The Darkness in Her Heart
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Harry Potter › General
Rating:
Adult +
Chapters:
11
Views:
1,438
Reviews:
1
Recommended:
0
Currently Reading:
0
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A Regular Thing
Chapter Two: A Regular Thing
“Is anything even open at 5am?” Severus asked as he mentally berated himself for not taking Tonks’ hand when he had the chance.
“Nothing that I know of. I just didn’t want to have to break up another fight between you and Remus.”
“That’s such a stupid name. Who names their child Remus? No wonder he used to go by Moony.”
“The same kind of person that names their child Severus.”
“Or Nymphadora.”
“Hey!” she joked as she playfully punched his arm. “So where do you want to go for breakfast?”
“Do you cook?”
“Do you enjoy having your taste buds?”
“I’ll take that as a no.”
“You got that right. Do you cook?”
“I’m a Potions Master. Of course I can cook. However, I live at Hogwarts, so we would have to apparate to Hogsmeade and walk the rest of the way.”
“I don’t mind a walk. It’s awfully cold out, though.” She pulled her hands out of her pockets and blew on them, rubbing them together.
“Allow me,” he said gently, grabbing her freezing hands. He gently blew on them and kissed each one of her knuckles. “I’m so sorry - that was very forward of me,” he said shyly, pulling his hands away from hers.
“It’s ok… Hey Severus?”
“Yes, Tonks?” he blushed.
“It’s you I’ve been dreaming about,” they both blushed crimson. “Oh, Merlin, I can’t believe I let that slip! What you must think of me now! Oh, I have to go.” She apparated away. However, he had a fairly good idea of where she was going. He apparated to the Hog’s Head, it was there that they first met.
“There you are. You had me worried. Bartender, two butterbeers please.” He sat down and took her hand in his. “Why did you apparate off like that?”
“I just can’t believe I made such a fool of myself. What you must think of me now.” A silent tear fell down her cheek as she buried her face in her arms.
Slowly, very slowly, Severus lifted her tear streaked face to his and lightly kissed her lips ever so gently. They sat in the pub sipping their butterbeers in utter silence until it was time for both to depart for work.
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Dumbledore, knowing everything that happened between the members of the Order, gave Severus and Tonks the night off.
“Thank you, Albus. A night of sleep will do me good,” Tonks said gratefully to the old man.
“That is all. Same time tomorrow, everybody?” The table all nodded in agreement. “Dismissed.”
“Tonks? Tonks!” Severus called as she tried to evade him. “Come here, I want to talk to you,” he said as he grabbed her by the arm and pulled her into the pantry.
“Oh, hi, Severus!” she bubbled. He could tell she was embarrassed about what had happened. He wasn’t and that was he intended to tell her.
“Are you okay? About this morning?”
“Yes, I’m fine. It’s just that--”
“What?”
“Well, I’m kind of a klutz and I’ve never had much luck with men. I just don’t want to get hurt again. I’m sorry.” To her surprise, and annoyance, he laughed. “What the heck is so funny?”
“Oh nothing… Well, after my divorce, I didn’t think I would ever feel the same way about a woman again. Until this morning I didn’t. It was just holding hands and one little kiss, but--” he stopped. “I’m sorry, I just can’t do this. Do you want to go for a cup of coffee?”
“This coffee thing is getting to be a regular thing with us.”
“Perhaps,” he said, resuming his icy demeanor.
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“So tell me, Miss Nymphadora” as he said her name she threw a packet of sugar at him, causing it to burst into his hair. “Hey watch it with that!”
“It’s your own fault, you called me…”
“By your first name. What’s wrong with that?”
“I hate my first name. You know that, Sev.”
“Sev, now am I? Does that mean I can call you Nymph?”
“NO!” she cried, spewing her coffee all over him. “Oh, I’m so s.Scourgify.”
“Well, that’s one way to start the day.”
“I can think of a nice way to end it,” she said seductively.
He raised his eyebrow at her. “How’s that?”
“You can come to my house and cook for me, Mr. Potions Master.”
“It’s a date.” She leaned over and kissed his cheek before apparating for work.
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Tonks did nothing all day but think about her date with Severus. Am I doing the right thing? What if he doesn’t like me that way? What if he’s just too much older? No, he’s not that much older. He’s only 35. And you’re 22. Maybe I should owl him and call this whole thing off. She wrestled with herself all morning before finally deciding to go for a walk.
She apparated to Hogsmeade and walked to post office to owl her friend Flora.
Dear Flora,
HELP! I need you! I have a date tonight and I really need someone to talk to. Meet me at the Three Broomsticks for lunch.
~Tonks
She wandered around Hogsmeade for the rest of the morning, buying random things from Zonko’s and Honeydukes. When 12:00 finally came around, she had already been in the Three Broomsticks for an hour and was on her second butterbeer.
“So who’s the guy?” Flora asked as she sat down.
“You wouldn’t believe me if I told you. But he’s the greatest guy in the world. He works with me and has black hair and penetrating coal black eyes. He’s cooking dinner for me tonight. He works with potions, so he said he can cook. I just hope he’s rig-”
“Wait a minute, Tonks. You’re talking about our old potions teach are you?” she asked in awe.
“Well, yes, I am.”
“NYMPHADORA TONKS YOU ARE DATING A TEACHER!”
Tonks quickly leapt across the table and covered her friend’s mouth. “He’s not my teacher anymore,” she said as she slowly removed her hand. “He’s a very nice man with whom I have much in common… and he’s a very good kisser.”
“You kissed a teacher?”
“Will you get over the teacher thing? He hasn’t been my teacher for five years.”
“But he’s like a million years older than you. And you always hated potions.”
“Still do. But he doesn’t need to know that. And he isn’t that much older than me. He’s only 35.”
“Oh, only 35. That’s still like 13 years older than you. But then again, when have you not liked older guys. Remember Bill Weasley from first year?”
“That was just a silly little crush.”
“You cut off a lock of his hair and slept with it under your pillow for a year. You were crushed when he graduated.”
“And now we’re good friends.”
“You looked like a Weasley for three years. Freckles, red hair, glasses. It was ridicul-”
“OKAY! I get the point. So I have a thing for older men, so what? Severus is a great guy.”
“Ooooh you call him Severus?”
“No, I call him Merlin,” she said sarcastically. The friends sat and talked for the remainder of the day. At 5:30 Tonks finally paid the bill and bid her friend goodbye. Okay, Tonks. Here goes nothing!
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“Is anything even open at 5am?” Severus asked as he mentally berated himself for not taking Tonks’ hand when he had the chance.
“Nothing that I know of. I just didn’t want to have to break up another fight between you and Remus.”
“That’s such a stupid name. Who names their child Remus? No wonder he used to go by Moony.”
“The same kind of person that names their child Severus.”
“Or Nymphadora.”
“Hey!” she joked as she playfully punched his arm. “So where do you want to go for breakfast?”
“Do you cook?”
“Do you enjoy having your taste buds?”
“I’ll take that as a no.”
“You got that right. Do you cook?”
“I’m a Potions Master. Of course I can cook. However, I live at Hogwarts, so we would have to apparate to Hogsmeade and walk the rest of the way.”
“I don’t mind a walk. It’s awfully cold out, though.” She pulled her hands out of her pockets and blew on them, rubbing them together.
“Allow me,” he said gently, grabbing her freezing hands. He gently blew on them and kissed each one of her knuckles. “I’m so sorry - that was very forward of me,” he said shyly, pulling his hands away from hers.
“It’s ok… Hey Severus?”
“Yes, Tonks?” he blushed.
“It’s you I’ve been dreaming about,” they both blushed crimson. “Oh, Merlin, I can’t believe I let that slip! What you must think of me now! Oh, I have to go.” She apparated away. However, he had a fairly good idea of where she was going. He apparated to the Hog’s Head, it was there that they first met.
“There you are. You had me worried. Bartender, two butterbeers please.” He sat down and took her hand in his. “Why did you apparate off like that?”
“I just can’t believe I made such a fool of myself. What you must think of me now.” A silent tear fell down her cheek as she buried her face in her arms.
Slowly, very slowly, Severus lifted her tear streaked face to his and lightly kissed her lips ever so gently. They sat in the pub sipping their butterbeers in utter silence until it was time for both to depart for work.
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Dumbledore, knowing everything that happened between the members of the Order, gave Severus and Tonks the night off.
“Thank you, Albus. A night of sleep will do me good,” Tonks said gratefully to the old man.
“That is all. Same time tomorrow, everybody?” The table all nodded in agreement. “Dismissed.”
“Tonks? Tonks!” Severus called as she tried to evade him. “Come here, I want to talk to you,” he said as he grabbed her by the arm and pulled her into the pantry.
“Oh, hi, Severus!” she bubbled. He could tell she was embarrassed about what had happened. He wasn’t and that was he intended to tell her.
“Are you okay? About this morning?”
“Yes, I’m fine. It’s just that--”
“What?”
“Well, I’m kind of a klutz and I’ve never had much luck with men. I just don’t want to get hurt again. I’m sorry.” To her surprise, and annoyance, he laughed. “What the heck is so funny?”
“Oh nothing… Well, after my divorce, I didn’t think I would ever feel the same way about a woman again. Until this morning I didn’t. It was just holding hands and one little kiss, but--” he stopped. “I’m sorry, I just can’t do this. Do you want to go for a cup of coffee?”
“This coffee thing is getting to be a regular thing with us.”
“Perhaps,” he said, resuming his icy demeanor.
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“So tell me, Miss Nymphadora” as he said her name she threw a packet of sugar at him, causing it to burst into his hair. “Hey watch it with that!”
“It’s your own fault, you called me…”
“By your first name. What’s wrong with that?”
“I hate my first name. You know that, Sev.”
“Sev, now am I? Does that mean I can call you Nymph?”
“NO!” she cried, spewing her coffee all over him. “Oh, I’m so s.
“Well, that’s one way to start the day.”
“I can think of a nice way to end it,” she said seductively.
He raised his eyebrow at her. “How’s that?”
“You can come to my house and cook for me, Mr. Potions Master.”
“It’s a date.” She leaned over and kissed his cheek before apparating for work.
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Tonks did nothing all day but think about her date with Severus. Am I doing the right thing? What if he doesn’t like me that way? What if he’s just too much older? No, he’s not that much older. He’s only 35. And you’re 22. Maybe I should owl him and call this whole thing off. She wrestled with herself all morning before finally deciding to go for a walk.
She apparated to Hogsmeade and walked to post office to owl her friend Flora.
Dear Flora,
HELP! I need you! I have a date tonight and I really need someone to talk to. Meet me at the Three Broomsticks for lunch.
~Tonks
She wandered around Hogsmeade for the rest of the morning, buying random things from Zonko’s and Honeydukes. When 12:00 finally came around, she had already been in the Three Broomsticks for an hour and was on her second butterbeer.
“So who’s the guy?” Flora asked as she sat down.
“You wouldn’t believe me if I told you. But he’s the greatest guy in the world. He works with me and has black hair and penetrating coal black eyes. He’s cooking dinner for me tonight. He works with potions, so he said he can cook. I just hope he’s rig-”
“Wait a minute, Tonks. You’re talking about our old potions teach are you?” she asked in awe.
“Well, yes, I am.”
“NYMPHADORA TONKS YOU ARE DATING A TEACHER!”
Tonks quickly leapt across the table and covered her friend’s mouth. “He’s not my teacher anymore,” she said as she slowly removed her hand. “He’s a very nice man with whom I have much in common… and he’s a very good kisser.”
“You kissed a teacher?”
“Will you get over the teacher thing? He hasn’t been my teacher for five years.”
“But he’s like a million years older than you. And you always hated potions.”
“Still do. But he doesn’t need to know that. And he isn’t that much older than me. He’s only 35.”
“Oh, only 35. That’s still like 13 years older than you. But then again, when have you not liked older guys. Remember Bill Weasley from first year?”
“That was just a silly little crush.”
“You cut off a lock of his hair and slept with it under your pillow for a year. You were crushed when he graduated.”
“And now we’re good friends.”
“You looked like a Weasley for three years. Freckles, red hair, glasses. It was ridicul-”
“OKAY! I get the point. So I have a thing for older men, so what? Severus is a great guy.”
“Ooooh you call him Severus?”
“No, I call him Merlin,” she said sarcastically. The friends sat and talked for the remainder of the day. At 5:30 Tonks finally paid the bill and bid her friend goodbye. Okay, Tonks. Here goes nothing!
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