Unfortunately Snape's holiday ended in almost no time and he had to go back to school.

Francis drove him back to Kings Cross Station and helped him onto the train.

Before he left, he hugged Snape in a friendly way and whispered, "If something happens or it becomes too much for you, you can always go to la maison. It's yours and I bought it for things like that."

Snape nodded.

"O-Oui. Merci."

Francis pulled back and smiled at him.

"Goodbye Severus," he said seriously. "I hope to see you again sometime." Snape was confused at the sudden change of tone. "For the people who are watching," Francis whispered. "I doubt they would take our relationship well."

Severus blushed.

"Oui. I hope you have a good time in Paris."

"Merci." Francis stepped onto the platform. "Finish the rest of your school year and you'll never have to go back."

At the thought, Snape smiled.

"I will. See you soon."

The doors closed and the train started to move.

"Au revoir mon petit Anglais!" Francis called and waved.

Severus waved back until the train rounded a corner and the Frenchman was lost from view.

Giving a deep sigh, he walked into the compartment he had secured to himself and sat down near the window.

He watched the scenery pass by with a bored expression.

Yawning, he closed his eyes and leaned his head against the window.

He and Francis had been up late the night before exchanging goodbyes and he was exhausted.

It had been at least midnight before they finally fell asleep and waking up at six had not given him much time to sleep.

'I hope he spends the rest of today sleeping,' Severus thought. 'He has to be just as tired as I am.'

His mind started to drift and he wondered what Francis did when he was away.

'Does he have a job? Does he go back to Paris and wish for me to come home? Does he have someone else while I'm away?'

At that, his heart stopped momentarily.

What if Francis only wanted him because he was young and naive?

'Of course he doesn't want you just for that!' a small voice said sternly. 'He loves you. He tells you all the time. Just think of how caring he is with you!'

'Yes but also think of how long you're gone for!' a second voice pointed out. 'How is he supposed to stay abstinent for that long? Whenever you come back, the two of you are fucking like bunnies! A man like him cannot go without sex for months at a time! He HAS to have someone else! Probably several other people! You were just dumb enough to fall for him!'

Severus held his head in his hands as he tried to make sense of everything in his mind.

'No!' he thought desperately. 'He loves me! I know that!'

'He just tells you that! He's probably rich so buying a little shack like the one he got you was nothing! Just a trip to the candy store basically!'

'No! It's not true! I refuse to believe it!'

'Then you're a git who lets himself get roped in by phony smiles and false words! Come on! Look at the truth in front of you! Why would he only have you when he can have so many others! He just likes you for how young you are!'

'Stop it!' he begged. 'Stop it! Please! I can't take it!'

'Own up already! It-!'

His internal ramblings were interrupted by the door to his compartment sliding open.

"Hello Snivellus," Potter said coolly as he lounged in the doorway. "Have a nice holiday?"

Snape nodded, a little confused.

"Y-Yes. Why-?"

"That's good to hear," Potter said to cut him off. "We just came to ask about that man who picked you up. Is he a friend?"

He looked innocently curious and Snape couldn't see any harm in answering.

"Yes. Francis is a good friend of mine. He let me stay with him over the break."

Potter turned to Black and smirked.

Even more confused than ever, Snape tried to figure out the joke.

"So he just took you in to be kind?"

Snape nodded.

"He knew I didn't want to go home."

"There wasn't any ulterior motive? No relationship or anything?"

Snape's eyes widened.

"N-No! None at all!"

"Awful bad stutter you've got there," Black commented. "You've been doing that for a little while now. Any particular reason?"

Snape shook his head wildly.

Black grinned and slid onto the seat next to him.

Biting his lip nervously, Snape tried to back up but hit the window.

His rear landed on the seat and he squeaked.

"Oh, are you hurt?" Black asked in mock empathy. "I'm sorry. I didn't know."

"Did the frog do that to you?"

Anger bubbled up in Snape's chest.

"He's not a frog! And no he didn't!"

"Don't lie to us, Snivellus. We know about your relationship."

Snape's face paled.

"W-What? What relationship?"

He laughed weakly.

Black leaned forward.

"We know he fucked you. We saw you!"

Snape gasped.

"N-NO! No you didn't! We aren't anything!"

Potter raised an eyebrow.

"So he just fucked you as a form of payment? Never knew you were such a whore, Snivellus."

"I'm not!"

"Then why did you two have sex? There must be a reason and you said you two have no relationship."

"We do!" Snape yelled in desperation. "Francis is my boyfriend!"

Potter smirked.

"Thank you for finally telling the truth," Black said. "Your punishment won't be as bad now. But you did lie for a while so you still need some for punishment so…" He turned to look at his best friend.

"Your choice, Padfoot."

Black grinned and turned back to the trapped Snape.

"This will be fun."

Snape's eyes widened immensely and he bit his lip in worry.


AN:So sorry for not noticing that I put the 1st chapter up twice for months! I don't get alerts when chapters go up or if I get reviews so I had no idea that it was wrong until I randomly checked them.

I finally got around to working on this. It was supposed to be a two-shot but it looks like it's going to go on for a little bit longer...

See ya then!