Manipulations and Marriage

by Eliza Snape18

Follow Eliza as she and Severus begin their courtship and the trouble that follows them. This is a story of love and the hardships that Sev and Eliza experience as Theo begins school and the Dark Lord resurfaces.

1. Prolouge

PROLOUGE

Benjamin Nott sat studying his brandy, entranced as the sweat beaded on the glass and dripped onto his carpet. He was thinking of his friend and fellow deatheater, Severus Snape. He had known Severus since his days at Hogwarts where they had been friends and dorm mates. They had both been taken with Tom and joined his ranks after graduating. It was a moment he and Sev would forever regret. He had been completely taken with a young Carolynn Shore when he had been at Hogwarts and Severus was still stuck on Lily. They had been married and not a year later had Elizabeth. She had been a difficult birth and Carolynn had been told she shouldn't have any more children. She had been content with Eliza for years but then when Eliza was eight she became pregnant once more. Ben tried to reason with her to abort the child, that she was putting her life in danger. But she refused and carried the child to term. He closed his eyes and rested his head on the back of the chair. It was after giving birth that he had lost his beloved Carolynn. It still weighed heavily on his heart and he felt tears spring to his eyes. He had named the child Theodore and raised him with Eliza's help. Eliza was going to be starting her 7th year at Hogwarts and had formed a bond with Severus that no one else had been capable of. Months after Theo had been born, the Dark Lord had been defeated the Potter child. During that time Severus had been there for Ben when he needed him and Ben knew that he had to pay him back for the long years he had been at his beck and call. Severus was a lonely man, he lost the one woman he loved a long time ago and couldn't move on. He contemplated what he could do for his best friend and suddenly it came to him. It would require Eliza's consent and would depend on if he could convince Severus. You see he was going to see to it that Severus married his daughter. Eliza always was fond of him and he had a feeling that her feelings went deeper, much deeper. Severus had been, always, Eliza's favorite companion and friend. He could convince his daughter, it was Severus who worried him.

A.N. This is something that has been whirling through my mind for awhile. Please let me know if you like it so far and if I should continue.