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Harry Potter › Slash - Male/Male
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Adult +
Chapters:
17
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13,889
Reviews:
87
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Sentimentality
Chapter 12: Sentimentality
The crick in his neck woke him first. It wasn’t until he tried to move that he became aware of the other pains in his body and noticed the heavy weight pressing down on top pf him. His eyes popped open and he groaned,
“Aaaaw Merlin, shit.”
A grunt came from above him and the weight shifted. He turned to look into the blinking and bleary eyes of his lover.
“Merlin Sev you’re good but we really have to stop with the sofa sex… or buy a bigger sofa; that would work too.”
Severus, looking rather more alert now, stared at Remus amusedly as he continued to talk, waiting for reality to hit his oblivious lover.
“A bigger sofa isn’t a bad idea come to think of it,” Remus continued “Now there are three of us we need somewhere where Harry can snuggle… Harry… Harry!”
Remus turned wild eyes on Severus.
“Sev! Last night we… and you were so… and I… but Harry was… and the door… Merlin Sev what if he’d heard us, what if he’d seen?” He questioned frantically before suddenly realising “Sev you’re naked!”
With that realisation he shoved Severus off him and onto the floor.
“How can you be naked when Harry could walk in at any time? Go and get dressed right now.” Remus ordered as he gesticulated in the direction of their bedroom.
Slowly righting himself from the tangled heap that he had landed in, Severus glared at Remus.
“It has obviously escaped your miniscule Gryffindor mind, but you too are naked.” Severus retorted.
Remus emitted a short squeak of mortification before dashing towards their bedroom. The sense of fond exasperation which he always felt when Remus displayed Gryffindor idiocy, combined with the sight of his beloved’s taut bottom jiggling as it bounced across the room, did much to restore Severus’ humour.
Wincing as his aching muscles straightened, he rose and followed Remus through into their bedroom.
“Rem, it’s 2 o’clock in the morning. Stop getting dressed; Harry won’t be up for a good few hours yet. Come to bed and let’s see if we can sleep off our aches and pains.” Severus said wearily, lifting the other side of the duvet invitingly and settling himself down into the comfortable warmth.
Looking sheepish once more, Remus divested himself of the few clothes he had managed to put on and crawled into bed, burrowing into Sev’s embrace.
“I just want to do it right Sev. Harry’s been through so much already, I just want to be good at this.” He whispered against Severus’ neck.
Having abandoned his snarky exterior at their door earlier in the evening, Severus adopted the tone that only Remus had ever heard.
“You will be good at this Rem. We’re both going to make mistakes but with all that we’ve got going for us, and all the help we can call on, we are going to do this right.”
“How can you be so calm and so sure?” Remus queried beseechingly.
“Because I know you Remy; you can work miracles. You took a bitter boy on the verge of embracing the dark and you redeemed him, loved him and made him love you. I started to deny the existence of my heart when I was twelve, but you made me accept it. You made me love you Remy and you made me a better man. How can I not believe in you?” Severus replied softly, his voice suspiciously husky at the end. “And if you tell a soul that I said this I will put silver nitrate in your morning tea.”
“Yeah and I’ll bite your bum next full moon.” Remus rejoined equally huskily.
“Imbecile”
“Snarky git”
“Go to sleep you idiotic wolf.”
“I love you too Sev. Always”
Unable to reply, Severus merely held Remus tighter as they drifted off to sleep.
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The vibrating alarm set on his wand awoke Severus at 7.30 the following morning. He yawned and stretched, testing out his muscles and finding them blissfully ache free. Rolling to the side he silently watched his sleeping lover. Remus, and now Harry, were changing him. There was a time when he had really believed that he was cold-hearted, harsh, unyielding and unlovable. Now he was waving and smiling at small children and being comforting and down right soppy with his lover. If this wasn’t a warning sign of an approaching apocalypse, he didn’t know what was.
Sighing to himself, Severus decided that there was far too much to do that day for him to wallow in self-reflection. Flicking his wand to cast two breath freshening charms, he proceeded to round off his sentimentality by waking his prince in the traditional fashion.
“Morning love.” Remus smiled sleepily as he returned the kiss. “What time is it?”
“7.45. Harry will be up soon; we need to hurry up if we’re going to be ready for him.”
“One more kiss; to motivate me for the day?” Remus wheedled.
A quick, firm smack of lips and a hard shove were his answer as Severus repaid last nights favour and rolled Remus out of bed. Smirking at the sounds of outrage and discomfort coming from the floor, Severus jumped cheerfully out of bed and went to complete his morning ablutions.
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Harry was warm and cosy. All around his was softness and next to him was the comforting presence of Teddy. He lay quietly in his new bed and tried to wrap his little brain around all of the things that had happened since he woke up in the ‘firm’ury bed. He had a name. He was a special boy too and he had a name. And a bed. He was allowed to sleep in a big comfy bed. A big bouncy bed that he could jump on. And Teddy was all new looking. He looked like Harry now. And he met so many new people. There had been the kind lady who smiled at him and let him splash in the bath. There was Sev and Remy who gave him cuddles and made him feel safe. The big loud man, the man with a funny dress and the licky dog too.
Harry didn’t really know what was happening but it was much nicer being here than being in his cupboard. There were still lots of scary things but nothing at scary as Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon.
Harry picked Teddy up and looked him carefully in the eyes.
“Teddy lyke it here?” he whispered to his companion. The bear did not speak his reply but Harry seemed to understand what his silence meant.
“You lyke bein’ Harry speshuw fwend Teddy? You lyke bein’ all betta?” Again the child seemed to divine meaning from the teddy’s silence.
“You t’ink Remy an’ Sev’us be Harry fwends too?” he queried hesitantly.
“You t’ink Remy an’ Sev’us be kind to Harry?” A pause. “Mmm hmm, I t’ink Remy and Sev’us be kind to Teddy too.”
The door to Harry’s room opened slowly and Remus poked his head around quietly to see if Harry was awake yet.
“Hey little man, are you and Teddy ready to get up?” Remus queried brightly as he pushed his way fully into the room.
“We get up now Remy. Me an’ Teddy all waked up.”
“Come on then cub lets get you washed and dressed for the day. Do you remember what we’re going to do today?” Remus asked as he lifted Harry and Teddy into his arms and started to carry them towards the bathroom.
“We go shops Remy?”
“Yes little man. You and me and Sev and Teddy are going to go to the shops and buy lots of clothes and toys. Then we are going to have some ice cream at Florean Fortescue’s and when we get home we are going to play with all of your new toys. What do you think about that?” Remus chattered cheerfully as he helped Harry wash and dress himself in newly conjured clothes.
His face a picture of surprise, Harry replied “We gots lots to do Remy!”
“Yes we do little man but before we do any of our jobs, how about we have some breakfast?”
His little head nodded vigorously as Harry confirmed “Me lyke b’ecfist. Harry an’ Teddy hung’y.”
A/N
Firstly I apologise for the huge gap since my last posting. RL still giving me grief (when doesn’t it?!) I got the feeling that something was pushing me to write another instalment when I went out for a drive with my cousin the other day and we passed through a village called Sevington and shortly thereafter one called Snave. I’ve got a few weeks holiday now so I am hoping to post several more chapters. I may even *gasp* finish this story by the end of the summer!
My Grandpa is still holding his own, although he seems to be in and out of hospital as though he were attached to a piece of elastic. Since my last post he has had a stroke, MRSA, fluid on his lungs, trapped air when they drained the aforementioned fluid and all manors of other ailments. He is currently in hospital with chest/abdominal pains for which they have yet to identify a cause. Mum seems to be doing a bit better but a close family friend is in ICU because he has had to have half his oesophagus removed to get rid of three tumours. You’ve heard the saying it never rains…
Anyway, enough moaning. I am keeping a cheerful and positive attitude. I must admit that this is much easier to maintain now that I am on holiday!
Thank you to all of my reviewers, sorry that it has taken me so long to reply! As always reviews are much appreciated and make me update quicker. Don’t believe me? Just think how long it would have been is you hadn’t bothered!
Review Replies
Arcee1000: Thank you! As always your reviews are much appreciated.
DTDY: Sev’s ‘mean man’ attitude is crumbling into dust as we speak! I just can’t keep him in character. My excuse though is that he is only 23 and so has not had time to fully develop his hard and bitter exterior.
Tambrathegreat: Cheers! Human nature is to be jealous and I do try to keep my characters human, foibles and all!
Whitewaterlily: Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you and thank you. So many nice things in one review! I hope you like this chapter too.
Bones: Thank you!
The crick in his neck woke him first. It wasn’t until he tried to move that he became aware of the other pains in his body and noticed the heavy weight pressing down on top pf him. His eyes popped open and he groaned,
“Aaaaw Merlin, shit.”
A grunt came from above him and the weight shifted. He turned to look into the blinking and bleary eyes of his lover.
“Merlin Sev you’re good but we really have to stop with the sofa sex… or buy a bigger sofa; that would work too.”
Severus, looking rather more alert now, stared at Remus amusedly as he continued to talk, waiting for reality to hit his oblivious lover.
“A bigger sofa isn’t a bad idea come to think of it,” Remus continued “Now there are three of us we need somewhere where Harry can snuggle… Harry… Harry!”
Remus turned wild eyes on Severus.
“Sev! Last night we… and you were so… and I… but Harry was… and the door… Merlin Sev what if he’d heard us, what if he’d seen?” He questioned frantically before suddenly realising “Sev you’re naked!”
With that realisation he shoved Severus off him and onto the floor.
“How can you be naked when Harry could walk in at any time? Go and get dressed right now.” Remus ordered as he gesticulated in the direction of their bedroom.
Slowly righting himself from the tangled heap that he had landed in, Severus glared at Remus.
“It has obviously escaped your miniscule Gryffindor mind, but you too are naked.” Severus retorted.
Remus emitted a short squeak of mortification before dashing towards their bedroom. The sense of fond exasperation which he always felt when Remus displayed Gryffindor idiocy, combined with the sight of his beloved’s taut bottom jiggling as it bounced across the room, did much to restore Severus’ humour.
Wincing as his aching muscles straightened, he rose and followed Remus through into their bedroom.
“Rem, it’s 2 o’clock in the morning. Stop getting dressed; Harry won’t be up for a good few hours yet. Come to bed and let’s see if we can sleep off our aches and pains.” Severus said wearily, lifting the other side of the duvet invitingly and settling himself down into the comfortable warmth.
Looking sheepish once more, Remus divested himself of the few clothes he had managed to put on and crawled into bed, burrowing into Sev’s embrace.
“I just want to do it right Sev. Harry’s been through so much already, I just want to be good at this.” He whispered against Severus’ neck.
Having abandoned his snarky exterior at their door earlier in the evening, Severus adopted the tone that only Remus had ever heard.
“You will be good at this Rem. We’re both going to make mistakes but with all that we’ve got going for us, and all the help we can call on, we are going to do this right.”
“How can you be so calm and so sure?” Remus queried beseechingly.
“Because I know you Remy; you can work miracles. You took a bitter boy on the verge of embracing the dark and you redeemed him, loved him and made him love you. I started to deny the existence of my heart when I was twelve, but you made me accept it. You made me love you Remy and you made me a better man. How can I not believe in you?” Severus replied softly, his voice suspiciously husky at the end. “And if you tell a soul that I said this I will put silver nitrate in your morning tea.”
“Yeah and I’ll bite your bum next full moon.” Remus rejoined equally huskily.
“Imbecile”
“Snarky git”
“Go to sleep you idiotic wolf.”
“I love you too Sev. Always”
Unable to reply, Severus merely held Remus tighter as they drifted off to sleep.
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The vibrating alarm set on his wand awoke Severus at 7.30 the following morning. He yawned and stretched, testing out his muscles and finding them blissfully ache free. Rolling to the side he silently watched his sleeping lover. Remus, and now Harry, were changing him. There was a time when he had really believed that he was cold-hearted, harsh, unyielding and unlovable. Now he was waving and smiling at small children and being comforting and down right soppy with his lover. If this wasn’t a warning sign of an approaching apocalypse, he didn’t know what was.
Sighing to himself, Severus decided that there was far too much to do that day for him to wallow in self-reflection. Flicking his wand to cast two breath freshening charms, he proceeded to round off his sentimentality by waking his prince in the traditional fashion.
“Morning love.” Remus smiled sleepily as he returned the kiss. “What time is it?”
“7.45. Harry will be up soon; we need to hurry up if we’re going to be ready for him.”
“One more kiss; to motivate me for the day?” Remus wheedled.
A quick, firm smack of lips and a hard shove were his answer as Severus repaid last nights favour and rolled Remus out of bed. Smirking at the sounds of outrage and discomfort coming from the floor, Severus jumped cheerfully out of bed and went to complete his morning ablutions.
*******************************************************************
Harry was warm and cosy. All around his was softness and next to him was the comforting presence of Teddy. He lay quietly in his new bed and tried to wrap his little brain around all of the things that had happened since he woke up in the ‘firm’ury bed. He had a name. He was a special boy too and he had a name. And a bed. He was allowed to sleep in a big comfy bed. A big bouncy bed that he could jump on. And Teddy was all new looking. He looked like Harry now. And he met so many new people. There had been the kind lady who smiled at him and let him splash in the bath. There was Sev and Remy who gave him cuddles and made him feel safe. The big loud man, the man with a funny dress and the licky dog too.
Harry didn’t really know what was happening but it was much nicer being here than being in his cupboard. There were still lots of scary things but nothing at scary as Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon.
Harry picked Teddy up and looked him carefully in the eyes.
“Teddy lyke it here?” he whispered to his companion. The bear did not speak his reply but Harry seemed to understand what his silence meant.
“You lyke bein’ Harry speshuw fwend Teddy? You lyke bein’ all betta?” Again the child seemed to divine meaning from the teddy’s silence.
“You t’ink Remy an’ Sev’us be Harry fwends too?” he queried hesitantly.
“You t’ink Remy an’ Sev’us be kind to Harry?” A pause. “Mmm hmm, I t’ink Remy and Sev’us be kind to Teddy too.”
The door to Harry’s room opened slowly and Remus poked his head around quietly to see if Harry was awake yet.
“Hey little man, are you and Teddy ready to get up?” Remus queried brightly as he pushed his way fully into the room.
“We get up now Remy. Me an’ Teddy all waked up.”
“Come on then cub lets get you washed and dressed for the day. Do you remember what we’re going to do today?” Remus asked as he lifted Harry and Teddy into his arms and started to carry them towards the bathroom.
“We go shops Remy?”
“Yes little man. You and me and Sev and Teddy are going to go to the shops and buy lots of clothes and toys. Then we are going to have some ice cream at Florean Fortescue’s and when we get home we are going to play with all of your new toys. What do you think about that?” Remus chattered cheerfully as he helped Harry wash and dress himself in newly conjured clothes.
His face a picture of surprise, Harry replied “We gots lots to do Remy!”
“Yes we do little man but before we do any of our jobs, how about we have some breakfast?”
His little head nodded vigorously as Harry confirmed “Me lyke b’ecfist. Harry an’ Teddy hung’y.”
A/N
Firstly I apologise for the huge gap since my last posting. RL still giving me grief (when doesn’t it?!) I got the feeling that something was pushing me to write another instalment when I went out for a drive with my cousin the other day and we passed through a village called Sevington and shortly thereafter one called Snave. I’ve got a few weeks holiday now so I am hoping to post several more chapters. I may even *gasp* finish this story by the end of the summer!
My Grandpa is still holding his own, although he seems to be in and out of hospital as though he were attached to a piece of elastic. Since my last post he has had a stroke, MRSA, fluid on his lungs, trapped air when they drained the aforementioned fluid and all manors of other ailments. He is currently in hospital with chest/abdominal pains for which they have yet to identify a cause. Mum seems to be doing a bit better but a close family friend is in ICU because he has had to have half his oesophagus removed to get rid of three tumours. You’ve heard the saying it never rains…
Anyway, enough moaning. I am keeping a cheerful and positive attitude. I must admit that this is much easier to maintain now that I am on holiday!
Thank you to all of my reviewers, sorry that it has taken me so long to reply! As always reviews are much appreciated and make me update quicker. Don’t believe me? Just think how long it would have been is you hadn’t bothered!
Review Replies
Arcee1000: Thank you! As always your reviews are much appreciated.
DTDY: Sev’s ‘mean man’ attitude is crumbling into dust as we speak! I just can’t keep him in character. My excuse though is that he is only 23 and so has not had time to fully develop his hard and bitter exterior.
Tambrathegreat: Cheers! Human nature is to be jealous and I do try to keep my characters human, foibles and all!
Whitewaterlily: Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you and thank you. So many nice things in one review! I hope you like this chapter too.
Bones: Thank you!