Sorry for the time it took to update, I kindana forgot about this fic- and then had severe writers block! :O
Watching the room spin hazily, but ignoring it and stubbornly persisting on; Severus slowly but surely made his way to the hospital wing.
After all; Remus would't exactly remember this afterwards would he?
By the time that Severus had made it to the hospital wing, with an unconscious Gryffindor and the worst headache ever, Severus was sweating.
And he just knew things were going to get worse when he leant back against the doors to the Hospital wing and almost fell over as they opened easier than he'd imagined.
Regaining his balance, and resettling the boy in his arms before he dropped him, Severus saw a green-robed teacher pacing and Poppy at her desk the other side of the wing.
For several unnerving seconds the Slytherin' s vision blacked completely, slowing coming back into focus to see the two members of staff rushing towards him.
Still with hazy blurs, like spilling ink fluttering across his vision, Severus tried to explain his finding Remus.
"Thanks you Mr. Snape, you can go now." McGonagall interjected, taking the Gryffindor from his arms.
"Uh.." Severus stood dumbly- watching the women fuss around the inert body of Remus Lupin.
"It s a wild night out, Minerva." The healer witch commented, giving a vial to the Transfiguration professor from the pockets of her robes as she pulled up the duvet and blankets over the student.
"Yes. Obviously didn t help. It s a wonder he wanted to come back." Minerva replied, taking the vial, unstopping it, and feeding it gently to Remus.
"Was there anything else, boy?"Madam Pomfrey barked as she walked past Severus down to the store room to fetch a pain-relief and dreamless sleep potion.
"Umm..."Severus gingerly followed the woman, feeling like his head was about to explode.
"Well?" She demanded, hands on hips as the boy stood in the doorway, blocking her way out.
"I was actually on my way to find out if you could give me something for my headache..." He ventured, rubbing a hand across his forehead.
Poppy cast a critical eye over the student, he was sweating, pale. She touched the back of her hand to his forehead, clammy too.
There was a bout of dragon flu flying around the first years, maybe he could have got that? Best to keep him in, just to be sure.
"Right. Go hop on a bed, be with you in a moment." She said, then went back Remus and Minerva.
Severus sat up, and banged his hands on the bed.
It was just no damn good!
True, the various potions that the healer witch had given him had taken away the headache and the funny, distanced-from-reality feeling he d had, but it was just too damn hot up here. And airy. Not at all dungeony.
Why couldn't he just go back to his dungeons?
Severus ran his hand through his hair, then wiped the sweat down the duvet. Euch.
He looked across the medical bay, then climbing to the bottom of his bed, peered down to try and see if- yes.
The light was off in Pomfrey s room. She was asleep.
Gently, Severus got off the bed, tensing as it creaked. He smiled to himself, things sounded so much louder when you're trying to be quiet.
He plodded down the bay, barefoot, and stopped before the doors.
Maybe he wouldn t go down to the dungeons after all... Just a walk maybe? Yeah, what harm could that do?
"H-Hello?" A scratchy voice whispered into the dark.
Severus froze, the epitome of guilt; one hand stretched towards the door, eyes wide open.
He turned around, and vaguely saw, in the moonlight peeking around the curtains, the silhouette of a boy sitting up in bed.
"Remus? What are you doing up? Didn't Pomfrey give you a sleep potion?" Severus walked over to the boy' s bed; he still looked dreadful.
He had a large cut across his face that glinted silver in the moonlight; and his brow was creased in pain.
"Only works on humans." He whispered, with a sigh of a laugh.
Severus turned his head to one side, confusedly smiling, "Oh yeah. Haha." He replied; OK so he s delirious too. Best to humour him.
"Sev-Severus, coul- could you help me?" The boy winced, twitching oddly.
"What?" Severus tucked a stray strand of hair behind his ear.
"My back, could-. I m afraid I m going to get cramp in it... could...could you... knead the tension out of my muscles please?" A faint hue took over the boys face that in the moonlight and shadows made him look brown.
"You want me to massage you?" Severus frowned, wondering if he possibly heard the boy right.
Remus nodded, blushing further.
Severus smiled, "Roll over then."He threw his hands up as he spoke, why the hell not?
For a long while the two boys sat there; Remus lying on his stomach, his head in his folded arms, with Severus sitting on the edge of the bed, gently rubbing the other boys back.
Neither one could tell how long had passed; and even though one of them was actually being pampered they both were very relaxed.
That is, until Madam Pomfrey woke up; made them both jump out their skin by yelling at them.
"What in the name of Merlin himself do you think you are doing! Severus Snape, you should be in bed! And Remus Lupin- you know you shouldn t be in contact with other people till at least 2PM tonight; tomorrow noon at the safest!"
Relaxed mood gone.
OK- so Sevvy s kinda-rather-very OOC. But I liked it, I thought it was sweet. xD
What about you- what did you think? 0_0