If You Can't Be With the One You Love...
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Harry Potter › Het - Male/Female › Snape/Hermione
Rating:
Adult ++
Chapters:
4
Views:
6,709
Reviews:
18
Recommended:
0
Currently Reading:
0
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I am not JKR. I do not own the world of Harry Potter. I make no money off this work of fanfiction.
Can Loathe Ever Become Love?
He was a complete and utter bastard. In the seven months he had been married to Hermione, he had never once seen her cry at his callousness. Last night he didn't see her openly weep, per se. He did, however, hear her gut wrenching sobs as he left the bedroom.
He sat in his chair by the fire, drinking Ogden's and pinching the bridge of his nose, willing the pounding in his head to cease. He had dealt with weepy Slytherin females before, but it was run of the mill hormonal teenaged angst. His problems with Hermione ran much deeper.
The next morning brought no clearer understanding of the situation to either one of them.
Severus knew that, at least on some level, Hermione found his personal restrictions on their relationship stifling and oppressive. He never spoke of his past. Although, Hermione knew a great deal already, mainly because of Potter's inability to keep his mouth shut about anything. Severus didn't want to open up to Hermione, or anyone for that matter. At every point in his life, whenever he had shown emotion or expressed a differing opinion, he had been rebuffed and ridiculed. He wouldn't allow that ever again.
Hermione had always prided herself on being able to overcome any obstacle, solve any problem. Severus was proving to be her largest difficulty to date. She didn't know how to go about encouraging someone to move on from the past. She was having enormous trouble doing that herself. Last night had almost driven Hermione past her bullshit limit. A woman can only take so much blatant rejection. Every time they had sex, Severus would throw it in her face that he was imagining her as someone else. What more could she possibly do? The Marriage Law gave no reasonable outs.
If Severus couldn't get himself off the wretchedly uncomfortable proverbial sofa, his life would end up being more miserable than if Voldemort had won. The only way to end vows taken under the Marriage Law was either repeal of said law or death of a spouse. Surviving Nagini gave Severus a new outlook on death. Therefore, he had no desire to end things that way. The law had no hope of ever being repealed. Not anytime in the near future. The only way his marriage would improve past the “acquaintances who shag” stage was if he let Lily Potter go.
He sat in his chair by the fire, drinking Ogden's and pinching the bridge of his nose, willing the pounding in his head to cease. He had dealt with weepy Slytherin females before, but it was run of the mill hormonal teenaged angst. His problems with Hermione ran much deeper.
The next morning brought no clearer understanding of the situation to either one of them.
Severus knew that, at least on some level, Hermione found his personal restrictions on their relationship stifling and oppressive. He never spoke of his past. Although, Hermione knew a great deal already, mainly because of Potter's inability to keep his mouth shut about anything. Severus didn't want to open up to Hermione, or anyone for that matter. At every point in his life, whenever he had shown emotion or expressed a differing opinion, he had been rebuffed and ridiculed. He wouldn't allow that ever again.
Hermione had always prided herself on being able to overcome any obstacle, solve any problem. Severus was proving to be her largest difficulty to date. She didn't know how to go about encouraging someone to move on from the past. She was having enormous trouble doing that herself. Last night had almost driven Hermione past her bullshit limit. A woman can only take so much blatant rejection. Every time they had sex, Severus would throw it in her face that he was imagining her as someone else. What more could she possibly do? The Marriage Law gave no reasonable outs.
If Severus couldn't get himself off the wretchedly uncomfortable proverbial sofa, his life would end up being more miserable than if Voldemort had won. The only way to end vows taken under the Marriage Law was either repeal of said law or death of a spouse. Surviving Nagini gave Severus a new outlook on death. Therefore, he had no desire to end things that way. The law had no hope of ever being repealed. Not anytime in the near future. The only way his marriage would improve past the “acquaintances who shag” stage was if he let Lily Potter go.