Hopes and Wishes

There is M/M sex later on in this chapter. No, I don’t quite know where it came from either but…


Chapter 11: Chosen Protector


Dinner that night was somewhat of a trial for both Harry and Severus. The fact that there were so few children staying for the Christmas holidays was made it both better and worse.

Harry, unused to meeting strangers of any sort, was agog to see all of these children staring at him and whispering to each other. He heard his new name being mentioned several times and saw some of the children pointing towards his head. He held on tight to Teddy throughout the entire meal and snuggled as close as possible to his two protectors.

Severus realised that having so few children there for Harry’s first experience of dinner in the Great Hall was a good thing but he did hate their proximity and cursed the dual roles he was trying to perform.

Severus was a rather stern and taciturn man at the best of times and used his aura of fear and authority to counteract judgments often made of people his age. In a society where the inhabitants lived well into triple figures, young men of twenty three were accorded with little respect, no matter what experiences they had been through.

Severus used his caustic personality like a shield. It intimidated many and ensured that the rest didn’t want to become too familiar with the irascible man. It was proving somewhat of a dilemma, therefore, trying to balance his professional persona with his new parental responsibilities.

Harry was scared and, following after his stressful afternoon, verging on terrified. Severus knew that he needed to comfort Harry. He wanted to play an active role in Harry’s care and to provide him with a childhood that neither of them had experienced before. To do this he would have to drop his forbidding demeanour in front of the students.

On an ordinary day, where the Great Hall was filled with hundreds of chattering children, Severus’ attitude and small comforts would not be noticed. With twenty fascinated children all looking his way, there was no chance of concealment. Severus was torn.

It was not long before a decision was forced upon him, however. Harry, in that way that all children seem to be able, had already discerned that the other children were afraid of his Sev. Harry didn’t like all of the big children staring at him and Sev was making the big children look away. Harry did the only logical thing for a child in his situation and gradually began to worm his way onto Severus’ lap.

It started slowly with a shuffle closer and, as he was not rebuffed, Harry got progressively more daring until he was seated entirely within the cradle of Severus’ strong arms.

Severus was unwilling to reject Harry’s advances, understanding the great courage that Harry was displaying through showing such trust and vulnerability; so he sat there, frozen as the tiny body wriggled ever closer. He heard the stifled gasps of shock and elevated whispering and frowned most ferociously at the culprits, staring them into submission.

Finally coming to the conclusion that he might as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb and that Harry was more important than his reputation, he cuddled the waif to him and planted a kiss on his forehead.

Ignoring all of the people around him, Severus started to talk quietly to Harry and encourage him to eat a few bites of the delicious dinner that the house elves had prepared. It did not take long for Harry to become full. His little tummy was not used to eating so much food and Severus was very conscious of not over-feeding him.

Warm, full and safe on Severus’ lap, Harry steadily sank back against the firm chest behind him. His eyelids drooped and his hold on Teddy loosened as he finally succumbed to sleep.

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Remus had been struggling to contain his emotions since the trio had first settled down for dinner in the Great Hall. His protective instincts had flared wildly as he sensed Harry’s fear and discomfort at being the centre of attention to so many pairs of eyes. He had not immediately reacted due to the fact that he wasn’t sure what to do for the best. He had desperately tried to pick up clues from Harry and Severus’ body language, attempting to see how they wanted him to react, when the decision had been made for him.

It was with rather more than a pang of regret that he realised his indecision had caused Harry to make his own choice and that he, Remus, was not the chosen protector. Remus was used to being the one that people turned to when dealing with the couple and he was ashamed of the thoughts that floated momentarily through his head.

Remus resented Severus for those few moments, resented the fact that Harry had chosen Severus over him, despite Severus’ caustic personality. This resentment was soon drowned out by the flood of guilt. He loved Severus dearly and had always wished that there were more people who shared his understanding of the prickly man. He should be glad that Severus and Harry were bonding so well already, he was glad, but… Remus just couldn’t quite get rid of the tiny spark of jealousy that lurked inside him as he watched the two people most important in his life develop their own relationship.

Remus was determined to dismiss these unwanted feelings and resolved to act normally with the others; it was his issue and he would not drag them into it. With this thought in mind he leaned over and spoke quietly to Severus.

“Harry’s asleep there love. Let’s take him back to our quarters and put him to bed. I think we could all do with a reprieve from the attention. I spoke to Albus about the need to update the plan and he said that he would get the others brainstorming. We can meet up to discuss ideas after we come back from shopping tomorrow.”

Severus nodded his head in agreement and together they rose from the table and, after bidding goodbye to the other members of the faculty, began their descent into the dungeons.

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It had not taken long for Severus and Remus to get Harry settled into bed and, having cast another one-way silencing charm, they were soon able to settle down together, sans robes, on the large, squashy sofa.

Remus was currently curled up against Severus in a manner that Severus refused to allow was cuddling. Severus Snape did not cuddle, he did, however, unbend enough to allow Remus to show a physical expression of his affection towards Severus. Remus let Severus have this small comfort and proceeded to express his affection at every opportunity.

His current physical expression of affection involved his fingers rubbing against Severus’ chest and nipples through the fabric of his shirt.

“You won’t distract me that easily you know,” Severus stated coolly. “I noticed what you did.”

“Don’t know what you mean” Remus prevaricated, undoing some of the buttons of Severus’ shirt.

“The t-shirt and socks… Don’t think I didn’t spot the over-abundance of lions.”

“You charmed wriggling snakes onto Teddy’s pyjamas!”

“And? Snakes are cool and sophisticated, not brash and vulgar like lions. Anyway, Harry will undoubtedly be a Slytherin and we may as well get him accustomed to it now.” A single eyebrow rose in challenge.

“With three Gryfindors for parents, the chances of Harry becoming Slytherin are slim to none. You may be one of the strongest Slytherins for years but up against James, Lily and me you devious Slytherin wiles have no chance!” Remus teased.

“My devious Slytherin wiles have no chance against you?” Severus checked, smirking.

“Nope, none at all!” Remus continued, oblivious to the change of tone.

“I’ll have to do something about that then” Severus whispered huskily into Remus’ ear.

Remus barely had time to process the new direction that their conversation had taken before Severus attacked. One moment Remus was opening his mouth to speak and the next it was covered by Severus’ warm lips and invaded by his lithe tongue.

Remus moaned and his hands rose to clasp in Severus’ hair. The two men pressed tightly together as Severus pushed forcefully with his body until they were both lying full-length along the sofa, legs entwined.

Remus’ neck arched back as Severus’ mouth descended down towards the junction of neck and shoulder. The long, agile fingers had been busy undoing buttons and now set about divesting Remus of his clothes.

“Still doubting my Slytherin wiles?” Severus taunted as Remus let out a particularly loud moan.

“Oh Merlin!” Remus couldn’t think when Severus was running his fingers up and down the bulge in his trousers, toying with the buttons and making him flush with need.

Severus chuckled and stopped tormenting his lover long enough to find his wand. He was not an advocate of foolish wand waving but there was nothing foolish about a well aimed banishing charm. Finally naked and each able to feel the other ones warm, hard body at last, they both groaned loudly.

Hands grasped, pinched and stroked, mouths sucked and bit and all the while hips thrust and ground together, creating a wonderful friction that had them both panting and gasping.

“Fuck me” Remus implored “Want you inside me”

A vial of lubricant flew through the air and into Severus’ hand; quickly coating his fingers, he began to prepare Remus. Severus always loved the debauched picture that Remus made when he was in the grip of passion. His hair was messy and stuck to his face; his head was thrown back, neck arched. His firm chest was covered in a sheen of sweat, nipples peaked and showing brown against the light fuzz otherwise covering his pecs and trailing towards his groin.

What Severus loved most about this picture, however, was the way that Remus’ hips rose desperately to meet the thrusting fingers that stretched him. His thick cock bobbed in its nest of hair and his buttocks clenched, trying to hold the invading fingers inside. Severus couldn’t resist wrapping his free hand around his own long shaft, teasing himself with the prospect of what was to come.

“More… please Sev… inside me”

Coating himself swiftly, Severus granted Remus’ plea; he was unsure of how much longer he could last anyway. The feeling of completeness he got whenever he first thrust into Remus’ tight heat always amazed Severus. He didn’t know what he had done to deserve such rightness but he was grateful for it.

After a few seconds pause to give them both time to adjust, Severus began to thrust slowly. He loved listening to the noises that Remus made when he was this far gone. The pleas and whimpers, the harsh pants and desperate groans all added to Severus’ arousal.

Remus was currently muttering a string of garbled nonsense, the broken pleas and orders too fragmented to make out. Severus knew that he wasn’t going to last much longer wrapped in this tight heat and began to quicken his thrusts. He reached out to stroke Remus’ reddened cock, spreading pre-come over the tumescent length.

It didn’t take long for Remus to stiffen and cry out; thick ropes of cum shooting up to splatter on his chest. Severus followed soon after; the clenching muscles of Remus’ hole sending him into sensory overload. The both collapsed into a panting, sweaty heap on the sofa; exhausted but sated.

They slept.


A/N

Not quite sure where the sex appeared from really but I hope it wasn’t too awful. Obviously I am a girl and so have never had M/M sex. Does it show too badly that I made it up as I went along?

A completely Remus/Severus centric chapter for a change; hope you enjoyed it.

Thank you to everyone who has sent their well wishes. Everyone is holding their own at the moment; we’ll see how things go.

Thanks also for the reviews of the last chapter. They encouraged me to put aside a little time to write.


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