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Option #2: Reflections

Dumbledore sat at his desk, sucking a lemon sherbet, thinking about Severus. In recent months, the man had seemed more nervous than normal. Though, the professor's 'cousin' being pregnant would be good reason to worry. The woman was surely due soon, perhaps the Potions Master was worried about, ahem, performing for his 'cousin.' The headmaster smirked, the thought immediately perking him up. Perhaps it was time to have another 'discussion' with the professor...

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Tears ran down her face as she gasped in pain. She clenched her eyes shut before opening them. Looking down, she forced herself to ignore the massive quantities of blood. Another contraction hit and she whimpered as the pain washed over her. The next contraction came a minute after and she began to push. Screaming, she bore down, nearly passing out from the pain. She would not stop, until -

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!"

She gasped in relief and weakly picked up the squirming, red, squalling 'thing' between her legs. Using her wand, she cleaned up the mess, cut the umbilical cord, and summoned a baby blanket from the nursery. Gently wrapping the infant to keep out the dungeon cold, she leaned over to the nightstand, where a supply of diapers sat waiting. Not caring to note whether the child was male or female, she quickly diapered the infant, rewrapped it, and brought it to her naked breast. The infant needed no coaxing before latching on and greedily suckling. The woman slipped under the covers of the now clean bed, quickly falling into a deep sleep.

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Professor Snape glided over to the desk. Dumbledore leaned back in his chair.

"I do believe congratulations are in order."

"Oh?"

"Your 'cousin'."

Snape's gaze did not meet Dumbledore's. "Thank you, sir."

"How long have you been together?"

Snape's head snapped up, looking at the headmaster incredulously. "What?"

Dumbledore scoffed. "Don't act like you don't know what I'm talking about. I know very well of your relationship. The question is, what will you be doing to insure it doesn't leak out?"

With out prompting, the professor stood and began to strip. Smirking, the headmaster stood up and walked to the professor. As the younger man moved to kneel before the headmaster, he pushed on to the desk. The headmaster quickly shed his clothing and forced the other man to wrap his legs around him. The older man violently tore in the professor with a strength and ferocity that his age and docility belied. The younger man tried to bite his lip against the pain, but the headmaster kissed him, bruising his mouth. The headmaster came, but refused to relent his violent rhythm until the professor was bleeding. Finally, coming a second time, he threw the other man to the ground.

"Please remember, Severus, that you and your 'cousin' are only here out of my mercy. Why don't you bring your niece or nephew to visit next time? I'd like to meet the newest member of the school." There was a feral glint in Dumbledore's eye that did not allow Professor Snape to refuse. Nodding, the damaged man quickly dressed himself and left the office that had become his hell.

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She held her son close to her as he slept, tears running down her face. That night, the dungeon walls swallowed the cries of mother and son.

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It was in the middle of the night when Professor Snape glided into the headmaster's office, basket in hand, which was immediately presented to Headmaster Dumbledore. The headmaster peered in.

"What is it?"

"A baby, sir."

Dumbledore gave Professor Snape a look. "I know that. What is the child?"

"It's a boy."

"His name."

"Dominic Valdemar Snape."

"He's sleeping."

"That's normal, Headmaster."

"How are you feeding him?"

"My 'cousin' is breastfeeding him."

"And you're helping?"

A slight blush rose to the Potions Masters cheeks. "Headmaster!"

The headmaster scoffed. "Don't think I haven't noticed. Your chest is slightly more swollen and sensitive than normal. I know there are potions for it - one use of Dragon's Blood."

The Potions Master hung his head and nodded, utterly mortified.

"Feed him."

"What?!"

"Feed him."

"But my cousin just fed him, sir."

"Then we will simply wait for him to be hungry again."

The silence set in, broken only by the soft breaths of the sleeping infant. Finally, at about four in the morning, Snape watched the child scrunch his face while making is pre-scream whimpers. The headmaster stopped him before he could pick up the child and gestured for him to strip. Shivering under the headmaster's gaze, he brought the babe to his chest, where the infant latched on. Just as the babe finished suckling, the headmaster mounted the professor. The younger man tried not to jostle the infant as he was violently entered, but the combined screams of the professor and the babe where trapped by the silencing charm on Dumbledore's office.

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Hope you all enjoyed chapter 2. Note to anyone who enjoys this fic, for once, reviewing will, in fact, get a new chapter up faster. For me, this is an astounding thought, as I am typically very sporadic. IF I get a review within the next week, I will upload chapter 3 next Thursday. All reviewers will be thanked and mentioned by name. This is only for this story, which is the only one I can make such a promise with. Truthfully, I enjoy talking with my readers, and find it very discouraging when no one is willing to do so. Again, thank you for reading.

Until later,

Layelleswen