Crossing the Line

Chapter 11: Breaking Boundaries and Old Friends


Harry sighed and snuggled further back into the heat behind him. Blinking his eyes open sleepily, the young man\'s eyes widened at the change in surroundings, before remembering last night. Turning over slowly so he wouldn\'t jostle the bed\'s other occupant, Harry smiled at the dozing professor. His face was relaxed and there was even a small smile tugging at the thin upper lip. \"Hope he\'s dreaming of me,\" Harry murmured with a grin as he slithered down gently, careful not to make the bed shift too much.

Once he was settled near Severus\' groin and his feet were near the end of the bed, Harry whispered a spell and smiled when the soft trousers disappeared with a quiet \'pop\' and reappeared on the bedroom floor. Leaning in, he lightly pressed his lips to the man\'s hard stomach, just underneath the navel. Twirling his tongue through the soft hair there, he followed the trail and started pressing light kisses to the base of the hard length. Smiling when the hips began to thrust forward, Harry raised his arms and placed his hands on Severus\' hips to keep him from moving.

Nibbling very lightly on the soft skin, he hardened his lips so the kisses were raining down harder on the sensitive cock. When he felt a hand sink into his long hair, Harry smiled and finally relented. Wrapping his lips around the head, he suckled lightly, before he slowly began to take the weeping cock into his mouth and hollowed his cheeks so the warm flesh touched the sensitive length.

~*~*~

Severus moaned softly and arched up into Harry\'s mouth the best he could with Harry\'s grip on him. \"Harry,\" he breathed, threading his fingers through the silk-like hair of his partner. Damn, he could not imagine wakening up a better way. Harry continued the sweet torture for several blissful minutes before he started taking in as much of Severus\' length as he could and undulating his tongue across the bottom. With a deep moan, Severus threw his head back and came hard down Harry\'s throat as he had been doing almost every morning since they\'d entered into a relationship.

It took a few moments for Severus to come back to himself, but when he did, Harry was looming over him on all fours and grinning at him with a very satisfied air. \"Morning, beautiful,\" Severus whispered through sleep and the afterglow, pulling said partner down for a languorous kiss.

~*~*~

Settling down on top of the taller form, Harry rested on his elbows, splayed on either side of Severus\' chest. The other man was always really out of character and sweet when he first woke up after a good orgasm. It made Harry feel good that he was the only one to ever hear these kinds of endearments from the man. Even if he didn\'t agree with the sentiment that he was beautiful, it was still nice.

Leaning in to lay a light kiss on the professor\'s lips, Harry purred, \"What are we going to do today?\" he sighed contently when Severus\' lean arms went around his back to pull him closer against his naked body. The only material separating their groins was Harry\'s black trousers from last night.

~*~*~

\"Well,\" Severus mused, coming back to himself a bit more, \"we could explore the city together if you like,\" he paused to hook his legs over Harry\'s, trapping him in his embrace, \"or not get out of bed altogether. Either option is fine with me. You choose.\"


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Harry lifted a finger to his chin and tilted his head, pretending to think. \"Hmm... decisions, decisions.\" With his free hand, he reached behind him and felt his bum, wincing at the ache there. There was probably a bruise or something from riding on a broom for the better part of the day without many breaks. \"Well, my ass and thighs still ache from riding a broom, so I think staying in bed is for the best,\" he said, nodding his head with a somber expression.

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\"If you insist,\" Severus purred before tugging Harry in for another deep kiss, slowly rolling them over as he did so. He broke the kiss slowly, smiling down at Harry before shifting over him and trailing very slow, sucking kisses over his collarbone; making his way down his torso. He stopped occasionally to whisper an endearment in Nosferatu as Harry had once admitted he had a thing for foreign languages--specifically Severus\' accent.

~*~*~

Harry moaned and arched up to reach more of those amazing lips sucking on the sensitive flesh just beneath his navel, and above the top of his trousers. He tensed when he felt warm fingers at the buttons to his trousers (they didn\'t have zippers like some of his clothes). Turning his head to the side, unconsciously trying to hide the scar on his left eye, Harry forced himself to relax and nodded when he felt Severus looking up at him in confirmation.

He wanted to do this... really he did, but he was so nervous about what Severus would think about the scars littering his legs, groin, and buttocks--all of them from training (while on the field, most people aimed for the upper torso, since the legs were a harder target). When they had been flying it was a bit different since it had been fairly dark out and Severus hadn\'t gotten a good look at his skin while his robes were see-through.

~*~*~

Severus gently slid Harry\'s pants from him and without ceremony dropped them to the floor. Harry\'s legs were littered with scars here and there much like the rest of him, but, as Severus thought, they didn\'t detract from his looks at all.

He reached out and gently caressed his lower abdomen, trailing his hand down over his thighs, bypassing his erection for the moment. At a small gasp from his partner he glanced up and saw Harry looking at him with disbelief, like he really believed he didn\'t deserve any kind of attention like that. Severus just smiled warmly at him and lowered himself down, close to Harry\'s erection. He pressed a wet, sucking kiss to the head, provoking a soft moan from Harry before he took the length into his mouth slowly; deep-throating him.

~*~*~

\"Sev!\" Harry screamed as he arched his back. Fuck, where had the older man learned this? Harry had never been able to deep throat anyone, and he\'d definitely never had anyone else do it to him. Hell, it had been at least eight or more years since he\'d been in a relationship, even a one night stand, due to the scars lining his body. As the numbers grew, the amount of bed partners lessened.

Harry moaned and thrashed his head when Severus reached up and trailed a hand over his scarred balls, squeezing them gently and pushing them up against his base. He was so lost in his pleasure, that it didn\'t even bother him when the older man started tracing the scars on his hips lightly and with interest, but he never stopped his slow rhythm. Too slow in fact.

\"Please...\" he whispered, his voice hoarse as he put a hand down on Severus\' head, running his fingers through the thick strands as he tried to plead for him to bring him release.

~*~*~

Severus chuckled softly around Harry\'s length, causing another loud moan, but didn\'t heed his begging for release until minutes later when he was shaking and babbling even more incoherently than before. Only then did he drastically increase his speed and start sucking *hard* on Harry\'s length. When he felt Harry\'s balls tighten under his hand, he slowly brought his lips back up to the head and then plunged back down, deep-throating him again. That, apparently, was Harry\'s breaking point as he threw back his head, screamed Severus\' name loudly, and came down his throat.

Severus stayed between his legs, milking his orgasm to the last before releasing him and crawling up his body and pressing a soft kiss to his forehead. \"I must say,\" he murmured, while looming over the slowly recovering man on all fours, with a satisfied smirk \"I rather enjoyed your...commentary.\"

~*~*~

\"Shud\'up,\" Harry muttered, wrapping his arms around Severus\' back and bringing him down so he could nuzzle into his neck. The older man allowed this and ran a gentle hand up and down his shivering side as he waited for him to calm down. It took several minutes, but when he finally did reach the ground after his earth shattering climax, Harry immediately tensed, thinking about the scars Severus had seen. Oh Merlin. If he was lucky he\'d probably been too preoccupied to really take notice of them all.

~*~*~

Severus felt Harry tense in his arms and looked down at him with concern right away. He looked almost...frightened. \"Harry,\" Severus breathed, holding him closer, trying to reassure him about whatever was bothering him. \"What\'s wrong?\"

~*~*~

Shaking his head, Harry pushed his head against Severus\' shoulder, trying to hide his face. To his disgust, he could almost feel every single one of his puckered scars pressing against the other man\'s flawless skin, making him even more abnormal. Sure they weren\'t as bad as when he\'d first got them, especially with being Severus\' long term donor, but they were still *there.* Still as disgusting as ever.

~*~*~

\"Harry,\" Severus said, just as softly as before. \"Look at me.\" When Harry refused to comply, Severus gently hooked one finger under his chin and lifted his face up, despite the fact that he kept his eyes squeezed shut. Severus sighed softly and pressed a gentle kiss to his forehead. \"Harry, tell me what\'s wrong. Please?\" he said softly, looking down at Harry\'s pained expression with deep concern.

~*~*~

Eyes still closed, Harry tilted his head down to his chest. He bit his lip, trying to make up something that would be reasonable. He couldn\'t believe he\'d been stupid enough to let his guard down like that. He should have just acted like nothing was wrong.

When he felt Severus\' gaze on him, Harry finally peeked out from underneath his long lashes. He frowned and turned his head again when he was met with very concerned dark eyes. Shit--how could he lie to him?

\"I know you\'ve seen my scars... I know they\'re disgusting... so I\'ll cover them up if you can\'t bear to look at them anymore. No one else has...\" Harry sniffed and closed his eyes tighter. \"I\'ll understand. You\'re flawless and I\'m--I\'m marked.\" His breath hitched at the last word, thinking back to when he had been \'marked.\'

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\"Harry,\" Severus murmured softly, understanding washing over his features. \"You are anything but disgusting. Scars only stand to show how many times an enemy has failed to bring us down, and how much we have overcome. You\'ve gone through more than you ever should\'ve had to and you\'ve been nothing but brave about it. That\'s something to be admired. You could never disgust me; far from it.\" As if to prove his point, Severus ran his hand reverently along Harry\'s scarred back and leaned in to kiss his \'famous\' scar gently.

\"And I\'m far from perfect Harry; I\'ve got the Dark Mark imbedded on my left arm, probably for life. But you have never given it any above average notice in our time together, and you have never let it turn you away from me. That just shows how amazing you really are.\" Severus paused to kiss his temple gently again. \"You never let my greatest mistake drive you away like it drove everyone else away from me. Do you even know how remarkable that is?\" Severus finished, looking down at Harry and continued to run his hand along his back reverently.

~*~*~

Turning his head to the side, where his puffs of air met the hard flesh of Severus\' forearm that was keeping his upper chest from totally landing on Harry.

If he really thought about it, Severus\' mistake was actually similar to his. The older man had a large tattoo on his forearm to show for it, and Harry had scores of big and small scars running across his body to show for his own mistake of joining the Aurors. They\'d both gained something from their mistakes, though. Harry had grown more powerful and was able to do a hell of a lot more things than he had been. And Severus was stronger probably in the ways of Dark Magic. But with that type of magic, came stronger defense against said magic. So really, it all evened out. And without each other\'s mistakes, they never would have gotten closer, or even been in the position they were now.

Flicking his tongue out to run it along a small portion of the Dark Mark on the pale skin in front of him, Harry smiled slightly at the small goosebumps raised along the flesh. Leaning his head to the side to rest against the arm, locks of white and ebony hair overflowing onto the marked flesh, Harry closed his eyes and curled a leg around the one in between his legs. \"Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder,\" he whispered, thinking back on to the numerous times he\'d thought that every time Severus had mentioned that he was beautiful.

He glanced up at the man on top of him through his soot black lashes and muttered, \"My mistake of joining the Aurors was like yours of joining the Death Eaters. They both left us with their mark, or marks, and in the end, it brought us together.\" He sighed and closed his eyes again. \'But at least your mark is centered in one place, mine are scattered all around me. It\'s grotesque, even to myself. I don\'t know how you can see anything else,\' Harry thought in his mind.

~*~*~

\"This,\" Severus whispered, holding Harry closer to him, \"is a much more preferable fate than any other I could think of.\" They lay there for a few long moments with their limbs hopelessly intertwined and the fire crackling warmly nearby.

Severus could see Harry was still bothered by his scars, but he was more than willing to repeat how little they mattered to him until it sunk through the Gryffindor\'s thick head. Smiling warmly down at said relaxed Gryffindor, Severus leaned forward and pressed a soft kiss to his temple. \"I love you, Harry,\" he murmured upon pulling back. That much he was certain of. He wasn\'t sure what the exact difference was between now and the other times he\'d thought of it, but he did know the thought came to him instinctively whenever he looked at Harry. He\'d never admitted love easily, but this he didn\'t have to fight for, it was just there and for the first time he wasn\'t afraid to acknowledge it.

~*~*~

... did he hear that right? Severus... Severus loved him? No... that wasn\'t possible. No one could love him... he was a freak, abnormal, he was unlovable.

Biting his lip, Harry wrapped his arms around the man\'s back and pulled him closer as he hid his face once again in the older man\'s shoulder. Severus allowed the movement and followed it by lying his head down on the pillow just above Harry and spreading out his body over him. Instead of feeling smothered, Harry felt warm and safe.

~*~*~

\"Shhh. It\'s okay,\" Severus said softly, holding Harry as well as he could when he started shaking a little. \"I love you; don\'t waste your time trying to convince me otherwise.\"

Severus continued to murmur reassuringly and stroke Harry gently, trying to reassure him. They\'d both had it rough emotionally and physically in their lives, but they had a chance at real happiness at last and Severus, for one, was not about to let something like that slip by him. They both deserved some happiness after what they\'d been through, especially Harry.

~*~*~

Harry sighed and turned them over so he could properly receive a hug. Severus followed his movements easily and wrapped his arms and legs around him with a small smile. Lying his head down on the broad chest, Harry bit his lip when he felt himself harden from the slight friction. Feeling the responding pressure on his thigh, he resisted the urge to shift and press his leg into it.

He didn\'t want Severus to love him. Sure, the feeling was nice for someone to think that they loved him, but he knew that it wasn\'t really possible. And how would the older man know he was in love anyway? Harry never remembered him saying that he\'d ever felt it before, so how would he know how to tell the difference between strong affection and love?

~*~*~

\"Harry,\" Severus said softly, stroking his back, \"you don\'t have to talk to me, but I wish you would. I can\'t read your mind and it\'s obvious something\'s still bothering you.\" Severus probably could use mind games and other interrogating techniques that he\'d learned in his years as a spy to figure out whatever he wanted from Harry, but he hated fucking with people\'s minds like that. It was too much like when he\'d so willingly and so foolishly served under Voldemort. Besides, he had no desire to push Harry. He\'d much prefer the other man talked of his own free will.

~*~*~

Harry sighed and watched the nipple in front of him harden in response. It wasn\'t nice to just ignore Severus like this. He knew he\'d hate it himself if the other man ever tried doing this to him. Sighing again, Harry finally spoke up, his voice so quiet that Severus had a hard time hearing, even with his vampiric hearing abilities. \"I don\'t want you to love me,\" he said bluntly. Feeling Severus tense underneath him, probably in fear of rejection, Harry continued, \"I\'m not the best person to fall in love with. I\'ll probably end up getting you killed by Voldemort for your efforts in thinking that you\'re in love with me.\"

He frowned. \"How can you be sure anyway? I don\'t remember you telling me that you\'ve ever loved someone before, so how can you tell? How do you tell love from just deep affection for me?\" biting his lip, Harry brought up a hand to rest lightly over the prominent muscle on Severus\' chest. He continued speaking quietly, \"I\'m not supposed to have people love me. They always end up in Voldemort\'s clutches somehow, no matter how hard I try to save them. I\'m a nuisance and I don\'t deserve love, not when I\'ve tortured and killed so many people.\" He felt bare and empty after confessing the things that had built up in him over the years. Issues that he\'d never confessed to anyone. But of course Severus had to be the first.

~*~*~

Severus reached out gently and caressed the side of Harry\'s face. \"And what do you think I did in all my years as a spy? Tuck Voldemort’s victims in bed and read them a bedtime story? For almost three years I was whole heartedly on the side of the very person whose made your life such hell; killing innocents right and left. And it didn\'t stop after I became a spy either, I couldn\'t go raising suspicion, so I had to keep killing.\" He paused, threading his fingers through Harry\'s hair gently. \"We\'ve all done things we regret, Harry.\"

There was another brief pause before Severus continued. \"And I think I\'ve done more than enough to put myself on Voldemort’s most wanted list on my own. It\'s not your job to look out for me. We\'ve survived him this long on our own, I honestly believe we can finish him off together.\"

Severus smiled up at Harry. \"Just because I\'ve never loved someone romantically before, it doesn’t mean I\'m incapable of it; Potions master persona and all.\" Severus smiled softly when Harry\'s lips quirked at the corners for a moment. \"I was bitter and resentful for so long, Harry, and shortly after I swallowed my pride and started a friendship with you, well, you\'ve made it so easy to be able to forget about the past and, for the first time in years, look to the present and the future with something to hope for and fight for.\" Another brief pause. \"You\'re the only person that ever bothered to look deeper than the bastard side of me and,\" Severus smiled again, \"I love you.\"

~*~*~

While he still had his reservations (he was infamous after all, for his Gryffindor stubbornness), he did believe that Severus could look after himself, and that he shouldn\'t worry about that aspect. All his past bed mates had been pretty, well, wussy, for lack of a better word. Severus could easily take care of himself. He\'d almost spent the same number of years as a Death Eater, as Harry had in his Auror training.

It wasn\'t that he thought Severus was \'incapable\' of loving, he just didn\'t know how he could tell the difference between that, and whatever he had felt for Harry earlier on in their relationship. Harry didn\'t believe in love at first sight, since that would be more along the lines of lust at first sight, and Severus and he had hated each other as soon as they saw the other man. But as the years went by, Harry\'s hate for the older man had lessened, and he\'d grown to respect and admire him. Okay, he also lusted for him, but that was beside the point. He still didn\'t know how he could tell if he loved the man. He would die for him. Was that love? He\'d do almost *anything* for Severus, but was that love?

Sighing, Harry laid his head back down on the warm chest and enjoyed the sensations of long fingers running through his hair and up and down his back. Maybe--maybe once Voldemort was defeated and there weren\'t so many crises in the world, then maybe he would open up his heart fully. Until then, he cared for Severus deeply and would die for him, but he wouldn\'t classify it as love just yet. He would wait for the peace, and then think more on it.

~*~*~

Although Harry didn\'t respond to him verbally, Severus felt him relax under his touch, which meant he would absorb everything that had been said and would think about it. That was all Severus wanted.

After a few more minutes of laying there in a relaxed, quite state, Severus leaned in and pressed a kiss to Harry\'s temple. \"I don\'t know about you,\" he breathed softly, \"but after all that flying and rounds of extracurricular activity bordering on kinky and illegal with the Ministry\'s regulations for brooms,\" he paused just long enough to smirk at Harry\'s blush, \"I could go for some breakfast.\" He looked out at the early afternoon light. \"Or lunch rather.\"

~*~*~

Chuckling, Harry nodded and rolled off of Severus, who leaned in for a brief kiss before heading out to the kitchen. Yawning, the young man rolled over onto his stomach and pulled the blankets up to his waist, the fire in front of the bed warmed his back nicely as he dozed, still tired somewhat, especially after their little... exercise. The thought making Harry blush, he turned his head and curled a hand under his chin, basking in the warm glow of the fire.

~*~*~

Severus returned several minutes later with a tray on which rested a cup of coffee for Severus, a glass of cold milk for Harry, and a half a dozen large, warm chocolate covered croissants that, besides being a specialty in Awen, both men were rather fond of.

\"Hey,\" Severus murmured softly while placing the tray on the night stand, \"no sleeping just yet.\" To impact the point, he leaned forward for a slightly longer, deep kiss and on pulling back they both shared a warm smile. Climbing in next to Harry and helping him into a sitting position, Severus added, \"As much as you may think you can, you can not survive on *protein shakes* alone.\"

~*~*~

Smiling, Harry leaned against Severus\' shoulder as they ate, the latter reaching around the young man to reach the plate on the tray on top of the night stand. Looking down at the last bite of his second croissant, Harry frowned in thought. Glancing up at the older man, he asked, \"Can anyone of your race survive on blood alone? Or would that not be completely healthy?\"

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\"The blood a vampire gets feeds their magic. Because they access it from a deeper part of themselves they need an extra push to be able to reach that level of full power. Now if I was any more vampire, I\'d need blood to sustain my magic entirely and if I didn\'t get it I\'d die, but as things stand, I only need blood to achieve my full power, as will the rest of my decedents, but we can not survive on blood alone. We need food and every other thing a regular human needs.\" Severus finished, smiling over at the younger man.

Harry looked at him strangely when he started to chuckle softly. \"You have some chocolate on your lips,\" he said quietly, leaning in to kiss him and remove the chocolate.

~*~*~

Moaning into the hot mouth when the tongue invaded his lips, Harry popped the last bite into his mouth, chewing and swallowing quickly before wiping his hands on the napkin (knowing Severus hated being sticky with anything other than Harry\'s essence) and tossing the soiled cloth back onto the tray. He wrapped his arms around the older man\'s neck as he sucked on the tongue. When Severus broke off for air, Harry nibbled on the smooth flesh just underneath his jaw, and slowly moved his kisses until he was at the junction between shoulder and neck. He bit at the soft flesh, making Severus cry out, then began lapping at the wound to sooth the hurt. He suckled on the flesh, bringing the blood to the surface in a nice big hickey that would make any vampire proud. He continued to suck, while his other hand, the one not holding Severus\' back to bring him closer, snuck down to tweak the perk nipple, bringing it into an even harder pebble.

~*~*~

\"Harry,\" Severus gasped, clutching at his back and moaning softly under his ministrations. His own hand traveled up Harry\'s side and began rolling his nipple between his thumb and forefinger, provoking similar reactions from Harry. \"My, but you have stamina,\" Severus breathed, one hand still at Harry\'s nipple and the other scratching lightly at his back. He moaned loudly again as Harry continued to work at his neck. \"Just who...is feeding off of whom here?\" He gasped, making small appreciative noises in the back of his throat.

~*~*~

Smirking, Harry lapped at the sensitive red spot, whispering, \"For one, I\'m twenty eight, of course I have stamina.\" He swooped back in to nibble at the flesh, producing a loud groan. \"For another, it looks like I\'m feeding off you. And now that you mention it... I think I need some protein shake,\" he smiled when Severus snorted, but the amusement quickly turned back to pleasure as Harry pushed the man down on to the bed and started working his way down the smooth torso. Stopping here and there at sensitive spots, before moving on when the moans got too feverous.

Finally reaching his destination, Harry grinned and lapped at the long cock like he would an ice cream cone. Looking up at the writhing man from beneath his lashes, Harry swirled his tongue around the mushroom shaped tip. Parting his lips, he took some of the crown in, sucked briefly, before pushing his tongue out into the slit and making the cock\'s head disappear from his mouth with a quiet slurp. He laughed when Severus finally lost his world renowned patience and gripped Harry\'s hair, trying to bring him closer to his weeping erection, albeit gently, but the younger man knew he really just wanted to force himself into Harry\'s mouth.

Grinning at the loud moan of Harry\'s name that escaped from the vampire\'s lips in an almost plea, Harry lifted a hand briefly and ran a finger along the crease between the two balls, before finally relenting and wrapping his lips around Severus\' cock. Taking special care to fully relax his throat, Harry let go of the older man\'s hips in a silent affirmative that he could fuck his mouth if he wanted to. Which, judging by his weeping head and tense muscles, he obviously wanted to.

~*~*~

\"Harry,\" Severus moaned brokenly as he began to fuck his mouth with a hardly repressed fervor. Harry, on his part, did an excellent job of taking the cock as it was pushed repeatedly deep into his mouth. With one last great shove, Severus gripped Harry\'s shoulders hard enough to leave small nail marks behind, threw his head back and came down his throat with a broken cry of his name.

This time when Harry moved to loom over him, he did not wait for whatever snarky comment he obviously had planned. Instead he just wrapped his arms around his waist and pulled him down for a hard, fevering kiss, helplessly intertwining their legs as his did so. When he did break away, he trailed his lips lightly over Harry\'s cheeks up to nibble on his ear for a while murmuring, \"You are...mmph...amazing.\"

~*~*~

Blushing lightly, Harry smirked, \"I know I am.\" Tilting his head to the side so Severus could have better excess, he absentmindedly swiped a tongue around his mouth and teeth, tasting the salty residue of come and, for once, actually enjoying it.

He sighed pleasantly when Severus kisses started trailing down his jaw and on his neck. He spent several moments just licking and sucking, quickly bringing the blood to the surface and making a large red welt, similar to the one on his own neck actually, Harry thought with a grin, while he simultaneously gasped and came swiftly when he felt sharp incisors pierce his flesh.

Sighing, he raked his hand through Severus\' sweaty hair, too tired and spent to even hope of getting it up again so quickly. Even if his cock was twitching with interest at the continued feeding. It had been several days since the vampire had fed, so Harry relaxed against the other man, waiting for him to finish his \'meal\', so to speak. And feeling the pleasant tingles that always accompanied it, shooting down his body and making his toes curl.

~*~*~

Although both of them were too spent to really have an orgasm, they did both stretch out and enjoy themselves; moaning (or in Severus\' case purring) softly until Severus was done \'feeding\'.

Severus lapped at Harry\'s neck as the wounds closed and pulled back slowly, smiling warmly at him. Severus then brushed some of Harry\'s hair out of his eyes and leaned in for a deep, tender kiss that tasted of Severus\' come and Harry\'s blood, but was strangely very intimate and enjoyably. Severus pulled back, all but grinning, and shifted so he could hold Harry better against his chest. \"I must concur with your earlier decision to stay in bed,\" he whispered while stroking Harry\'s hair, \"I couldn\'t have imagined a better way to spend the day.\"

~*~*~

Harry moaned softly, relaxing against Severus\' chest while his legs were on either side of the ones below him. \"Sex is always better then going out,\" he murmured, smiling at the other man\'s quiet chuckle.

They spent an endless amount of time just lying there, occasionally shifting so they were comfortable and avoided losing feeling in a limb. Thinking about the world outside finally, Harry continued slowly rubbing the soft flesh beneath his hand with his thumb. \"Do you have any friends in this city? Or relatives? Maybe you could go visit them before you have to go to the High Council tomorrow.\" If Severus did have friends here, it would be nice to see some of the people from his lover\'s past, the man already knew so much about him.

~*~*~

\"My parents were the last of my family,\" Severus explained quietly, gently grasping the hand that reached out to comfort him. \"It\'s all right, I\'ve had many years to cope.\" Pressing a kiss to Harry\'s hand he continued, \"The vampire who owns the donor house, Amber, and her wife, Evelen, have always been very kind to me. No doubt it was their family who\'ve been caring for this cabin.\" Severus smiled down at Harry, stroking his hair softly. \"Would you like to go visit them tomorrow? Maybe as a human shield, since Amber is going to come at my head for not visiting in over a year.\"

~*~*~

Harry laughed at the mental image. Wrapping his arms and legs around the man, he said in a baby voice, \"Aww, I\'ll be your protector,\" laughing when Severus chuckled.

Snuggling his cheek back against the smooth chest, Harry asked, \"Why don\'t we go today? It\'s just after lunch probably, and tomorrow you have to get back after we go to the High Council, which will probably take awhile.\"

~*~*~

\"I would not be adverse to the idea,\" Severus murmured with a yawn, \"if you can drag yourself out of bed that is. If I remember correctly...\" he trailed off for a moment to run his hands lightly down Harry\'s bottom, \"you were too sore to do so this morning,\" he finished, chuckling as Harry quickly reddened under his touch.


~*~*~

When Severus began to trace the scars on his ass, Harry scooted down slightly to escape the length of the hand. He was comfortable being around Severus, but he still found his scars revolting. Stretching out, he flexed his bottom, and only felt a small twinge of pain. He\'d just have to be careful about sitting down. \"I\'m fine now. The protein shake cured me right up,\" he smiled cheekily.

~*~*~

Severus chuckled softly and leaned in to kiss Harry. \"Well, you\'d better get dressed then,\" he murmured, pulling back and began to disentangle himself from Harry. \"I will have to take care to charm my breath. Last I heard, Evelyn was pregnant and I don\'t want to bother Amber by having blood on my breath.\"

~*~*~

Harry frowned as he stood up from the bed. \"Why would that bother her?\" he asked as he went to his duffle bag and brought out form fitting blue jeans and a black sweater. Pulling on the jeans, he looked up and blushed brightly when he finally noticed that Severus had been checking him out quite obviously. He quickly did up his jeans and tried to resist the urge to rub at the heated skin that was spreading down his chest. Damn blush.

~*~*~

Severus just smirked at Harry\'s blush as he explained, \"Well Amber is a vampire and Evelen is a human witch. When same sex couples have children, generally the one who carries the baby spends most of those nine months off their feet out of simple exhaustion. You see the baby will feed off of the magical energy of the parent as well as the normal physical energy and it\'s nearly three times as draining as feeding so, naturally, vampires opt not to feed on their same sex spouses while they\'re pregnant and thus the stomach cramps resume and it is generally considered rude to show up at such a vampire\'s home with blood on your breath.\" As Severus explained this he was straightening up a little, brushing his hair, washing his hands, etc. and after he was done talking, he mumbled a cleaning charm for his teeth so that they were as good as newly brushed.

~*~*~

\"Ahh,\" Harry mumbled, pulling on his black turtle neck. As he adjusted the neck part, he mumbled a spell that would clean his hair of any sweat from today and last night\'s sweat, and would also brush it out. He mumbled a few other spells that brushed it out, cleaned his body of sweat from their... earlier activities, and one that cleaned his teeth and tongue. \"Don\'t think they\'d appreciate smelling come on the breath either,\" he mumbled, grinning slightly when Severus snorted.

Smoothing the wrinkles out of his pants and sweater, Harry looked up, the blush that had begun to disappear quickly came back when, once again, he realized that Severus had been watching him get dressed. \"Damn voyeur,\" he whispered with a small grin. The older man just cocked a brow.

Walking over to the man, adding an exaggerated sway to his hips, Harry locked an arm around the other man\'s neck and pulled him down for a heated kiss. Taking one last swipe of the man\'s full bottom lips, Harry stepped back out of arms reach and grinned. \"Let\'s go.\" His grin widened at the low growl coming from Severus\' throat. Waggling a finger, Harry quickly walked out of the room, grinning widely when he felt the other man\'s gaze on his swaying bottom.

~*~*~

\"Harry Potter,\" Severus growled, watching his partner walk, \"you are going to be the death of me.\"

Severus did eventually catch up with him and, looping an arm around his waist, led him down a trail nearby Severus\' cabin. It didn\'t take them much closer to town, but it did, after a half hour or so, take them to a dignified looking house a little bigger than their cabin. With one arm still around Harry\'s waist, Severus knocked on the door. Not three seconds later; a tall, pale, dark eyed, dark haired woman appeared at the door.

\"Severus!\" she cried launching herself towards him. Severus, naturally, side stepped her.

\"Amber you are a vampire, for goodness sake, show some self restraint!\" came a voice from inside the house and a few seconds later a brown haired, blue eyed woman with a significantly round stomach appeared at the door. \"Ah, Severus, no wonder she\'s livid. Come in and please tell us that\'s your donor you\'re attached to, or she might just have your head this time.\"

Severus shook his head and slowly led Harry inside the couple\'s comfortable home. \"Harry, in case you haven\'t guessed, this is Amber and Evelyn.\"

\"You are Severus\' donor, aren\'t you?\" Amber asked enthusiastically, ignoring several elbows from her wife. \"One of these days the bloke really is going to kill himself, going so long without feeding.\"

~*~*~

Harry laughed and followed them into the sitting room where he sat on the dark purple, velvet love seat beside Severus. The house was done tastefully, a blending of warm and cool colours. Not as dark as Severus\' own, but beautiful in its own way.

Snuggling into the warm side that he was being pulled against quite possessively, Harry finally answered with a small smile, \"Yes, I\'m his donor.\" He looked up at the other man. \"Boyfriend, too, but we both don\'t really think the term suits either of us.\" He smiled briefly before looking over the other two seated across from them on a curved lavender sofa. \"I personally prefer just \'partners,\'\" he made little quotations with his free hand, the one that wasn\'t in between Severus and him, grinning when the other two smiled.

\"It\'s about time that Severus found a lover.\" Harry blushed slightly at the title, one he reserved for in his head or in private, being spoken so freely from someone who was a complete stranger. A very nice one, mind you, but a stranger nonetheless.

~*~*~

\"Amber!\" hissed Evelyn, elbowing her in the side. \"Show a little discretion would you?\"

\"What?\" Amber retorted arrogantly. \"That\'s obviously what Harry is to him; look at the way he\'s blushing.\"

\"Dear lord,\" Evelyn murmured, burying her head in her hands, \"next thing you know you\'ll be asking them to make out to prove it, or simply for your own sick entertainment.\"

\"Actually I wouldn\'t mind a show-ow!\" Amber started to say, but was cut off when her wife smacked her upside the head.

\"So, Harry dear, please do make it easier for my poor wife, who can not help herself, to shut up and tell us how you and Severus got together.\" Amber did glare at Evelyn for the verbal attack, but, probably because she was pregnant, did nothing but grumble in her general direction. Severus, naturally, simply rolled his eyes at the pair.

~*~*~

A faint blush still marring his cheeks, Harry wrapped his right arm around the older man and laid his head in the warm space provided for him when Severus lifted his arm to wrap it around Harry\'s shoulders instead.

Smiling softly, Harry looked over at the pair, fighting like an old married couple. It was all really sweet actually. Hell, he and Severus already did that now. The thought making him grin, Harry launched into the short version of how they got together.

\"Well, basically we overcame our dislike and prejudice for each other.\" He shrugged lightly, \"I overcame it when I was only eighteen, but it took Severus at least ten years to get over it and grow up.\" He grinned when said man grunted and the other two laughed, happily agreeing with his point.

\"Anyway, we both became friends, and while it as a bit tentative at first, we eventually became very good friends. I guess you can say our \'bond\' grew when Severus started teaching me a new branch of magic that I supposedly have talent for,\" he admitted modestly. \"I\'d felt attracted to the git for at least twelve years, and Severus, I think, didn\'t really see me as anything more than a friend until he kissed me in a very public place to prove a point.\" He said, raising his brow up at Severus, who was looking away innocently.

Shaking his head, Harry went back to watching the other pair. \"Well, I told him that I didn\'t like being taken advantage of and that he had no right to do that. He coincided and we let it drop. After my training had progressed somewhat, Severus told me to find something to fight for.\" At this part, Harry looked down at the thick, dark blue carpet.

\"After a week or two of some soul searching and serious thinking, I found that something and it\'s made my magic all the more powerful in my determination to protect it,\" he admitted, looking back up at the couple with a certain spark in his eyes. \"During that time, I started caring more for Severus, as more than just a friend and I actually wanted more from him than just getting into his pants.\" He grinned when Severus gave an indignant snort while Amber and Evelyn laughed.

\"We eventually, if you can believe it, got together over a game of wizarding Truth or Dare.\" Harry chuckled when Amber burst into laughter, almost hiccupping in the process.

\"Oh! That\'s priceless! Severus... ha! In a Truth or Dare game!\" she promptly fell to the floor by a well placed smack up side her head from Evelyn, where she proceeded to roll around the floor, laughing.

Harry shook his head in amazement and looked up at Severus. \"This is definitely not what I was expecting,\" the older man smirked down at him and kissed his forehead briefly before returning his amused gaze back to the ridiculous sight on the ground.

~*~*~

\"You got me to open up, Harry; you should be used to surprises by now.\"

\"Indeed,\" Evelyn quipped, glaring half heartedly at her wife on the floor. \"You think she\'d act more like an adult after knocking me up, but no.\" She sighed dramatically. \"Now I\'ll have two children to deal with.\"

\"Oh sod off,\" Amber chuckled, rising from the floor and slipping an arm over Evelyn’s shoulders. \"You know I love you, and we\'ll do this together,\" she said quietly, pressing a kiss to her wife\'s cheek.

\"So you keep telling me,\" was her smart reply, but she said it with too warm a smile to have really meant the remark sarcastically.

\"So, Severus,\" Amber said at last, not focusing on embarrassing him, \"you obviously no longer need my assistance with the occasional feeding; what brings you here?\"

\"I\'m going to talk to the High Council about having the Nosferatu join the fight with Voldemort. I think it\'s the only way to beat him and, if my suspicions are correct, it\'s his weakest spot right now.\"

Amber and Evelyn shared a grim expression. \"We\'ve stayed in the shadows for so long Severus,\" Amber said, being serious for once. \"Are you sure the world is ready for us?\"

\"We don\'t have a choice Amber. All of the other battles of Voldemort were so ill organized we never would\'ve stood a chance, but people are moving on now and it’s best we end this while we can.\"

There was a brief silence before Evelyn spoke up again, \"Well, I wish you luck on your mission, Severus, but I hope you\'ll forgive me for switching the subject to something more pleasant. Harry dear, what do you think of our little island so far? Any questions about Nosferatu Severus hasn\'t answered you want to ask us?\" Severus, of course, just shook his head. Those two would never change.

~*~*~

Harry gave a small smile. \"From what I\'ve seen of the island so far, it looks really beautiful. Very cozy and separate from the rest of society with their busy schedules.\" He paused to think about any questions he might have had that Severus had avoided.

\"Well, I\'d like to know more about the mating ritual. Why, how, and what happens afterwards--that type of thing. I\'m curious--if a vampire and a human mate, will only the vampire be able to read his mate\'s mind, or is it shared two ways?\" he shook his head slightly, trying not to dislodge himself from his snug position up against Severus\' side. \"I\'ll look it up in detail later, though, you don\'t have to answer that or anything.\"

He was curious about the specifics of mating, since he\'d been considering doing it with Severus. But he thought if he did do it, then it would probably wait until after Voldemort is killed, when he can fully sort out his feelings for the other man. To know if he really did love him like Severus did for him, or if he just liked him and felt strong affection for him.

~*~*~

\"I have no problem helping you there, Harry,\" Amber chirped in. \"When Evelen and I got married she never stopped asking questions so I\'m used to it.\" Settling comfortably back in her seat she began to explain.

\"When a vampire mates with a human it\'s basically a spell, kind of like spells that can occur around feeding, woven into the biting. Vampires often get married, or become mates for the same reason other people do, they fall in love.

\"Now, the actual spells involved in taking a mate were put into place during the vampire dark ages. As you can probably guess, vampires weren\'t the most popular creatures in history and with the installment of the Catholic Church and what not and homosexual relationships that might develop (which is generally more common in vampires than regular humans), were so taboo that discovery meant almost certain death. As you can imagine, this was a very angsty time for love.

\"So these two young, male wizards (one vampire, one not) created this bonding spell. Now the basis of the spell is to allow three things. One: To be able to feel the other person\'s energies, emotions and general power, which is basically what a vampire gets from their donor, only after this spell it goes both ways.

\"Two, both partners will have a sort of telepathic link and, eventually, can talk to each other over great distances.

\"And lastly, three, their life forces are linked. This third part can be removed, but as vampires generally live a thousand years and human wizards don\'t live that long, most people don\'t remove it. What that last part basically means is if one partner dies, or is killed, the other dies as well. The two original creators put that in so that if the vampire, the poorer of the two, was ever caught and the human\'s rich, well-off family, decided to make an example of him, their son would die, too. Now, luckily, they lived happily ever after, but their have been some tragic deaths of mated couples this way such as the historical figures referred to today as Romeo and Juliet.

\"Now the ritual itself is very simple. Both partners must get into bed, as there are many sexual parts to the ritual, a bed just makes it so much easier, and chant a spell together that will state the properties of their binding. Then one partner turns around and gets bitten on the left shoulder blade and vise versa. After the biting, the spell will be complete and the blood will be gone.

\"In the blood\'s place will be a tattoo-like mark that will be unique to each individual couple, and that tattoo is like the physical manifestation of your bond. Afterward, you simply live out your lives and have children if you want to. Children can be woven into the original binding spell if you like, but it\'s better to wait with most people, to give the couple more time alone together to enjoy each others\' company. Does that answer all your questions Harry?\"

~*~*~

Frowning slightly at one aspect of the bond, Harry asked, \"But if a human bites their mate, wouldn\'t that hurt? From what I gather, the wound is supposed to bleed, but a human\'s canine teeth aren\'t sharp enough to cut through skin unless you apply a lot of pressure.\" He didn\'t want to hurt Severus. He\'d been bitten before, and he knew how painful it could be.

\"And how would the tattoo be formed? Does it show characteristics of the type of bond, or the two people themselves?\" he was tempted to ask them what theirs looked like, but he wasn\'t sure if it was a very private thing amongst vampires or not.

~*~*~

\"Not really Harry. You see, when a human becomes a vampire\'s mate, they get certain qualities about them similar to their partners such as their bite does not hurt. It may be a bit harder for them to break the skin, but it doesn’t hurt,\" Evelyn explained patiently.

\"As for the tattoo,\" Amber piped in, shedding her jacket to reveal a spaghetti strap Muggle top. \"It\'s kind of like a small piece of art that feeds off of your magic and your emotional bond to form a distinctive mark.\" As she said this, she sat on the ottoman in front of the love seat with her back to Harry and Severus revealing two wolves running next to each other, probably hunting or just enjoying each others company. Chuckling as Harry reached out to touch the mark, she explained, \"We both have a thing for wolves. We met at a Muggle wolf reserve and worked there together for many years.\"


~*~*~

\"It\'s beautiful,\" he whispered, running a finger along the light brown, and black wolf running side by side. After taking one last, almost longing, look at the tattoo, Harry leant back in the chair again, Severus\' arm going back around his shoulder. Amber got up and slid her jacket on again, while slipping an arm around Evelyn\'s waist as she sat down beside her.

\"Earlier, you commented to Severus that he must not need your assistance with \'the occasional feeding.\'\" Harry paused, biting his lip before continuing. \"If it\'s not personal or anything, do you mind me asking what you meant?\" he glanced up at the older man, silently wondering why he had been abnormally quiet during this whole little visit. Not that he talked much with company, but Harry had expected him to be more talkative with people he had known in his past.

~*~*~

\"Didn\'t Severus tell you?\" Amber asked, tilting her head in confusion.

When Harry looked back at him in confusion, Severus explained, \"Remember I told you I went to a place in Awen where there were donors available to feed Nosferatu who have no donors?\" at Harry\'s nod, Severus continued, \"Amber runs the \'donor house\' I frequented.\" He frowned remembering why he\'d first come to her house in the middle of town.

\"I told you I stopped feeding off of Lucius after the first war and so, without anyone else to turn to, I came back here. Amber, much like yourself, was rather good at putting up with my bastard self. She always kept donors ready for me when I came, though it was only once a year, and she would always yell at me to come more often because I didn\'t need to go through all the pain, but you know how stubborn I am.\"

Evelyn nodded enthusiastically. \"You\'re just as bad a she is,\" she piped in, indicating her wife. \"Last time you left, she talked of chaining you to the wall next time you came to visit. Thank Merlin you have a partner now, or she might have very well had your head. But at least she\'s smart enough to follow her own advice. She\'s been feeding at the donor house since I got pregnant. She\'s 1/4th vampire, Harry, so going without blood for a year would kill her,\" Evelyn explained to the slightly confused professor. \"While it won\'t kill Severus, I do hope he does come here to feed when he gets his future husband pregnant, it won\'t be good to be in a monthly \'fit\' when you have a pregnant person to care for.\"

~*~*~

Ah, he\'d forgotten about that. He hadn\'t known that Amber was the one to help Severus out. He was a bit curious as to how they met, but he figured that could wait another time. They seemed pretty close though. So they must have been friends outside of the donor house.

Finally catching on to what Evelyn had said, Harry blushed brightly, the light red color creeping all the way under his black turtle neck. He stared at the ground when the others started laughing at his embarrassment.

He still wasn\'t used to people talking like that so openly. Sure, when he finally figured out what he felt for the other man, he would consider children, since he loved them and he\'d always wanted to care for and love one of his own. But he\'d never thought it was possible, until someone happened to mention to him that males could get pregnant with a charm. Sometimes it really put him behind everyone else having grown up in a Muggle home where homosexuals weren\'t even talked about, none the lone sex or babies. Hell, he hadn\'t figured out what sex *was* until Fred and George had introduced it to him.

~*~*~

\"If the two of you are quite done embarrassing people,\" Severus said in a typical stern teacher voice, but there was humor behind it, \"I would like to know how far along you are Evelyn.\"

Evelyn tipped her head to the side before glancing down at her stomach and laughing slightly. \"Oh, about seven months. It\'s a boy. We\'re going to name him Bowen.\"

\"Ah,\" Severus commented raising his eyebrow in Amber\'s direction. \"She finally talked you into that name did she?\" Amber, of course, just shrugged.

\"So, Harry,\" Amber said after Severus and Evelyn had stopped chuckling, \"you teach Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts right?\" she smirked when he looked mildly surprised. \"We get English wizarding newspapers from my mum, so that\'s how we know. Generally, we try to ignore articles about people\'s personal lives. It\'s considered very rude here on Awen, so you don\'t have to be worried about being swamped if you go out in public.\"

~*~*~

The blush fading quickly, Harry smiled. \"Severus told me that. He also mentioned that Awen would be a good place to vacation. It\'s nice to know I can go somewhere where absolute strangers aren\'t going to come up and ask if I can autograph something, or just to shake their hands. Or worse yet, they tell me about their life story and what ever is wrong in their life, then ask if I can help. Like they think I can actually solve all the world\'s problems.\" He shook his head. \"It\'s idiotic. Why do you ask, though?\"

~*~*~

Amber smiled understandingly before continuing. \"Well it\'s been a while since either of us have left Awen and with Bowen on the way, he\'ll probably be going to Hogwarts and we just wanted to know how the school was these days.\"

At this remark, Severus coughed loudly and Evelyn just glared half heartedly at him. \"Oh sod off you. You\'ve only dropped in for a day or so a year for the last twenty years. You haven\'t had a chance to tell us anything.\" Severus took the mark as the affectionate jab it was meant as and simply rolled his eyes.

~*~*~

Grinning up at Severus for a moment, Harry looked back at Amber. \"Well, I\'m young enough to remember my days in Hogwarts, and to me it was my home. While I can\'t speak for others, my time spent there were the best days of my life.\" \'Not my happiest sometimes, but I won\'t go into that.\'

\"From a teacher\'s perspective--well,\" his shoulders sagged, \"--besides being hell to work with when they pull pranks, they are good kids. All of them form their own groups inside the houses, and while it can be a bit hard for newcomers to fit in sometimes, the students are generally nice enough to take the newcomer in and show them the ropes. The classes are very educational. Well, except for Divination. I think that class is a load of bull, and the only one that won\'t help you outside of the school, especially with the teacher we have. I found Defense Against the Dark Arts to be particularly helpful, when we had good teachers of course. I\'m hoping to break the one year \'contract\', so to speak, where teachers seem to leave at the end of the year.

\"The wards around the school and grounds are more powerful, so there\'s no worry from there as there used to be...\" he trailed off, thinking of how he had so easily been attacked inside the school and been taken off the grounds by a Portkey. \"Over all, I think it\'s the best school you can put Bowen in. I have to be honest and admit that there are more Death Eaters cropping up, but I hope to put a stop to that soon, with all of your help of course.\"

~*~*~

\"We\'ll do everything we can, Harry,\" Evelyn said with a warm smile. \"I may not be able to fight in the wizarding ranks for a while yet, but Amber can and I can stick around and help people join up here.\"

There was a brief silence before Amber asked, \"It\'s getting a bit late, would you two like to stay for dinner? Get caught up and all that. I’ll have you know, Severus, I expect you to visit more than once a year after the war is over.\" Severus, of course, just smirked.

~*~*~

\"I\'d love to,\" Harry smiled. He was surprised that he had ever been nervous about meeting these people. They were kind, funny, and they weren\'t afraid of Severus as most people seemed to be. Looking over at the other man, he grinned. \"Sev\'s a terrible cook.\" He laughed when the older man scowled and promptly pushed his head down, messing up his hair in the process.

~*~*~

They moved into a comfortable, carpeted dining room with a beautiful view of the forest outside the town. Severus, Harry, and Evelyn sat down at the table while Amber went to the kitchen. She returned several minutes later with an assortment of drinks and a stuffed chicken.

Dinner progressed smoothly with lots of quiet conversation and a general casual atmosphere that had almost been nonexistent since Voldemort.

\"So, Harry,\" Amber said at length, ignoring being repeatedly elbowed by her wife, \"tell me about the first time you and Severus kissed, if you don\'t mind, of course. You say he did it in public to prove a point? That doesn’t sound like our reclusive Potions master.\" To the last comment Severus only sneered.

~*~*~

Blushing faintly, Harry rubbed the back of his neck in embarrassment at the memory. \"Our waiter at the restaurant was flirting with me. Severus got jealous, of course,\" he responded to the low growl with a grin, \"when the waiter said, \'You have a wonderfully charming son,\' Severus grabbed me around the neck and stuck his tongue in my mouth. After a little while, he pulled back and said, \'Yes, charming...\'\" Harry shook his head at the memory.

\"I was pretty angry because I\'m a closet romantic and feel that kissing is the most intimate thing you can do with someone. It can express so many emotions that words sometimes can\'t. He apologized,\" Harry smiled when Amber snorted, \"and said that his \'evil intent\' was for the waiter, not me.\' Shortly after that he finally started calling me Harry when I told him to stop with the formalities since he\'d just had his tongue down my throat.\" He smiled slightly when Amber started laughing, and Evelyn made a cute little, \"Aww.\"

~*~*~

\"I didn\'t think you had it in you, Severus.\" Amber chuckled. \"Hang onto this one. He\'s a keeper if he can put up with you.\" Amber, much to Severus\' amusement, suddenly found herself unable to open her mouth. That, however, was quickly remedied when Harry shot Severus a healthy glare. Severus, of course, looked as innocent as possible and merely raised a questioning eyebrow in Harry\'s direction.

~*~*~

Shaking his head, Harry waved a hand and undid the spell. \"And you think *I\'m* immature,\" he mumbled, grinning when Evelyn smiled at him.

Putting a hand over his mouth to catch a jaw-cracking yawn, Harry blinked, trying to get the water out of his eyes. Rubbing his eyes in a very childlike fashion, not that he was aware of it (though the two woman had that \'aww\' look on them. It was obvious they were getting a baby when they fawned over anyone twenty years younger than them) and blinked up at them. \"Thanks for the lovely meal, but I think I\'ll be turning in now.\" Raking a hand through his hair, he stood up, wobbling slightly when he had a dizzy spell, but the strong grip on his hips kept him upright. Blinking the spots away, he looked down at the seated man and smiled softly. \"Thanks,\" he whispered.

~*~*~

\"You\'re welcome,\" Severus said with a small smile before standing beside Harry and wrapping an arm around his waist. Turning back to the two women, Severus said, \"Well, I don\'t desire Harry to lose his way in the woods so I shall be returning with him,\" while cleverly ignoring Harry\'s glare.

Evelyn just laughed and saw them to the door while Amber cleaned up. \"Don’t worry about it, Amber’s got to make a trip to the donor house tonight, anyway.\" Severus glanced outside as they passed a window and realized it was the new moon. Normally he would’ve been prickling for days, but since Harry, well, he’d hadn’t been paying much attention to the moon. \"Come back soon you guys,\" she said softly and they walked off down the trail back to their own cabin. It was nearly pitch black, but Severus could see crystal clear with his vampire eyes.

Severus glanced over at Harry as they walked, smiling at the way the starlight reflected off his nearly asleep form and leaned down to press a kiss to his temple.

~*~*~

Smiling, Harry laid his head on the man\'s shoulder while wrapping his own arm around the other\'s waist. \"They\'re really nice,\" he said quietly, thinking of their laughing faces. It was nice to meet two people so carefree during Voldemort\'s war, yet they were ready for battle if need be.

Looking up at the lack of moon, Harry bit his lip, remembering the last time it had been a new moon. Severus had needed to draw his blood longer, making him more dizzy and sleepy, but hell... it had definitely been worth it. The mere thought had his blood rushing down to his cock.

~*~*~

\"Yes they are,\" Severus murmured, smirking at Harry out of the corner of his eye.

He was not unaware of Harry\'s reaction, being hypersensitive to him now, but until they got to the cabin he said nothing. He just lead him calmly to their bedroom and, as soon as the door was closed, he pushed Harry against it and dipped his head for a passionate kiss.

~*~*~

Moaning as best he could with a tongue in his mouth, Harry wrapped his arms around the man\'s neck, hesitating only briefly, before using the leverage to pull himself up and wrap his legs around Severus\' waist. He knew the man could take it, since he was stronger than he looked with the vampire blood rushing through his veins, as diluted as it was.

Sucking the man\'s tongue into his mouth, he breathed heavily through his nose in harsh pants, as he thrust against the flat stomach subconsciously.

~*~*~

Severus sneaked his hands underneath Harry\'s arse to support him and sealed their bodies together before moving away from the wall and over to the bed. He gently lowered himself and Harry onto the mattress, moaning softly as Harry pushed against him. He managed, somehow, to lean up on his knees, thus putting enough space between his body and Harry\'s to rid the DADA professor of his shirt.

Once his shirt was off, Severus trailed his lips over Harry\'s collarbone, wanting to prolong this experience as much as possible, and ventured instead to a hard burgundy nipple. He blew hot, moist air over the sensitive flesh, before taking it into his mouth and suckling on it, rolling the other nub in between his fingers.

~*~*~

Groaning loudly, Harry arched, trying to bring himself closer to the delightful heat. When blunt teeth nibbled on the hard flesh, a sudden idea popped into his head. \"Sev?\" he breathed softly. The man above him \'Hmm\'d\'. \"Is it possible for you to draw blood anywhere else besides just the throat?\" Maybe the only spot it didn\'t hurt was on the throat? But if that was wrong... then damn... think of the possibilities.

The second thought that popped into his head after that made him groan and his cock weep in sympathy.

~*~*~

Severus raised his eyebrow and smirked up at Harry. \"Indeed, it is quite possible. I can bite you anywhere with the same effect,\" He paused to lick his way over to Harry\'s other nipple. \"The neck is merely the most convenient. Would you prefer to be bitten elsewhere?\" he purred the last line and impacted it by nipping slightly at Harry\'s nipple.

~*~*~

\"Merlin, yes!\" Harry yelped, gripping the broad back, his nails digging in as he tried to find purchase. His hips thrusting into the man\'s thigh where it lay between his legs, while he arched back, head digging into the fluffy (but luckily firm enough that his head didn\'t sink in to it) pillow.

~*~*~

Severus smirked and chuckled calmly. \"That\'s interesting,\" he murmured and he nipped and sucked his way to Harry\'s navel. \"And where exactly should I bite you?\" he purred, his hands trailing across Harry\'s inner thighs while his mouth continued to work on Harry\'s abdomen.

~*~*~

\"You know,\" he whispered hoarsely, thrusting his pelvis up into the arm where the man\'s hand was still rubbing lightly on the inside of his thighs. So close he wanted to weep, but his cock did enough for the both of them. \"Please!\" he cried out when Severus began to undo his jeans, licking at the sensitive flesh that the button had covered.

~*~*~

Severus chuckled softly as Harry writhed and clawed at him. \"If you insist,\" he purred with a thick Nosferatu accent. Very slowly, Severus relieved Harry of his jeans, provoking several frustrated cries from the man beneath him. Slowly, Severus descended again and grasped Harry’s length, said partner whimpering as Severus\' mouth came closer to it. Glancing up at Harry one last time, Severus purred in a decidedly inhuman way before sinking his teeth deeply into the organ\'s base from the top.

~*~*~

Harry screamed, long and hard. Senseless babble, words like, \'Oh fuck, please, ohgodgonnadie!\' and even occasionally Severus\' name, when he could control his tongue enough to form the words. Though he never quite managed \'Severus\', too long, it was always \'Sev,\' or sometimes just \'Ssss\' like he was speaking in Parseltongue. He found that he got quite a reaction out of the man drinking his blood when he launched into the special language. Maybe it had the same affect on Severus that it did to him when he talked Nosferatu?

~*~*~

Severus moaned deep in the back of his throat, incapable of any other vocalization while feeding. He gripped tightly to Harry as he clawed fiercely at him. The man was so far gone Severus doubted he even realized when his senseless babble slipped into long strings of Parseltongue. Oh, that language on Harry\'s lips did very strange things to him, indeed.

Severus, of course, took his sweet time in feeding from Harry, drawing it out until they were both writhing in a frenzy of need to release. Severus gave one last little suck, before they both flew violently over the edge, screaming all the way. Severus wasn\'t sure if he blacked out or not, but the next thing he knew all of his nerve endings were prickling with the intensity that was their climax.

Somehow, though Merlin knows how, he managed to climb up beside Harry, cradle him in his arms, and draw the blanket up around them with wandless magic. Judging from the way the younger man was still trembling in his arms, Severus guessed the experience had been just as intense for him.

Severus smiled fondly down at his Harry and pressed a lazy kiss to his lips. \"I love you, Harry,\" he whispered in Nosferatu as he pulled away. He knew Harry had some emotional issues to work out and he wanted to give him all the time he needed, but while he did so, Severus could still express himself, even if Harry wouldn\'t understand.

~*~*~

Totally dazed and sleepy from his very intense orgasm, Harry whispered something in Parseltongue, the words slipping past his parted lips without censor or thought. \"I love you.\" Severus continued to hold him close, the words totally lost on him as he shivered at the sound of that snake\'s language. Yawning widely, Harry snuggled into the embrace.

Bone tired and with his muscles completely relaxed and feeling like he had just run a thousand miles, Harry drifted off into sleep.