The Domino Effect

Title: The Domino Effect
Author: Dr. Jeckell & Mrs. Hyde (aka Taran & Magdelena)
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Harry Potter/Severus Snape, Ron Weasley/Draco Malfoy (secondary pairing)
Warnings: Non-consensual sex, Violence, Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Graphic Sexual Content, Rimming, MPreg
Summary: HP/SS – Slash – Chapter 9 of ?. Harry discovers that when he kills Voldemort, all of the Death Eaters will die as well because of the bond that they share with the Dark Lord through their Marks. Harry vows to do anything it takes to allow Severus Snape to escape that fate.
Disclaimer: We do not own any of the characters herein (only the plot). All the characters in the Harry Potter universe belong exclusively to J.K. Rowling, Warner Brothers, and anyone else JKR chooses to allow to play with them. We are publishing our fanfiction writings only for our own selfish desire to be a part of their world.
Authors’ Note: Thanks to the incredibly wonderful Sev1970 for betaing this story.

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Chapter Nine – The Bond

Harry breathed a sigh of relief at Severus’ unexpected acquiescence. Truly, he had expected more of a fight from the man, and a part of him worried that perhaps in trying to relieve himself from the need to force Severus into sexual intercourse he had finally done what Voldemort could not, and had broken the Potions Master’s spirit. Harry hadn’t wanted to tear at the trust that Severus had in Albus, but he knew of no other way to get Severus to submit completely to him physically. Harry promised himself again that after this was over that he would do whatever was necessary to help Severus know just how many people truly cared about him, how many people truly loved him.

Harry froze as the realization of what he had just admitted to himself struck him suddenly. He knew that his feelings for the Potions Master had been slowly undergoing a transformation over the past weeks, but at this very moment as he stared into the bright onyx eyes before him, Harry knew that he had fallen in love with the man who he was about to bond his life to.

Without any further hesitation, shoving all doubts and fears to the back of his mind so that he could concentrate on the task he could not fail at, Harry stepped forward and covered Severus’ lips with his own.

Severus hesitated for barely a second before allowing himself to melt fully into Harry’s warmth. Slowly he sank down to the bed, pulling Harry down on top of him, their lips never parting. He moaned softly at the comforting feel of his lover’s weight pressing down on him. As Harry moaned as well, the kiss was deepened and Severus was lost to new sensations.

Harry broke the kiss, leaving Severus panting for air as he slowly traced his way down the older man’s body, mapping out the Potions Master’s body with fingertips and lips and tongue; driving the older wizard into a state of fevered arousal. When Harry’s lips finally closed around the head of Severus’ cock, the older wizard groaned in relief. Harry suckled the moisture that was already dripping from the slit, and then bathed Severus’ cock in long, broad, teasing swipes of his tongue.

After only a few passes, Harry’s head lowered to suckle Severus’ sac, one hand moving to encircle Severus’ cock, even as the other hand pushed Severus’ thighs further apart. Harry’s tongue drifted down even lower, and slowly circled the Potions Master’s entrance before pushing inside. His hand on Severus’ cock mimicked the shallow thrusts he was making inside the slender body, and when he felt the thigh beneath his fingertips beginning to tighten as Severus spiraled towards orgasm, Harry pulled back completely, stilling his ministrations, and crawled up the bed to Severus’ side.

Severus fell back against the pillows breathing heavy and trying to calm his heart. He turned toward Harry, his eyes searching Harry’s as he reached out and gently caressed Harry’s cheek. He leaned in to kiss Harry and carefully rolled until he was stretched out over the younger man’s slim body, covering it completely with his own.

“My turn,” he whispered when their lips parted. He slowly kissed, nipped, and suckled his way down Harry’s chest, pausing at his navel to tease it with the tip of his tongue. He latched his lips onto Harry’s hip-bone, leaving a bright mark. He momentarily bypassed Harry’s raging erection and made his way to his inner thighs. He nipped lightly at them, then bit harder, eliciting a gasp from Harry.

Severus looked up and was awed at first by the look of pure rapture on Harry’s face. His face relaxed and he smiled very gently. He went back to work with heightened enthusiasm, pleasuring Harry to the brink of orgasm, then, as Harry had done, he stopped and crawled back up to lay beside his panting lover.

Harry allowed himself just a moment of staring into the expressive onyx eyes of his lover, a moment to believe that Severus truly wanted this as much as he did, that Severus loved Harry as much as Harry loved him. But as Severus moved to tuck a strand of his long hair behind his ear, Harry saw the black skull and serpent standing out sharply against the pale skin of Severus’ arm. He saw the reddened, angry skin around the Mark, and knew that Voldemort would not wait long before he summoned his errant Potions Master again. His resolve strengthened, Harry reached out to the bedside table and grabbed the jar of lubricant. Turning back to face Severus, he startled the man by placing the jar in his hand.

Harry offered Severus a feral smile. “I told you that I was going to have you submit to me in every way. One of those ways is watching you stretch yourself in preparation for my cock.”

Severus sat up as his eyes widened in apprehension. He stared first at Harry, then at the jar of lubricant in his hand.

“Harry, I…” he whispered, his voice shaking as much as his hands. He had known it was coming from the start of Harry’s ‘attentions’, he even wanted it now, but he was afraid. Afraid of pain, heartache, and let-downs. He knew Harry cared for him and wouldn’t intentionally hurt him, but his past experiences had left a mark far deeper and dark than the skull on his arm.

Besides all of that, he really had no idea how to go about it. No one had ever taken the time to prepare him for intercourse, and they had certainly never used anything more than spit as a lubricant.

“Relax,” Harry ordered, the note of command in his voice tempered by his soothing touches to Severus’ face. “I want to guarantee you the least amount of discomfort possible, but if you keep tensing up like this, it is going to hurt no matter how slick you are.” Harry’s eyes closed for a moment as he willed back the panic that was building inside of him. He reopened his eyes and met Severus’ gaze. “Don’t make this any more difficult than it already is. Everything we have shared thus far has been pleasant, hasn’t it? Trust me to make this good for you. Tell me what has you so tense.”

“I…” Severus blushed with embarrassment. “Well… I don’t know how!” he finally blurted out, bowing his head and hiding behind his curtain of shiny black hair.

Harry looked at Severus in shock, which quickly gave way into anger as the realization of exactly how abused and misused the man beside him was. “None of your other partners have ever…” he trailed off angrily, clenching his teeth.

Seeing Severus begin to turn away at the tone of his voice, Harry hastened to explain the reason for his rage. Taking Severus’ face in his hands, Harry brushed the Potions Master’s hair back and forced the man’s gaze up to meet his own. “I am not angry with you; I am angry with the bastards who you have been forced to endure before. Never again. I swear by my life that none of them will ever touch you again.” Harry’s lips closed possessively over Severus’ for just a moment before pulling back. “And as for this…” he continued, gesturing toward the jar in Severus’ hand, “…I’ll guide you through every step if you like, telling you exactly what I want you to do. I’ve already had my fingers inside of you, this will be no different.”

Severus nodded his reluctant agreement, and allowed Harry to push him back on the bed. He tensed again as Harry settled behind him, pushing one leg up towards his chest.

Harry placed a tender kiss against the Potions Master’s shoulder as he calmly reached out and took the jar in the other man’s hand, removing the lid, and tossing it to the side. With his free hand, he reached to lace his fingers with Severus’, dipping both of their index fingers into the slippery substance. Setting the jar aside for the moment, Harry lay down on his side, and began brushing kisses along the Severus’ spine, as he slowly brought their joined hands towards the older wizard’s entrance. Both fingers encircled the puckered hole, Harry positioning Severus’ finger so that it pressed against his own entrance. Ever so gently, Harry pressed down on Severus’ finger, encouraging the man to breach himself.

“That’s it, slide it deep inside. Take it for me.”

Severus’ back arched as his fingertip pressed against his own prostate. His moan of pleasure shot a jolt of arousal directly to Harry’s cock, and Harry growled with need, nipping at Severus’ collarbone as his own fingertip pressed down on Severus’ and wiggled its way inside the tight channel.

Severus had never felt so possessed, so utterly controlled, or so aroused. He shuddered as Harry’s finger slid in next to his own. He whimpered and gasped as Harry pulled their fingers out slowly, then gently pushed back in. They set a slow rhythm, in and out, brushing against his prostate on the in stroke, twisting gently on the out.

After several minutes of this, Harry pulled his own finger out, telling Severus to add a second finger, then left him to continue on his own. Severus felt Harry move into a sitting position behind him and knew he was being watched. He shifted on the bed, giving Harry a better view. He continued his slow rhythm, his heart racing from sexual tension, his mind circling over the power Harry held over him. It was just as euphoric, if not more so, as the touch Harry started.

Harry reached down into the jar of slick and again covered his fingertips. Leaning forward he spread the slick substance over Severus’ other two fingers, before leaning back and coating his cock with the lubrication left on his hand. “Add another finger for me, and fuck yourself hard with them. I want you fucking all four fingers before I enter you.”

Harry saw Severus watching him as he slowly stroked his own cock, anticipation, desire, and fear still warring for dominance in his eyes. “Don’t you worry, my Severus. You’re going to love having my cock stroking inside of you. I can’t wait to feel those walls of yours clenching around me; can’t wait to pound into that arse and claim you as mine.”

Severus couldn’t suppress a low moan at Harry’s possessive words. He gingerly pressed a third finger against his opening and, wincing slightly from mild pain, pushed it in next to the other two. He stopped his movement and allowed himself a moment to adjust. It had been a long time since he had engaged in intercourse. He wasn’t sure he could accommodate four fingers anymore, but he would follow Harry’s orders and do as he asked, just to keep the feeling of being wanted alive for as long as possible.

Harry moved so that he could lie facing Severus, and captured the older wizard’s mouth with his own once again in a deep, searing kiss. Meanwhile his still-slickened hand snaked down to capture Severus’ half hard cock. His hand slid up and down the shaft, teasing Severus into full arousal.

“That’s it,” he whispered against Severus’ lips, encouraged by the low moans that again were emanating from his partner, “Now add the fourth. I want you so needy that for once you stop thinking.”

Severus was breathing hard as he nodded briskly, his eyes locked with Harry’s. He bit back a whimper and tried not to let his pain show as he worked the last finger in, adjusting himself on the bed to reach better and force his fingers deeper. The pain receded very quickly and gave way to a wave of desire and arousal he had never felt before. He stared deep into Harry’s eyes, searching for mischief or deceit, but only found deep longing and passion.

He gasped, feeling his orgasm mounting and wanted to warn Harry to stop caressing him before he exploded, but he was pretty sure Harry didn’t want him to speak and that the younger wizard knew exactly what he was doing. He began panting harder and louder as he neared his much needed release.

Harry could feel Severus tensing with need, and seeing his partner finally submitting to the pleasurable sensations that he was feeling, was nearly Harry’s undoing. “Fuck. No more waiting; need to be in you now,” he rasped.

Abruptly he stopped his ministrations, his hand moving from Severus’ cock to still the fingertips that were now pumping so enthusiastically in and out of the Potions Master’s body. He tugged at Severus’ hand, encouraging him to remove his fingers, and moved so that he was kneeling between Severus’ splayed legs.

“I think you should just about be spread enough for me now,” Harry said with a small smirk and ran his fingertip lightly over Severus’ anus.

Severus glanced down at Harry’s cock, then raised an eyebrow to Harry, his eyes glittering. “You flatter yourself,” he said with only a touch of real sarcasm and a fair bit of humor.

Harry was shocked by the sharp wit that he hadn’t seen from Severus in a long time. He didn’t know if he should laugh, or punish the man for the mild insult. Before he could decide, he was distracted by Severus softly moaning his name while Harry’s fingers continued to caress his entrance. He decided to ignore the comment and settled a pillow beneath Severus’ hips. He leaned down over his lover to kiss him tenderly, his cock nudging at Severus’ entrance. “Tell me you want me to do this. Submit to me, Severus and I promise I’ll always take care of you.”

“Yes, make love to me, Harry,” Severus said without hesitation. He stared deeply into Harry’s eyes, his cool hand on his warm cheek. He had never willingly given himself to anyone, but there was no uncertainty, no doubt about what he was doing now. “Take me, Harry. Make me yours. Take care of me,” he whispered.

Severus’ plea stopped Harry cold; with those words Harry knew that Severus had submitted to him fully. He could feel the crackling along his spine as his innate magic reacted to Voldemort’s Mark, starting to build to the crescendo it would need to destroy the link with the powerful evil wizard. Harry wondered, not for the first time, if it was right to make this life or death decision for Severus.

Though it hadn’t started out that way, in his heart of hearts, Harry knew that he had fallen deeply in love with the Potions Master. Harry could only hope that his love, the bond, and the child that they would create together would give him the opportunity to convince Severus that the words he was about to speak were the absolute truth, and not part of some machination to free him from Voldemort and save his life.

“I will, angel,” Harry whispered against Severus’ lips, his eyes clouding over with tears as he canted his hips forward a bit, his cockhead pushing against the loosened muscle. “You will be mine for always.”

Harry’s eyes fluttered shut, as he slowly sunk into the tight, velvet heat of Severus’ body. He felt Severus’ legs cinching around his waist, and he leaned forward even more, capturing Severus’ hands with his own, lacing their fingers together, pressing his forehead against the Potions Master’s as he tried to control the urge to simply ram into the willing body beneath him.

After the act was completed, Severus would know exactly how manipulated he had been, and their lives would be irrevocably changed. If there was one memory Harry wanted Severus to take away from this night, it was that their lovemaking was different from all of Severus’ other horrid experiences. With that thought in mind, Harry continued to enter inch by inch, listening to Severus for sounds of discomfort, until at last he was fully seated inside his lover’s body.

“You feel so bloody good, so tight.” Harry lifted up a bit and opened his eyes, taking in the look of rapture on Severus’ flushed face. “Gods, you’re beautiful. I love you… so very much,” he whispered.

Severus\' breath caught in his throat at Harry\'s words. He tried to find his voice to tell his young lover that he loved him as well, but couldn\'t manage to work his lips and tongue. With one small move on Harry\'s part, all rational thought was swept away into a wave of pure pleasure. All he was able to do was gasp and shudder, his back arched up off the bed as his prostate was assaulted when Harry began to gently rock in and out of him. He tightened his grip around Harry’s fingers, his legs locking around Harry\'s waist, and he moved his hips in time with Harry\'s careful thrusts.

After all the anticipation that had led up to this final step, Harry knew he couldn’t last long. Harry pumped into Severus time and time again, angling his thrusts to make sure that Severus achieved the maximum pleasure that he could from the coupling, and trying to stave off the inevitable as long as possible.

As their lovemaking built to its climax, so did the magic that was swirling around them, and finally Harry knew that he couldn’t hold out any longer, feeling his orgasm rapidly approaching. One hand moved to encircle Severus’ length, but froze in midair as Harry felt the stirring of Dark Magic coursing through the Mark. Growling with frustration as he saw Severus’ face contort with pain, he moved his hand instead to cover the Mark.

“He is not fucking welcome here in our bed,” Harry growled out through clenched teeth. “The Dark Lord is no longer allowed to subjugate you. You are MINE,” he shouted. With one final thrust he spilled into Severus, feeling the other wizard clenching around his shaft as he too came, streams of pearly seed decorating their chests.

Severus was too possessed by orgasmic bliss and pain to notice the shift in magic as it twisted around them like a tornado. As he reached his limit and was thrust over it, he screamed out Harry\'s name, which seemed to weave into the magic itself, though he never detected it.

Severus grunted with his release, then blinked up into Harry\'s shining eyes for a moment before the darkness could pull him into its warm arms. Something felt different, but he couldn\'t grasp what it was. He let himself fall into the soft mattress and into a deep sleep.

~TBC~

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Authors\' Notes: We are SOOOO sorry that this has taken so long to update. Unfortunately, Taran has had some RL health issues that have caused us some long delays in posting. We thank you so much for your continued support and kind reviews.

By the way, in case anyone\'s keeping up - Taran is writing Severus\' part, while Maggie is writing Harry\'s. Just FYI. lol

Review Replies: Thanks to all our wonderful reviewers:

Selene S. Snape - We\'re thrilled that you like all we\'ve written. Thank you so much for your sweet reviews. And of COURSE, we acknowledged you! :D

alliekatgal - *bows heads in shame* We\'re soo sorry we stopped at such a bad place. Does this chapter make up for it? *blinks innocently*

antipyro - Don\'t worry. Dear Harry is running on adrenaline and autopilot. After the act, he\'ll have to deal with all of the ramifications of what he\'s done. A little bout of ranting will be quite in order, as well as a load of guilt.

Amelia - We graciously accept your chocolates! :D They\'re our favorite pairing too!

miststalker - We\'re sooo sorry! *wipes tear* Don\'t damn us, please! *bats eyelashes* As far as the pregnancy goes though, you may not see much cuddling. This is going to be a very hard rift to mend between the two. We suspect most of the pregnancy will be spent apart. Gotta love angst. lol

lilith - Yep, we\'ll be sure to clarify that, but someone, who is as yet unmarked, is spying for the Order. Any guesses? *blinks innocently* And no, it\'s not Draco. He came out publicly and voiced his choice to stand against his father and Voldie.

blackdragonmistress - Thanks! Hope this was worth the wait.

Marie - Thank you so very much.

Melody Demort - Yep! Finally happened. We love you too!

ScarletTearsOfHope - Ahhh... a Voldie voodoo doll! Loving that idea. *smirk* And we truly didn\'t mean to make it a cliffie, this chapter was supposed to be out ages ago. *looks around guiltily*

War-chan - Nuff of a lemon? *smirks* We enjoyed your cheer, btw. LOL

fragonknight01 - Thank you so much. We truly enjoy writing all takes on his personality, especially this abused, vulnerable side.

ink tears - LOTS of angst to come. Enjoy this brief respite of joy while you can.

pink panther - Thanks so much. Yep, poor dearie. *pets Severus*

dRagOn QueEn - You like??

peNNy - Oh, Harry\'s going to go through HELL as the focal point for Severus\' rage, but he\'s got a lot of fight in him too.

snarry lOver - Twas that enough sex?? *blinks innocently*

Nelver - Yes, we couldn\'t resist all the little affectionate touches and gestures. And YES, we know exactly what you\'re talking about... having a scalp that\'s really sensitive so brushing it is actually painful to the person. Thankfully, Sev liked it. :D

Sailor Sol - Us?? Experience?? With Dom/Sub??? Surely you jest! We\'re both the absolute virginal types who... *bursts into spontaneous giggles* Oh who the hell are we kidding!

Hazel - Did this help? *smirk* Descriptive enough?? Had we described ALL of those acts this would have been a 50 chapter story. lol

smiling cat - Thanks so much.

water - Glad you\'re enjoying it.

the name game - That\'s a cool name! But actually, there is truly a reason for the name choice, and Melody came pretty close to it in the review she left after yours. This will be illuminated a bit more in the following chapters, but here\'s the gist. The Dark Mark is set up as a Domination Bond, it has a Domino Effect to it. When Voldemort lost his powers when Harry was a child, the Mark withered away, losing it\'s \"power\" as well. You\'ll remember that in one of the books it was mentioned that after Voldemort\'s defeat, lots of witches and wizards came out of imperius spells, etc (or at least pretended to so they wouldn\'t be prosecuted for helping Voldie). Anyways, it was surmised by core Order members then, that when Voldemort was killed, all of his marked followers would die as well (a so-called domino effect, aka, they\'d all fall like dominos.) That help?

Melody Demort - Yep, here, alive, and pretty well. LOL