The Fine Print

After dinner, Severus sat cross legged on his bed. He had changed out of his school robes into a pair of black baggy jeans and a soft black hoody, running a comb through his hair he sighed. Although he was very excited he was also extremely nervous, he hadn't ever heard of a potion like that before and admittedly he had heard a lot about Poly Juice potions and even studied them for leisure in his spare time.
Checking the time, it was a quarter to eight, he put his mirror back on the bedside table and got to his feet heading from the dormitory he passed by the common room and out into the dungeon's corridor. It was getting late and most student's would be returning to their dormitories by nine but a lot went back to their common rooms at around eight after dinner to play exploding snap and sit around talking.
Walking up the staircase he headed along the second floor corridor and over to the tapestry. Biting his bottom lip he looked up and down before pushing it aside enough to squeeze through the hole and into the room.

"Severus?" a familiar voice whispered in the darkness.

"Remus?" Severus answered pulling out his wand. "Lumos" he said and the room lit up with a bright silver light.

"Good it's you" Remus smiled pulling out his wand he lit an array of candles along the sides of the walls, the room was very small.

"Nox" Severus said the light of his wand cutting out as he looked at the spare duvet lying spread on the floor, the lit candles burning a wonderful scent and the boy getting to his feet in front of him.

"Sorry about them lot in potions today" he spoke gently his fingers entwining with Severus'.

"It's alright, they're just too immature for their own good" Severus smiled his pulse beginning to race as Remus moved closer to him.

"Yeah but now I get to spend time with you" he whispered their lips barely an inch apart.

Remus leaned forward capturing Severus' with his own in a deep kiss, parting his lips he traced his tongue across Sev's lower lip asking for entrance. A small gasp escaped the boy's lips and Remus slipped his tongue in exploring Sev's mouth.
Their tongues soon became entranced in a battle for dominance over each other's mouths, Severus' hands made their way up to Remus' shoulders and Remus' down to the small of Severus' back, his left hand sliding further down to gently squeeze his backside.

"Did you bring the potion?" Severus whispered breaking the kiss.

"Of course" Remus whispered pulling a small bottle about two inches thick and three inches tall from his back pocket and holding it out for Severus to see. It was filled to the brim with a dark pink liquid that Severus had never seen before.

"And you are absolutely sure it is safe to use, other couples use it right?" Severus asked pulling the cork from the small bottle and smelling the sweet aroma of honey and vanilla.

"Absolutely, I've read a whole section of a book I found in my mother's miniature library on it" Remus replied with a whisper.

"Well, here goes" Sev shrugged downing the entire bottle in one go and placing it carefully on the floor.

He stood there staring into space for a few moments before doubling back into the wall clutching his stomach, it was painful as he felt the small area of spare skin take a different form, his insides felt like they were moving apart and stretching, his skin felt horrible like it was crawling all over.

"Are you alright"? Remus asked quickly holding Severus by his shoulders.

A few moments later Severus stopped still panting slightly before looking up into Remus's eyes."I'm fine" he smiled as Remus' arms wrapped around his back pulling him forward into a tender kiss.
Remus pulled Severus down onto the floor without breaking the kiss he lay the boy gently on his back, the candle light illuminating his soft face.

Pulling back, Remus slipped Severus' hoodie over his head revealing the bare soft skin beneath, his rosy pink nipples standing to attention.

"Have you any idea how sexy you are?" Remus whispered planting his lips against the pulse point of Severus' neck gently pressing them all the way down over his shoulders and down his torso, flicking his tongue over Severus' nipple he leaned forwards more rubbing his throbbing member encased in its tight navy jeans against Severus' through his black ones.
Reaching down, Remus un-buttoned the top of Severus' jeans, slowly pulling the zipper down tooth by tooth making the boy moan in frustration. Smirking Remus pulled his jeans down and off in one swift movement, Severus' member standing fully to attention straining against the tight black fabric of his boxer shorts.
"Remus…." Severus whispered feeling the man's fingers trailing up and down the length of his shaft, reaching forward Remus pulled Severus' boxers down and off fully exposing his throbbing hard member.

"Take off your clothes…." Severus purred his left hand slowly making its way down his body and gently rubbing the tip of his member in his hand.

"Fuck, why do you have to torture me like this?" Remus whispered with an excited shudder as he pulled his white brown t-shirt off and quickly disposed of his jeans beside it.
"Underwear too" Severus cooed playfully stroking at his member a little faster.

"As you wish" Remus chuckled pulling his tight grey underwear down and kicking it off in seconds fully exposing his equally hard member.

"Why do you have to be so hot?" Severus whispered his right hand reaching out and stroking Remus' soft blonde hair.

"Me? Look at yourself you're lying there completely naked, your cheeks flushed and adorable playing with yourself" Remus smirked playfully leaning right over Severus so their lips were centimetres apart. "You're practically gagging for it" he giggled pressing the tip of his member to Severus' new entrance.

"Last week I was literally gagging for you" Severus teased before pressing their lips together.

Slowly Remus pushed himself inside Severus' new entrance; a strange warm moist feeling enveloped his member. Severus' eyes shot open.

"That feels so weird" he laughed his eyes wide with surprise.

"It will do because you're not used to it" Remus purred slowly thrusting his hips in and out gazing deeply into his lovers dark mysterious eyes.

"It feels really good though" Severus whispered wrapping his legs around Remus' waist feeling the man slide deeper inside of him.

"Severus…." Remus moaned picking up his pace, thrusting harder and faster into his lover who began panting with excitement.

"Harder" Severus moaned feeling Remus thrust into him harder and faster each time.

"Oh god, Sev…." Remus moaned into his lover's neck his hips moving faster and faster, a clenching around the base of his penis told him he was getting close.

"Sev I'm gonna cum" he moaned loudly and with one final thrust spilled his seed inside his lover.

"Remus…." Severus cried as his own hot seed erupted from the end of his penis between their stomach's.

Withdrawing himself, they lay side by side panting together.

"That was amazing" Severus whispered kissing Remus sweetly on the lips.

"I know, but still not as good as the usual way" Remus replied pulling Severus into a tight embrace.

"I know, but it was certainly a change" Severus replied snuggling closer into Remus' torso.

They lay together making out for around half an hour their hands moving over each other's bodies.

"Wanna go again?" Remus whispered seductively in Snape's ear.

"You bet" Sev replied turning so his back was to his lover.

He cried out as he felt Remus enter him from behind, the usual way was definitely much better.

That night, Severus crept along the dark corridors and back down into his dormitory. A quick change of clothes and he got into bed smiling to himself, tonight had been even better than he imagined. Yawning he closed his eyes and drifted off into a comfortable sleep, dreams of a blonde haired Gryffindor rolling through his mind.

One Month Later….

"Oi Snape, you're gonna be late" another boy from his dormitory grabbed his leg and shook him awake. He had gotten in late last night after spending half the night behind the tapestry on the second floor helping Remus with his potions homework.

"What's happening, what's the time?" Severus asked jumping awake feeling slightly alarmed and dizzy.

"It's almost nine" the tall brunette boy said slowly.

"Oh shit…." Severus whispered jumping out of bed and quickly dressing in his robes.

"What do you have first?" the boy asked as Severus quickly brushed his teeth and picked up his bag.

"Potions, you?" Severus replied stuffing his feet into his shoes.

"Care of magical creatures" the boy yawned stretching upright. For some reason he always annoyed Severus, the irritating smarmy voice he spoke in and the fact he never seemed to be able to stop yawning really pushed Snape's buttons.

"See you later then" Severus said dashing from the room and along the dungeons corridor a sudden wave of nausea hit him and he backed against the wall gasping for breath shaking violently.
Frowning he stood up straight taking slow deep breaths before walking steadily along the hall, and into his potions classroom.

"Ahh my dear boy, you're late" Slughorn smiled tapping his watch a friendly smile on his face. Thankfully he never minded too much if students were late to his lessons.

"Sorry sir" Severus replied breathing deeply as he took his seat at his usual desk alone.

"As I was telling the others, we're learning how to brew a Memory potion, it's fairly simple and Dumbledore thinks it's a great idea especially with your exams starting at the end of the year" Slughorn smiled as Severus glanced down at the table feeling the wave of nausea hitting him again.

"What's the matter Snivellus, you look like you've seen a ghost" James called from across the classroom hi-fiving Sirius next to him.

"Maybe he's just realised how greasy his hair is" peter piped up excitedly from behind them.

"Are you alright?" Slughorn asked as Severus slowly got to his feet gasping for air.

Walking across the classroom he waved his arm at the rest of the students.

"Carry on everyone, don't forget to add four Jobberknoll feathers now and two at the end" he spoke gesturing for the rest of the class to continue making their potions.

"My dear boy, you look rather pale are you alright?" Slughorn asked stopping alongside Severus resting a caring hand on the boy's upper back.

Shaking his head Severus turned to his right and vomited violently onto the floor, a renowned mix of disgusted sounds echoed around the room.

"Perhaps something you've eaten?" Slughorn asked grimacing at the mess down the front of Snape's robes and on the floor.

"I haven't eaten anything" Severus choked spluttering through a mouthful of sick.

"I think you should go to the toilets and get yourself cleaned up, I'll call Filch to some and sort this mess out" Slughorn nodded guiding Severus out of the room. "Would you like someone to go with you?" the man asked a worried expression crossing his face, never once had he seen Severus ill.
Shaking his head, Severus headed down the hall into the boys bathroom, throwing himself into a cubicle he began vomiting until he dry heaved so much it was painful.

Wiping his mouth on a piece of tissue he sniffed hard. Flushing the toilet he headed back across the bathroom towards the sinks he looked at his reflection in the mirror. He looked terrible, his face was devoid of any colour, his hair was limp and he looked exhausted. Rinsing himself and his robes off under the tap he headed back up to the dormitories and changed robes before going back into potions.
He caught sight of Remus staring at him, his face contort with worry as his eyes followed Severus back to his seat.

"Here, drink this it's supposed to ease nausea" Slughorn smiled handing Severus a goblet of a bright blue liquid which he sipped at for a few minutes his breathing returning to normal.

"Thank you professor" Severus smiled weakly, the potion was working he started to feel much better. He sat for the rest of the lesson gently stirring his potion trying to take his mind off of things, he remained seated for the entire lesson and thankfully nobody had sent him any vicious notes or made any nasty comments to him.

That afternoon Severus sat alone in the library, he felt completely drained. Double potions and then two free periods had somehow really taken it out of him he felt like he was drifting off already.

"Hey Sev, how are you feeling?" Severus looked up into the concerned face of Remus who dropped into the spare seat next to him searching his tired face. The library was completely empty, everyone was either in class or enjoying the last few days of sunshine as the leaves began to fall and the chill took to the air.

"I don' feel sick anymore I just feel like I could fall asleep and never wake up" he yawned resting his head in his arms on the desk his whole body drooping with effort.

"Have you eaten anything today?" Remus asked draping his arm around the boy's shoulder caringly.

"Yeah I had quite a bit for lunch" Severus nodded slowly without looking up from the desk.

"You might have just eaten too much or not had enough sleep" Remus smiled reassuringly.

"I hope so, I hope I'm not getting sick or anything" Severus replied warily.

"You never get sick so I doubt it, you're probably just tired" Remus chuckled stroking Sev's hair.

"I really hope you're right, Remus" Sev replied leaning over and resting his face on the boy's chest closing his dark eyes. He wanted nothing more than to remain like that forever in Remus' arms, Remus always made anything better no matter how bad it was.

"What's your next lesson?" Remus asked stroking Severus' hair gently.

"Divination" Sev replied slowly.

"Nothing too strenuous then, I'm sure nobody will notice if you fall asleep" Remus chuckled watching a small smile curl in the corner of Sev's lips.

"Yeah, that's all pretty much everyone does in those lessons anyway" he laughed opening his onyx eyes.

"Do you want me to walk you there?" Remus asked slowly.

"What about your friends?" Severus replied quickly sitting upright.

"They're at the Quidditch pitch so who knows when they will be back" Remus sighed happily, it was nice to get away from them sometimes with all their loud, obnoxious behaviour and prank pulling Remus liked spending time alone or with Sev who was by far more mature than any of the others were.

"Sounds good to me" Severus smiled getting slowly to his feet feeling slightly dizzy.

"You really are tired" Remus smiled holding onto the boy's arms helping him balance.

"Yeah" Sev smiled as Remus picked up his things and carried them for him up to his Divination lesson.

"Make sure you get to bed early tonight I'm starting to worry about you" Remus whispered placing a soft kiss on Severus' lips in the empty corridor.

"Don't worry I will" Severus smiled gently kissing him back.

"Okay have fun" Remus waved turning to walk down the corridor to his own lesson he had made himself late for.

Sighing, Severus walked into his classroom.

"Sorry I'm late Professor, I haven't' been feeling too well" Severus said dropping into his chair.

"That's alright Severus, we're ball gazing today" Professor Trelawney spoke in her usual jittery tone of voice gesturing towards the smoky ball sitting in front of Severus.
Jumping into the stool in front of him she stared at him blankly for a few moments.

"What do you see?" she asked slowly peering at him through her enormous glasses.

Pulling out his text book, Severus squinted at the moving clouds of smoke in the ball.

"I see some kind of happiness" he said warily wrinkling his nose at the ball.

"Let me take a look" she said slowly peering into the ball for a few seconds before gasping making Severus jump.

"My boy, I see your future is bright and yes happiness is a bound for you…." She began a smile slowly creeping up onto her face. "Yes…. Yes I see it now" she said growing more and more excited. "Something wonderful is happening inside of you" she squealed gaining the attention of the entire class who fell silent immediately.

"Why this is so wonderful, such an exciting time, so thrilling" she cried throwing her arms into the air.

"What is, what's happening to me?" Severus asked starting to feel panicked.

"I cannot predict the exact details I just know something is happening to you, something wonderful and precious" she squealed clapping excitedly.

"Ook" Severus replied glancing at the other students in the room who looks completely baffled by the teacher's sudden excitable outburst.

"She's never normally this crazy" Severus heard someone grumble across the room, a few sniggers echoed.

"I am so happy for you my dear boy" she said tears welling up in her eyes.

"Umm thanks?" Severus asked starting to feel intimidated by the smaller woman.

"I am going to let you all out early today to celebrate!" she shouted practically dancing around the room.

"Yes, all of you be gone enjoy yourselves for we must celebrate the joy and happiness in the world! She cried swooping over to the window in excitement.

"What the hell has she been smoking?" someone shouted back as they hurried out of the room, Severus rushing along behind them not wanting them to be left alone with her any longer.

That evening Severus dressed in his pyjamas and got into bed slowly. He felt completely exhausted after a pretty simple day. Yawning he turned on his side something troubled him. What exactly did Trelawney mean when she said 'something wonderful was happening inside of him'? Shrugging he yawned again closing his eyes, there was time to worry about her later….