Meddling

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A/N OK, pathetic excuse time. I\'ve just gotten a new job after being responsibility-free for the last 2 months and it\'s really cut into my Staring-Blankly-At-A-Word-Document time, and most of the last week I haven\'t been able to be at home during the day because of all the machinery digging up the backyard. Many many many thanks to Serenitas for giving me the will and confidence to get my bum back into gear. Onward and upward!

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‘Oh that’s just bloody brilliant that is’ a crash followed the voice from the next room. ‘How come he gets to pass out? I would LOVE to pass out right about now.’ Another metallic bang echoed from what must be the kitchen. ‘Where did I put the fucking teapot?’

Snape sat up groggily and promptly slid off the leather couch. With a groan he rubbed at the back of his head where he had hit the floor in his earlier abrupt decent, and at his tailbone as he attempted to stand. Cool air rushed over his body making goosebumps sprto lto life and he realised he was no longer in his dressing gown. A throw-rug was pooled at his feet and he wrapped its warm length back around himself and went to investigate the source of the clanging diatribe.

He lent against the doorframe and coughed politely. The woman’s head flew out of the cupboard she had been rummaging in and flushed to the roots of her red hair.

‘Miss Weasley?? Oh sweet Circe, surely not?’ Snape choked out the words that stuck in his throat.

‘Oh, you’re awake, good… how are you feeling? You cracked your head pretty well, so uhh… let me check for concussion.’ She quickly crossed the room, her short steps betraying how nervous she was. He tried to back away but she grabbed him by the throw-rug and made himd dod down slightly so she could check his pupils. But when she reached for his face she sprang back and shook her hand, startled by the static shock that her touch had elicited. Snape rubbed his cheek thoughtfully and began to chuckle to himself. All traces of his previous pains were gone.

‘Oh great, you’re cracked in the head as well, it’s not just your skull.’

‘Au contraire Miss Weasley. Now, I believe you ranted something about a cup of tea?’

She ducked her head and turnway way quickly.

‘Uhh yeah… English Breakfast, Earl Grey or Peppermint?’

‘Earl Grey and lemon if you have it.’

The redhead nodded curtly and set the tea on a tray to steep as she gathered some clean mugs and sliced a lemon. Holding the tray like a shield before her, she herded the much taller man back into the living room and directed him to sit back on the couch he had woken up on. She poured the tea for him almost ceremoniously, sliding the mug towards him and holding out the saucer with lemon slices and a small pair on tongs before serving herself from a different pot,

Snape raised an eyebrow and inspected his tea closely, making her snort with laughter.
’m n’m not trying to poison you, although unless you’ve changed dramatically since I left school I guess I can understand you thinking that. I’m having peppermint so the caffeine doesn’t keep me awake. Is that to your satisfaction?’ She waved her mug under his nose and yelped when some of the hot liquid splashed out over her wrist. Quickly and deftly he gabbed the mug and set it aside before she could drop it, wrng hng his cool fingers around her reddened flesh before leading her into the kitchen and thrusting her arm under the cold tap, ignoring the prickles that ran up his spine as he let her go.

‘Do you have any aloe vera or cucumber in the house?’ His usual businesslike manner had returned, this was a situation he could deal with. If there was anything else in the world he knew as much about as potions, it was medical treatment. Although considering the circumstances of how he had gained such intimate knowledge he wasn’t sure if he’d rather be ignorant…

‘Uhh, in the fridge, but it’s OK, really…’

‘Nonsense Miss Weasley, you spilt freshly wand-boiled water on yourself, you need a salve on it immediately and you should take a healing potion by this afternoon to make sure you don’t blister or scar.’

‘Nonsense? You’re the one speaking nonsense, I haven’t been called Miss Weasley since I left school except by Ministry officials. You will call lik like everyone else or so help me Hades I will throw you out right now, as you are.’ She prodded him in the chest to emphasize her point.
swalswald sld slightly, he didn’t even have his wand, it had been left behind with the rest of his clothing.

‘Very well Miss… V.’ She had prodded him again at his slip of the tongue and he grabbed her hand. Her wrist was as pale and smooth as before, marred only by some few thin red and white stripes from where he had gripped her. He turned her hand over and examined her palm, his fingertips brushing lightly over the lines. Idling he noticed the fine blonde hairs that covered her arm were standing on end, and he could see that she was mildly uncomfortable but somehow he couldn’t seem to let go of her. He had goosebumps and his skin tingled where it touched hers. He covered her hand with both of his and pulled her closer to him.

She stepped into him automatically, her face turned away. Slowly he ran his fingers over the back of her hand and up her arm, caressing her shoulder before tilting her chin up the look her ie eye eye. She stared back him, a mixture of defiance, confusion and… desire? He pulled his hands back so slowly, fingers sliding over her cheek inch by inch until he was no longer physically touching her anywhere, but his black eyes held her chocolate ones firmer then his hands ever could.

She took another reluctant step, stopping right against his chest, neverakinaking the eye contact. He couldn’t move, and she couldn’t pull away. They stood there, frozen in time for infinite seconds, or did hours pass in the blink of an eye? Until the silence was broken by a small whimper that fled from Virginia’s lips before she pressed them hard against those of her former Professor.

The kiss was simple, almost chaste even, but with that single action, Severus Snape and Virginia Weasley ceased to exist. They were merely vessels, conduits for an enormous higher power that had wrapped their souls together as their bodies now were. For a glorious instant, they knew Truth. It wasn’t something that could be explained in words, they just knew.

The rest of the world disappeared and they were naked, devouring each other silently as they moved together in that wild, ancient rhythm. Their bodies were floating in mist that buoyed them up like they were trapped inside a cloud that absorbed every sound. His mouth was open as he panted in harsh breaths, hers was buried in the base of his neck muttering encouragement of come kind as he thrust into her again and again, but no utterance of any kind reached his ears. Until the woman beneath him began to scream.

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A/N Well, most of you probably weren\'t expecting that (I should hope not anyway! I like surprises, they\'re fun) and I\'m aware that some of you are going to hate me, so please leave your name and email with a review as I\'m starting an Update Notice for anyone who wants to know when I\'ve added another chapter.

Many thanks for those who have reviewed already! And if you did recieve the Update Notice and don\'t want it, email or review and let me know! Peace

~Faerie

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