A Heart After All

Severus woke several hours later, his body and Hermione`s body still wrapped around each other. He pulled fro from her as slowly and gently as possible and pulled the covers over them both, before pulling her back to him. She settled against his chest and Severus sighed. Was it possible that he was in love? Severus had never had anyone be as giving in a relationship as Hermione was. All his life he had been forced to take what he wanted and had never been given anything as wonderful as Hermione.


\"Oh Hermione,\" he sighed, \"I can`t believe that you... that anyone... would ever want me.\" beneath his chin, her small, furry brown head turned upwards.


\"Severus Snape... how could anyone not want you!\" So she was awake. Severus tipped her face towards him and kissed her lightly on the tip of her nose. She smiled and snuggled next to him.


Suddenly she shot up in bed,


\"Oh SHIT!\" Severus jumped. He`d never ever heard her swear. Surely she was too straight laced for that.


\"I`ve just missed a whole afternoon of classes!\"


Severus could have kicked himself. He should have remembered! It had been just before lunch when Hermione had left Transfiguration. He himself had had a free afternoon, luckily, the afternoon that he usually used for his own private research time, with which he was now well behind. He groaned and then grinned. He just couldn`t help himself.


\"Miss Granger, how irresponsible of you!\" he chided in that smooth, sensual voice of his, the effect somewhat diminished because of the grin still plastered on his face. Hermione turned to him, a scowl on her face.


\"Be serious, Severus!\"


\"I`m sorry love,\" he said as he sat up, \"you can copy the notes from Potter and Weasley can`t you? And I`m sure I can give you a note to excuse your absence...\"


\"Oh and what would that be, professor?\" she interrupted with a playful grin of her own, \"I Professor Snape, hereby excuse Miss Granger for missing classes yesterday afternoon. She was too busy getting the hell fucked out of her by me!!\"


Hermione rolled over to avoid the elbow directed at her ribs, giggling. Severus pulled her back down with him. He kissed her softly.


\"It`s Saturday tomorrow,\" he gently reminded her. \"You don`t have classes, and I only have hall duty on Sunday lunchtime....\"


\"Let me get some things from my room.\" Hermione sat up and found herself instantly clad in her school uniform once more. She turned back to Severus, who lay there between the dark satin sheets, one hand propping up his head and a very seductive smirk on his face. He shrugged as if he didn`t know how it had happened.


\"Very funny Severus! Now give me my wand back...\" he pretended to sulk as he handed her wand over, \"and you`d better give me that note so I can go and apologise to Professors Flitwick and Sinistra.\"


Severus grumbled at the thought of leaving his bed, but he reluctantly pulled himself up and stalked over to his writing desk, completely naked. Hermione tried to repress a snort of laughter, which Severus heard. He glared at her.


\"Sorry... it`s just... the feared potions master writing an excuse note... au naturel!!!\" at this Hermione succumbed to the laughter, supporting herself with one hand on the post of Severus` bed. Severus had to admit it was a funny thought, but kept his face straight as he finished the note and signed it with his spiky handwriting. He handed it to the still giggling Hermione who read it,


\"I helped you dispose of a badly made potion that was volatile?\"


\"One of Longbottom`s no doubt!\" Severus replied with a nasty smile. \"You`ll excuse me if I don`t, erm, walk you to the door... you, er, appear to have misplaced my robes for me!\"


\"Well there`s no use putting them on... you`ll just have to take them off again!\" Hermione said with a smirk of her very own. Severus almost died, she looked so dangerously pretty when she smirked like that.


\"Is that a promise?\"

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Hermione made a trip to the staff room to show the note to her teachers, recieving a knowing smile from Dumbledore as she left, and then the Gryffindor dormitories to pick up some clothes. When she finally walked into Severus chambers, he was sat back in his leather armchair by the fire, a glass of scotch in his hand... and to Hermione`s surprise, the Writings of William Blake lying open on his knee. As she entered the room, Severus downed his whisky and looked up with a smile. He closed the book and put it, along with his glass, on a small table next to him. A house elf appeared instantly with a pop and took the empty glass away. Severus had put some clothes on, much to Hermione`s dismay. My God! He`s corrupted me! she thought. Still, he looked super sexy.


Hermione had never imagined him dressed this way. He wore tight fitting black jeans and what looked like a black rugby shirt with a white collar, although it was probably a Quidditch training top. A black leather belt with a plain silver buckle finished the look off perfectly. Hermione sighed with desire when she saw him. He stood up and took the holdall from Hermione`s hand, kissing her lightly. He took her hand and pulled her to the bedroom. Hermione`s bag was thrown onto the bed as he turned to and and kissed her so very passionately.


\"Why don`t you go and change?\" he suggested in his low sexy voice that made Hermione quake. \"I`ll get dinner sorted

As Hermione pulled the bedroom door shut she sighed. She was going to enjoy this weekend.