Crossing the Line

Chapter 10: Awen

The week had passed quickly enough. Luckily, no other incidents like Monday\'s with the Veela occurred again, so Harry was injury free, although Severus had a few students in his class blow up their cauldrons, spraying the whole room in a, luckily not poisonous, yellow slime. The student\'s detentions had been supervised by Filch, since Severus hadn\'t wanted to waste any of his time with the brats when he had a perfectly good impertinent brat right at home (his words, not Harry\'s).

Coming out of the shower, Harry pulled on navy blue trousers, white ankle high socks, and a Muggle hunter green hooded sweatshirt. Actually, the exact same one he\'d worn on their first \'date\', not that it had qualified at the time as such, but Severus had pulled in him in for what qualified as their first kiss by yanking on the drawstrings (even if it was to get even with a flirting waiter). The memory made Harry smile as he brushed out his hair and braided it quickly so it wouldn\'t be a hindrance while he was flying.

Severus had said it would take quite a while to get to Awen, and they\'d probably arrive by dawn, so they would get there in time to settle in and fall asleep, leaving all of Saturday and a few hours of Sunday open. They were supposed to be leaving in half an hour, but it looked like the older man might be late. He\'d been away often now, on some project or other, he\'d said when Harry had questioned him, but he doubted Severus would actually be late. He\'d probably arrive one second earlier, just to rub it in Harry\'s face.

Snickering at the thought, the young man crossed the room. Flicking his wet braid behind his shoulder, he clicked his suitcase closed, cast the charms to make it light as a feather and the size of a walnut, then shoved it into his trouser pocket.

Grabbing his black leather duster, he slung it over the back of his armchair and plopped into said chair, waiting for Severus to get home.

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Severus checked all the books he\'d stuffed into his bag one last time, before shrinking it and heading off to his and Harry\'s rooms to collect the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. He\'d packed everything else besides his books during lunch so Harry wouldn\'t notice the extra suitcase. Somehow, probably from the nearly everyday feedings he received from Harry, he\'d managed not only to keep all this research from him, but to stay up late into the night without too many side effects during the day. He\'d have to address the High Council about this little \'plan\' without Harry there. He didn\'t like keeping things from his lover, but it would only worry him unnecessarily and he wanted Harry to be able to relax as much as possible.

Pushing all other thoughts out of his mind, Severus crept silently into their rooms and noticed a head of black hair peeking over Harry\'s armchair. With a warm smile, Severus walked over to Harry and wrapped his arms over his neck from behind. \"Ready to go?\" Harry nodded and grinned up at him. \"Excellent,\" he murmured, leaning down to kiss him before circling the chair to face him properly. Squatting down, he continued, \"It\'ll be a long ride like I told you, but there\'ll be a warm bed waiting for us at the end. Any last minute questions before we head out?\"

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\"Are there going to be any other humans there?\" he wanted to know what to expect before walking in there. Harry had been wondering if he was going to be the only donor there and one involved in a relationship with a vampire. Or if it was a normal thing. Hell, it wouldn\'t be anything abnormal to him. He\'d always been weird and different when it came to others.

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\"I wouldn\'t be at all surprised if there were quite a few humans there. Unlike other wizards, vampires aren\'t concerned with keeping the bloodlines pure so they generally mate with whomever they want. Outside of Awen, vampires are leery of humans for obvious reasons, but humans in Awen can be trusted so there\'s usually a good amount of human mates and partners in Awen at any given time,\" Severus explained while standing and helping Harry out of his armchair. Almost as an afterthought, Severus added, \"One set up a small Quidditch store there I believe, so you\'ll have something to do to entertain yourself while I talk with the High Council.\"

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Frowning slightly, Harry mumbled, \"I\'m not a kid, I don\'t need to be kept busy or \'entertained.\" He let up at Severus\' snort. \"Besides, I can stay in the cabin and... entertain myself... until you get back.\" He gave a huge grin when the older man sputtered.

He got into his duster with Severus\' help (\'the perfect gentleman,\' Harry thought with a grin) and headed towards the door, picking up Severus\' and his brooms that stood in the corner before going out. Waiting for Severus to ward the door carefully, Harry asked, \"Would there be any good books there that I can read to learn about the vampire\'s history in general? Maybe learning about them and their magic will help me improve even more,\" he added, giving Severus his broom when he\'d finished, before they set off to the front doors. He was also interested in reading up on the whole \'mate\' issue.

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\"I don\'t believe there are any in the cabin, but there should be some, in English, at the local bookshop if you wish to investigate that,\" Severus mused, slipping an arm around Harry\'s waist as they walked. \"I think you\'re doing very well in that respect. You can duel almost as well without a wand as with one. Just a little more practice and you\'ll have mastered it.\" They made a point to work on Harry\'s wandless magic and he\'d improved greatly. It came almost as easily to him as to Severus. That was both a comfort and a source of uneasiness for Severus because the sooner he was trained, the sooner he\'d be facing Voldemort.

The light snowfall outside pulled him out of his thoughts. Straddling his broom, Severus looked over at Harry. \"Ready to get going?\"

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Copying the other\'s move, he swung his leg over the broom and grinning, he kicked off to hover above the ground. \"Lead the way, oh wise vampire.\" Harry smiled when the other man snorted and shook his head.

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Severus put pressure on the handle of his broom to make it go up and did just that. It looked like it was going to be the perfect night for a trip to Awen. The sky was clear and a washed with the rainbow colours of the waning sunset. Granted they had to fly west and the light of the sun being almost directly in front of them stung a bit, but after fumbling with the sun almost blinding them, they flew down to the tree tops and pulled out two leaves before flying back up. Harry transfigured the leaves into a pair of \'sunglasses\', some Muggle device that helped to block the sun from Severus\' eyes when he put them on, and after his eyes focused again he looked up just in time to see Harry, wearing his own pair of \'sunglasses\' grin at him over his shoulder, he had to admit silently that Harry looked very good in them, but before he could really think more on that delicious thought, Harry had taken off at race speed. \"Slow down!\" he yelled out to Harry. \"It\'s a bloody long ride and there\'s no sense in tiring yourself out now!\"

Harry pouted for all he was worth, but did slow down to fly besides Severus\' side. Severus shook his head in amusement and glanced down at the countryside rolling by underneath them before looking back up at Harry. \"Did you remember to pack snacks for yourself? No matter how big a dinner you had, you\'re still going to get hungry with all this flying.\"

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Harry rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly, \"Uhh...\" Severus sighed and rolled his eyes, mumbling something along the lines of, \'What a silly question; of course not, because Gryffindors never plan anything.\' Harry pouted indignantly, but couldn\'t exactly deny it.

Harry sighed and looked up at the large expanse of stars and translucent gray clouds. The sun\'s rays were just peeking over the horizon, while the moon came in from behind them to take over the sky. Harry smiled and lazily flew beside the other man, slipping off his sunglasses and transfiguring them back into a leaf, he dropped it below him, watching the leaf twirl and fall down to the earth.

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Severus discarded his own \'sunglasses\' just after Harry did; looking back up to the horizon. \"I anticipated your lack of preparation skills and packed enough food for both of us,\" he said after a moment. \"As payment might I suggest that you don\'t subject me to any of those Muggle \'road games\' you were talking about before.\"

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Harry grinned and flew closer to whisper in Severus\' ear, \"Not even the \'on the road\' hand jobs?\" he pouted and acted terribly disappointed as he put some distance between them so he wasn\'t in Severus\' personal space. \"Pity, I was looking forward to those.\" He tilted his head and put a finger to his chin. \"I always wanted to try giving a blow job on a broom, with the air flowing, brushing against my bare behind, entering my puck-\" Harry gasped when Severus grabbed his neck and pulled him into a kiss.

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Severus kissed Harry passionately, growling low in the throat as they pushed their tongues together. When they pulled apart Severus\' voice was low and husky, \"If you want to get to Awen on time, I\'d suggest you not distract me like that.\"

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Smirking, Harry whispered a charm to make his clothes and duster transparent. Hearing Severus gasp behind him, Harry casually leaned forward on his broom, slowing down slightly when the movement made him go faster. He\'d learned that little trick from Fred and George before they died in the war. He never thought he\'d actually get use out of it until now. Now he could tease his lover to his hearts content. Harry smiled when he felt the other man\'s eyes on him. Somehow the ease of flying and familiarity of it made him all the more bolder, even if he was still a bit ashamed of his body. Out here, in the wild, it didn\'t seem to matter.

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Severus gaped at the spectacular view he got of Harry bent over his broom like that. Oh dear Merlin, the man was trying to give him a heart attack. Of course being so distracted, Severus never saw the goose heading straight for his broom until he\'d already hit it and was losing altitude. It wasn\'t exactly a very dangerous loss, but Harry was there in a few moments, clothes visible again, to wrap his arm around his lover and help slow his decent.

When they touched down, Harry looked almost as if he was going to apologize, but Severus quickly stopped what he was going to utter by tackling him to the ground and giving him a searing kiss.

He smirked when he pulled back at Harry\'s breathless state and helped him to sit up. Only then did he glance at his broom. Not too badly damaged, but nothing he could fix with his wand alone. He shrunk down the out of commission broom and stuck it in his pocket. \"It looks as though I\'ll have to ride tandem with you the rest of the way,\" Severus mused, looking over at Harry with a raise eyebrow as he set out some food for them. They were on the very outer reaches of Ireland, it was about time for a pit stop anyway. \"So no more teasing.\"

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Harry nodded with a small smile and gratefully dug into the snack. Munching happily on an apple until he was completely done, he then used some minor magic to bury it beneath the ground. Getting up, he went partway into the woods and relieved himself with a sigh. Tucking himself back in, he whispered a strong cleansing charm and went back out into the clearing to lie down beside the sitting man who was still eating his sandwich.

\"It really would be neat to have sex on a broom,\" Harry murmured, looking up at the dark sky.

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Severus paused mid-bite and looked over at Harry with a pointedly raised eyebrow. Despite the potential for spiraling out of control and crashing into the ocean…he had to admit the idea had its merits. \"Is that a suggestion as to how we should occupy our time for the rest of the trip, or are you just particularly randy today?\"

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Harry grinned, \"I\'d say both.\" Going up on his elbow, Harry faced Severus with a small grin. \"I could still give you that blow job up in the air. There are spells that can keep a broom going at a steady pace.\" He waggled his brows, \"What do you say?\"

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Severus discarded the last of his sandwich and pulled Harry into a fierce kiss. When he pulled back he answered in a smoky whisper, \"I say it\'s time to get back on the broom.\"

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\"I knew you\'d see things my way,\" Harry breathed with a little smirk as he detached himself from Severus and got on the broom. Severus quickly followed and straddled the broom behind him. Kicking off the ground, Severus got them high above the trees. Smiling, Harry carefully turned around, fairly used to moving like this on a broom while playing Quidditch (though he\'d never given any blow jobs). He whispered a spell to take off his clothes and shrunk them, then put them in Severus\' deep pocket. Saying another charm to make them invisible, and yet another to keep the broom steady and slow, Harry smiled at Severus who scooted back as far as he could safely go.

Thanking Merlin again for his flexibility and youth, Harry slid back until his arse was sitting just below the tip of the broom and bent double. Quickly doing the same charm to Severus\' robes and putting them in the man\'s pant pocket, he undid the trousers and pulled out the thick cock, already weeping in anticipation. It wilted slightly when a cold breeze passed, but otherwise stayed perfectly erect. Smiling, Harry bent down further and took the length completely in his mouth. He moaned around the cock as cold air flew into his open entrance, moaning even further when Severus slid his hand down Harry and bent over him so he could lightly finger the hole

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Severus moaned huskily in Harry\'s ear and brought the hand that had been fingering Harry\'s hole to his mouth for a moment, sucking on the three main fingers until they were dripping wet, and the returned them to Harry\'s entrance, gently working one inside, thrusting gently. They began to rock their hips in time with their ministrations at first, but as Severus got up to three fingers and Harry started humming around Severus\' erection, the older man wondered absently why the broom wasn\'t shaken off course.

But all coherent thoughts quickly fled from his mind as he felt his balls tightening, dangerously close to the edge and his fingers began to pound into Harry. They shuddered and cried out against each other when their orgasms finally took them. Severus rested his forehead against the small of Harry\'s back and clung desperately to him as the world slowly came back into focus.

At length Severus moaned softly and helped Harry back into a sitting position, handing him his pants to magic back on, but keeping his shirt for the moment. While Harry magically put on his pants, Severus cast a small cleansing spell for the broom and his trousers and tucked himself back inside before giving Harry his shirt and robe back. Then, calm and sated he eased Harry down so that his back was nestled into Severus\' front and Severus\' arms were wrapped around his waist; the broom was on auto pilot. \"I must confess that was one of your more brilliant ideas,\" Severus purred in Harry\'s ear as he rested his head on Harry\'s shoulder.

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Harry mock-pouted. \"One? I always have brilliant ideas.\" He bit the inside of his cheek when Severus snorted and just nuzzled his nose into his neck. Laying one arm on top of Severus\', Harry grabbed the broom with his other hand and undid the spells he had used to make them invisible and taking them off auto pilot. He sighed happily as he leaned back against Severus. Feeling a mild twinge of discomfort in his thighs (which he had been clenching to stay on top of the broom) and the burn between his anus and balls where he had sat snugly against the broom, Harry muttered a mild healing charm that took care of the aches.

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Severus sighed contently and pulled Harry closer as they rode on. It was a straight line from here to Awen so Severus could focus on Harry instead of directions. While he was placing soft kisses to the back and side of Harry\'s neck he caught him looking up at the stars fondly. \"Beautiful aren\'t they?\" Severus murmured, resting his chin on Harry\'s shoulder again. Harry nodded silently and continued to gaze up at the stars.

\"You know,\" Severus said quietly, \"when sailors first started crossing the equator they saw a whole new night sky and thought that they\'d sailed right off the edge of the earth; instead of home being right around the corner. So they looked to the stars and started drawing familiar shapes in them to make them seem less alien and to help them navigate; find their way home. That\'s how the constellations were created.\"

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Harry raised a brow and just nodded, looking at the various star formations and the random scattering of most of them. \"I\'m just not used to seeing so many after living in the city for so long.\" Severus nodded in understanding.

Harry suddenly smiled. \"I finally lived out my dream of flying under the stars and having sex under the stars. Two in one,\" Harry chuckled. Severus sighed, and even though he couldn\'t see him, Harry knew Severus was rolling his eyes.

He frowned off into the distance. \"Are we almost there? We\'ve been over the water for a while now,\" Harry observed.

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\"I\'m sorry to say we\'ve got a few more hours ahead of us,\" Severus informed Harry. \"We\'ll be on this thing until dawn.\" Severus paused for a moment to take hold of the broom, \"You just relax; I\'ll take it from here; I\'m used to the journey.\"

As Severus had predicted, Awen came into view just as a soft rose began to light the sky. He hadn\'t been there in over a year, but it was still just as he remembered it. It was a large, round island, with grand sloping mountains covered in lush old forests and cliffs instead of beaches.

The main city on the eastern shore housed most of the people with its beautiful Victorian architecture of dark wood and tall buildings that seemed to reach out to the sky, creating a very old world romantic feel. As they circled it they could even see the tiny cobblestone streets that webbed their way throughout the city. Much like old world cities, it was round and in reasonably close quarters, but it still managed to maintain a very homey and romantic feel. They got a particularly nice view of the black marble Gothic castle that served as the home of the High Council and a few other small homes scattered throughout the island. \"Harry,\" Severus murmured softly to his nearly asleep companion. \"We\'re here.\"

They easily slipped past the wards on the island, for all they warded against were those who wished to cause harm on Awen, and circled the city once for Harry\'s benefit before pulling out a little way into the forest towards Severus\' cabin. It was only about ten minutes or so out of the city, but it was far enough away to feel cozy and secluded. Severus landed smoothly and slipped a secure arm around Harry\'s waist lest he fall over in exhaustion. Gently he guided him through the massive trees towards the neat little cabin.

The cabin was very simple and cozy. There was one main room with a cream fabric sofa against the wall opposite the fieldstone fireplace. Various books and potions lined the red oak cabin walls. The door to the right opened up to the kitchen and the door to the left preceded to Severus\' bedroom. On the wall to the right of the main entrance, there was a staircase that led up to the loft. There were Awen native picture frames, tables, and other knick knacks interspersed throughout the room as well; the last remainder of his mother\'s touch on the cabin. That and the charm that made the whole cabin smell like rich spices and woods; adding to the homey feel that Severus craved when back in his dungeons at the castle.

Someone had obviously been tending to the cabin in Severus\' absence, as there was a fresh fire in the fireplace illuminating the plush, red, Persian, hearth rug. On the same wall as the fireplace, there was a door on either side of it.

Severus, noting Harry\'s tired yawns, led him into the bedroom which was the near duplicate of Severus\' back at Hogwarts, except for the wooden walls and the warm fireplace in front of the bed complete with another plush, green Persian rug.

Gently helping Harry into the bed, Severus divested the other man\'s and his clothes, he murmured, \"What do you think of Awen?\"

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Yawning again, Harry allowed the other man\'s ministrations as he guided them into the large bed. Harry went into his usual position of lying half on the Potions master as he blinked sleepily up at Severus. \"It\'s really beautiful. But I think I\'ll appreciate it more when my ass doesn\'t hurt so much from riding a broom so long, even my best charms can\'t fix that,\" he said with a tired grin.

From what he had seen, the island was very beautiful and Harry felt like he could really make a home here. Even this cabin was peaceful. Harry couldn\'t wait for them to vacation here sometime in the future when everything else in the world was just as peaceful after Voldemort\'s defeat.

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Severus chuckled softly and drew Harry in for a brief kiss. He\'d finished all of his research over the past week and he was greatly looking forward to being able to fall asleep next to Harry since he had previously been denying himself the simple pleasure. \"Goodnight, Harry,\" he murmured softly, as the blanket settled over them via wandless magic. He didn\'t think they\'d be asleep long. Maybe until mid-afternoon. Then they\'d have the rest of Saturday to themselves and Severus would be able to see the Council on Sunday and still get them back in time for a late dinner at Hogwarts.