Control

Another chapter and some more questions. I take bets if Harry is going to rush off to save the day in the next five chapters.


Ladylancelot

Recognition

“Fabio, catch the damn quaffle!” Adrian shouted when Troy scored another goal.


The brunette tried to reach for it but nearly tumbled off the broom just barely getting a hold of himself. Troy cheered and threw Adrian a dirty face who was arguing with nobody in particular.


Harry watched his team-mates as he circled the temporary pitch lazily looking for the snitch. He would have had a chance to catch it several times already but everybody enjoyed themselves so much that he did not want the game to end so soon . Another reason was their audience- their masters had reclined in chairs on the grassy ground underneath the pitch.


The garden was alight with flying candles and sometimes you could hear Hayden cheer from his chair. Harry could feel the eyes of his lover on his body, catching every move and probably for the first time being able to appreciate the game and Harry's performance. The knowledge that burning eyes followed him was a huge turn on .

Noticing the snitch next to Troy right ear Harry looked around to find Victor, the other side's seeker. He was currently busy with trying to separate Adrian and Troy who were insulting each other from their respective brooms and Harry shook his head deciding to not go for the little ball right now.


“He is beautiful,” Hayden sat from his chair and ate a piece of cheese.


“Indeed,” Severus answered his eyes still on his pet who by now was floating near the other pets who were fighting. His hair was ruffled by the wind and the way he clang to the broom, the ease with which he glided through the air was breathtaking. He had secretly always enjoyed to see him playing but his position as Slytherin's head of house had denied him the possibility to appreciate it openly. There was something severely sexy about the way he flipped back his head just as if he was-


Severus smirked when he realized that his pet was showing off for him on his broom. The evening had almost come to an end and he took another sip from his glass, his thoughts wondering which way he would fuck Harry later tonight.


Floating in the air leisurely Harry shook his head when he saw the way Adrian and Troy were arguing so much that they were almost falling off their brooms and by now Victor and Fabio were involved as well. The snitch was hovering over Severus head and with a smirk Harry steered his broom into collision course to the ground, getting faster and faster.


The older wizards stared up with shocked expressions and when he was just about to crash into his master, Harry took the snitch and made sharp turn. Easily he jumped off the broom and held up the snitch to his friends who were still fighting.


“Hey, I got the snitch so the game is over!” he yelled up and saw his friends staring dumbfounded down. Adrian and Fabio cheered while Troy and his team-mates groaned and all of them descended to the ground.


“Good job,” Hayden remarked from his chair.


Adrian jumped off his broom and slapped Harry on his back.


“Well done!”


Severus cocked a brow but stayed silent for now. Soon the younger wizards sat down next to their respective masters and joined in the picnic. Harry casually leaned against Severus' legs, his eyes half way closed as he felt the exertion accumulating heavy in his limbs.


“Severus, I picked something up in the ministry the other day,” Hayden remarked cheerily.


“And what could that be?” Severus asked impassively.


Hayden passed some grapes to Adrian and smirked.


“Do you remember what Fudge said just after the battle?”


“No,” answered Severus. “I have a habit of not listening to that blundering, overweight fool.”


Adrian snickered and to mask it lowered his head against Harry's shoulders, who was also amused. Hayden roared with laughter.


“True old friend but this might be of interest for you. He said how all the heroes in the war would be honoured accordingly. I stumbled over the list for this year's recipients who are awarded with an Order of Merlin.”


Severus played with Harry's hair as he contemplated that. “I still do not see what that has to do with me? I do not care if people like Lupin or Black get an Order.”


“You are right, both of them were on that list but you were there too.”


Harry peeked up to his lover's face and saw the surprise and anger there.


“I will not accept it,” Severus seethed.


“You will.”


Harry's green eyes focused on his lover but he did not waver. He would be damned if Severus would not accept the long overdue recognition of his sacrifices in the war. Black eyes sparkled with obvious annoyance as he leaned closer to Harry's ear.

“You are forgetting your place,” he hissed.


Harry did not blink. “You can spank me or deny me release for the rest of my life if you want but I will drag you to that ceremony myself if you resist.”


Maybe Severus saw the determination in his lover's face or the acceptance of any punishment he could unleash but he huffed.


“Do not tempt me Potter, you might not like the ideas I get.”


There was very little spite in his voice and his hand returned to caress the boy's hair as he turned back to Hayden who was looking awfully smug.


“Who got that great idea about 'honouring' me with a stupid Order I neither want nor require?”


“My guess would be either Dumbledore or your pet,” he answered.


Harry ripped open his eyes when he saw the murderous expression on his lover's face.


“Hey, I was with you the whole time, I did not do it.” He felt like his student self back in his time at Hogwarts but he did not want to suffer further from the fury Severus would unleash once they were home.


Hayden giggled. “Relax Sev- it was Dumbledore, who else?”


“Who else indeed?” Severus asked more to himself than to anyone in particular.


“Speaking of the headmaster I gathered an interesting fact when I returned back to the ministry. So far we could not detect either Lestrange's or Malfoy's magical signature but yesterday two aurors were in a little town near Edinburgh to investigate a muggle murder that we suspect was done with the killing curse. And there they could make out both of their signatures. Guess what town it was?”


“Hillfalls.” Severus whispered.


“Hillfalls?” Harry asked. “Never heard of it?”


“It is a small town about two kilometres from Hillmoor Manor,” Severus remarked quietly. “And if Bellatrix and Lucius are there that would explain a lot.”


Hayden sipped from his drink nodding adamantly.


“I have no idea what they are up to but we will not like it, I am sure of that.”


Harry felt another shiver down his spine as he leaned back against his master's legs feeling reassured when he began to caress the boy's cheeks.


But the question remained- what were those two doing in Hilfalls.