Treasure

This will be a collection of one shots based off of an established relationship between Harry and Snape. They are married, living together, and these are the things going on in their day-to-day life. Some of them, such as this very first story, shall be continued in a multitude of one-shots. Others shall be sepeate and individual. Most of them will easily earn an M rating for graphic sexual content. The title Big Brother comes from my favourite reality TV show, in which cameras and microphones record everything that the people living in the house do, 24/7. This is what I shall be doing here with these one-shots, so I thought that the name was appropriate. I'm aiming to have a hundred of them, so stay tuned, and enjoy.

Severus growled and raised his newspaper higher as the 'beep, beep' came his way. He frowned and pretended to be immersed in his reading, though in reality he was too busy cursing the younger man rushing around the backyard.

"I think I've found something!" Harry called to him in excitement.

Severus grunted and took a sip of his tea, pointedly refusing to look over at his partner.

"Oh, forget it," Harry said in disappointment. "It's just part of the lawn mower."

"What is part of our lawn mower doing on the ground?" Severus demanded, looking over before he could help himself.

"It's just a piece of the handle that chipped off," Harry said. He picked up a small object and came over to Severus. Holding open his palm, he revealed a piece of metal that glinted in the sunlight.

Severus sighed and returned to his journal. "Terrible Muggle appliances."

"You know what I love the most about my metal detector?" Harry asked, ignoring his comment. "It has a grip right here, so that if I find something good, I don't drop it."

"Why in the world would you drop it?" Severus asked.

"In case it's something really good and I get excited," Harry said defensively.

When Severus offered no further comment, Harry continued to explore the backyard. Severus could hardly believe that Harry had won the stupid thing. When his lover had first tried to explain to him the entire concept of winning a prize off of a Coke can, he had given it up as Muggle foolishness. How could one simply drink from a can and have a prize appear? But when Harry had typed the number found on his drink into the computer, Severus had been the first to hear the wonderful news: he had won a metal detector!

"Metal detector?" Severus had asked, hardly taking his eyes off of the dish he was rinsing off. "What would you want a metal detector for?"

"To detect metal," Harry had then replied with a roll of his eyes.

And so, true to the website's promise, the charming prize had arrived in the mail three weeks later. Severus had been mildly fascinated by it at first: Muggles could hardly go out and grab a Niffler, and so they no doubt needed some way of finding treasure. But the metal detector's novelty had worn off about fifteen minutes into its use, and now the constant beeping was threatening to drive Severus insane.

Harry came next to him and began to run the smooth side of his toy along Severus' arm.

"Not metal," he determined. He then stuck it next to the man's belt, and the telltale beep went off. "Metal."

Severus put down his newspaper and scowled angrily as Harry continued his investigation.

"Harry," he finally said through gritted teeth, "are you done?"

Harry ignored him, however, and moved the detector near his crotch. When it did not make any noise, Harry smirked and said, "Not metal."

"Did you expect otherwise?" the Potions Master snapped.

"Well, it's pretty big, you know," Harry told him, running the detector down his husband's pant leg. "It could have been fake."

Severus snorted. "It isn't, I assure you."

"Probably is," Harry replied.

"Your bloody gadget just proved otherwise," Severus said, glaring at the latter in disgust.

"Maybe you got implants or something made out of real skin," Harry shot back.

"Would you like to check?" Severus snorted, going to take another sip of his tea.

"Yes," Harry answered immediately.

Snape laughed and shook his head. "I'm sure you would. Go on and play with your toy, now."

"No, I want to check," Harry said. He dropped the metal detector and eyed Severus with a certain amount of lust in his eyes.

"Harry, really, it's the middle of the afternoon and we're in the backyard," Severus scolded him sharply.

"I'm not sleeping with you if your penis isn't your own," Harry teased.

"You can check later," Severus said. He made to resume his reading when he felt two strong hands on his wrists.

"Now," Harry whispered.