When the Moment comes
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Harry Potter › Slash - Male/Male
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Adult
Chapters:
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Currently Reading:
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Category:
Harry Potter › Slash - Male/Male
Rating:
Adult
Chapters:
15
Views:
5,510
Reviews:
35
Recommended:
0
Currently Reading:
1
Disclaimer:
I do not own Harry Potter, nor any of the characters from the books or movies. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.
thoughts
“Any idea who it was?”
“Nope.”
“We spoke to every school representative we met at the ball. No luck.”
“Who else can we interview?”
“Beats me.”
“Do you think Dumbledore knows?”
“He won’t tell us. Don’t be ridiculous.”
“I am nearly tempted to ask anyway. I want to begrudge that boy for taking away all of the prince’s attention but he was so cute.”
Collective agreement was interrupted by the clearing of throat by the head librarian. “This is not a place to discuss Prince Teodosias’ mystery date.” She sounded tired of having to chase students out of the library for idling. “Unless you have an academic research or reading due, I do not believe you should be here at all.”
Grumbling for getting kicked out of their meeting ‘headquarters’ a group of seventh years went away.
Good. Serves them right, Severus thought hiding behind his books at the next table. Because the upper years were affected the most, the gossip never died in all his classes. To him the topic was incredibly boring. The prince could only marry one person. Severus was most pleased to deduct that the odds for any of the Hogwarts’ dunderheads to attract royalty’s attention were zero and none. No wonder the prince chose someone from a different school. There was no point for them to pine away for the unreachable.
Didn’t these slackers have anything better to do? Charms essay for example. Blank pages lay in front of him for the past hour. Severus blamed the gossipers for his lack of concentration only to deny another reason he feared to acknowledge. Eradian. During the two days following the ball, Severus forgot homework, tripped over rugs and dropped things. Master Wollow commented on his lack on concentration and banned him from helping with the potions for an evening. The pranks Marauders pestered Severus with and the punches delivered by his stepbrothers could not bother him half as much as they used to.
All his thoughts kept returning to the enchanting evening. Severus wondered why he, the one who lost his faith in humanity long ago, trusted this man. Normally anyone so confident, more so, Eradian projected an aura of authority, intimidated Severus enormously. Their first conversation interrupted by long pauses should have been awkward, instead the silence was comforting. Eradian didn’t make any demands or expectations of Severus. He didn’t explain why he wanted to dance. He seemed content with being there, until fifteen to twelve Severus said he had to leave. Eradian released his partner without questioning as graciously as he approached.
The idea of never seeing Eradian again filled Severus with sadness. He was grateful nonetheless. A happy memory was his godmother’s gift he never intended to forget. It was only magic that made Eradian like him. The wizard didn’t know who Severus was. Surely if he did, he would turn away in disgust like everyone else. The disdain would pain him more than separation. His reason was right. It was for the best to be apart. But why didn’t understanding lessen the pain? There were two more balls ahead. Maybe just maybe Violla would come to visit her godson again.
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Author’s responses:
As: Thanx. =) November is always such a busy month for me when everything is due but I will try to update decently.
Syl: I was thinking along the Tolkienish lines about the name. For the prince I wanted something firm but not intimidating. Thus we got a mix of strong r and a with e and n. Eradian came up.
Katie: I agree with you about the OOC. This is a rather unusual light to cast Severus. When Rowling describes his youth, it is always the bitterest moments of his life when he is angry and not necessarily proud of his actions or words. However she also mentions that he is vulnerable. I am emphasising the vulnerability rather than aggression. I need to do it because the story is also AU where two genres of fairy tale and fantasy merge. Cinderella which hexes people and ties Basil’s shoe laces together to trip him is not convincing. It pushes the story too far into parody and humour category, meanwhile my goal is to maintain the fuzzy and warm, fairy tale vibe.
Thank you everyone. I very much appreciate the comments and the votes. I need to know whether this story is worth writing.
“Nope.”
“We spoke to every school representative we met at the ball. No luck.”
“Who else can we interview?”
“Beats me.”
“Do you think Dumbledore knows?”
“He won’t tell us. Don’t be ridiculous.”
“I am nearly tempted to ask anyway. I want to begrudge that boy for taking away all of the prince’s attention but he was so cute.”
Collective agreement was interrupted by the clearing of throat by the head librarian. “This is not a place to discuss Prince Teodosias’ mystery date.” She sounded tired of having to chase students out of the library for idling. “Unless you have an academic research or reading due, I do not believe you should be here at all.”
Grumbling for getting kicked out of their meeting ‘headquarters’ a group of seventh years went away.
Good. Serves them right, Severus thought hiding behind his books at the next table. Because the upper years were affected the most, the gossip never died in all his classes. To him the topic was incredibly boring. The prince could only marry one person. Severus was most pleased to deduct that the odds for any of the Hogwarts’ dunderheads to attract royalty’s attention were zero and none. No wonder the prince chose someone from a different school. There was no point for them to pine away for the unreachable.
Didn’t these slackers have anything better to do? Charms essay for example. Blank pages lay in front of him for the past hour. Severus blamed the gossipers for his lack of concentration only to deny another reason he feared to acknowledge. Eradian. During the two days following the ball, Severus forgot homework, tripped over rugs and dropped things. Master Wollow commented on his lack on concentration and banned him from helping with the potions for an evening. The pranks Marauders pestered Severus with and the punches delivered by his stepbrothers could not bother him half as much as they used to.
All his thoughts kept returning to the enchanting evening. Severus wondered why he, the one who lost his faith in humanity long ago, trusted this man. Normally anyone so confident, more so, Eradian projected an aura of authority, intimidated Severus enormously. Their first conversation interrupted by long pauses should have been awkward, instead the silence was comforting. Eradian didn’t make any demands or expectations of Severus. He didn’t explain why he wanted to dance. He seemed content with being there, until fifteen to twelve Severus said he had to leave. Eradian released his partner without questioning as graciously as he approached.
The idea of never seeing Eradian again filled Severus with sadness. He was grateful nonetheless. A happy memory was his godmother’s gift he never intended to forget. It was only magic that made Eradian like him. The wizard didn’t know who Severus was. Surely if he did, he would turn away in disgust like everyone else. The disdain would pain him more than separation. His reason was right. It was for the best to be apart. But why didn’t understanding lessen the pain? There were two more balls ahead. Maybe just maybe Violla would come to visit her godson again.
***************
Author’s responses:
As: Thanx. =) November is always such a busy month for me when everything is due but I will try to update decently.
Syl: I was thinking along the Tolkienish lines about the name. For the prince I wanted something firm but not intimidating. Thus we got a mix of strong r and a with e and n. Eradian came up.
Katie: I agree with you about the OOC. This is a rather unusual light to cast Severus. When Rowling describes his youth, it is always the bitterest moments of his life when he is angry and not necessarily proud of his actions or words. However she also mentions that he is vulnerable. I am emphasising the vulnerability rather than aggression. I need to do it because the story is also AU where two genres of fairy tale and fantasy merge. Cinderella which hexes people and ties Basil’s shoe laces together to trip him is not convincing. It pushes the story too far into parody and humour category, meanwhile my goal is to maintain the fuzzy and warm, fairy tale vibe.
Thank you everyone. I very much appreciate the comments and the votes. I need to know whether this story is worth writing.