Sorry for the location change but I like it better this way.
Harry dug in the sand. He was hot , sweaty, and dying of thirst but he didn't care. He kept working. He'd been doing Archaeology work since he'd been 13 and run from Hogwarts and the British Wizarding World. He'd sworn off all magic after the war and thrown himself fully into the Muggle world. He hadn't had any contact with anyone from Wizarding Britain since. It had been 24 years. He was 37 and well known in the Muggle World for his Archaeological knowledge. He kept working. He was currently in the Israel desert.
"Hey, Allen!" one of the people he was working with called, "Don't you think you need to take a break? "
"These ruins aren't going to uncover themselves." Harry scoffed. "I have a good feeling about this ."
"You need to eat." A man leaned against part of the ruin they had already uncovered. He lit a cigarette and looked at the younger man who didn't look a day over 20. The man had bronze skin, he was tall and well muscled. He had brilliant green eyes, and messy black hair. He'd worn glasses when he'd started but had since gotten laser eye surgery and had fixed them. "Come on, kid, it's time for a break. "
Harry sighed and stood up cracking his back.
"Is the new guy here?"
"Aye." the man nodded. "The Healer arrived this morning."
Harry stilled.
"Healer?"
"Thas' what they're calling 'em."
Harry cursed. He'd sworn off magic and they'd gone and gotten a Healer. He knew he'd been hired by some Isreali Wizards this time around so he guessed it made sense. But he still wasn't ready for who he met when he entered the main tent. He froze as he came face to face with one Severus Snape. Harry drew a breath silently and was thanking Merlin he no longer had his scar. Maybe the man wouldn't recognize him.
"Ah. Mr. Raven." one of the men he was working for said. "This is Severus Snape. He's a Healer..."
"You mean a doctor right?" Harry asked,
"No, " Severus drawled, "You know very well he means Healer...Mr. Raven."
'Damn!' Harry cursed, 'He recognized me!'
Harry sighed, "Why am I here?" He asked, " I'm close to recovering some of the North Wall. "
"Mr. Snape, will be rooming with you."
"Fine, " Harry scoffed, calmly, "Follow me."
Harry spun and began walking toward his tent. Severus followed.
"Potter." Harry kept walking. "Potter." Harry entered his tent knowing the man would follow. He didn't expect Severus to grab his arm and spin him around to look at him. They were the same height now. "Potter, what are you doing here?!"
"I'm the lead Archaeologist on this dig." Harry replied jerking away. "and it's Raven. Not Potter and my first name is Allen. "
"Allen Raven." Severus smirked, " Edgar Allen Poe. The Raven."
"You're the only one to figure that out." Harry threw himself on his cot. "You can set your cot up over there on the far side of the tent. " He closed his eyes. "What are you doing here?"
"I asked you first."
"I'm a Muggle now." Harry replied, " and I'm following a dream of mine from when I was a kid. "
"I'm following my own dream of making my own Potions. I was told that there were no Witches or Wizard's on site and it might be needed. This tomb..."
"Is supposed to belong to an old potion master." Harry cut him off. "Yes, I know. I did my homework. " Harry sighed and sat up. He ran fingers through his hair messing it up even more. "I ran to get away from you people. All of you. To get away from Britain and everyone and everything that happened. "
"You know they're still looking for you don't you?" Severus asked, "The war is still going on. Dumbledore keeps going on about how you are the only one who defeat him. Black and Lupin are worried sick about you. Everyone is against the Ministry which is playing dumb. "
Harry scoffed. It didn't sound as if anything had changed.
"I miss Sirius and Remus too." He admitted, "But, I can't go back. Not now probably not ever. "
"I'm not asking you to." Severus replied having set up his cot the Muggle way. "I'm glad you got away. No one should have to have the weight of all that on his shoulders. "
Harry scoffed again.
"Hey, Allen!" the same man from earlier called, "You in there?!"
"Yeah, come on in Jose." The man entered "What's up?"
"You haven't eaten. In this heat you'll die. " He gave Harry a plate and a bottle of water. Harry toasted him with his fork and began eating slowly. His stomach churned. He hardly ever ate. "I'll see you back out there then. You should take a nap and get some rest."
With that Jose left. Harry sighed, He had bags under his eyes. His childhood haunted him every time he closed his eyes. So he hardly ever slept. He ate half of what was left on the plate and drank some water. He set both on his trunk and lay down.
"I could send them an owl." Severus said, " Black and Lupin."
"No they'd tell Him where I am. " Harry rolled on to his side. "I like what I'm doing I don't want to go back."
"I'll wake you in a few hours."
"I'll wake myself in two." Harry mumbled he grabbed his ball cap and placed it over his face. He didn't wear the same kind of hats as the other guys did he preferred this ball cap. "
Severus noted Harry was soon asleep. As soon as he was sure he quickly wrote a letter and cast a Displacement Charm on it. It would go straight to Black and Lupin. He'd put several spells on them so that only those two could read them and so that they wouldn't be able to talk to anyone who didn't know what was written inside the letter. He then began setting up his side of the tent. Harry deserved to have his Godfathers and though he didn't like the two of them. They deserved to know that Harry was okay. The truth was Severus had fled Britain as well. He knew the truth about what was going on. He knew what Dumbledore was up to. So he'd talked to Tom and had been released he no longer had the Dark Mark. So he was free to come and go as he pleased.
He still remembered how crazy Dumbledore had gotten when he learned that not only was Harry gone but that he'd also emptied all of his vaults and they couldn't track them. they'd tried everything to find out where to find his vaults. Dumbledore had been fuming . He'd asked Bill Weasley to risk his job trying to find out but Bill had refused then had jumped ship and went and got a job in Israel. Severus started at that. If they ran into Bill he might recognize Harry. Those eyes were bad enough but the messy hair and the eyes were a dead give away at least for Severus. He looked over at Harry. Maybe Bill wouldn't make the connection. Harry had really grown up and filled out. Severus shook his head no he had to stop that now! He would not fall for Harry!
Sure enough Harry woke from a nightmare two hours later. He sat up and tried to calm himself down. Once he'd done that he got up and fixed his hat securely on his head. Severus blinked as Harry left the tent. He followed.
"Raven." Harry blinked at him and slowed. "You didn't sleep long and you're going back to work?"
"Yeah." Harry shrugged, " My work is very important. I thought I felt Magic around the area i was working on and don't want anyone going near there until I can determine if it's dangerous or not. "
Screaming was suddenly coming from the current site. They both ran the rest of the way to the site. Jose was laying right where Harry had been working.
"Oh, no!" Harry cried and sped up. "Everyone stay back! No one go near him!" Everyone did as he said. The men in charge advanced wands drawn telling Harry that they felt it too. "What are you doing put those away!" he hissed at them. "You'll get the Auror's brought down on us."
"everyone here knows of magic." the older of the two replied, smiling at Harry. "Though we didn't think you did."
"I meant to tell you I sensed magic here."
"So you are a Wizard?"
"I turned my back on Magic 24 years ago." Harry replied, he knelt next to Jose. He ran his hand just over the skin feeling the man's Aura. "I'm going to kill my informant. He swore this guy wasn't one to cast curses to keep us out. "
"I thought you said You did your homework." Severus teased, "not you had someone else do it."
"The nearest Wizarding Library is in Jerusalem ." The younger brother said, " We will close down until you can find out more about this."
"Right." Harry nodded. "This can be reversed. But has to be in the next hour."
Severus knelt and figured out what curse it was he began working.
"I need an object to transfer the curse into." he said. "Do you have any attachment to that hat, Raven?"
"No." Harry blinked suddenly his hat was laying on Jose's chest and Severus was putting the curse in it. " That was only the first thing I bought when I ran away from home."
Severus growled to himself . Cursing. He really hadn't had time to let Harry finish his sentence now he hated himself for it. He vowed to by the boy a new one. He figured that the boy had bought it to hide himself while he got out into London then out of the country. He hated himself in that moment.
Jose began coughing and taking deep breaths as Severus used his wand to lift the hat in to the air and set it on fire.