Child of New Beginnings
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Harry Potter › Het - Male/Female › Snape/Hermione
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Adult ++
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35
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16,857
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74
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2
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12
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Chapter 8
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Chapter 8
“Good evening dearest,” Lucius said as he kissed Narcissa on his cheek. “Sorry I’m late.”
Narcissa kept silent and just stared at the plate of food in front of her. She had eaten dinner alone, and never finished her food. Usually she ate with her husband and with Draco, or either of them, never alone.
Draco told her that he would follow Lucius in the morning right after breakfast when the two were alone. She didn’t like the idea. She refused to know the truth. Draco who was too persistent like his father didn’t like not knowing, and said that he had to know the truth.
“Did you eat dinner?” Narcissa asked, faking the tone in her voice, acting her part of a loving wife.
“You god damn son of a bitch!” Draco’s voice hollered as he stepped into the dining room.
Lucius turned to see his very angry son, accompanied by a very angry looking Severus as well.
Before going home, Draco decided that it his godfather had to know the truth and come home with him. If anything were to go wrong, and his father really exploded, it was only Severus that could control him, best friend. He was like a brother to the man.
“Do not talk to me that way Draco!” Lucius snapped. He didn’t like it when Draco swore to him in such a manner. He was his father, and with that, should respect him.
“You’ve been having an affair with another woman!” Draco shouted. “I saw you kiss her when I followed you in muggle London. South Kensington.”
Lucius paled. Did he mean Hermione? If so, did he actually see her?
“What?” Narcissa gasped in shock. She looked up at her husband who looked more than guilty.
“How did you meet her? Where did you meet her? Muggle or muggle witch? You spend money in the bloody home that she lives in?” Draco asked. He continued on and on with his questions.
“Enough Draco,” Severus said as he placed a hand on the young man’s shoulder. He too was angry, but tried his best to remain calm. His brain was still trying to register what his godson told him earlier. Lucius was having an affair? It wasn’t possible.
Part of Lucius calmed. So he didn’t see that it was Hermione. Still, he had to defend himself and try to prove that he was being accused of something that he would never do. “I’m not having an affair,” he said sternly.
“Don’t lie father! I saw it with my own two eyes, and I sure as hell am not blind!”
“So my feeling was right all along,” Narcissa croaked. “You are having an affair.”
Lucius turned down and looked at his wife’s teary eyes. He could see that her heart was breaking, making his break as well. “Narcissa, I would never betray you. I love you-“
Severus snapped and launched himself at Lucius, roughly shoving his up against the wall. With his hands tightly around the collar of Lucius’s shirt, he spoke, “How could you?! How could you betray and throw your vows away just like that?! I thought you were a better man-“
“It is not what you think,” Lucius said loudly enough for Narcissa and Draco to hear as well. If he only knew.
“I may have never loved before, but I find it disgusting when a man has an affair behind his wife’s back. Behind the woman who loves him,” he stated. He could hear Narcissa start to cry.
“Then who is she?” Narcissa cried in demand as she stood up and walked up to stand next to Severus. Draco was beside her, and placed an arm around her shoulder. “If you’re not having an affair, then who is she? Who is she?!” she screeched.
“Tell us the truth!” Severus said in a very deadly and threatening tone.
Lucius shook his head. He couldn’t break his word with Hermione’s.
“If you cannot explain yourself or who she is, then you are having an affair,” Draco stated.
“I’m sorry, but I can’t,” Lucius said. Then, he saw Severus’s fist come his way. Unable to avoid it, since he was still being held by Severus’s other hand. He got punched hard, making him fall to the ground, and taste blood in his mouth.
“Get out before I kill you!” Severus said in a low tone.
Lucius shook his head and tried to balance himself as he got back on his feet. He looked at the face of his crying wife, son and best friend. All of them wanted him out. “Cissy,” he started as he wiped the blood from the side of his chin with the back of his hand, “you are my only love. Always have been and always will be.” Those were his final words before he left his home. No, it was no longer his home.
Narcissa’s legs gave out as she collapsed. Before she hit the floor, two pairs of strong arms had caught her. As she sat on Severus’s lap, she was comforted by him and her son. Both of them holding her in an embrace.
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“Hi Hermione,” Lucius greeted her softly as he stood against the door frame of her bedroom.
Hermione who was reading a book, clutched it to her chest and gasped. She got frightened for a brief moment, until she saw Lucius. “Oh my god!” she said as she jumped out of bed. There were tears and his cheeks and blood on his chin. “What happened?”
“Severus punched me,” he said. He winced as Hermione placed a hand on his jaw.
“Whatever for?” Hermione frowned as she tried to examine his face for any other injuries, also feeling the back of his head for any bumps and blood.
“Apparently, Narcissa, Draco and he think that I am having an affair with another woman. That woman being you.” Lucius saw the look of shock and worry on her face. “Draco never saw your face, not to worry. He did however see how close we were earlier and saw the kiss.”
Hermione gulped, “And what did you tell them.”
“That I wasn’t having an affair. I couldn’t tell them the truth. I gave my word to you.”
Hermione placed a hand up to her lips. “I’m so sorry Lucius.” Guilt had hit her. Lucius’s life and marriage was being affected because of her and Sebastian.
“No worries. As far as I know, I haven’t broken my vows with my wife. However, under false pretenses, I may have broken her heart.”
“Lucius, if I could make it better-“
“You can’t make it better,” Lucius sighed. “I prioritized Sebastian and you over everything and everyone, and will continue to do so. I care about the both of you too much. We both do not want another war in the future. And you are not ready.”
“And if I’ll never be ready to go back?” Hermione asked softly.
Lucius thought about it for a moment before he answered. “At least no one will ever know of Sebastian.”
Hermione sighed and shook her head. She didn’t know what to do or say. With a gentle tug on Lucius’s hand, she led him to her bathroom to clean and heal him.
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AN – The heart ache is making me teary… Review!
Chapter 8
“Good evening dearest,” Lucius said as he kissed Narcissa on his cheek. “Sorry I’m late.”
Narcissa kept silent and just stared at the plate of food in front of her. She had eaten dinner alone, and never finished her food. Usually she ate with her husband and with Draco, or either of them, never alone.
Draco told her that he would follow Lucius in the morning right after breakfast when the two were alone. She didn’t like the idea. She refused to know the truth. Draco who was too persistent like his father didn’t like not knowing, and said that he had to know the truth.
“Did you eat dinner?” Narcissa asked, faking the tone in her voice, acting her part of a loving wife.
“You god damn son of a bitch!” Draco’s voice hollered as he stepped into the dining room.
Lucius turned to see his very angry son, accompanied by a very angry looking Severus as well.
Before going home, Draco decided that it his godfather had to know the truth and come home with him. If anything were to go wrong, and his father really exploded, it was only Severus that could control him, best friend. He was like a brother to the man.
“Do not talk to me that way Draco!” Lucius snapped. He didn’t like it when Draco swore to him in such a manner. He was his father, and with that, should respect him.
“You’ve been having an affair with another woman!” Draco shouted. “I saw you kiss her when I followed you in muggle London. South Kensington.”
Lucius paled. Did he mean Hermione? If so, did he actually see her?
“What?” Narcissa gasped in shock. She looked up at her husband who looked more than guilty.
“How did you meet her? Where did you meet her? Muggle or muggle witch? You spend money in the bloody home that she lives in?” Draco asked. He continued on and on with his questions.
“Enough Draco,” Severus said as he placed a hand on the young man’s shoulder. He too was angry, but tried his best to remain calm. His brain was still trying to register what his godson told him earlier. Lucius was having an affair? It wasn’t possible.
Part of Lucius calmed. So he didn’t see that it was Hermione. Still, he had to defend himself and try to prove that he was being accused of something that he would never do. “I’m not having an affair,” he said sternly.
“Don’t lie father! I saw it with my own two eyes, and I sure as hell am not blind!”
“So my feeling was right all along,” Narcissa croaked. “You are having an affair.”
Lucius turned down and looked at his wife’s teary eyes. He could see that her heart was breaking, making his break as well. “Narcissa, I would never betray you. I love you-“
Severus snapped and launched himself at Lucius, roughly shoving his up against the wall. With his hands tightly around the collar of Lucius’s shirt, he spoke, “How could you?! How could you betray and throw your vows away just like that?! I thought you were a better man-“
“It is not what you think,” Lucius said loudly enough for Narcissa and Draco to hear as well. If he only knew.
“I may have never loved before, but I find it disgusting when a man has an affair behind his wife’s back. Behind the woman who loves him,” he stated. He could hear Narcissa start to cry.
“Then who is she?” Narcissa cried in demand as she stood up and walked up to stand next to Severus. Draco was beside her, and placed an arm around her shoulder. “If you’re not having an affair, then who is she? Who is she?!” she screeched.
“Tell us the truth!” Severus said in a very deadly and threatening tone.
Lucius shook his head. He couldn’t break his word with Hermione’s.
“If you cannot explain yourself or who she is, then you are having an affair,” Draco stated.
“I’m sorry, but I can’t,” Lucius said. Then, he saw Severus’s fist come his way. Unable to avoid it, since he was still being held by Severus’s other hand. He got punched hard, making him fall to the ground, and taste blood in his mouth.
“Get out before I kill you!” Severus said in a low tone.
Lucius shook his head and tried to balance himself as he got back on his feet. He looked at the face of his crying wife, son and best friend. All of them wanted him out. “Cissy,” he started as he wiped the blood from the side of his chin with the back of his hand, “you are my only love. Always have been and always will be.” Those were his final words before he left his home. No, it was no longer his home.
Narcissa’s legs gave out as she collapsed. Before she hit the floor, two pairs of strong arms had caught her. As she sat on Severus’s lap, she was comforted by him and her son. Both of them holding her in an embrace.
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“Hi Hermione,” Lucius greeted her softly as he stood against the door frame of her bedroom.
Hermione who was reading a book, clutched it to her chest and gasped. She got frightened for a brief moment, until she saw Lucius. “Oh my god!” she said as she jumped out of bed. There were tears and his cheeks and blood on his chin. “What happened?”
“Severus punched me,” he said. He winced as Hermione placed a hand on his jaw.
“Whatever for?” Hermione frowned as she tried to examine his face for any other injuries, also feeling the back of his head for any bumps and blood.
“Apparently, Narcissa, Draco and he think that I am having an affair with another woman. That woman being you.” Lucius saw the look of shock and worry on her face. “Draco never saw your face, not to worry. He did however see how close we were earlier and saw the kiss.”
Hermione gulped, “And what did you tell them.”
“That I wasn’t having an affair. I couldn’t tell them the truth. I gave my word to you.”
Hermione placed a hand up to her lips. “I’m so sorry Lucius.” Guilt had hit her. Lucius’s life and marriage was being affected because of her and Sebastian.
“No worries. As far as I know, I haven’t broken my vows with my wife. However, under false pretenses, I may have broken her heart.”
“Lucius, if I could make it better-“
“You can’t make it better,” Lucius sighed. “I prioritized Sebastian and you over everything and everyone, and will continue to do so. I care about the both of you too much. We both do not want another war in the future. And you are not ready.”
“And if I’ll never be ready to go back?” Hermione asked softly.
Lucius thought about it for a moment before he answered. “At least no one will ever know of Sebastian.”
Hermione sighed and shook her head. She didn’t know what to do or say. With a gentle tug on Lucius’s hand, she led him to her bathroom to clean and heal him.
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AN – The heart ache is making me teary… Review!