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CHAPTER 16: A Good Night’s Sleep





It had been a week since their return to Hogwarts, and Severus was flat out exhausted. Every morning he met Hermione at the hot spring where their morning dips were becoming passionate encounters that threatened to have the already hot water boiling.







They were always together, they walked through the halls hand in hand; both with their heads tucked low as they clung to each other and ignored the rest of the world.







They sat close to each other in their shared classes and Severus could always be found waiting for her outside of the ones they didn’t. They took their meals together, studied together, and just before curfew they could be found kissing passionately outside of Gryffindor tower as they bade each other goodnight reluctantly.







Severus inched slowly through the Gryffindor common room, taking care not to make a sound as he followed the prefect up the stairs to the girl’s dormitories, hidden by the disillusionment spell he had cast on himself. He knew from talking to Hermione that she shared her room with Lily Evans and four other girls, and having previously been friends with Lily he knew that her door would be the one at the very top of the winding staircase.







He cursed when the prefect entered the room just below the room he sought. He was stuck, even disillusioned he could not step foot onto the staircase alone without the wards kicking in and smoothing the stone surface into a slide that would send him spiraling back into the common room. He withdrew his wand from his pocket along with a leather strip he used to tie his hair back in potions. He enlarged the strip into a long rope and transfigured his Slytherin tie clip into a grappling hook.







He stood on the landing and stared up into the stairwell before tossing the grappling hook up, wincing when it clinked against the stone rail and then clattered to the floor at his feet. It took four tries before he finally got a solid hold. He smirked and slowly made his way up and over the railing so he was standing outside her door. He gathered the rope and hook, restoring them to their original states and shoving them into his pocket before he slowly opened the door and slipped inside.







Severus leaned back against the door and tried to adjust to the darkened interior of the room. There were six beds set up in a half circle around an iron stove in the center, the trick would be figuring out which one was hers. Still hidden beneath the spell, Severus crept slowly through the darkened room. He felt like some kind of pervert as he leaned over each bed to discern its occupant. He was disappointed when he found the first two not to be her, bypassing the third when he heard the resonating snores from its occupant, knowing instantly it wasn’t his witch.







He moved towards the bed in the back slowly, moving carefully, or so he thought until he caught his foot in the bed curtains and fell face first onto the ground between two beds.







“Damn it.” He whispered harshly as he untangled his feet and pushed to his knees, praying that he hadn’t woken the girls.









“Severus, is that you?” Severus looked up to see Lily peering at him over the edge of her bed, when he fell he broke the disillusionment spell. Severus winced and his guilty expression was comical.









“You gonna turn me in?” Severus asked on a whisper.











“No.” Lily smiled softly. “I’m impressed that you made it past the wards, James hasn’t even managed it and he lives in this tower. I am amazed to find you sneaking into the girl’s dorm of another house however. You must really like her.”









“I do…why are you being nice to me all of a sudden? I figured you would accuse me of coming in here for you.” Severus was frowning at her, wondering at the change.









“That was before I saw you together…on the train going home for Christmas. I could see then that your feelings for her were real and I felt like a selfish twit. You know she laid into me for how I treated you, she gave me hell on your behalf.” He could see Lily smile. “She was right, I am sorry, Severus.”









“I had no idea, she never said anything.” He whispered softly.









“She’s good for you.” Lily said as she reached onto her nightstand for a barrette. She tossed it into the next bed and hit its occupant on the shoulder. The lump in the bed rolled over and peered at Lily through the darkness.







“What?” Hermione asked grouchily, she was exhausted and hadn’t slept well in days; she didn’t need Lily disturbing her rest.









“You have a guest.” Lily whispered in the darkness.









“What?” Hermione looked over in confusion, wondering if the witch were dreaming and talking in her sleep.









“She is trying to tell you I came to see you.” Severus said, popping his head over the edge of her mattress. Hermione yelped and nearly fell off the bed.









“Severus, what are you doing here?” She whispered harshly.









“I haven’t slept in a week, witch. I told you we would get used to sleeping together and be in trouble when we got back.” He said as he tugged her blankets back. “Move over and let me in.” He kicked off his shoes and climbed into the bed with Hermione.







He was having issues fitting into her bed; he banged his foot on the footboard then bumped his elbow on one of the four posters before his head fell back and slammed hard into the headboard causing both witch’s to laugh at his expense.







“Damn it, your bed is small.” He grumped, adjusting Hermione in his arms so she was sprawled over him.







“Severus…take your trousers off, they are scratchy on my legs.” Hermione said giggling.







“I’m still awake over here!” Lily whispered back laughing. She could see movement in the neighboring bed in the darkness, heard Hermione giggle and Severus cursing softly, then the soft thunk of his belted trousers hitting the floor. “Close the bed curtains and cast a silencing spell before you two wake the others!”







Lily smiled when she heard the bed curtains being closed, then the rustle of bedclothes and finally complete silence when the silencing spell was cast. She snuggled deeper into her bed, so happy for her old friend and jealous as hell of the couple snuggling and who knows what else in the bed next to hers.









“Damn it, why is your bed so small?” Severus grouched as he readjusted Hermione until she was curled on her side facing him, her feet tucked between his.







“Maybe because I don’t need a bigger one to fit me…and of course I’m not supposed to have a Slytherin in my bed either.” She said, running her fingers through his hair. “I can’t believe you snuck in here.”







“I’m tired…I need sleep, witch.” He said, yawning softly. “I haven’t slept since we got back and it’s all your fault.”









“How is it my fault?” She asked, frowning slightly.









“Because you just couldn’t sleep alone for the holiday and you let me get used to having you close.” He mumbled, enjoying the feel of her fingers in his hair.









“Well, sleeping with you has its benefits.” She said. “You keep my feet warm, you make me feel safe…and of course, it is rather convenient for more amorous activity.” She danced her fingers down the center of his chest, flicking her fingernails over the buttons on his shirt. “Severus?” She whispered his name and slid her hand lower over his abdomen and down.







“Damn it!” He hissed when her fingers closed around his cock through his boxers. He was instantly hard. “Hermione…we can not do this with five of your housemates sleeping in the same room.”







“You cast the silencing spell, they will never know.” She said, fastening her lips on the side of his throat. The more they engaged in these little intimate moments the more passionate they became. It was getting harder and harder for him not to take her, especially in the mornings when they were alone in the hot spring.







“Hermione….fuck…..please, Lily is still awake…” She lifted her head and though he couldn’t see her, he could feel her gaze.







“Is she the reason you won’t? You don’t want her knowing that you are making love with me?” She asked, her voice trembling slightly. Severus heard the tremulous tone of her voice and rolled her over onto her back coming to rest between her thighs.









“NO.” He whispered harshly, his fingers twining with hers and pressing them into the pillow beside her head. “Lily already thinks we are over here shagging like crazed niflers in heat! Let me make myself clear, witch. It is getting really difficult for me to leave you intact. Every time I get close to you, get my hands or my mouth on you, I fight with myself not to spread your legs and slide my cock inside you. I am tired, I am grouchy and damn you, Hermione, I just don’t have the willpower to stop tonight. I don’t want to make love to you in this tiny ass bed with your housemates sleeping feet away. I want to be alone with you, someplace special where we can take our time, make it something so powerful it is imprinted on us to the point that it stays with us forever and no spell will be able to wipe it away.”









Hermione was speechless. She tightened her fingers around his and lifted her head to kiss him. She misjudged her location in the dark and ended up kissing his chin first, her lips sliding up to meet his. She pressed hard, wanting him to feel her passion for him, how much he meant to her. He kissed her back for a moment then pulled away, rolling to his back and pulling her over him once more, his arms wrapped around her tight.







“Goodnight, Severus.” She whispered against his shoulder.







“Goodnight.” He said, brushing a kiss across the top of her head as he closed his eyes and let sleep take him.











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Wow, Lucifer really made an impact on you guys LOL..we had a bird when I was young who used to wolf whistle at me when I would walk through the house at night always terrified my friends when they would sleep over LOL







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