Asking For Help

He groaned loudly and captured her lips again, both surprising and pleasing Hermione, as she had expected him to pull away and order her to leave. She met the intensity of his kiss eagerly, wrapping her arms once again around his neck and pulling him closer to her. An reserve he may have felt about her being untouched vanished, and he pulled her into his arms easily and stood, holding her securely in the cradle of his arms, and walking with quick steps to his bedroom.

She gasped as he stood with her, the small flame in her growing with every step he took, and when they entered the bedroom she couldn\'t help but look around her in amazement. If the living quarters had been surprising, his bedroom was the same. Same stone walls softened by tapestries, same rare works of art gracing the walls. He laid her on a large, four poster bed, and she was surrounded in wispy curtains that seemed to sparkle in the firelight that illuminated the room. He sat on the bed next to her, and was suddenly at a loss on what to do next.

Hermione pulled her shirt over her, and lay back on the bed with a sigh. I knew he would change his mind.

Severus saw the flicker of hurt cross Hermione\'s face, and bent his head, brushing his lips softly on hers. She responded immediately, arching up into him with a small moan, deepening the kiss once more, and Severus responded in kind. He lay down next to her and pulled her close, pulling her shirt off with one hand, while the other traced a line on her back, causing her to arch into him. Severus bent his head to her neck, delighted when her moans got louder as his teeth nipped at the sensitive flesh.

Hermione felt like she was in a fog, the sudden onslaught of pleasure giving her a heady, light headed feeling. His teeth grazing against her neck caused a flame of desire to rush through her again, and she pressed her body firmly against his, noticing that he was still fully clothed. Well, I\'ll have to do something about that she thought to herself, and blushed at her own brazenness. She slipped her hands in between them and began to unbutton his shirt, trying to push his ever present cloak off as well.

Severus shrugged his cloak off, pushing it off the bed and helped her open his shirt up, gasping in shock as she ran her hands on his flesh. She seemed utterly fascinated by his body, still lean and tone, even though the war was long over. So he pulled back just enough to slip his shirt off, and then lay down, giving her full access to his body. He watched her with eyes that burned with desire, but forced himself to keep his hands to his sides as she ran one finger tentatively over his nipple and down to his stomach, although he couldn\'t help the groan that issued forth from his throat.

Hermione\'s face was flushed, and she felt horribly nervous, but she couldn\'t stop herself from touching him. His skin was cool to the touch, and it seemed as if her fingers were going to cause flames to trail down his body in their wake. She hesitantly bent her head to his neck, and she heard a sharp intake of breath and stopped, looking at him, unsure whether that was a good sign. His clouded eyes and pleased expression reassured her, however, and she lightly brushed her lips across his neck as he had done to her.

Severus couldn\'t hold himself still any longer, and he slowly reached one hand up, sliding his fingers into her tangle of hair and kneading the back of her neck lightly as her lips trailed down from his neck to his chest. She lifted her head again, looking at him, and the sight of her hair falling in her face and onto his chest was to much for him to bear. With an impatient wave of his hand, they were both nude, and he growled hungrily, grabbing a hold of her waist and turning them both, so she was now laying on the bed underneath him. A flash of fear shot over her face, and he bent down, kissing her slowly, tenderly, until he could feel her relax underneath him.

He trailed his lips down, capturing her breast in his mouth, sucking softly and teasing her nipple to a hard peak with his tongue. He smiled inwardly as she whimpered and arched slightly up, and he moved his mouth to her other breast, giving it the same attention he had lavished on the first. He ran his hand down to just above her center, his long fingers teasing and stroking just out of reach, enjoying the way she tried to move so his fingers would touch the sensitive spot that felt like it was dangerously tightened with desire.

He let her nipple fall from his mouth and trailed soft kisses down her stomach, until his mouth was were his fingers had been teasing her. He slid his hands up to her breast, teasing the hardened nipples, which caused her to moan feverishly and move underneath him almost wantonly. He moved his mouth down farther until he was positioned directly above her heat, and breathed softly on her, making her arch up even more. He slowly lowered his lips to her center, brushing against it softly and snaking his tongue out to taste her, unable to help stop himself, even as he lifted his head to try to gage her reaction - to see if she still wanted this as much as he did.