Tittle:: In the Rain
Author:: SeulWolfe/Calanor
Disclaimer:: Jk Rowling owns the Harry Potter world, I just play in it from time to time. Lemon drop??
Summary:: Severus is alone after Harry's disappearance. His coping and where has he gone?
A/N:: I have idea where its going.. not sure how to get there.. just bare with me.. there is also art that goes with this done by Mystkytten.. Also you may blame this bunny on Atypicalsnowman, she was talking about Severus' barefeet.. and this story came from that... Thanks to Morganlefaye1958 and the Yahoo group, Severus *sighs*.

Part 1

Severus sat his glass of red wine off to the side the moment he heard rumbles in the distance. Then the subtle light flashing that came with a thunderstorm.

Severus closed his eyes, recalling moments in his life with him. He always loved Thunderstorms. Loved dancing in the rain as it poured from the heavens. Severus often called him a fool over such sentimental rubbish.

Words, that even now made Severus cringe and regret saying, but they often led to them doing some of their most heartfelt lovemaking, in the bedroom, or whatever room they happen to be in at that moment.

Severus' eyes opened when the crashing thunder shook the small cottage. He stood up and strode off towards the front door. He didn't stop to put on his shoes or even grab a cloak. He just kept on walking into the cold pouring rain in his bare feet. He put his head back, stretched out his arms and just let it rain down on him as the tears began to fall.

His Harry would never dance in the rain again.

He would never have the chance to kiss his beloved Harry in the rain.

The chance had passed him by and Severus couldn't take back those moments.

How could he when Harry was gone.....

Part 2
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Severus lay in the big bed alone after his dance in the rain. His wallowing in grief at missing his lover, had to come to an end before it ate him up completely, until there would be nothing but a hollow shell of a man left.

What was he to do?

Harry was missing. Had been for almost a year, along with Miss Granger and Mr. Weasley.

The war was over. While working on strategies to defeat the enemy, they had taken what they had built together and made a life in this modest cottage. A quiet life away from the world. Harry would leave everyday by Apparition to Uni, where he met Miss Granger for classes. Then one day, Harry didn't come home.

Hours later, Severus Apparated himself to Granger's flat, where she lived behind her parent's home. She was nowhere to be found either. A sinking feeling in his chest led him to Ron Weasley's.

The youngest Weasley male had his own flat near the Ministry in London where he worked as an Auror. Unfortunately, there was no sign of him either, and according to his neighbors, he hadn't been seen for a few days. The sinking feeling turned into fear as he sent off a Patronus message to Albus.

That had been a year ago, and there had been no sighting of Harry or his two friends in that time.

The Auror's searched and found nothing. Alastor said it was like they were there one moment and gone in the next. They knew they were still alive just by the magic of their will scrolls were spelled to activate only on the event of their deaths.

Severus pulled the covers tighter around him as he thought of the coming day. Tomorrow would mark the one year anniversary of their disappearance. He watched the single candle burn; the one he'd kept burning night after night since that day, waiting for him to come back from wherever he had gone.

Tomorrow he would get up and go about his day as if nothing was wrong, wearing his pride and persona like a well made armor, hiding his pain.