A Tale of Two Men

TITLE: A Tale of Two Men

Author: Lady Sirius

Pairing: (SS/Padfoot) Warning: bestiality

RATING: NC17

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DISCLAIMER: Of course all rights belong to JK Rowling - I would claim Sirius if I could (but alas this is not meant to be!)

OOTP SPOILERS: Yes there are references, so don\'t read if you don\'t want to know.

DEDICATION: To my glorious, talented and wondrous inspiration - Gary Oldman




Chapter Nine

While Strolling Through the Park One Day or What Padfoot Did

\"Something is happening and you don\'t know what it is, do you, Mr. Jones?\"
Bob Dylan, Ballad of a Thin Man

Sirius Black had a new home. Professor Dumbledore had asked him if he would accept a position at Hogwarts as sort of a floating academician, and Sirius had gratefully said yes. Not that he needed the money, of course, the Black family had always been ridiculously wealthy. But it gave him a sense of purpose, of having something to do with his life other than twiddle his thumbs at #12 Grimmauld Place. He didn\'t teach any particular subject, but was called in when needed, and the rest of his time was his own to do with as he pleased. And the piece de resistance was that now he had his own suite of rooms at the school, and he could see a great deal more of his godson as well. Which pleased both Sirius and Harry to no end.

This change in living accommodations was also pleasing to a certain potions professor, who wished to have Sirius closer to him, and wanted to be able to see him more often. In fact, it was he that had made the request of Dumbledore, attempting to explain that some of the teachers could use a little extra help with their workloads and that Black wasn\'t doing anything anyway, and reminding him of what he had gone through for the Order. But Dumbledore wore a secret smile as he listened to Snape speak, for he was far wiser than Snape gave him credit for, and he understood just what was going on (and of course he had heard Severus\' confession as well), so he pretended to agree to the filling of the school\'s need for another member of the faculty, when in actuality he was helping to fill Severus Snape\'s need of Sirius Black and his member. To himself, Dumbledore thought that it would be better for Snape to admit to the state of affairs between them, to bring it out into the open. But he knew that wouldn\'t happen before the other man was ready for it, so he held his tongue and smiled benignly.

Once established at the school, Hermione was able to approach Sirius with her request for her upcoming nuptials, and he gladly agreed to walk her down the aisle, said that he would be delighted to act as her surrogate father. She beamed happily at him, and at her fiance. Draco had asked Snape to be his best man, and of course he said yes as well, so now he and Sirius were both in the bridal party, and Harry and Ron and Remus had agreed to be ushers.

\"Are you going to take a date?\" Ron asked Harry one day as they sat together in the school library, studying. Hermione and Draco sat nearby, supposedly studying as well, but in actuality they were playing touchy feely under the table, and giggling just softly enough not to draw attention to themselves.

Harry looked at Ron as if he were utterly daft.

\"No, not for real,\" Ron added, taking Harry\'s hand in his and stroking it quickly, with a surreptitious look around to make sure he wasn\'t spotted. \"Just for cover, you know?\"

\"I hadn\'t thought about it,\" Harry replied thoughtfully. \"You know, I was kind of hoping that with Sirius here, you and I might step out of that stuffy closet, so to speak. I thought that he and Snape would be such a couple that no one would think anything about it. But it hasn\'t happened that way, has it? Or at least I haven\'t seen any evidence of it. Have you?\"

Ron had to admit that at least on the surface, there was no outward sign of any change in the relationship between Sirius and Snape. \"They don\'t fight or anything, but I never see them together. Hey, Draco!\" he called over to the other table.

\"Yes?\"

\"You and Snape are like almost best friends and all,\" he began, \"do you know if he\'s interested in someone, maybe plans on inviting them to the wedding and all?\"

\"Why, did you want to fix him up with someone?\" Draco asked, and began to laugh. \"All kidding aside, I definitely think there is somebody that he is seeing. But he is being all hush hush about it, won\'t even give me a hint, so I couldn\'t tell you who. So I don\'t know if he will bring her to the wedding or not.\"

\"I think he\'s got a yen for Ginny,\" Hermione threw in wickedly, watching Ron\'s reaction with amusement. His face got redder than his hair, and an explosion seemed imminent, but Harry managed to defuse the situation.

\"Calm down, mate, she\'s kidding.\"

\"I knew that.\" Ron affected a pose of studied nonchalant, but he had to admit to himself that the idea of his baby sister being kissed and fondled by Severus Snape was too much to bear, although it didn\'t bother him to think of the man with Sirius.

\"We\'ll just have to wait until the wedding and see.\" Draco shrugged, turning back to his lovely fiance.

Of course Severus and Sirius were delighted in the change in Sirius\' residence, especially the former. It had been very difficult to invent reasons for Sirius to be at Hogwarts as often as they would have liked, so their meetings had been few and far between, brief but passionate encounters of the sexual kind. Now with Sirius living in the teachers\' quarters himself, and having been assigned a suite of rooms not too far from Snape\'s own rooms, it wasn\'t hard for one or the other to steal into the other\'s quarters, cast a few privacy charms, and spend the night gloriously together, in one another\'s arms.

Besides having fun in the bedroom, the two men were learning a lot from each other - Severus was helping Sirius to reach for a sense of purpose, to actually set himself goals to achieve, not merely to exist. Sirius, on the other hand, was teaching Severus the fine art of lightening up, which for Snape was a major accomplishment. It was amazing how closely these two fit one another\'s needs, once they had given up their silly masculine macho bullshit routines. They laughed together, loved together, learned together, and were very happy together.

And yet, when it came to the outside world, neither one was ready to make the major announcement.....


Severus was concerned about his academic standing, his position at Hogwarts. He didn\'t feel that having a relationship with another man would enhance that, especially one with the reputation and past history of Sirius Black! Snape may care about him deeply, and in the innermost recesses of his heart, he might actually admit to loving him, but on the outside, it appeared as if he barely tolerated the man.

On Sirius\' side, he wasn\'t sure if he was ready to change his image - the much-adored, openly revered and worshiped sex god, the devil-may-care Marauder who was afraid of trying nothing (except a serious relationship), and wasn\'t sure he was ready to settle down with just one person (much less one man). He knew Snape\'s feelings on the subject as well, tha that the other man was careful not to be seen with him if he could help it, which knowledge didn\'t actually sit well with Sirius (which made him a most delicious paradox, and more than slightly hypocritical). He was used to being the petted one, the loved one, the center of attention, and he was wounded at being shut out like this, even though he was himself not ready to announce their relationship to the world either.


One night, late, after everyone else was safely tucked away for the evening in their respective beds, the two lovers decided to take a late night stroll about the grounds. They walked companionably together, fingers entwined, gazing up at the incredibly beautiful full moon, wished on a falling star, and gazed at the placid waters of the school lake

Since his long-term confinement in Azkaban, Sirius enjoyed being in the out of doors, and relished the freedom which he had once thought to be lost forever. He looked up at Severus, and was amazed at the emotions which overwhelmed him. He didn\'t remember ever feeling this way about someone ever before, and the feeling was a bit scary, yet also exhilarating. He reached out one slender hand, touched Snape\'s cheek tenderly, and was rewarded by having his fingers kissed by the potions master, who then pressed that hand against his heart as if he would never let it go.

\"Severus...\"

\"Hmmmm?\"

\"Would you kiss me, please?\"

\"Certainly.\"

They moved together so closely that you couldn\'t slide a knife between them, their arms entwined about one another, their lips pressed together, eyes closed in ecstasy. A gentle, warm breeze blew about them, caressed their cheeks, as if it were a natural sanction of their love. Sirius found himself getting excited, as was Snape obviously.

\"Let\'s use an invisible charm to surround us, and make love right here, under these stars and that glorious sky and that beautiful moon,\" Sirius urged his lover, pressing his hand against the other\'s growing erection, eliciting moans of desire.

\"I don\'t know if that would be such a good idea,\" Severus waffled, while Sirius could tell that he would like nothing better than to be taken right there on the grass. Just at that moment, however, they heard the sound of approaching voices, and looked at one another with panic reflected in both their eyes.

\"Oh my, oh my... That might be... I m.. W.. We can\'t.....\"Snape stuttered nervously. He thrust Sirius away from him quickly, half afraid that they had already been caught, and began to look about for the source of the sound.

Coming over the top of a small hill not far away, he could see Hagrid, the Hogwarts groundskeeper, and Remus Lupin, one-time DADA instructor, strolling companionably together in their direction. Drat them, Snape cursed silently, what the hell were they doing up at this time of night, and what were they doing out here where they most certainly didn\'t belong?

Snape realized that they had been seen when the two men changed course and headed straight toward them. He began to panic, wondering how he could explain being out here with the notorious Sirius Black, his self-proclaimed enemy.

\"Professor Snape!\" Hagrid looked surprised to see him. \"I never seen you out here so late at night before? Is sumpin\' wrong?\"

\"Yes, Severus, is something wrong?\" asked Lupin.

Snape started to stammer something incoherent, when he was prevented from making a bigger ass of himself by Hagrid\'s exclamation of, \"Professor, when did you get a dog?\" and a confused Snape looked in the direction indicated by Hagrid\'s oversized index finger, where indeed stood a large black dog, tail wagging merrily and tongue hanging out of its mouth good-naturedly.

\"Er, umm, hmmmm, yes, the dog,\" Snape responded rather stiffly, giving the evil eye to Padfoot (for of course that was who it was) who completely ignored it. \"He was, er, uhh, wandering about the grounds, yes, wandering, and I decided to allow him to, um, accompany me on my constitutional. Yes, on my constitutional.\" ‘There,\' he thought with relief, ‘that should take care of that.\'

Lupin looked amused. \"I wasn\'t aware you ever took a constitutional, Severus.\" He looked straight into Snape\'s eyes as he spoke and Snape immediately realized his mistake - that of course Lupin would recognize Padfoot as being Sirius, but calmed himself with the thought that he would have known about them anyway, seeing as he had been Sirius\' best friend for years. \"How fortunate that while you were getting your daily exercise, you should happen upon this happy beast. He looks very friendly, doesn\'t he?\"

Snape looked down to find that Padfoot was nuzzling at his crotch in a familiar way. He pushed the dog\'s head away embarrassedly, while Lupin stifled a snicker and Hagrid goggled, clueless. The big black dog then bounded up to Lupin, who bent down to pet him, running his hand through the animal\'s thick fur. \"Good boy,\" he purred, while Snape\'s eyes turned a curious shade of green. It may appear as if Lupin were petting a stray dog, but Snape knew that Lupin knew very well whose body he was caressing, and that the caresses which he was lavishing on him were an apparent ont ont to Snape\'s presence.

Padfoot made a bad situation worse by suddenly rolling onto his back, his four legs hanging in the air, tongue lolling, begging to have his tummy rubbed. And good-hearted Hagrid, the man who never met an animal he didn\'t like, decided to oblige him. He knelt beside the dog, and rubbed his proferred belly, to the animal\'s apparent delight, and Snape\'s growing perturbation. Padfoot howled in appreciation, rolled over and covered Hagrid\'s huge face with wet slobbering kisses. Then, as if realizing that perhaps he had gone too far, he returned to Snape\'s side, nuzzling at his crotch again.

The cranky professor tried in vain to push the dog away, but finally gave up, shrugging as he attempted to laugh it off. It was only then that he remembered what night it was and where Lupin and Hagrid were undoubtedly heading to. It must have slipped his mind somehow, which was odd as he had of coursed mixed up Lupin\'s usual potion for him and left it for him to find. But lately his mind had been on other things, so we will forgive him for this temporary lapse in a mind which was usually sharp and amazingly brilliant. \"Well, I won\'t keep you,\" Snape said in parting, even as he very nearly breathed a sigh of relief.

\"Good night, Professor,\" Hagrid called out with a friendly wave as he turned to go.

\"Good night, Severus,\" said Remus calmly. \"Have an ... enjoyable evening,\" smiling at the strange look on Severus\' face as he went to rejoin his companion.

Once they were well out of sight and on their way to the Whomping Willow for Remus\' monthly transformation, Snape whirled about in exasperation. \"What the hell do you call that?\" he demanded to know. Padfoot stood beside him, grinning caninely, his tail wagging energetically. He pushed his muzzle into Severus\' hand, licking the palm tenderly, and Severus felt the anger drain from him in a rush of love. He patted Padfoot\'s head, scratching the base of his ears tenderly. \"Well, no harm done,\" he conceded, \"change back and let\'s go to bed, shall we?\"

Sensing that Snape was no longer displeased, Padfoot decided to push his luck a bit further. He stood on his two back legs, reaching up and covering the potions master\'s face with slobbery wet kisses, claiming his face with his long tongue, while Snape tried to defend himself against the drooly attack. \"Cut it out, cut it out!\" he protested. \"You\'re drooling all over me!\"

Padfoot was not a small dog, nor was he particularly light. He used the heft of his weight to push against Snape, knocking him to the grass, but not hard enough to hurt him. Before he had a chance to react, the dog tur turned his attention to his crotch once again, and had buried his face inside the other man\'s robes and was seriously breathing onto his genitals.

Snape found himself growing weak as the warm dog breath caused an instant erection, and he groaned aloud, knowing what was surely coming. Gg ing in to the inevitable, he muttered a quick incantation that concealed them from the view of anyone else who might be wandering about at this hour (and Merlin knew who that might be in this place!), and laid back on the grass, waiting to see what developed.

Realizing that he would now not be restrained, Padfoot joyfully tugged and pulled at Snape\'s zipper, pulling it all the way down. Snape cooperated with him in removing his own pants, and then the fiery red briefs beneath them, freeing his enormous erection. Padfoot nuzzled the human cock, sniffing at it and nuzzling it. He reached out with his long canine tongue and began to lick at it, running his tongue up and down the shaft.

Snape knew he shouldn\'t be turned on by this, but he couldn\'t seem to help himself. Of course the knowledge that this was not really a dog, but his own beloved Sirius Black in animal form made it somehow better. This wasn\'t like before, all those years ago, when he had felt that what happened had been beyond his control This was different, and he decided to go with the flow, or to ‘lighten up, for merlin\'s sake, man!\' as Sirius would put it.

Padfoot opened his huge mouth and suddenly Severus\' cock disappeared from view. The Animagus was careful not to bite as he deep throated the professor, feeling him slide down his throat, welcoming the chance to experiment with his lover in his canine form. He had never done this before in his Animagus form, the only exception being the brief interlude with Snape in their youth, but he had always been curious as to how it would feel. He found that it wasn\'t quite as easy as in his human form, but still enjoyable. His technique wasn\'t quite as refined as it might have been, because he just didn\'t have the same fine motor skills, but he found that his suction power was increased tenfold, and the moans that were coming from Severus more than confirmed that he liked it as well.

Snape found himself watching the sight of a huge dog going down on him with a mixture of incredulity and overwhelming pleasure. The power of the animal to suck cock was unbelievable, and he trusted implicitly that Sirius would not bite him in the throes of his passion. He found himself wondering just what it would be like to literally do it with Sirius doggy-style, and made a mental note to bring up the subject with him later. The warmth of the dog\'s breath was quite conducive to the task at hand (or should I say mouth?), and Severus realized that it would not be long now, and moments later, he released himself full-blast into the mouth of the beast, in great spurting hot jets of cum.

Padfoot lapped it all up eagerly, swallowing it all and never choking on a drop. When he was done, he licked Snape\'s limp member gratefully, and laid down beside him in the grass.

\"Turn back, love,\" Severus murmured, and Sirius gladly obliged. He resumed his human form, and Severus put his arm around him, pulling him to him. He laid his head on Severus\' chest, and they didn\'t speak for several minutes.

\"Sirius...\"

\"Hmmm?\" in a sleepy voice.

\"You\'re a pistol, man, a real pistol.\"

\"I know,\" (falsely modest voice)

\"Let\'s go to bed, shall we?\"

And that is just what they did.


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