Death Eater Takes a Holiday

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Chapter 9: Ron's red Harry's blue (literally)

 

Some time later Harry started to wake, he lay in bed
motionless in the semi dream state when you're not quite awake until you hear
or feel something to confirm you're no longer dreaming. Harry couldn't remember
his dream, which was a good sign. There was no reason to get up, no classes to
attend, and the bed was so, so comfortable.

 

 

Soft lips brushed against his. "Mmmmm," sighed
Harry. 'Nice dream', he thought until the lips left his mouth and
trailed a line down his neck. Harry slowly opened his eyes to see a messy head
of black hair. Sev was leisurely trailing a hot tongue over his collarbone.
"I thought you were a dream," he said sleepily, running his fingers
through Sev's messy locks. "A very good dream." Harry pulled Sev up
to kiss him; not to say that he wasn't thoroughly enjoying what Sev was doing
with his sinful tongue. "Unfortunately," kiss "you have
to leave," kiss "before Ron gets up." kiss.

 

"Ron doesn't like me anyway," said Sev returning
to Harry's neck, earning him a groan.

"That's not the point, I made a promise to Ron, you
have to leave." The ever-amazing tongue slid back up his neck taking in
his earlobe. "Ooo If you keep that up I wont be able to say no."

"Mmhm, that was the point," hot breathe against
Harry's neck.

"This'll be my defense on Monday, I can't resist
you," teased Harry who was currently pulling on a pair of boxers. Sev knew
that Ron meant a lot to Harry and he didn't want to start trouble, he gave
Harry another kiss on the lips, and grabbed his clothes.

"I'll go. See you down stairs later?" Harry smiled
and threw his boxers at him. After a long passionate kiss they said there good
byes, which was a little silly since it would only be an hour or so till they
met up again in the common room.

 

Harry lay in bed for a little while longer thinking about
the night they shared, and what Severus' reaction would be when the week was
up. He had to play his cards right if he were going to get to know the Potions
Master better.

 

 

Despite the pillow over his head, Ron heard the sounds of
potion vials clinking as Harry put away the half-empty vial.

"Ron?"

"Hm?"

"You ok?" Ron pulled the pillow away from his face
and sat up rubbing his face. "Can we talk?" Ron looked tired. He
wasn't sure of what to say and was thankful his exhaustion was keeping him from
freaking out more.

" When I said try to get something on Snape I meant
find out his middle name, or something embarrassing, I didn't expect it to be you
on Snape." said Ron incredulously. "What were you thinking? He's
going to kill you, and I won't be able to stop him."

 

"I was thinking he's someone worth getting to know
better." Harry grabbed a pillow and sat with his chin resting on it,
looking over at his friend. "I like spending time with him, we had fun, we
talked, he likes me." Harry sighed in to his pillow. "When we first
met I saw this guy whose not only hot, but also didn't even know who Harry
Potter was. It was a dream comes true.

"That's all well and good Harry, but what happens when
your dream wakes up on Monday and becomes your worst nightmare?"

"I'm working on that." Ron wanted to shake some
sense in to his friend but luckily he was very tired and what was the point at
stage of the game? They had already been together, and the week was almost up.
He hated to admit it, but it was so nice to see Harry looking content.

Ron wasn't looking forward to next week.

 

"When did you figure out Snape was gay?" Harry
almost laughed. Poor Ron, he couldn't recognize a gay man to save his life.

"The first night before we were introduced." Ron's
eyes widened in disbelief, "Before we came down for dinner, he kissed
me." Harry thought about their first kiss dreamily.

"Damn, he'd only been there less than an hour and you
two are snogging?" Harry grinned sheepishly.

"You to didn't waste any time, slut." joked Ron.
Harry raised an eyebrow at his friend.

"Like you and that girl you met the summer after forth
year?" Ron smiled with a slight pink tinge to his cheeks.

"She was using me to get to you. Who am I to turn her
down? She wanted me to fix you two up and she was very encouraging."

"As I recall you let her encourage you for two
weeks before telling her I wasn't interested."

"I had to make it seem like I was trying," Laughed
Ron "If you'd of come out of the closet think what I'd of missed."

"If I had come out, Dumbledore wouldn't have let Sev
stay in our dorms, or at least have introduced us earlier. Did you notice that
we've not been rear the girls all week with out supervision?"

"Thank Merlin, teenage McGonagall is down right
scary," said Ron, Harry laughed.

"I think she was giving us the eye too, imagine how
stupid she'll feel on Monday?"

"Harry, if she's going to feel stupid for flirting, how
do you think Snape is going to feel," said Ron suddenly very serious.
Harry wore a solemn expression. "Remember last year when we made a pact?
We said we'd be there for each other, and vowed not to go looking where we
didn't belong. No more chambers, no more adventures. We managed all of sixth
year with out getting in to some life-threatening ordeal."

"Yeah only we stayed safe all year and Voldemort came
to my house over the summer instead." Ron cringed a little.

"I can't argue there, but we promised to not allow each
other to do stupid things. Sev is not Snape. What do you think is going to
happen next week?"

I don't know, but Sev is Snape we just don't know him that
well."

"Bloody Hell Harry, he doesn't even know himself that
well! How old do you think he is now, seventeen, eighteen? He's not going to be
'hot Sev', your not going to see that same teenage body." Harry looked
hurt.

 

"No, his body will be different, but it's not the only
one you know!" yelled Harry with a wave of his arms in reference to his
own body. Ron closed his eye's mentally berating himself for saying something
so stupid.

"I'm sorry Harry, I wasn't thinking, but how much do
you think a man would change in fourteen years or so, change enough to join in
with Voldemort, and then change enough to spy for Dumbledore? How much of Sev
could possibly be left?"

"I need to find that out Ron, I think it's worth
finding out," Harry finished quietly. Ron desperately wanted to argue, he
didn't want is friend to go through unnecessary pain, but couldn't help but to
think about how content Harry looked in Sev's arms. He would not argue, but be
there to pick up the pieces later if need be.

 

 

Filius sat chatting with Severus in the common room, the
little wizard was taking guesses as to what they did for living before they
were here. It occurred to Severus that he hadn't given it much thought. He'd
spotted Harry within the hour of arriving and hasn't had much else on his mind
since. Harry had in fact given him lots to think about. Sev listened, keeping
an eye on the steps for a certain pair of green eyes to appear.

 

When a pair of large feet appeared at the steps Sev's eyes
shot up to see Ron entering the common room. Harry was right behind deep in
thought; his expression quickly changed at the sight of Severus across the room
looking over at him. His smile brightens the room, Sev thought,
returning the smile.

"I'm starving," Ron
announced to no one in particular.

"Breakfast was an hour ago
Ron," Filius informed him. Ron shrugged.

"We can go to the kitchens,
it's not against the rules unless it's after curfew."

 

Ten minutes later four teens were
pigging out on pastries and such. Dobby brought Harry a big plate of scrambled
eggs and huge pile of crispy bacon. Sev enjoyed watching him dive in to his
food, Harry ate with gusto, crunching bacon and he seemed to savor every bite.

"So, Severus are you going to
tell us who she is?" asked Filius, popping a berry in his mouth. Sev
looked confused.

"Excuse me?" Filius
didn't answer right away. He grinned mischievously while finishing his fruit.

"You didn't come to bed last
night and you have that look on you face." Flitwick said lightheartedly.

"What look do I have on my
face?" said Sev with the beginnings of a small glare.

"I've barely seen you smile in
days and now you're …well, obviously you got laid."

 

Severus' eyes grew wide, Filius
laughed and Harry outright choked. Dobby jumped up on the chair behind Harry
and was pounding on his back, all the while joining in on the conversation.

"Oh yes Mister Snape is just
about glowing sir." Harry continued to cough; Dobby continued to pound his
back chatting away. "Now you is blushing sir."

 

Harry's lips were turning blue.
"Eep!" yelled Dobby as Severus pounced at the house elf. Severus
knocked the creature to the floor and put his arms around Harry's middle. With
his hands in a fist just above Harry's navel the food was dislodged with one
forceful thrust.

 

"Well done!" cheered
Filius. "I'm afraid my arms aren't long enough to do the Heimlich
maneuver." Ron had yet to close his gapping mouth from the moment he heard
'you got laid,' to the moment he saw a chunk of food fly across the table from
his friend's throat.

Luckily the commotion was enough
for them to forget about Flitwick's question of who was she.

 

Harry was grateful no one suggested
for him to go see Madam Pomfrey. Filius felt a little guilty for having such an
effect on Harry with his comment, handing him a glass of water. Harry drank
slowly, leaning in to Sev's warm hand rubbing his back.

 

Dobby allowed them to leave only
after Harry convinced him he was ok, that and a glare from Severus and they
were all soon outside taking in some well needed fresh air.

 

 

Sev walked along careful not to
walk too close to Harry, it was bad enough Filius had commented about him
having sex, he wasn't going to have him figure out it was Harry. He didn't know what his relationship was
with the small wizard, and Harry was quite concerned about what would come of
their relationship on Monday. Severus would be careful.

 

Ron had been grateful for the
chance to get closer to Harry for a change. He was deep in thought all the
while they'd been walking through the castle to get outside. He wanted to say
something, but couldn't figure out what. Harry who knew Ron all too well now
noticed his friend had seemed very disturbed since they left the kitchens.

"What is it Ron?" He got
a shrug in reply. "Are you freaked about Sev and me?" Ron pulled a
face.

"Well yeah, but that's not
it," said Ron not looking him in the eye. "Harry, I made a pact to be
there for you, we practice counter curses and stuff." Ron paused unsure of
him self. Harry nodded encouraging him to continue.

"It's just that here we are
trying to be prepared for the worst, like a Death Eater attack or at the very
least Malfoy trying to hex you, and I can't even protect you from your scrambled
eggs," stated Ron miserably. Harry did his best not to laugh at the
thought of 'evil eggs'.

"Ron, we're there for each
other, that doesn't mean you take responsibility for me and every thing that
happens to me. If Sev hadn't done it, you would have. At the very least you'd
have dragged me to Pomfrey and I'd be fine. Don't worry you'll be busy enough
helping me out Monday when all hell breaks loose." Ron rolled his eyes and
Harry knew he'd be fine.

 

The four stopped walking when they
spotted a group of girls ahead lying on blankets in the sun. Madam Pomfrey was
leaning against a tree, enjoying a book in the shade. She was wearing a large
brimmed sun hat. The boys found it a comical change from her white hat she wore
in the infirmary. The girls had noticed they had arrived and occasionally
giggled while looking over.

Filius Flitwick strolled over to
the waters edge and began skipping stones on the surface. Harry and Ron found
it amusing to see a professor trying to impress the girls. Although Filius did
look younger, he used to have a lot of facial hair before, hiding his face so
he really didn't look too much different than what Ron and Harry were used to.
It was fun to see his younger form acting like a typical teen. Ron picked
himself up from the grass to join his charms teacher in skipping rocks. He had
no interest in impressing the girls, Hooch and McGonagall included, but Ron had
started feeling uncomfortable sitting there with Harry and Severus feeling like
the third wheel. He knew it would be the first time they were alone since Sev
had left Harry's bed this morning. Ron did his best not to cringe at the
thought.

 

Harry thanked his best friend
inwardly for some privacy. Smiling at Sev,

"You did it again," a
puzzled expression on Sev's face.
"You saved my life." Severus considered this for a moment.

"It was you who saved the
elf's life." Sev grinned. "I surly would have killed him had I not
been so concerned with your turning blue." Harry now blushing red, and
thanked him. When Severus dismissed it as him just being closer and was sure
one of the others would have done the same if he hadn't. Harry leaned over in
an innocent looking gesture as if telling a secret whispered.

"I will thank you properly
later," said Harry flicking his tongue over Sev's earlobe. Severus
shuddered as he felt the others lips ghost over his skin. "Too bad the
girls are watching," he said looking over at them. They had been watching
Filius and Ron skipping stones. It was no surprise that Filius was quite good.
His throwing arm being four feet closer to the level of the water alone made
him much better than Ron. The girls would still look back on the two dark
haired wizards keeping to them selves.

"The trick is…" said Sev
pointing a finger in the general direction of the girls, "is to let them
think we're whispering about them." Case in point, the moment Sev pointed
his finger and whispered in Harry's ear they heard giggles from the small
group.

Harry slid his hand over Sev's.
Long slender fingers warm beneath his. "Do you want to go some where
private?" Sev asked in that voice, the one that makes Harry's whole
body melt in to the grass below him, most of his body. Other parts had their
own ideas. Severus smiled hearing the moan he got from the sexy boy next to
him.

"Hmmm, I would love that, but
no. I wont have this chance again next week and I don't want to waste the
opportunity of sitting beside you in the grass at the lake in front of people
with out a care in the world."

"Harry why are you so sure I'm
going to hate you on Monday?" Harry saddened; he knew this wouldn't be
happening again.

"I'm not really, I hope not.
The truth is even if you were to wake up with no regret whatsoever; we would
have to be very discreet with our relationship."

"If you're worried about me,
don't. I'm fairly sure that Dumbledore knows about my preferences. Are you
worried about coming out to your own friends and relatives?"

"It's so much more complicated
than that. My very closest friends know, and you've already made sure my
relatives won't be a problem. After you took me out, Dumbledore had them signed
in to a magical contract saying they couldn't harm me in any way including
giving out any information that could be of ill consequence. It's much more
complicated than just coming out." Harry sighed "I can't believe it's
Thursday already."

 

While Madam Pomfrey had fallen
asleep under her tree, one of the most aggressive of the group of girls looked
to be on her way to talk to one of the four wizards.

"Privacy is looking better and
better. Want to go for a walk?" asked Harry. Severus wasted no time
getting up. They left Ron and Filius to fend for themselves, while they ducked
into a nearby garden.