In Want of a Child
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Harry Potter › Slash - Male/Male › Harry/Snape
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Adult +
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14
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26,584
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Three Dates
Chapter 7:
Three dates
By: Moon of the Sea
Snape let out a loud sigh and continued preparing sandwiches for their tea.
“Well?” said Harry as Snape continued to set the table. “Professor! Did you hear what I said?”
“ Yes, Harry, I heard.”
“ Well, have you nothing to say?” asked Harry half puzzled and half annoyed.
“Very well I will play along; exactly why would you want me to marry you?”
“ Play along!!! Professor I am no longer a child. I think I have more than earned my stripes. I have thought this through and it is the best and only solution.”
“Only solution. Only solution to what if I may ask?”
“ Come off it, Professor. You know I am right. I am a wizard, you are a wizard.”
“ Congratulations Mr. Potter, you do have a knack for stating the obvious.”
“Professor! Don’t you see? All we have to do is get married and recite the chant and we will have the baby we so want.”
“We want! Mr. Potter, when exactly did this become our dream?”
“Don’t you see, Professor? You and I getting married would be the perfect solution!”
Snape took a deep breath, “Please, pray tell, Mr. Potter, when did this become a problem that you felt responsible for?”
“ It affects you therefore it affects me.”
“ Why?” Snape drawled with an exasperated expression.
“Look, let’s just walk this through. Hear me out without any interruptions. Agreed?”
Snape nodded his head reluctantly.
“You haven’t been able to come up with a potion. With me, you wouldn’t need a potion. I am offering to marry you instead of a one off with this Brian bloke.” Snape felt the need to interject but Harry gave him a look that said ‘you agreed’. “If we get married you wouldn’t have to leave the wizarding world and let’s face it Sir, you would be miserable away from our world. I know I would. We both know what not to do to this child and we are more than willing to learn how to make his life everything ours weren’t. I am sure we would make amazing dads. You have to agree that it all makes sense.”
Snape tried to suppress a smile and looked at his young companion. “You seem to have thought this through.”
“ I have,” said an eager Harry thinking that he had won.
“There is just one thing you have not considered,” said Severus still trying to suppress a smirky smile. “You, my dear Harry, do not fancy wizards.”
***
“I thought you would bring that up and I have given it a lot of thought. It is true that the first two times that I fancy anyone they were witches but after thinking things over with a truthful heart, I have come to understand that I have feelings for you.”
“ Feelings for me,” said Snape in a patronizing voice.
“You may laugh, Sir, but you do not know how I felt when you said you were leaving the wizarding world and then when you barged in here saying that you were going to have sex with another man it was like nothing I have ever experienced. I wanted to yell, ‘you can’t do that’, but then I realized I had no right to say it and that depressed me even more. So I might not have fancied wizards before, but I know what I feel for you.”
Snape looked at him in total astonishment. He had expected Harry to say that he wanted to help him out of a Gryffindor sense of chivalry. But, these feelings that Harry was talking about were totally unexpected.
“Harry it may be true that you and I have similar pasts, but in all honestly, I believe that you are confused by our recent bonding. I think that the story telling time that we share and the warm feelings you get from them have led you to read your feelings all wrong. I think, if I may analyze the situation, that what you feel for me is a feeling more like one feels for a father.” It was his turn to hold up a finger in request for silence. “Now, I am asking to be heard. You never had a father figure to read to you when you were a child. Or one you could talk about your new and exciting job as an Auror. So you are seeing our friendship as something it is not.”
“You don’t think I thought of that? Honestly, Severus I have done nothing but think about this and look at it from every angle. No, I am not seeing in you a father figure. I would hope I would not be mad jealous if my dad told me he was going away on holiday with a bloke. If any proof is needed of how I am attracted to you then listen.” Harry pulled out a book and gave it to Snape. “I got that the day I got the Fairy Tale Book for you. I didn’t even know how I felt about you back then. I only got it on impulse, but as always my impulsive behavior guided me to the right path.” Snape looked at the book, knocked for six. Since when had Harry developed the ability to shock him? He looked down at the book in his hands and read the title again. ‘Sex: The Homosexual Experience’
***
Severus rubbed his temple in an attempt to stay in control. “Harry as always you are overreacting to this. You go in headstrong. I will admit that you have partially thought things through. More than what is usual for you. But you still have failed to see the bigger picture. Marriage! Do you even know anything about a wizard marriage? Do you understand how undoable a wizard marriage is? Harry, in our world we do mean ‘til death do us part’. Now, I will confess that I am very flattered by your words. I also have grown fond of you but it is this feeling precisely that keeps me from accepting your offer.”
“Oh, well that makes a lot of sense. You are telling be that because you have feelings for me you can’t marry me. Well, I’ve got news for you, Severus, people that care for each other usually get marry.”
“ Not when they know that by doing so they will lead their loved one to misery.”
“ Misery! That’s rich. What do you think I am going trough? I want you! How else can I spell this out for you?”
“ Then have me.”
“What?”
“ Have me. What makes you think that you have to go to such drastic measures as marriage to get me to have sex with you? Did I not make it clear that I do not get these kinds of invitations? That I would be agreeable to any intimate affair with another warm body?”
“ WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?”
“ Mr. Potter I have told you that there is no need for shouting among two adults!”
“ I am sorry, Sir, but it irks me that you sell yourself cheap. You deserve more than a one off and I am offering you this.”
“Harry, you are twenty years younger than I. You have a promising career. You are the most eligible bachelor in wizarding kingdom. I cannot let you throw that away. You will only end up hating me and in all honesty I don’t think I can revert to that.”
“I could never hate you. Look, give me a chance to prove to you that you can grow to love me. Give me three dates. That is all I am asking. If at the end of the three dates you still feel we can’t make this work than I will step back.”
“Yet again, you fail to listen. Do you think I would honestly need that much to fall in love? I have no doubt of how easy it would be to fall for you.”
“ Fine then, three dates to prove that we belong together.”
Severus knew that he had lost. Harry would not sway from his decision. He would have to play under Harry’s terms.
Three dates
By: Moon of the Sea
Snape let out a loud sigh and continued preparing sandwiches for their tea.
“Well?” said Harry as Snape continued to set the table. “Professor! Did you hear what I said?”
“ Yes, Harry, I heard.”
“ Well, have you nothing to say?” asked Harry half puzzled and half annoyed.
“Very well I will play along; exactly why would you want me to marry you?”
“ Play along!!! Professor I am no longer a child. I think I have more than earned my stripes. I have thought this through and it is the best and only solution.”
“Only solution. Only solution to what if I may ask?”
“ Come off it, Professor. You know I am right. I am a wizard, you are a wizard.”
“ Congratulations Mr. Potter, you do have a knack for stating the obvious.”
“Professor! Don’t you see? All we have to do is get married and recite the chant and we will have the baby we so want.”
“We want! Mr. Potter, when exactly did this become our dream?”
“Don’t you see, Professor? You and I getting married would be the perfect solution!”
Snape took a deep breath, “Please, pray tell, Mr. Potter, when did this become a problem that you felt responsible for?”
“ It affects you therefore it affects me.”
“ Why?” Snape drawled with an exasperated expression.
“Look, let’s just walk this through. Hear me out without any interruptions. Agreed?”
Snape nodded his head reluctantly.
“You haven’t been able to come up with a potion. With me, you wouldn’t need a potion. I am offering to marry you instead of a one off with this Brian bloke.” Snape felt the need to interject but Harry gave him a look that said ‘you agreed’. “If we get married you wouldn’t have to leave the wizarding world and let’s face it Sir, you would be miserable away from our world. I know I would. We both know what not to do to this child and we are more than willing to learn how to make his life everything ours weren’t. I am sure we would make amazing dads. You have to agree that it all makes sense.”
Snape tried to suppress a smile and looked at his young companion. “You seem to have thought this through.”
“ I have,” said an eager Harry thinking that he had won.
“There is just one thing you have not considered,” said Severus still trying to suppress a smirky smile. “You, my dear Harry, do not fancy wizards.”
***
“I thought you would bring that up and I have given it a lot of thought. It is true that the first two times that I fancy anyone they were witches but after thinking things over with a truthful heart, I have come to understand that I have feelings for you.”
“ Feelings for me,” said Snape in a patronizing voice.
“You may laugh, Sir, but you do not know how I felt when you said you were leaving the wizarding world and then when you barged in here saying that you were going to have sex with another man it was like nothing I have ever experienced. I wanted to yell, ‘you can’t do that’, but then I realized I had no right to say it and that depressed me even more. So I might not have fancied wizards before, but I know what I feel for you.”
Snape looked at him in total astonishment. He had expected Harry to say that he wanted to help him out of a Gryffindor sense of chivalry. But, these feelings that Harry was talking about were totally unexpected.
“Harry it may be true that you and I have similar pasts, but in all honestly, I believe that you are confused by our recent bonding. I think that the story telling time that we share and the warm feelings you get from them have led you to read your feelings all wrong. I think, if I may analyze the situation, that what you feel for me is a feeling more like one feels for a father.” It was his turn to hold up a finger in request for silence. “Now, I am asking to be heard. You never had a father figure to read to you when you were a child. Or one you could talk about your new and exciting job as an Auror. So you are seeing our friendship as something it is not.”
“You don’t think I thought of that? Honestly, Severus I have done nothing but think about this and look at it from every angle. No, I am not seeing in you a father figure. I would hope I would not be mad jealous if my dad told me he was going away on holiday with a bloke. If any proof is needed of how I am attracted to you then listen.” Harry pulled out a book and gave it to Snape. “I got that the day I got the Fairy Tale Book for you. I didn’t even know how I felt about you back then. I only got it on impulse, but as always my impulsive behavior guided me to the right path.” Snape looked at the book, knocked for six. Since when had Harry developed the ability to shock him? He looked down at the book in his hands and read the title again. ‘Sex: The Homosexual Experience’
***
Severus rubbed his temple in an attempt to stay in control. “Harry as always you are overreacting to this. You go in headstrong. I will admit that you have partially thought things through. More than what is usual for you. But you still have failed to see the bigger picture. Marriage! Do you even know anything about a wizard marriage? Do you understand how undoable a wizard marriage is? Harry, in our world we do mean ‘til death do us part’. Now, I will confess that I am very flattered by your words. I also have grown fond of you but it is this feeling precisely that keeps me from accepting your offer.”
“Oh, well that makes a lot of sense. You are telling be that because you have feelings for me you can’t marry me. Well, I’ve got news for you, Severus, people that care for each other usually get marry.”
“ Not when they know that by doing so they will lead their loved one to misery.”
“ Misery! That’s rich. What do you think I am going trough? I want you! How else can I spell this out for you?”
“ Then have me.”
“What?”
“ Have me. What makes you think that you have to go to such drastic measures as marriage to get me to have sex with you? Did I not make it clear that I do not get these kinds of invitations? That I would be agreeable to any intimate affair with another warm body?”
“ WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?”
“ Mr. Potter I have told you that there is no need for shouting among two adults!”
“ I am sorry, Sir, but it irks me that you sell yourself cheap. You deserve more than a one off and I am offering you this.”
“Harry, you are twenty years younger than I. You have a promising career. You are the most eligible bachelor in wizarding kingdom. I cannot let you throw that away. You will only end up hating me and in all honesty I don’t think I can revert to that.”
“I could never hate you. Look, give me a chance to prove to you that you can grow to love me. Give me three dates. That is all I am asking. If at the end of the three dates you still feel we can’t make this work than I will step back.”
“Yet again, you fail to listen. Do you think I would honestly need that much to fall in love? I have no doubt of how easy it would be to fall for you.”
“ Fine then, three dates to prove that we belong together.”
Severus knew that he had lost. Harry would not sway from his decision. He would have to play under Harry’s terms.