In Thrall

PAIRING: Harry/Severus

CATAGORIES: UST, Romance

DISCLAIMER: JK Rowling created the Harry Potter characters and universe. I\'m just using them in my own plot.

ARCHIVE: Please ask.

WARNINGS: Unusual sexual situation involving Dom/sub, but not BDSM.

A/N: This is for ShadowWolf who posted the challenge on the glassesreflect list.

Once again, thank you Lillian for being my muse and MeLi for the wonderful job as beta.

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Chapter 4

The third morning Severus and Harry discovered that they had developed a routine. This surprised Severus since he had never lived with anyone or expected to be able to tolerate anyone\'s presence in his quarters on a regular basis. It did not surprise him any longer to find that he woke up erect and aching. It didn\'t seem to matter that he had found a few moments the afternoon before to wank like a bloody student. This morning his cock had been just as hard as the previous morning and he swore the damn thing kept pointing towards Harry like a compass needle. It really did not help that the shirtless boy insisted on stretching like a cat as soon as he got up.

After Harry helped him get dressed they made their way to the Great Hall, prepared to give their usual mealtime show. It really did make Severus\' day to offend all those sensibilities. He smirked to himself as he sat down and reached for the tea.

At that moment, the doors to the hall flung open and Minister Fudge, followed by several Aurors, burst in. The Minister marched right up to the Headmaster while the Aurors headed for Harry and Severus. They grabbed them both by the arms and wrenched them to their feet. Harry immediately began to struggle and every member of the staff and several students drew their wands. Severus stood stiffly and quietly.

\"Minister Fudge!\" Dumbledore roared. \"What in Merlin\'s name do you think you are doing?\"

\"We are taking this boy to a safe place where we can reverse the effects of this curse he is under. And... we are taking Severus Snape into custody for questioning.\"

The Headmaster suddenly looked very dangerous. \"I would not recommend that, Minister.\"

\"And why not? It\'s obvious that there is dark magic at work here and the Ministry will get to the bottom of it.\"

\"What is at work here,\" Severus interjected, \"is a student\'s incompetence. Mister Longbottom managed to brew and \'administer\' an enthrallment potion in my class. I have already begun brewing the antidote. However, it takes three weeks to complete. If you remove me from the school, I will miss some of the steps and we will have to begin again.\"

Minister Fudge blustered for a moment and turned to look at the highest ranking Auror. The man shrugged his shoulders. \"I will have to run that by one of the Ministry potions experts.\"

\"If you wish to consult one of those imbeciles, be my guest. Meanwhile, I suggest you leave Mister Potter where he is. Prolonged separation from me will cause him extreme mental anguish. Of course, I\'m certain you could explain it to the Daily Prophet as being in the boy\'s best interest. They will be delighted to see him in tears and screaming.\"

The two Aurors holding Harry looked startled and relaxed their grip on his arms. Severus quickly found himself with an arm wrapped protectively around the boy\'s shoulders, pulling him close. Harry clung to him and glared defiantly at the Minister.

\"Minister, I believe we should continue this in my office,\" offered Dumbledore. \"Professor Snape and Mr. Potter both have classes to get to.\"

The Minister nodded his head and followed the Headmaster out of the hall. After a moment\'s hesitation, the Aurors followed him.

Severus looked down at the shaking boy. \"Sit down, Harry. I won\'t have you going off to class without eating breakfast.\"

After getting Harry situated, he began to feed him carefully. There was none of the sensuality of the previous meals. Neither of them was in the mood for such theatrics. Harry seemed to find being hand-fed soothing and slowly calmed down.

\"I will come myself and inform you of any important news from the Headmaster, myself. I don\'t want you to worry about it. You need to concentrate on your classes.\" The boy nodded but didn\'t look up. Severus reached out and tilted Harry\'s face up. \"Don\'t worry. We both know that the Headmaster always gets his way. The two of us have certainly been on the receiving end of his suggestions often enough,\" he said with an amused smirk. Harry looked up at him with hope and trust in his eyes. It almost tugged at his heart. \"Now go to class. I think we will take lunch in my quarters today.\"

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Lunch had been very quiet. Dumbledore had informed him that the Ministry was going to start their own batch of antidote. It seemed the Minister didn\'t trust him to make an adequate one. Although it didn\'t surprise him, it absolutely torqued him off. All right, so he had been using the situation to upset everyone. There was a huge difference between a little theatrics and actually bedding the boy. He was extremely proud of his status as a Potions Master and would never jeopardize that just to prolong this situation.

He spent the rest of the afternoon brooding on the whole mess. His students spent the afternoon losing a great number of House points. Surprisingly, no one got detention.

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Lunch had been uncomfortable for Harry. He knew his master was terribly upset. Dumbledore had related Fudge\'s news to both of them. Harry wanted to tie the Minister to a Quidditch goal and have a bit of bludger practice. How dare that buffoon insult his master!

He spent the rest of the afternoon brooding on the unjustness of it all. His classmates gave him a wide berth and left him to himself.

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That evening, Severus led Harry back to their quarters after dinner still feeling slightly angry. He had spent all these years fighting for the side of Light, risking his life and repeatedly proving his expertise and loyalty, and what thanks did he get? They threatened and insulted him in front of the entire school. He wasn\'t truly surprised. After all, they had managed to prevent him from receiving the recognition he deserved time and again. This was just one more bit of proof that they would never see him for what he was.

He had shown immense restraint and responsibility in this situation. He had started the antidote as soon as he had identified the bloody potion Longbottom had made. He had managed to keep his hands off Harry even though, under the circumstances, he could not be held responsible for taking the boy to bed. The law could not blame him if he succumbed to someone whose deepest desire was to please him when they couldn\'t be separated for too long a time without the boy breaking down.

They entered his quarters and Severus immediately went to a cabinet and pulled out a bottle of fine Scotch. He poured himself a glass while Harry stood silently watching him. It had been a rather vile day all around.

\"Master,\" Harry all but whispered. \"Here, let me take your boots off. You need to relax.\"

Severus grunted and sat down with his glass while Harry moved forward and knelt before him. It was such an intimate act, he thought, to kneel before someone, vulnerable and submissive. He slouched in his comfortable chair swallowing his Scotch and cocked his head slightly to watch as Harry began unlacing his boots. The boy kept his head bent as he pushed Severus\' trouser leg up and undid the bow. He quickly loosened the laces down past the ankle and slipped the boot off. He reached over and did the same thing to the other boot.

Severus took another swallow as Harry slipped his socks off and lifted one foot into his lap. His head fell back into the cushion of the chair, his eyes closed, and he sighed deeply as H beg began massaging his aching foot. He couldn\'t remember anyone taking care of him like this before. He would dearly miss this after Harry took the antidote. He was almost dozing, the glass of Scotch held loosely in his hand, when Harry switched feet. He revelled in the intimacy of having Harry take care of one of his long neglected needs.

He grunted and his eyes flew open. Had the boy just...? He focused his tired eyes on Harry and felt them go wide. Harry was lightly brushing his lips over the arch of Severus\' foot. He looked up at Severus with hoodyes yes and very deliberately pursed his lips to plant a kiss in the softest spot. Severus gulped. He watched entranced as Harry nipped along the bottom of his foot with only his lips. The boy opened his mouth, closed his eyes and rubbed his cheek against the ball of Severus\' foot. Severus took a deep swig of his Scotch and watched in amazement as Harry first licked, then sucked his big toe. When did his toe become directly linked to his prick?

Harry\'s mouth was warm and wet and his tongue was making circles all the way around the toe. Harry pulled his head back and the toe popped out with a little smacking sound. Severus dropped his glass to the floor. The hell with all those morons and his own high minded morals. He reached out and cupped his long fingered hand behind Harry\'s head and pulled him in close. He paused with their lips just centimetres apart. His eyes wandered over the boy\'s face. He looked for any sign of fear or rejection and found none. Harry looked back at him with trust and no small amount of lust.

Severus darted forward and inhaled deeply as he devoured Harry\'s mouth. He wrapped his other arm around Harry\'s back and pulled him close. Harry gripped his shoulder and the front of his robes and pulled just as hard. The kiss was frantic, open-mouthed and heady. Their tongues wrapped around each other and their noses rubbed each other\'s cheeks. They parted just long enough for Severus to see that Harry\'s lips were beginning to swell. One of them made a hungry noise and he plunged back into the kiss. It was hungry and needy and neither one of them was quite under control.

Severus nudged Harry\'s face to the side and licked and sucked the boy\'s neck. He didn\'t care if he left marks. Hell, he wanted to leave marks. Damn them all! Harry moaned as he sucked behind the boy\'s ear. He licked down the lovely neck and growled when he ran into the shirt collar. He pulled back and began struggling with the boy\'s tie. He felt Harry\'s deft fingers making quick work of his own buttons. Once they had the go of it they returned to kissing hungrily while their fingers worked to get them undressed.

Their lips never parted as Harry shrugged off his robes. They broke for a moment as Severus yanked the damn jumper off over the boy\'s head. He dove back into the kiss as he felt his own robes and jacket being shoved off. Harry\'s tie went flying over Severus\' shoulder. After a few more struggles they were naked to the waist. Severus returned to licking his way down Harry\'s neck. He bit harshly into the muscle that joined neck to shoulder. He growled as Harry bucked against him and cried out. For a moment he sat there and panted wetly against the bite mark. He licked it in apology and feathered soft kisses across Harry\'s shoulders. His hands, meanwhile, groped Harry\'s chest, ran along the boy\'s sides and finally wrapped around his back. Harry dug his fingers into Severus\' chest before wrenching his arms from between them and wrapping them around his neck, forcing the man\'s head back up to engage in more deep, hungry kissing.

Harry pulled backwards a bit. Severus took the hint and lowered them both to the floor, knocking things out of the way as they went. He loomed over Harry for a few moments, gazing at the picture of debauched innocence below him. tosstossed the glasses aside and lowered himself into Harry\'s waiting arms. He kissed and licked his way down the body laid out like a banquet before him. When he sat up to work on Harry\'s trousers he found the boy\'s quick fingers already working. Harry shucked out of his trousers and reached out to undo Severus\' belt. He made quick work of the task and had Severus\' trousers and pants down around his ankles in record time. Severus yanked them the rest of the way off and lay down on Harry with a contented moan. They stayed that way, just revelling in the feel of each other\'s naked bodies. They ran their hands over bare skin and exchanged soft kisses.

\"Master,\" Harry moan softly. \"Please, take me.\"

Severus groaned, \"Yes.\"

\"I want to give myself to you.\"

Severus gazed down into anxious green eyes. \"Harry, have you ever...?\"

\"Not this. Almost. Please, Master.\"

Severus closed his eyes and struggled not to come then and there. Merlin, he wanted this so badly. He\'d never had a partner so perfect, submissive but involved, desperate and hungry to please. Sod everyone else. He knew they thought him a villain. He might as well be one. He was going to have this. He reached over and dug through his robes for his wand. He summoned an unguent from his storeroom that would make a perfectly good lubricant. He opened it and sat it beside them. The moment his fingertip touched Harry\'s entrance, the boy moaned and thrust against him. He felt warm, sticky wetness as Harry came. He kissed and sucked on Harry\'s lovely body while preparing him with his fingers. He knew Harry would be hard again shortly.

Finally he thought Harry was stretched and relaxed enough. The boy was beginning to harden again.

\"Turn over, Harry. It will be easier the first time.\"

Harry got up on his hands and knees and looked over his shoulder hungrily. Severus leaned over him and gently guided him down onto his elbows. He spread Harry\'s knees further apart and rocked him back slightly. Harry was about as open as he could be. Severus rubbed one hand over Harry\'s back in a gentling motion and held himself with the other. His hand slid down to grasp Harry\'s hip as he carefully nudged the head of his cock into the small, rosy opening. He inhaled sharply as the tip of his cock pierced the boy before him, opening him wider and wider, slipping further and further inside. He heard Harry gasp and felt him twinge as his cock head slipped past the first tight ring of muscle.

\"Shh, shh,\" he comforted. \"That\'s the hardest part.\" He rubbed both of his hands up and down Harry\'s back. Slowly he began sinking himself into Harry\'s warm, tight arse. When he was seated deeply inside, he laid himself over the boy and kissed his shoulder. He reached around and gently stroked Harry\'s semi-soft prick. When Harry began to respond, he undulated his hips to move a bit inside. Harry threw his head back with a deep groan.

\"Yes,\" Severus whispered in Harry\'s ear. \"It feels good, doesn\'t it? It feels, so, good,\" he groaned as he made his strokes longer and deeper.

He wrapped one arm across Harry\'s chest and the other around his stomach. He laid his face on the back benehim him and concentrated on thrusting in and out steadily. It was marvellous. It felt so good to have Harry under him, grinding back into him, needing him, wanting him. He sat back and gripped Harry\'s hips firmly. He began thrusting harder and faster, not frantically but rougher. Harry made deep, guttural, animal-like sounds that drove Severus crazy. He was gng cng closer and closer to climax. Harry began to whimper.

\"Touch yourself, Harry. Make yourself come for me.\"

Harry sobbed and grabbed his prick with one hand and began stroking frantically. Severus felt himself coming and leaned forward to sink his teeth once more into Harry\'s shoulder, shouting his climax into his lover\'s skin. Harry cried out and bucked beneath him as he came all over the carpet.

They shuddered together until Severus slipped out, rolled to the side and pulled Harry all the way on top of him. The boy sprawled on his chest and tucked his head up under Severus chin. With a great, heaving sigh, he fell asleep. Severus looked down and ran his hands through Harry\'s hair and over his back. His heart ached. He\'d finally found the perfect partner and it would only last a couple more weeks. Gently, he slid Harry\'s dead weight off his body and comfortably snuggled them together.

To be continued.