A/N: Hello, all "The Serpent's Kiss" readers and perhaps some others? This is not a full story – it is a series of one-shots/drabbles excerpted from the T-rated Serpent's Kiss during scenes where I could explore further the more intimate and explicit moments in Severus Snape's relationship with Dinah Samson, my OC and the new Muggle Studies professor. I have referenced where each chapter comes from in the main story, for orientation purposes and so that nobody has to read any spoilers if they don't want to, because there definitely will be spoilers if you weren't all the way caught up to the chapter in question. Just a warning I do not read a lot of romance novels so my descriptions may not be quite like those that are found in the popular literature. My friend who writes the co-story "Don't Leave Me", CommanderValeria, will be releasing her own "Bonus" story soon and she reads a lot more romance novels so her descriptions may be a bit more "conventional" than mine, I really have no clue. The main thing is that I know how everything "works", right? Lol. For those who don't know, Severus and Dinah are currently sixteen years old due to a potion they took that returned them to teenagers. Just so you know what you're imagining here. Also, FYI, this first chapter is not exceedingly different from the one in the story; I just included extra, "bonus" details here and there. Some of the later editions in this fanfic will have scenes completely ignored in the main file, so totally brand-new stuff. Enjoy and please review!

FROM: CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED - Intimacy

She wasn't worried about him not being hungry this time because neither was she. She felt a moan escaping her throat as his fingers found the small of her back, and she leaned forward, her body moving of its own accord as she slid her fingers down his shoulders to rest on his chest, and then found his buttons again, this time successfully undoing the top few as his hands slid along her hips to her thighs.

"Mm, Dinah," he murmured, flinching slightly when her fingers first rested upon the tiny bit of bare chest that had been revealed underneath the neck of his frock coat. Dinah found herself staring, a little open-mouthed. This was the most she'd ever seen of his body, save his arm with the dark mark on it that he'd shown her once as an adult to make a point about Voldemort.

She'd felt him before, though, and she was feeling him again now when he pulled her to him to straddle his lap, his fingers searching for the buttons on the back of her dress, undoing them to the point where he was able to slide the top down, revealing her bare shoulders and the straps of her bra.

"Dinah, I have never- " he stammered, an expression of awe on his face which quickly vanished and was replaced by determination as his head came forward again, his lips kissing her neck in a thousand places and wandering towards her collarbone, as his hands lightly caressed the bare skin of her shoulders, taking in the sensations which she knew were probably very new to him.

"Severus. Severus," she moaned, clutching his waist, pulling him to her, squirming with arousal at the feeling of him hard against her as her eyes shut in ecstasy and her foot again crept up his leg, while a tiny voice inside of her tried to warn her of something. What was it trying to warn her about? She couldn't think, couldn't think of it at all. The most that managed to occur to her was that they were still out on the Hogwarts grounds, and she forced herself to draw back from him to meet his eyes. "Severus... public place..."

He growled and cast a few quick protective spells, drawing his wand in a circle around them, and adding a bit more Incendio to the fire to perk it up, heating up the cold air to the point where it felt more like summer than late winter. "There. We are protected. No one will be able to see or find us. Not today. Not now," his lips caught hers, his tongue forcing them open, and she responded willingly, unbuttoning the rest of his shirt and pushing it back off his shoulders, her fingers tracing the muscles of his stomach, chest, and arms as she slid the sleeves down. Her own dress, by this time, was removed to her waist.

Severus's body trembled slightly at her touch and he pulled away from her face, his dark, awestruck eyes meeting hers for a few silent, glorious moments. Then his gaze traveled down to see what he had revealed and his fingers ever-so-gently traced the bare skin of her chest, waist, and stomach. She moaned with pleasure at his touch, her own fingers reaching for him. He was beautiful, she decided. Yes, his adolescent body was gangly and awkward, but she could feel the muscles' tightness underneath his skin, preparing to finish growing and add mass, to form into those of a grown man. The man she had known a few moths ago and whose body she had still not seen. But she'd felt it. And he was already on his way there.

Severus frowned after a moment, letting his fingers leave her waist and travel to his left arm, tracing the faded dark mark. "Dinah, it's still there," he said softly.

"I know," she murmured, placing her hand over his, tracing it with him; "Don't worry. It means nothing. The youthening potion, then, isn't taking us back in time, it's simply reverting our bodies to a younger form. That's why we still have our memories and knowledge, and you still have that. We're still us. That's the main thing."

"But it's permanently... a part of me. What's the good of sending me back to this age if I can't erase it?"

"We're not supposed to erase it," she took his arm into both hands, leaning forward and placing a tender kiss on the dark mark as he moaned a little and flinched again. "It's all right. I accept this part of you. I accept every part of you. Just as you have done for me."

"Oh, Dinah..." he murmured, pulling her body to him, tangling his fingers in her hair. "You have no idea. I've never felt like this before, Dinah... this is amazing. Why... why did we wait this long?"

"I can't remember," she admitted, wrapping her arms around his bare waist again and pressing her lips to the skin of his neck, feeling his body jolt with pleasure, his arms tightening around her and wandering across her skin with a light, sensual touch.

"Severus," she moaned again, letting herself lean back as he moved forward, his body half over hers, his hands sliding down her hips again to her legs, and then sliding back up. Slowly, hesitantly, as if he wasn't sure if he was doing this right. Her response to that was absolute. She needed this now. Her fingers grasped his wandering hand and helped it move, finally guiding it to its resting place between her legs where she hadn't felt a man's touch in years. "More..." she murmured, shifting against him as his hands gently explored, helping him to find the place where it felt the best.

"It's... good?" he asked, a slight smile playing over his lips, looking like he felt a little vindicated.

"You have no idea," she laughed a little, her fingers tracing his chest again, and then moving to rest on his full erection for the first time.

"Dinah!" he gasped, jolting again and reaching down to try and unzip his trousers to help her access him.

She smiled, wiggling against his other hand which was still with her and placing her hands over his; "I'll help. Here," she lowered the zipper and stroked him lightly. "Good?"

He moaned a little and she found that seeing that expression of pleasant strain and arousal on his face only made her wetter. "That feels so good, Dinah. You are perfect," he leaned over and captured her lips with another kiss before pulling away, smiling as his hands fumbled for the strap of her bra, finally figuring out how to remove it and slowly sliding it away from her skin, staring in wonder at the new things that he had managed to reveal. She guided his hands again to rest on her breasts. They were so soft and warm and light as they explored with interest, occasionally pausing in their search as she continued to lightly stroke him. "You know," he murmured with a slight chuckle after a bit more kissing and exploring of each other. "If you don't mind, I think I'm going to say that I lost my virginity at sixteen. I think that's valid, don't you?"

She laughed, her fingers tangled in his own black hair, now slightly damp from the intensity with which they had been exploring each other up until now. "Whatever you want. You do realize that we are doing exactly what we would be punishing the sixth-years for. Suspending them, even."

"Mm, but we have authority that they do not, regardless of what age we appear to be. It's very... satisfying to break the rules..." he smiled and pressed his lips to her neck again.

"So glad you think so," she murmured, pulling him to her so their bodies were in full contact, soothing her intense physical desire the tiniest bit as they continued their extended foreplay. She then guided his fingers from her breasts and back down between her legs to help her along. After awhile they were both undressed on the damp, cool grass. But Dinah felt too warm to notice. "Oh, um...wait, Severus. Protection."

"I have protected us," he hissed, drawing away from her lips long enough to make an agitated gesture with his head at the space around them where he had placed the spells.

"Not that kind!" she exclaimed, and after a moment he got the message.

He sighed and flicked his wand once, muttering the incantation and then tossing the stick aside where it landed near their long-untouched food, taking her back into his arms. "There," he murmured into her ear, igniting more desire within her. "Now there is nothing left to hold us back."

"Yes!" she exclaimed her agreement, turning her head and kissing him, her arms wandering back around his waist as his wrapped around her shoulders, the intensity continuing to build. They were just about to complete the final step when the little voice that had been poking at the back of her head finally got through. She forced herself to release his shoulders from her embrace and leaned back to meet his questioning gaze. "Wait, Severus – what about Lily?"

He considered her question for the briefest moment and then met her gaze with a warm smile. "You are all that I see right now."

Dinah wasn't sure if that was entirely true or not, but she didn't let it bother her. The words were enough, and he had shown no signs of stopping for a long time now. She would give him her trust. She smiled and nodded, reaching her arms out for him again and letting him have all of her.

A/N: So yeah, I know this time I didn't describe the act itself, but I just soooo love the poetic-sounding ending that I have there that I refuse to do it *stubborn expression*. Besides, maybe I ought to give them a little bit of privacy for their first time, lol. More details in the next chapter.