Title: My Hero

Rating: T

Summary: Takes place '19 years later' after My Savior. Harry runs into a familiar face… This is slightly AU and slightly slash… you have been warned! ENJOY!

Disclaimer: I do not own any of this… I just like playing with other people's characters

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Day 2

The next morning Snape stayed in his house for fear of running into Harry. He kept himself busy by cleaning the immaculate house and organizing the already organized shelves.

'Surely the boy is mistaken, there is no way young Harry Potter could honestly like his old potions professor.' Snape was thinking to himself. On more than one occasion Snape found himself daydreaming about the kiss, but quickly snapped out of it because he knew it could have been for real. 'The boy was just upset and needed comforting, he was emotionally dysfunctional and does not understand how to be affectionate without it being sexual', Snape tried to tell himself over and over again. 'There is no telling what that boy's aunt and uncle used to make him do'.

Snape knew Petunia and thought she was weird even for a muggle and really could not stand her but he would have never believed she would have been a child abuser.

Around early afternoon, Snape mustard the courage to venture out into his backyard, and as he work several time he caught himself looking of at Harry's house to see if the boy was out there. The house looked empty. Snape let out a sigh of relief.

After working for several house gathering ingredients for his potions from his gardens Snape went back into his house. As he reached his front door, he saw a note on it. After years of grading the boy's homework, it was clearly his handwriting.

Dear Professor,

I am really sorry about last night. I let my wants to get head of me and I know the awkward situation in which I must have put you. I hope you will forgive me and possibly give me a chance you explain myself.

Today I am taking the children to get there schoolbooks and supplies. I will be home around dinnertime, if you would like to come over and let me explain a little, I would be extremely excited. Otherwise, I will understand if you do not want to speak to me again and I will let you have your peace.

Forever,

Harry P.

Several times while reading the note, Severus found himself touching his lips where Harry's lips had been. Then he would realize what he was doing and through down his hands in frustration.

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While the children were running around Weasley Wizard Wheezes with George, Harry and Ginny stood talking.

"How was your date?" Ginny joked.

"I kissed him." Harry blushed.

"What? You kissed… What?" Ginny stumbled over the words. "I mean I knew… but Snape? Snape?"

"Keep quiet?" Harry glared at her. "He is supposed to be dead, remember."

"Harry," Ginny whispered. "Why him?"

"I don't know, it was just he was there and we were talking. We were talking about the war and I have not talked about the war in so long I got upset. He was there to comfort me and I do not know what was thinking I lend in and kissed him. He sat there for a minute then he stood up and walked out."

"You really like him, don't you?" Ginny grinned at him.

"I don't know," Harry placed his hand on his lips and he thought about the night before. "I think I do like him, but he doesn't like me so it does not really matter."

"Harry talk to him." Ginny felt somewhat sorry for Harry but at the same time was still a little creeped out at the thought of Harry and Snape kissing.

:-)

Snape had no intentions of going over to Harry's when the boy returned; however, he found that he spent most of the night looking over at the house to see if Harry was home yet.

'Just go over and talk with him. It will not hurt anything, to just talk with the boy. Give him a chance to explain, it is clear from his note he did not mean anything by the kiss, He knows it is a mistake just let him enlighten the situation with an explanation.' Snape was taking to himself. He really did not want Harry to tell him the kiss was a mistake because he liked the idea of the kiss (even though he would never admit this to himself or anyone else) but he knew that there was no chance that the kiss was what the boy honestly wanted. Severus thought the boy deserved better then a dirty old potions master who was a traitor and a murderer. Severus, long ago, accepted that he was to spend his life alone because he was not worthy of finding anyone.

The lights came on at Harry's, Severus' heart skipped a beat, and he knew he had to make up his mind of what he was going to do now.

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Harry flooed back to his house after successfully getting the children everything they needed to go to Hogwarts this year.

Harry looked around his new house it was big. He missed the sounds of another person in the home with him. This was to be the first time that he lived alone. He was not sure he would enjoy being so alone, especially so far away from everyone else.

Harry caught himself looking out the window wishing Severus would come over and talk with him. He knew that Severus would want nothing to do with him. The man was completely repulsed when Harry had kissed him the night before. There was no way Snape was going to come over to talk with Harry. Harry watched the house and saw all the lights go out. Clearly, Severus was stopping for the day.

Harry let out a heavy sigh as he walked out the back door into the gardens where he had first caught sight of the man. The sun was setting and the countryside gardens glowed in orange light

There was a noise from behind Harry has he stood in the splendor, and after many years of someone come up from behind in attack Harry got nervous. He turned around quickly wand raised.

When Harry looked and saw the tall dark figure of Snape, his heart stopped beating all together.

"Professor, you came." Harry smiled up at him.

"I have not been a professor for nearly twenty years; please do not call me that. Please call me Severus." Severus was not looking at Harry he was looking down at the ground.

"Please come in, Severus." Harry felt odd calling Snape by his first name, even though he had said that name so many times in the past (especially when Al was in trouble).

The two walked over towards a set of chairs that were in the yard.

"These gardens truly are beautiful." Snape smiled, trying his hand at small talk.

"Yes, they are."

The two sat in silence, both thinking of what to say next.

Harry spoke up first. "Professor, I like you. I did not always like you; in fact, if you told me I would be having this conversation anytime before that night of the war, I would have sent you off to St. Mungo's. Nevertheless, the truth is I like you, I really like you. If you don't like me I understand and after tonight we never have to speak of it again I just needed to tell you." Harry was again rambling and speaking quickly.

Snape did not say anything just sat there. Finally, he looked up at Harry a soft smile on his face. "Why me? No one likes me. No one wants to be around me. I am a murderer, a Death Eater, I am the reason your parents died. Why me? How could you, Harry Potter Hero to all who live now, how is it you can stand to have a conversation with me let alone like me?" Severus looked down at the ground when he talked. He honestly had very low self-esteem, he thought Harry crazy just for the fact that Harry like him. Severus did not like himself, how could anyone else like him, especially Harry, who had so much to offer?

Harry placed his hand under Severus' chin and lifted his head to look him in the eyes. "You are too hard on yourself. Can you not see that you are a wonderful person? That you are a beautiful person who gave up his life to save everyone around him? That is the man I see." Harry had his hand on Severus cheek looking deep in the coal dark eyes. "You are a wonderful man and anyone would be lucky to just be in the room with you. Severus I wish that for once you could see that you are worthy of being loved."

Severus did not say anything just listened to Harry talk.

"I want you to be happy, for once in your life. I want you to… I want you to be able to smile. I want…. I want you to be with me, but if that is not what you want…" Harry did not have time to finish the sentence when Severus' mouth was covering his in a kiss.

Harry's heart skipped a beat once he finally realized what was going on. It took only a few seconds before Harry relaxed into the other man's touch.

Severus was the first to release. "I have… I have to go." He stated as he go up to leave.

"Please, stay. Talk with me." Harry was standing next to Severus holding his hand in hopes of stopping the man from leaving.

"Harry, I was your professor, I am the same age you parents would have been. You don't want this." Again, Severus was letting his insecurities get the best of him.

"I do want you, but I see it is going to take more then me saying it to make you stay. Why don't we slow things down? Let's talk. Be friends." Harry pulled Severus closer.

Severus smiled.

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Sorry about the underlining… that is some weird computer mistake that I don't really understand (or know how to fix)

Alright well this was part two and I am thinking there will be at least a part three but I don't know what past that!!!