The Arrangement

Disclaimer: All characters and places belong to J.K. Rowling. I am merely using them for my own
amusement.

A/N: I have several chapters of this story written but as it is a WIP I will only be posting one a week
so that I will have a chapter to post without a long wait.

The Arrangement

Prologue

James Potter made his way out of Hogwarts Castle under his invisibility cloak. He was glad the full
moon wasn’t for another week. Despite this fact he was headed for the Whomping Willow and the
passage to the Shrieking Shack.

It was the night before his and his love’s graduation from Hogwarts and he had something he had to
do. He did not want to be separated from the one he loved and was preparing to make it known to
his one true love- his soul mate.

As soon as he was in the passage under the willow he took off the cloak and began to run to the
shack. A few minutes later he reached the entrance and stopped to catch his breath. He slowly
opened the door and made his way up the stairs. When he reached the top, he made his way to the
room Remus often slept in the day after the full moon.

When James entered the room he saw Severus Snape and both mens faces lit up with smiles. The
gap between them was quickly closed. They wrapped each other tightly in their arms and stayed
that way for several minutes.

James slowly pulled out of the embrace to look into Severus’ eyes. James took a hold of Sev’s
hands and led him over to the bed in the middle of the room. Once Sev was sitting on the edge of the
bed James dropped to one knee and pulled a small velvet box out of his pocket.

“Sev, I love you so much. I’m tired of sneaking around with you. I want the whole world to know
that we are together. Would you do me the honor of bonding with me so I can show the whole world
who I belong to?”

Severus just sat there looking at James for several minutes. James was beginning to think Sev was
going to turn him down when Severus finally spoke.

“Are you sure about this James? You know how Headmaster Dumbledore feels about 2 wizards
bonding.”

“What can the headmaster possibly do to us? We’re graduating in the morning. He can’t stop us
from spending the rest of our lives together.” James said soothingly, hoping Severus would say yes.

“Oh, James. I would love to bond with you and spend the rest of my life with you.”

James slipped a plain gold band onto Severus’ hand and then leaned forward to kiss him. Sev had
just made him the happiest man on the earth.