A/N; aright I know I'm evil but hey that's what happens when you go to university, your priorities are still straight they just make it so you can't deal with them. So just so we all remember these characters are not mine, I'm just borrowing them and playing! And I make no money off them, and something else I can't remember. Ok enjoy!
Precious Chapter 2
"So first off, where am I and why aren't I in the hospital wing?" Lucius had just walked in to find Severus on his stomach in the middle of the bed- staring right at Lucius. Lucius felt himself stir at the sight, he could get used to that every day, especially after school.
"You are in my private chambers. You are not in the hospital wing because there was nothing Madame Pomfrey could do for you." Lucius explained as he dropped his bag near the door and made his way to the bed.
"Why couldn't she do anything? And she was giving me a pain killer, that's helping." Lucius smiled, his mate was so cute, and so naive. Placing his hand gently on Severus' back he slowly began to stroke, causing the slight termers in Severus' wings to stop.
"Relax your back it will help. Madame Pomfrey is trained to work with wizards and witches not magical creatures. The painkillers are actually poison to you. She only gave you enough to make you weak not hurt you. You see as a veela you cannot have normal potions. All you really need is your mate." Lucius explained slowly never stopping the soothing strokes on Severus' back.
"To be honest I'm surprised you can hold your wings up."
"Why? It doesn't hurt that much." He had felt much worse.
"Do not lie. I know how much they hurt when they first come in." Severus huffed at that, he doubted it. At Severus' huff Lucius stripped off his shirt and allowed himself to change, keeping his wings folded to him so as not to brush Severus' leg and titled forward to keep them off the bed.
"Yes I have no idea at all." Lucius said sarcastically. He stood up to head to his closet to change giving his mate the sight he doubted.
Severus gasped. Lucius' hair had grown even longer reaching the middle of his back it was now almost white and Severus had no desire to mock it for looking like an old man's colour. But that wasn't the most shocking point. No the wings that forced the hair to part were. They were at least twice the size of Severus' own wings (he had checked himself out while Lucius was gone.) Not to mention they were so white it was like looking into the sun. Yet Severus couldn't look away, and the more he watched Lucius the harder he got!
"Now that you see I know what I'm talking about I can hopefully teach you."
"Hopefully? Are you insinuating that I am an idiot?" Severus snapped angrily. Pushing himself to sit back on his heels leaning forward so as to keep from bending the tips of his wings. Which he learnt very early was very painful.
"I'm not saying you are an idiot. I'm thinking that your wings maybe too new to be able to handle it. Not to mention the painkillers, weakening you." Lucius countered as he sat down on the bed, in only a pair of loose white sleep pants. Severus wanted to scowl, how come Lucius could sit straight? His wings are twice as big he should be folded in half!
"First lesson- sitting straight. You rarely do this even without your wings, but we will have to fix that. Now use the base muscles of you wings to bring them up." Lucius waited for a few moments before sighing. The wings had not moved and Severus' face was becoming scrunched in his anger. Lucius reached around his little mate, cupping the base of each wing in his hands before gently pushing Severus' wings up until he winced.
"Sorry I did not mean to harm you. They just have to be up." Sitting back Lucius wanted to chuckle. Peeking over Severus' head was his wing's tips- one was just slightly lower than the other and as he watched it, it started to slowly slide back down. Obviously one was stronger.
"Alright let us do this quick, lift your wings- now push the tops forward toward your back and push the tips out, away from your back. Without opening your wings." Lucius demonstrated first before watching Severus –who was shacking.
Severus' wings were throbbing with pain, but he could tell that Lucius wanted him to be strong and push through the pain, as it stood Severus had been through worse pain, he could deal just fine with this pain. But even just holding them up was taking all his concentration: but moving them forward just wasn't an option. Every time he would try to push out the bottom of his wings, they would flutter in an attempt to fully open which Severus would counter by forcing them to stop and slamming them straight against his back- completely counterproductive.
Lucius smiled, his mate was so cute. He could see Severus was trying very hard, yet getting no were was frustrating his mate, which caused him to make the cutest faces. Positioning his hands over Severus' wings, he pushed them into the position he was attempting to teach Severus, allowing him to feel the movements and the stretches in his wings that would allow him to complete the motion in the future. Lucius pushed his hand on the top of Severus' wing down towards his back, while his other hand gently lifted the bottom of the wings, or so he attempted.
The light touches hurt but even more so it aroused Severus. Not knowing what to do, having never felt arousal before let alone pain and arousal mixed, Severus simply collapsed his torso falling forward onto his knees covering himself so Lucius would not see his now, hidden arousal. He really didn't need Lucius to see him. Before Severus could calm himself he felt arms scoop him up under his legs and around his back, under his wings. Looking up he noticed Lucius was cradling him against his chest.
"Will I ever look normal?" Severus asked barley above a whisper- he had enough low self-esteem issues.
"What's normal?" Lucius asked back raising his perfectly sculpted eyebrow.
"Human."
"Once your wings are strong enough, I will teacher you how to transform back into your human form. But until then you look perfect, no matter what form you take, you are beautiful to me."
"Why can't you teach me now? And how much stronger? How long will it take to get stronger? I don't think it's very productive to go around school with them. Not to mention they would never fit under my robes." Severus rambled on, ignoring the complement, until Lucius gently placed his hand over Severus' mouth. He couldn't help chuckling at his little mate.
"A week is the normally efficient amount of time for wings to strengthen. As it stands you can barely-" Lucius had to stop and chuckle as both of Severus' wings dropped down his back, falling so the edges brushed both Lucius' leg and the floor.
"You cannot even hold them up. It will take about a week. If not more due to the weakness the potion has caused." Lucius explained, a small smile tugging at the corner of his lips.
"What? I can't go to class like this!" Severus panicked causing his wings to flair out almost forcing him from Lucius' lap. Lucius quickly tightened his arm around Severus back and side, holding Severus to his chest and on his lap.
"You will not be going. We will do as all veela do, and you will stay home." Severus started to shake. He couldn't go home. His dad would kick him out or try to rip his wings off- if Lucius gentle touches made them hurt he didn't want to feel even a feather pulled out let alone the whole wing right off his back! As Severus started to shake Lucius gathered him in his arms pressing him as close to his chest as he possibly could.
"You will not be going to your parents. I meant you will be staying in my rooms for the week." Lucius spoke quietly rubbing his hands soothingly over Severus' back, avoiding his wings completely.
"W-Why-" Severus swallowed attempting to clear the lump from his throat.
"Why do veela's stay home for a week anyways?" Severus questioned quietly. He was still shaking from the thought of going back to his parent's house.
"We can talk about this later, let us go get dinner." Lucius went to stand and put Severus on his feet, but Severus hand gripping his arm stopped him. Looking down he noticed Severus' intelligent eyes staring up at him, demanding him to answer.
"Your thirst for knowledge is astounding." As scared as he had been moments ago, all he could think of now was his answer.
"Well why would you hide it? Oh Merlin, you did say a week? What about my school work? I cannot take a full week off!" Severus panicked anew, making Lucius chuckle.
"I will have the Evans gir-"
"Lily." Severus corrected.
"I will have Lily collect your work and bring it. Alright?" Severus wrenched himself from Lucius' hold and started to pace ignoring how his wing tips just brushed the ground.
"No, no, not alright. What if she sees me like this?" Who knew he would have such an easily panicked mate? Sighing Lucius stood wrapping his mate in his arms and wings.
Severus looked up into those cool blue eyes and felt the calm over take his nerves. Is this what having a mate feels like? Safe and…cared for? Severus thought snuggling farther into the warmth that was his mate's chest.
"She will not see you. I will have her deliver them to the Slythern common rooms or to me at the meals." Severus wouldn't be able to ever explain it, but in that moment Severus felt hurt and slightly abandoned. He tried to pull back from the chest he seemed to be crushed to but was caught and pulled back to Lucius' hard, warm, chest.
"Come on let us go eat." Lucius carried Severus into the little kitchenette, were the table had been filled with mouth-watering foods. Lucius sat down with Severus on his lap instead of allowing Severus to sit by himself in the only other chair. He had been away from his mate all day; there was no way that he was going to allow Severus to go farther than an arm's length away now.
"Lucius?" Severus protested slightly he was not a child, he could sit in his own chair. But he could not deny that the closeness felt nice even if he still felt hurt and wanted to sit by himself.
"Hmm my sweet little mate." Lucius practically purred as he snuggled into Severus neck. He could feel that Severus was uneasy but ignored it in favour of his snuggling. He would have to leave later to perform his Prefect duties but he was reluctant to do so. Severus could do nothing but accept the snuggling for now, so he pulled a plate over along with the Sheppard's pie, severing himself a portion before digging in, attempting to ignore the nose rooting through his hair.
Dinner was a quite affair with Severus eating his fill (which Lucius vowed to increase) while Lucius picked at his food being more focused on memorizing Severus neck, jaw, ears, hair and shoulders along with his scent.
After dinner was finished Lucius dragged Severus back into the bedroom and laid them both down on the bed for some more snuggling, his wings wrapped firmly around them both.
"Lucius I've slept-" Severus was interrupted by his own yawn.
"Slept all day. Can't we go for a walk?" Even as he said it Severus closed his eyes and snuggled closer.
"That would be a very short walk- seeing as it would only be around these rooms." Lucius said as he pulled Severus closer. He just wanted to rest with his mate before he had to leave again.
"Why can we not go to the garden?" Severus asked, pulling away slightly. He hated being confined, let alone to four rooms.
"Severus-" Lucius sounded tired but stern. He really did not want to have this conversation.
"Why?" Severus demanded, pushing out and away from Lucius' arms and wings. If they were going to be mates, then Lucius would hide nothing from him. He knew he was technically Lucius property and in that Lucius did not have to tell him anything but Lucius said he would treat him equally. Equality to Severus meant no secrets.
"Hunters." Lucius finally said after sighing and pushing himself up to a sitting position.
"W-what? We aren't animals, why would we be hunted?" Severus stuttered out. Lucius sighed again, gesturing for Severus to come closer. When he refused and started pacing Lucius sighed again but let his mate be.
"No we are not, but our instincts can become quite violent-animalistic even. For example, if anyone was to harm you I would rip their heads off without a second thought. I would also not feel guilty after the fact." Lucius said coldly, not liking even the thought of Severus being hurt.
"There is also the fact that our feathers go for a very pretty galleon, and to top even that off male veela are extremely rare. It would cost someone a good fortune to buy a male veela on the black market." Severus had long since stopped pacing to stare at Lucius.
"That is why most veela's stay at home for a week. This way their parents can teach them. Well there is also the part but it is mainly protection. How do you feel about going to Malfoy Manor for a week?" Lucius suddenly asked, an odd light coming into his eyes.
"Why?" Was all Severus could force out. It did effectively cover everything, why would they be worried about hunters in Hogwarts? Why would Lucius ship him- a half blood- to Malfoy Manor for a week? Why would anyone want to buy a male veela? And why did it hurt his chest to think of Lucius abandoning him, even for a week?
"Come here, please, Severus." Lucius asked holding his hand out but at Severus negative head shake Lucius asked again, it came out almost a plea. That was what got Severus moving over to be wrapped in Lucius' arms and wings again. Severs was starting to feel like a child.
'Feathers are used in charms. Male veelas 'charm' works on both sexes unlike a female veelas, making them great for starting cults. Yes hunter's children- who have been trained- go to Hogwarts. Lastly my parents could teach you better then I." Lucius wanted to growl that was a hard truth to admit too.
None of that mattered to Severus. Hunters in Hogwarts! Now I need to get back to my old self all the more quickly. Severus panicked silently. But no way am I going to Malfoy Manor!
"How does one go about drawing their features in?" Severus timidly asked.
"You simply pull your wings in. But it takes a good deal of strength that no one has the day after their inheritance, so do not try it." Lucius warned. I will not have him in pain.
"Are you tired now?"
"A little." Severus confessed, feeling all the more like a child- if this is what their mating did he would surly kill someone in the next week. He hated being babied.
"Then sleep my little mate I will protect you." Lucius vowed pulling Severus down and pulling the blanket up over their shoulders before wrapping his wings around them cocooning them. It only took a few moments for Severus to fall asleep, but Lucius stayed with him until he was sure Severus would not wake up only then did he slip out of the bed and headed out to patrol.