By Fair Means or Foul

Chapter 16

Lucius barely kept his lips as Severus pulled away quickly and faced the fire. There in the green flames was his son’s very unwelcome head, sporting an entirely too knowing smile. Straightening himself in a leisurely manner Lucius addressed his son.

“I do hope that you have a reason for calling?” he said in a censuring voice. Severus was calmly putting himself to rights a few steps away from him. Draco heard the warning in his father’s voice and quickly lost the smile.

“I am sorry, Father, I had no idea that you would be entertaining. I just wanted to have a pleasant chat. But I will wait until you are not busy. Good-bye.” The fire returned to its natural colour. Lucius turned to look at Severus who had a small smile upon his lips. A blond eyebrow went up in question.

“I assume that he was making sure that you had suffered no ill effects from the additive in your drink,” Severus informed him. Lucius eyes widened at the implication.

“Are you telling me that you enlisted the aid of my own son to poison me?” The indignation and rising anger was evident in his voice. Severus looked at him.

“I believe it is a fair turn as I imagine you used him to help make his sibling,” Severus replied calmly. Lucius was a bit taken aback to have Severus bring out in the open the subject they had danced around.

“That is true. I did. But he did express concern on your behalf, you should know. He was afraid I was set on killing you,” Lucius smirked.

“He should have been more concerned with your existence coming to end once the consequences were discovered,” Severus replied.

“Come now, it is not as bad as all that.”

Severus’s eyes flashed. “Lucius, my body is not a domain of your autocracy! What you have done is unprincipled and stupid.”

“What I have done is sealed the deal, as it were.”

“What are you blathering about?” Suspicion oozed from Severus’s voice. Lucius took the few steps that would put him in front of Severus. Taking the pale hands in his he smiled confidently into dark eyes.

“Our marriage Severus.” If Lucius hadn’t thought to grab a hold of him, Severus would have been half way across the room.

“Our what?” he asked in shock.

“You can’t be surprised. You can’t possibly think that after all the trouble and expense I went to to create that child that I would allow it to be born out of wedlock? We Malfoys may be bastards by nature but never by birth.” He pressed a kiss to the slightly open mouth. “I believe I have successfully taken the trophy. You were mine first, Severus, it would be disgusting to see you end up with anyone inferior to me.”

“As hard as it is for you to comprehend, some things are not about you, Lucius.” Severus snapped.

“You have completely missed the point, my dear; so unlike you. I have done all of this for you. It is true that I wanted you, have always wanted you. We are a perfect complement to the other. You’re fire to my ice. You arise my desire like no other and constantly keep me on my toes. Why, if I had not given you more than you bargained for I would proclaim you the winner of this last skirmish of the mind. But, you see, I had to claim you more thoroughly and irrevocably than before. Occasional meals out would not be enough to hold onto you.” Cupping the back of Severus’s neck with his hands, Lucius pulled him in for another kiss. “You are a creature of the shadows, my dear, and have a tendency to run to them. I had to force you into the light or risk losing you to the oblivious darkness. I owe you that much.”

Lucius began unbuttoning Severus’s frock coat, slowly revealing the snowy white shirt underneath. He quickly disposed of both of them and was presented with Severus’s bare chest. He kissed his way down the neck until he came to a round nipple. He licked it and then nibbled on it, revelling in it its hardness. Popping the little nubbin between his lips he sucked on it, first gently then progressively harder until he heard Severus bite off a passionate cry. Soothing it with kisses he then licked his way across the smooth chest until he met its twin and gave it the same ministrations. As he laved it with his tongue Severus busied himself with pulling Lucius’s own coat and shirt off. Then taking the blonde’s wand from a pocket he cast a blocking spell at the fireplace before tossing it down.

Lucius straightened and began kissing Severus again, pressing their bare chests together. He felt movement between them and realized that Severus was trying to get his lover’s trouser buttons undone. Stepping back a bit but not releasing the mouth, Lucius allowed him to remove both of their trousers. He then pulled Severus along with him as he took a few steps back from the marble hearth. Severus found himself on his back on the Aubusson rug with an extremely aroused aristocrat on top of him. Lucius released his mouth and once more trailed kisses down his neck but this time surpassed the hardened nipples and continued down to his stomach. There he paused and lifted his eyes to Severus who had come up on his elbows. Placing three gentle kisses on Severus’s lower abdomen he kept his eyes trained on Severus’s.

“I can not express to you how pleased I am, Severus,” he said quietly and then continued on his downward path reining kisses. He placed a kiss at the top of the dark hair and then placed a kiss on the tip of the delightfully engorged flesh. He heard Severus take a quiet breath in. Taking his time, Lucius placed kisses down its length and ran his tongue back up to the tip. He then slid it under the ridge and down the large vein. Placing a kiss on the sac below he pulled the whole thing into his mouth gently. Severus groaned and quite ungracefully flopped down onto his back. Lucius would have smiled if his mouth hadn’t been full. Rolling the balls in his mouth he soon released it and again kissed his way back to the tip. Knowing how tense and frustrated Severus was becoming he decided to give him some relief. Quickly, Lucius wrapped his mouth around the rod and took it all the way in. It had been a long time since he had performed the act of fellatio and his gag reflex was a bit too strong so he was unable to keep Severus’s entire length in for long, but enough spittle had been left to ease the way for his hand to continue the warmth and motion. Sucking on the mushroom top and working his hand at the base Lucius quickly brought Severus to an impassioned fervour. Black hair was tossed back and forth as Severus made pleas and threats all in one breath. Sucking and licking, Lucius quickly refreshed his skills. Letting go of Severus’s cock, Lucius glided his hand around to Severus’s hip and brought his leg up. Placing his saliva slick fingers at his lover’s cleft he deftly found the opening and began working, massaging the muscles. First from the outside and then from the inside, he slowly loosened Severus. Lucius pulled harder on Severus’s tip, working the slit with his tongue, until he felt Severus’s sac begin to tighten and his muscles tense. He pulled back quickly and Severus moaned pitifully at the torture.

“Not yet, mon amour, be patient,” he whispered.

“No,” came the rasped reply. Lucius smiled and slid his body back up to lie chest to chest with his lover. Pulling both legs up he positioned himself, kissed Severus and then pushed in. The intense warmth was incredible and being here with Severus was better than it had been the night before. Severus moaned and pulled Lucius down to him, pressing their bodies together as tightly as he could. Resting on his elbows, Lucius allowed the closeness for a moment but soon pulled away to begin his almost dry thrusts. Severus met him push for push, enjoying the rough tightness. It didn’t take long for Lucius to remember how to angle his thrusts so that he slid along that wonderfully sensitive spot that made Severus writhe underneath him. He leaned down to whisper into Severus’s ear.

“Can you imagine, Sev, every night being here like this? Knowing that I can have you whenever I wish, whenever you wish.” He made shallow rapid pushes. “That is how it will be. We shall fall asleep like this and awake like this. We shall do this in every room of this house. Do you know how many rooms and alcoves and secret passages are in this house, Sev?” A tortured shake of the head was his answer. “Neither do I, but I believe we shall do our best to find out, won’t we?”

Lucius began to grow forceful, his speed increased and his thrusts deepened. He rested on his elbows with his hands curled under and around Severus’s shoulders. His belly was pressed hard to Severus’s with Severus’s excessively aroused cock being worked between. Severus cried out at the friction and moments later he came in a rush. Back arching and crying out, he was a magnificent sight. Lucius came to the song of his lover’s pleasure.

Returning to reality Lucius lifted his head. Severus’s breathing was returning to normal and eyes were closed. Black hair was splashed about and sweat glistened on his face. He was breathtaking to behold. Rolling them so that they rested on their sides, Lucius flicked his blond hair off his shoulders and pushed it behind him. Severus’s eyes opened slowly and gazed into grey.

“So,” Lucius said. “Monday?”

“What about it?”

“For our wedding, idiot.” Before Severus could refuse, Lucius cut in. “Any longer and you would need to endure those buffoons chasing you indefinitely. In addition, if one whisper of our impending nuptials is heard, we shall have quite the uproar and there will be no place to hide. It would be quite the international media circus.” Watching Severus grimace at the thought, Lucius knew he had his lover where he wanted him. Well, in more ways then one. “Monday morning I shall arrange for the Hall of Records to open early and an officiant to be present. All you must do is keep yourself sequestered for another day and appear at the appropriate time.” Taking Severus’s chin in his hand he gazed deeply into the sated eyes. “I shall make this quick and easy for you. And you must admit, I fit all your criteria.” A quick kiss was shared. “You and I shall thumb our noses at them all and do the unthinkably vile. Live happily ever after.” Severus smiled at that thought.

“Very well, Lucius. I shall meet you at the Ministry buildings on Monday.”