrity magazine, along with a royalty one. She did adore the gossips magazines, just for a good laugh. There was just enough light in the room that she could read without turning a lamp on.

She read dutly fly for several moments, before poking his side. \"Severus, the chamber is locked, right?\" she whispered.

An unitelligeble mumble was her only answer. He flopped over and pulled a pillow over his head.

Ana sighed, and continued to read. Halfway through an article on Brad Pitt and his new movie-- Ana made a mental note to drag Severus to it-- when there was a bang of the old water pipes in the adjoined bathroom. She poked his side again. \"Severus! What was that?\" she whimpered.

The poke in his ribs jerked him out of a light sleep. He pulled out from under his pillow and glared at her. \"I\'ll tell you what it is, my dear. The sound of my last nerve snapping. I\'m trying to sleep. You were the one who wanted to watch that movie. Now either go to sleep or be quiet!\" He disappeared under his pillow again.

She huffed and stuck her tongue out at his pillow, the thought of moving into the living room occured to her, but it was much safer next to him.

Nearly an hour later, Ana got up to go to the bathroom and attempted to turn on the light instead of stumbling in the dark. The light however, had other ideas and barely flicked, making it appear as though the shower curtaire are a person.

\"OH MY GOD!\" she shrieked, running out and diving for her wand. \"There\'s a guy in the bathroom, you SWORE you locked it!\" she smacked the pillow with her hand, then ran back into the bathroom.

\"Lumos!\" There was a thumping of her heart, then it suddenly sank. It was only the shower curtain. \"Oops\"

For the third time, Snape lept out of the bed, tripping over the sheets. \"Where\'s a man?\" he shouted, grabbing for his wand and chasing her into the bathroom.

Ana cringed as he ran in behind her. \"Er... well... apparently I am delusional. So I\'m going to go rest in the living room with my magazines. Love you honey.... sleep.... good\" she said, slowly edging towards the door.

He was advancing on her with a gleam in his eye. \"Suddenly, I think I have a good idea of how to help you sleep. You always seem so tuckered out after a spanking, that I think that might be just the ticket.\"

Ana moved faster towards the door. \"No, that\'s completely unncessary. Maybe I\'m ill and should go see Poppy. Yes! Exactly, I should go see her because I\'m delusional.... That\'s what I\'m going to do!\" she opened the bedroom door and made a dash for the door of the chambers

He caught her easily from behind and lifted her off the floor. \"Don\'t you think you\'ve woken enough people tonight?\"

\"Sev, it really looked like a I s I swear it!\" Ana protested, squirming and kicking as he picked her up. \"You don\'t have to carry me places you know! I really insist that it\'s not neccessary!\"

\"But I like carrying you places.\" He chuckled. \"And its easier to keep you where I can see you that way.\"

\"Wipe that smirk off your face,\" Ana ordered firmly. \"I know it\'s there, even if I can\'t see it! You\'re being irrational!\"

\"I\'m being irrational? You\'re the one who watched a movie you knew would give you nightmares, you\'re the one who can\'t sleep because o, an, and you\'re the one who has woken me up more times than I can count because of a movie. In addition, you saw me lock the chambers and you\'re still rushing about screaming about invisible intruders. I think that you\'re the one being irrational.\" He deposited her gently on her feet next to the bed.

\"Oh--- good points,\" she mumbled, unable to think of a response. \"But surely this isn\'t the answer...\" she backed up onto the bed.

\"Well, I think its worth a shot. Or a swat, rather.\" He sat on the bed next to her and raised an eyebrow at her.

She pouted at the pun. \"Very unamusing honey, VERY. Please, Severus, I\'ll go sit in the living room and be silent as the grave. Really!\"

Ana saw the look of determination on his face and sighed, knowing there was no more use arguing. That, and the fact that she\'d never physically fight Severus to get out of a spanking that wasn\'t a playful one.

Giving another sigh, she looked up at him once more. \"Ok, you win. I deserve it after all the times I\'ve pestered you tonight. It\'s my own damn fault for watchingt mot movie to begin with. And I do really mean it Severus: I am sorry for making you lose sleep.\"

He smiled at her. \"I\'m proud of you for admitting that. Don\'t worry, I\'ll go easy on you.\" He sat back and pulled her gently over his lap.

He really didn\'t want to punish her, despite his irritation, he wanted to help her relax and he knew that this would do the trick. She always slept like a baby after a spanking.

As soon as he had her settled, he swatted her over her nightgown. She jumped in surprise, but didn\'t protest. He kept the spanks light and peppered her rear with them for a few minutes. Then he pulled up her nightgown to expose her panties.

Ana smiled as he said he was proud, then allowed him to gently ease her across his knees. At first the light swats didn\'t hurt, but they collectively grew into a slight stinging sensation by the time he began pulling up her nightgown.

She shivered, due to the cold air of the chamber-- he always kept it rather cool at night. She leaned her head on the comforter for a moment. \"I feel so stupidly ridiculous\" she muttered.

\"Well, think about this the next time you get inspired to watch a scary movie.\" He started swatting again, noticing a slight blush on her bottom where it was exposed by her panties riding up.

After a few minutes, he pulled her panties down. The next set of swats were harder. \"Do remember this the next time your brother sends you movies.\"

\"Ouch!\" she yelped, starting to squirm now to avoid the harder swats that were making her bottom start to burn. \"I will, I\'ll kill him!\" she threatened.

\"Oww!\" She started to sniffle. \"Or better yet I\'ll get that one paddle with holes and paddle HIM! He doesn\'t stand OWW! a chance, because he\'s not a wiz--OW--ard\"

\"Excellent plan! I\'ve often thought he needed an attitude check, from the way you describe him.\" Snape finished up with three swats to the undercurve of her bottom. He could feel a nice heat radiating off of her skin.

\"Owwww!\" she yelped loudly, starting to cry softly. \"All done now, Ana.\" Severus pulled her up and helped her adjust her clothes. \"All done.\" He held her for a few minutes until her cries turned into a yawn. \"How are you feeling now?\"

\"Sore\" she mumbled, rubbing her bottom a bit and sniffling away the last of her tears. \"And sleeeeepy\"

He yawned. \"Me too. But not the sore part. Except where I cracked my knee against the bloody bedpost earlier trying to find you.\"

\"Did you?\" She winced and leaned down, kissing both his knees. \"Sorry love. You\'re not going to spank me extra for that are you?\" she asked, snuggling close against his chest.

\"No,\" he yawned again. \"Like I said. All done.\" He looked at her. \"Do you think you can sleep now?\"

She nodded. \"Only if you hold me\" she whispered, yawning widely.

\"My pleasure.\" He gathered her up against him. \"I believe this is wI waI wanted to do about five hours ago.\" He snuggled down into the bed.

She nodded. \"love you,\" she whispered, resting her head against his chest. A moment later she was sleep. Severus dropped a kiss on her head, and smiled, shaking his head before joining her in sleep.