Unforeseen Circumstances

Unforeseen Circumstances

Chapter 2

Poppy was on a rampage. She had gotten to the infirmary early that morning and found Lucius’ bed empty. She came storming down to the dungeons, banging on the door as hard as she could. She almost fell over in shock when Harry Potter let her in.

“Where is he? What are you doing down here? Where is he?” she demanded.

When she didn’t receive an instantaneous reply, she headed toward Severus’ room. Harry’s door was still standing open and she casually glanced inside. She froze for a moment, and then turned toward Harry.

“Why is Severus in the guestroom? I know you didn’t sleep on the couch because there are no blankets or indentions on the cushions. That means he must have slept in the bed with you. Care to tell me why?” she asked quietly, glaring at the hapless Gryffindor.

“Well, you see, uh, I have nightmares. Lucius showed up late last night, and Sev slept in my bed so that I could actually sleep,” stammered Harry. He flinched when Poppy glared at him again.

“Poppy leave the brat alone,” growled Severus from the bedroom doorway. “Lucius is in my room sleeping. He’s fine. He’s just a snob and wanted to sleep somewhere more comfortable. Unfortunately, he has no problem bothering me towards that end.”

“Severus, I can’t believe you’re sleeping with Harry. He’s only seventeen,” she cried, glaring at Severus and wringing her hands.

“You act like we’re having sex, Poppy. I assure you, that is not the case. He’s practically my son,” he snarled, glaring at Harry when he beamed happily at the proclamation.

“Oh, I hadn’t realized you had gotten that close. Since he’s still sleeping, I’ll leave Lucius in here for now. Make sure he comes to the infirmary as soon as he wakes. You don’t want me to have to come and get him,” threatened Poppy. She left immediately to return to the infirmary.

“You may as well go eat some breakfast, brat. Lucius and I have to have a little chat before I send him back to the infirmary,” said Severus.

“Can I stay the night here again?” asked Harry quietly.

“We’ll talk later,” said Severus, heading toward his bedroom to wake Lucius.

Harry nodded reluctantly and headed towards the Great Hall for breakfast.

*****

“Lucius, wake up,” said Severus, shaking the blonde’s shoulder firmly.

“No,” mumbled Lucius, batting at Severus’ arm.

“I suggest you get up now before I go get Poppy and have her wake you up,” said Severus.

At the mention of Poppy, Lucius bolted upright in the bed. “I’m up. Geez, what’s your problem?”

“You mean besides getting awakened at one in the morning by an injured snob who just wanted to take over my bed?” asked Severus sarcastically.

“Hey, you got the better end of that deal as far as I’m concerned,” said Lucius indignantly.

“How do you figure?” asked Severus. Then he smirked. “You’re jealous that I got to sleep with Harry and you didn’t. Why Lucius, I didn’t know you felt that way.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” said Lucius quickly, sneering at Severus.

“I don’t want to talk about Harry. I want to know why you didn’t tell me you were a spy. We’re friends and have been since school. I knew you had already figured out I was spy. So why keep it secret?” asked Severus quietly.

“I only realized you were a spy after the Ministry incident. The clues just finally fit. That’s partly why I decided to join you in the role,” said Lucius.

“What was the other part?” asked Severus.

“Voldemort wants more from Draco than just marking him. I couldn’t allow that to happen,” said Lucius, giving a shudder of disgust at the thought of what that bastard wanted to do to his son.

“We’ll keep him safe, Lucius. Now, what are your intentions toward Harry?” asked Severus, smiling smugly.

*****

Harry walked directly to the Great Hall. He was extremely hungry, especially since he hadn’t eaten much yesterday. He’d been too busy helping Severus with all those potions. He thought about all that had happened since the night he’d left the Burrow. He couldn’t believe that Lucius Malfoy had turned out to be a spy for Dumbledore. Now he would have to be civil to him and to Draco. That was going to be hard.

‘Speaking of Draco,’ he thought to himself. ‘I wonder why he hasn’t already returned to the school. I guess he either doesn’t know about his father’s injuries, or he is staying with his mother.’

Harry decided to work on his homework since he nothing better to do. He didn’t want to interrupt Severus’ talk with Lucius, so he collected his books and went to the library. He stayed in the library until lunchtime and walked back to the Great Hall. This time, both Severus and Lucius were present. Since only a few students had remained during the holidays, teachers and students were sitting at the same table.

Harry headed toward the empty seat beside Severus, when Severus moved into that seat, leaving the seat between Lucius and him empty. Harry paused for a moment, staring at Severus in confusion, before proceeding toward the seat cautiously.

As soon as he sat, Harry turned to Severus and asked, “Did you enjoy your little chat?” At the choking sound coming from his other side, Harry quickly turned to Lucius. He was absolutely mystified and curious about the blush rising on his cheeks. “I must have missed one interesting conversation, huh?” He almost fell in the floor when Lucius blushed even darker. He finally turned back to Severus and asked, “It can’t be that bad, can it?”

Severus couldn’t help it anymore. Seeing the usually cold and emotionless Lucius Malfoy blushing like a virgin, Severus burst out laughing. Everyone in the Great Hall looked at Severus in shock. Everyone except for Harry, Lucius, and Dumbledore, that is.

“Do I want to know what you two discussed?” asked Harry, glancing at Lucius’ blushing visage before looking back at Severus.

“I’ll tell you some other time,” said Severus, snickering now. “Lucius will be staying in my quarters tonight so if you decide to stay, you’ll have to share a bed with one of us.”

“That’s no problem. I don’t mind,” said Harry casually. He looked up when he heard a collective gasp around the table. “What?”

Professor McGonagall puffed up like a blowfish. “Harry James Potter, I can’t believe you act so casually about sleeping with people like that. You’re only seventeen. You shouldn’t be sleeping around.”

“Well, Professor McGonagall, for one, I don’t sleep around. And two, even if I did sleep around, it’s really none of your business. And three, the key word is sleep, not have sex. Not to offend anyone, but the idea of having sex with Severus is absolutely repulsive. He’s like my father. Ewww,” said Harry firmly, shuddering with the idea of sex with Snape.

“I notice you left out Mr. Malfoy,” said McGonagall.

“What does he have to do with anything?” asked Harry, feigning confusion.

“I notice you didn’t say that you find the idea of sex with Lucius revolting,” she said sternly.

“Well, now that you mention it. I probably wouldn’t kick him out of bed if the occasion were to arise, but I don’t personally ever see it happening. He is married, right?” said Harry, hoping to get another rise from his Head of House.

“Actually, Harry, no. I’m divorced now,” whispered Lucius right into Harry’s ear. He smirked a bit when Harry shivered at the breath running across his ear. “Wouldn’t kick me out of bed, would you?”

It was Harry’s turn to blush now. He hadn’t thought that Lucius would actually flirt with him about his comment. He’d figured Lucius would be more inclined to hex him than to tease him about it.

Severus smirked at Harry’s predicament. He knew Harry had only said that to get a rise out of Minerva, but now he was caught in his own web. “Quit teasing him, Lucius. You know very well, he and I will be sleeping in his room.”

“Damn my luck,” said Lucius with one last teasing glance in Harry’s direction. He pushed his plate away and stood. “I must go see the Dragon Lady before she comes to hunt me down. Good day, everyone.”

He walked out of the hall, leaving many speechless people, a still blushing Harry, a smirking Severus, and twinkle-eyed Dumbledore. He reached the infirmary within moments and saw Poppy getting ready to find him. He just smirked in response to her glare and calmly let her examine him. After a thorough examination, she declared him fit and ready to leave the infirmary. Not that it really mattered because he had no intentions of staying another night here.

*****

“Do you need any help with potions today? I have plenty of spare time, and yes, I’ve already done my holiday homework. That includes that horridly long potion’s essay you assigned,” said Harry, walking with Severus down to the dungeons.

“I only have a few potions left to make, but you are welcome to help. I have to admit, albeit very grudgingly, that you've become quite proficient in your potion’s skills,” said Severus.

“I didn’t have a problem with the potions, per se. I had a problem with little snakes throwing things in my cauldron and a snarky teacher just looking for things to complain about,” he said cheekily. “Now that I’ve learned to ignore the snarky attitude, and watch for flying ingredients, I perform much better in that class.”

“As long as you continue to perform so well, I can ignore some of your cheekiness,” said Severus with a sneer in Harry’s direction.

“You know my cheekiness just makes me more adorable,” said Harry, batting his eyelashes prettily. He burst out laughing when Severus just rolled his eyes and continued walking. “So what are we making?”

“We are making Dreamless Sleep, Blood-Replenishing Potion, and Pepperup Potion. Think you can handle that?” asked Severus sternly.

“Bring it on,” said Harry, laughing and running into the potion’s lab.

*****

Harry decided to skip dinner. Severus and he had spent hours working on those potions and all he wanted to do was to take a bath and go to bed. He went to his room and stripped down to his boxers, gathered his pyjamas and toiletries, and walked to the bathroom. He forgot all about Lucius staying in Severus room.

Harry opened the bathroom door and dropped his clothes in shock. He saw Lucius lounging in the bathtub in all his wet naked glory. He quickly stammered out an apology and fled the bathroom. He hurried back to his room, totally forgetting his pyjamas on the bathroom floor, and climbed on the bed to sit with his knees against his chest and his head buried in his knees. He was blushing so hard, his face felt like it was on fire.

A moment later, his door opened. Harry looked up and saw Lucius standing in the doorway wearing nothing but a towel around his waist, holding out the pyjamas he’d dropped earlier. Lucius was gorgeous on any occasion, but a wet, nearly naked Lucius was mouth-watering, tongue-tying gorgeous. Harry had a difficult time getting his eyes to move towards the pyjamas rather than stay focussed on that wet, edible skin.

“I believe you dropped these, Harry,” said Lucius, smiling inwardly at Harry’s fascinated gaze focused on his exposed skin.

“Thanks,” said Harry, slowly climbing from the bed and taking the clothes. He stood for a minute in indecision before stepping around Lucius and walking into the bathroom. He didn’t see the admiring gaze focused on his bum, but he felt the gaze.

Lucius smirked and thought ‘He will definitely be mine. Everyone else had best stay far away from my little virgin.’ He casually walked to his room and dressed for bed. He had just walked back into the living room and sat on the couch with a book when Severus walked in the door.

“Where’s Harry?” he asked immediately.

“Taking a bath,” said Lucius casually, smirking a bit while remembering earlier events.

“Okay, Lucius, what did you do?” asked Severus. He knew his friend far too well, and that smirk just screamed smugness.

“Why, Severus, I don’t know what you’re talking about,” said Lucius almost coyly, snickering when Severus raised an eyebrow.

“Lucius, I know better than that. What happened with Harry? Don’t even try and say nothing because that is obviously a lie,” said Severus, crossing his arms and waiting for an answer.

“Well, let’s just say that Harry wasn’t lying when he said he wouldn’t kick me out of bed,” said Lucius smugly.

“I hope for your sake that you have not had sex with Harry. If you have, I may have to damage you permanently. Like I said, Lucius, I know you and you’re just toying with him. I will not let you hurt him just to get laid,” said Severus quietly, glaring at the blonde.

“Wow, you really do care for him like a father. I never would have guessed,” said Lucius incredulously. “But for your information, Daddy Severus, I’m not just toying with him. Yes, I want to fuck him because, let’s face it, he has a very deliciously fuckable body. However, I am not just looking for a new bedmate.”

“Just remember the warning. I will not see him hurt by you. He has enough to deal with because of the Dark Lord,” said Severus fiercely.

Harry stood on the other side of the bathroom door, listening to the conversation between the two spies. Like Severus, he had thought Lucius was just toying with him. He smiled softly at hearing Severus defend and protect him that way. He really did love that snarky bastard, and he almost laughed out loud when Lucius called him ‘Daddy Severus.’ Deciding to make his presence known, Harry splashed the water a bit, stood for a moment rustling his clothes, and opened the door.

“Sev, you’re back. Did you get everything to Madame Pomfrey?” he asked, walking out of the steamy bathroom.

“Yes, that should hold her for a few months,” said Severus. “Are you going straight to bed or do you want something to eat?”

“I’m going to bed. I’m not really all that hungry. Of course, I’ll be starving by breakfast so it all works out,” said Harry, smiling cheekily at Severus.

Go to bed, brat. I’ll be in later,” said Severus, sneering at him teasingly.

“Night, Sev. Good night, Mr. Malfoy,” said Harry, hiding a yawn behind his hand.

“Good night, Mr. Potter,” said Lucius.

Harry went to bed and fell asleep quickly. He didn’t wake when Severus got in the bed, but he did cuddle into the warmth and lay his head on Severus’ chest. Severus just rolled his eyes and pulled Harry close.