Another Time

(Hogwarts, present time)

Severus sat at his desk looking at his unfinished lesson plans. The reason they were unfinished was because there was something on his mind making it so he could concentrate on nothing else. That something was Harry. His Harry, the Harry he had treated so poorly. The Harry he had been in love with for the past twenty years.

He had fallen for him when he first opened his eyes after being healed. He wished now that Hogwarts wouldn’t have wiped his memory then. Oh he remembered the person, but not his name or what he looked like. It was like a fog had covered his mind when he thought about him. Now, however, he remembered everything. Even the picture he had of the two of them together was clear again. Before Harry was a blur, but now the picture was clear and you could see the love the two shared.

He remembered when the picture was taken. The two had been caught unaware by Remus and Sirius and didn’t know they had a camera on them until they saw the flash. He liked the picture though. The two were sitting on a couch in front of the fire with Harry leaning against him studying. Every once in a while, the picture Harry would look back to ask a question and the picture Severus would steal a little kiss. It was the only one of the two of them that existed.

He would have done things so differently had he known that the one he loved more than anything else in the world was the same person he hurt so badly for the past six years. There was no way Harry would want him after he got back, he knew this, and it tore him up inside.

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(Platform 9 ¾, past)

It was finally time to get on the train and go back to school. The others had been helping Ginny study for placement tests the past year and thought she wasn’t going to get the opportunity to take them and join them in seventh year, but Dumbledore had agreed to let her take them and she passed into their year. It was also decided that the five time travelers could have their own set of rooms, that way Severus could meet with them and the marauders, minus Peter as he couldn’t keep a secret, under the pretense of meeting with one of his new friends.

A lot had happened over the time they had been there and it seemed people were always leaving Harry and Severus alone together. It happened quite often that the others would disappear and so the two would have to keep each other company. Not that the two of them minded. Harry had had a crush on the future Severus and liked this one even more. Severus had tried to deny that he liked Harry, but found that was impossible as he was head over heals for him. He just wished the other boy felt the same.

They were sitting in their compartments waiting for things to get set into motion. It was decided that the marauders and Lily would sit in a compartment by themselves and Severus would end up with the time travelers. This way it would look like they became friends on the train and he had an excuse to go and see them in their rooms. This also gave him time with Remus, Sirius, James, and Lily, who had finally given James a chance and agreed to go out with him.

As it was all they were waiting on was Severus. They didn’t have to wait long as the door to their compartment opened and there stood the person they were waiting for.

“Mind if I sit here?” Severus asked remembering to keep up the act.

“Sure, we have one seat left.” Draco said as he and Harry scooted down to make more room. They had all known their friend liked their professor in the future and liked the teenage version even more, so were going to do all they could to get the two of them together.

The train ride went well until Lucius Malfoy showed up at their compartment. “You know Severus, there is room in me and Nott, Crabb, and Goyle you don’t have to sit with these mudbloods.” He said sneering at the time travelers.

“For your information none of us are mudbloods. Those two and I are purebloods, he is a halfblood, and she is a muggle born.” Draco said doing a perfect imitation of his father.

Lucius sneered at the boy and said, “Oh and what Family do you come from then?”

“I am a Malfoy, He is a Weasley and so is she, and He is a Potter.” Draco said enjoying how his father could look so shocked.

“That is not possible, I would know if there is another Malfoy out there my age. And I know for a fact James Potter is the youngest of the Potter line.” Lucius said thinking he had caught the boy in a lie.

“It is if you are from the future.” Draco said watching as his father paled, wondering how it was possible to get paler than he already was. “Nice to meet you DAD, the name you give me is Draco, and that is Harry, Ron, Ginny, my girlfriend, and Hermione.”

All Lucius could do was stare at his son. How had he gone so wrong as to raise a son who was friends with blood traitors and mudbloods?

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The others just ignored him and found eventually he went away.

“You know, if I had known ignoring Malfoys got them to leave you alone quicker than hexing them I would have tried that on you.” Harry said looking at Draco when he noticed Lucius had left.

“It wouldn’t have worked as I would have stuck around until you noticed me.” Draco said back.

“Yeah, you always did like to be the center of attention.” Harry said while jumping behind Severus, using him as a human shield when Draco tried to grab him.

“There is nothing wrong with wanting to be the center of attention.” Draco said when he couldn’t get at Harry. The friendly conversation and friendly banter continued until they reached the station in Hogsmede. And for once Severus was looking forward to a year at school.

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Things started off normal enough, classes and homework, plus worrying about NEWTS. The whole school had been informed about the time travelers and knew they were the children of some of the students. Before they knew it the first week of school was over and Friday was upon them. It was also instated that all seventh years could go to Hogsmede any weekend they wanted. It turned out all of Severus’s friends had decided to make Saturday a time to take their Boyfriends/Girlfriends out and he and Harry were going to be alone again.

Deciding to take a chance he walked up to Harry between on of the classes they had together to ask him to got to Hogsmede with him. He figured he would get turned down after all why would someone as beautiful as Harry want anything to do with him. He also decided to do this early before he ran the risk of losing a good friend.

It turned out luck was on his side and Harry was alone between class so he walked up to him and pulled him off to the side out of hearing range.

“Um…Harry I was wondering…wouldyouliketogotoHogsmedewithmetomorrow?” He asked so rushed Harry didn’t quite catch it.

“What was that again Severus?” Harry asked confused with what he had just said.

“Would you like to go to Hogsmede with me tomorrow…you know as a date?” He asked slower this time and waited for the rejection to come. It didn’t come.

“I would love to.” Harry said with a smile and almost laughed when Severus’s head shot up to look at him.

“Really?” Severus asked making sure he heard right. Harry had actually agreed.

“Really” Harry said and gave him a small kiss on the cheek. “Now we better hurry if we don’t want to be late for class.” That said the two hurried off for their next class never seeing the pair of jealous eyes following them.

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‘It just wasn’t fair. He had finally gotten the nerve up to ask Harry to Hogsmede and Snape beat him to it. Honestly who said yes to Snape of all people’ thought Andrew Webb of Ravenclaw. ‘Sure Snape was just as smart as any Ravenclaw, especially when it came to potions, but the other boy was not the handsomest thing in the world. Didn’t Harry know he could have anyone he wanted?’

That was when it dawned on him. ‘Snape must have just been the first to ask him and because they were friends he had said yes. Well he would just ask him out after their next class. Harry could always cancel with Snape.’

That decided he set off for his next class.

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Harry and Severus left the class together and were surprised with Andrew Webb came up to them from the direction of the charms room.

“Harry, I was wondering if I could speak to you.” He asked. “Alone” he finished with Severus didn’t move.

“Go ahead, I will meet you at lunch, save me a seat.” Harry said and watched as Severus walked nervously away, wondering why he was so nervous all of a sudden. They had been having a great time.

When they were alone he looked at Andrew and waited for him to say something.

“I was wondering if you would like to go out with me tomorrow?” He asked, sure Harry would gladly break off plans with Snape for him.

“Sorry Andrew, but I already made plans with Severus.” Harry said trying to be nice.

“Well you can break them, he is your friend, he will understand.” Andrew tried to get Harry to see reason.

“I don’t want to break them, I am looking forward to going out with Severus.” Harry said still trying to be nice.

“Why would you want to go out with Snape? He isn’t even that good looking.” Andrew said thinking he could convince Harry.

“Well I happen to like the way he looks.” Harry said before storming off to go find Severus, leaving a very pissed off Andrew behind.

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When Harry got to the Great Hall he was Severus sitting at the Slytherin table with Draco and Ginny, but he wasn’t talking to them. Instead he just seemed to be ignoring them staring at his food. Looking across the hall he saw his parents and the other as well as Ron and Hermione looking at him with confused expressions before his father got up and lead him from the hall.

“What happened?” James asked his son when they were alone.

“Severus asked me out tomorrow and I said yes.” James smiled at that. He had hoped the two would get together.

Then he realized that things didn’t at up. “Then why does Sev look like you turned him down and broke his heart?”

“I don’t know. I was going to go talk to him when you intercepted me.”

“Well don’t let me stop you. Go it there and set him straight.” James said while opening the door for his son.

Harry walked over to the table and was surprised to hear what Severus had to say.

“You can go with Webb if you want. I don’t want you to tell him no on account of me.” Harry looked at Draco and Ginny and motioned them to give them a few minutes.

When they two were gone he grabbed both sides of Severus’s face and made him look at him. “I don’t want to go with Webb and I told him as much. The person I wanted to go with had already asked me and had better not be taking it back.” Harry said while glaring at Severus.

“If you still want to go with me then I won’t take it back.” Severus said as a way to give Harry an out.

“You better believe I still want to go with you.” Harry said while smacking Severus playfully.

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The next day Severus waited for Harry in the entrance hall. He was still worried Harry would decide not to go with him, but decided to wait and see what happened. He looked up when someone came up next to him. It was Harry and he was surprised to see how good he actually looked. Harry was wearing a green silk shirt that brought out his eyes and a pair of jeans.

Harry was impressed with the charcoal gray turtleneck and black pants Severus was wearing. Severus had also pulled his hair back and Harry decided he liked it like that. He was surprised when Severus held out his arm to him, but took it and laughed.

The two did nothing spectacular, but Harry had a lot of fun anyways. He knew Severus’s parents had disowned him and left him with nothing. The Headmaster was funding his tuition and school supplies personally, he was also giving him spending money, but Severus was hesitant to use it. Harry didn’t mind though, they still had fun.

When it was all said and done he was surprised by the final question Severus asked him when he walked him back to his room.

“May I kiss you?” Severus really wanted Harry to say yes, but still didn’t think he would. He was surprised when Harry nodded. Leaning down he covered the smaller boy’s lips with his own in a chaste kiss and was surprised by how right it felt. He eventually broke away, too soon in both of their opinions, and said goodnight as he walked back to his own dorms and Harry entered his rooms.

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Severus was surprised when he got back to his rooms to find a note from the Headmaster. He had always been close with Dumbledore and the man’s wife, though they kept it a secret. The two had always treated him like a son so he figured this was just a check in to see how things were going.

When he got to the man’s office he was not surprised to see Minerva in there with her husband. It also didn’t surprise him when she got up and gave him a motherly hug. When she had let him go he sat and looked at the Headmaster.

“Well my boy, how did your date go with young Harry?” He told the two of them a few things, but kept some things, like the kiss, private. “The real reason we asked you here is to ask something of you. As you know Minerva and I can’t have children.” When he nodded Albus continued. “We have discussed this a lot and would like to name you as our heir. It will have to be kept secret of course, as we wouldn’t want this information to fall into Voldemort’s hands. You may tell young Harry, but that is it. But if you agree you also have to stop worrying about spending the money we give you. We have enough to last twelve lifetimes and then some. So what do you say?”

Severus was too stunned for words. He had always seen them as parents and now that his had disowned him it was legal for him to become heir to another family. Looking at the two of them he stood and hugged them both before telling them yes.

Albus and Minerva were extremely happy he had agreed and immediately pulled out the paper work. This showed Severus just how long they had been thinking about this as it took years to draw up the papers. They really had wanted him as their heir. He couldn’t help but smile at the thought.