Severus and Lily are JKR's characters. I'm just having a bit of fun with them.
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Chapter 4— Hibiscus
It had been over two weeks since the shift in Severus and Lily's relationship. They were inseparable, which made the four-day vacation Lily took with her parents and Petunia all the more awful. The two would spend most of their time by the creek or at Severus's house. They had a lot of privacy there once his dad went back to work. Many mornings Lily would wake up early and walk to his house. She'd let herself in the backdoor and climb in bed with him where they'd sleep a little longer or just enjoy each other's company. This was one of those mornings. Severus heard Lily open the backdoor. He'd woken up very early and couldn't go back to sleep so he'd taken a shower and cleaned up a bit. He was sitting on his bed with damp hair reading a book when Lily entered his room and closed the door behind her.
"That's new," Severus said referring to the door.
"Uh yea, I saw some kids trying to catch frogs down by the creek a—and you know how people can just see straight in here, it's weird."
Severus gave a small nod in response, choosing to let her awkward explanation go. "I like your uh—hairstyle."
"Ah, yes. This is known as a ponytail," she said with laugh and twirling the end of the ponytail gathered high on her head. Severus liked being able to see all of her face. She slipped out of her trainers and tossed her jacket over the back of his desk chair before walking to the side of the bed that he was sitting on and kissing him deeply.
"Scoot over."
"You think you can just come over here and kiss me and then make me move from my spot, Lily?"
"Yes."
"I know what you're up to."
"Scoooot!"
"You just want this spot because I've made it all warm."
Lily gave a mischievous grin, "Fine. Don't scoot," she said opting to straddle him instead, "I like this much better anyway." Severus tensed up and had to very quickly send his mind somewhere else for a few seconds.
"Hmph. Relax, Sev."
"I am. Relaxed," Severus said sounding anything but relaxed and adjusting himself under her. The two had done plenty of innocent kissing over the last several days but they really spent most of their time doing what they always had done: talking, reading, walking around. Severus was comfortable with that. Anything more felt like he was really pushing his luck.
"It's almost time for school to start back, Sev, and I know we won't be able to spend as much time together at Hogwarts. I just want to take advantage of our… privacy you know? While we've got it. Don't you want to," Lily ran her thumb over his bottom lip, "I don't know— mess around?" she laughed at her choice of words.
"Are—are you seriously asking me that question?" Severus laughed and began to kiss her. He could feel the eagerness behind her kiss and it took him by surprise. She slipped her tongue into his mouth and let her hands roam his body. He ran his hands up the outsides of her thighs, which made her give a low moan. Severus could feel his arousal growing as he slid into a lying down position and brought Lily with him. He loved the feel of her legs in his hands. As he felt, squeezed and caressed her lower body Lily became increasingly distracted from kissing him. He loved his ability to affect her this way and began to work his lips and tongue across her neck as she played with his ears. Lily began to fiddle with the hem of his T-shirt, trying to sneak her fingers underneath it but Severus prevented her by locking his fingers with hers. She freed her hands and tried again and he stopped her again.
She smiled against his kiss and sat up. "Are you modest, Sev?"
Severus sat up too, "No. I wouldn't say that. Not in the way I think you mean at least."
"Well—" Lily was interrupted by an owl tapping on Severus's bedroom window. "Oh I bet that's your school supply list." They both got up to go see.
Severus paid the owl and scanned the letter. "You're right, unfortunately. I don't want to go back yet." He put the letter down and leaned against the desk. Lily walked over and ran her hands down his chest.
"I love your eyes," he said.
Lily smiled, "Yours are so dark and warm. I don't see how they don't give you away as the mush-head you are."
"How did I, the poor, tacky, awkward, mush-head little boy from Spinners End, end up so lucky?"
She looked up at him through her eyelashes with a slight blush.
"I love you," he said, the tone of his voice deep, rich and absolutely mellifluous. "I've loved you for a long time."
Lily was quiet for a few moments. "I know it," she said before wrapping her arms around his neck and kissing him ardently. "I love you too, Sev." They kissed a bit more before Lily broke away with a playful gleam in her eye.
"Since you're in love with me and everything, does that the mean I can bug you, Mr. I-wouldn't-say-I'm-modest?"
"Yes," Severus answered simply with a small smile as he watched Lily pace around his room.
"I've known you for what? Like seven years? And I've never once seen you without your shirt on— even though we spend most of our time outside in the hot sun or by the water."
"I don't like to swim," Severus said still giving a half smile.
"Of course, Sev. I guess you don't want to sunburn your perfectly pale skin either. You're so frustrating! And none of that explains why you wont let me touch you."
Severus just looked at her for a few moments, humored. "So you want to see me with my shirt off, Lily? Is that it? This is something you've given a lot of thought, isn't it? You want to see my body." Severus put on an exaggerated look of realization, "Have— have you been fantasizing about me?" he said teasingly with a shameless smile.
"Yes," she said with a straight face, arms crossed.
"Well I'm flattered… And I have absolutely no problem with you viewing or touching me."
"Then why did you stop me? Was I moving too fast?"
"Ha, no. No you were not moving too fast. I don't think we could move too fast with seven years of friendship behind us."
"Well what the hell, Sev?"
Severus rolled his eyes and pulled his shirt over his head. Lily took him in for a moment. His skin was as pale as ever and the thin dark strip of hair under his navel turned her on. He had long wiry muscles that were likely just visible because he was so thin but they were sexy regardless. He also had very angry pale pink scarring starting midway up his belly and continuing up his right side, all the way to his shoulder. It looked like it wrapped around his back some too.
"Is— is that a burn scar, Sev?" she asked a little perplexed.
He nodded.
"What happened?"
"Well my dad—"
Lily slapped her hands over her mouth.
"No, ha. No, Lily he didn't do this to me. This, I did to myself."
Lily's eyes widened and her hands stayed in place.
"On accident!" Severus added quickly.
Lily relaxed.
"Short story really. I was six and my dad put some water on the stove to boil. I found my mom's wand and started playing with it. Next thing I remember is a lot of pain and my parents freaking out and arguing. The scars don't really bother me but I mean I don't like showing them off either."
Lily's hand had crept back over her mouth. "I thought they could heal burns easily at St. Mungo's, especially from a non-magical source."
"They can and that's what my parents were arguing about. My mom wanted to take me to St. Mungo's but my dad wanted to take me to a muggle hospital. I can't really blame him. He saw it like I wouldn't have gotten hurt in the first place if it weren't for magic so... Anyway, obviously my dad won that argument and probably every single one since then— well except the one about my going to Hogwarts. Whole thing really turned him off to magic and to his family by default, I guess."
"Why didn't you ever tell me this story?"
"Well I don't know. It never came up and it's a bit of an awkward thing to bring up randomly, don't you think? It's also old news to me, you know. Happened before I even knew you existed."
Lily walked over to him and placed her fingertips on his skin. He flinched a little and she quickly pulled her hands away. He smiled and placed her hands back on his chest, "cold fingers s'all."
"Right," she said softly as she began to feel his chest. She looked back at his face then at her left hand against his scarred skin, "You're so handsome," she said softly. Severus lifted her chin and kissed her.
The two were back on the bed in no time. Lily, on top of Severus, kissed her way up and down his body, following the wrinkly skin the burns left behind. She sat up and lifted her arms above her head, "I think it's only fair," she grinned. Severus sat up and pulled her shirt over her head exposing her simple white bra. So much was running through his head. This was a scenario he had been dreaming of for years and it was actually happening. He shut out the part of his brain that was shouting that the whole situation was too good to be true. Lily kissed his neck and nibbled on his earlobe before just resting her head over his heart and listening to it beat. Severus lightly scratched her back and played with her hair while they relaxed in silence for a few minutes.
"Sev?" Lily said softly.
"Hm?"
"I—I have a proposition."
"Okay."
"I propose that we" she traced a few circles around his nipple before continuing, "that we— well, have sex… before we go back to Hogwarts."
"…You realize that is just five days away?" he responded sounding as cool as ever but he was sure Lily would notice the jump in his heart rate.
"I do. But you said yourself that there is really no moving too fast for us."
"I didn't mean— I mean of course— well," Severus took a breath, "why before we go back?"
"Well it's bound to happen soon I'd think. I know how I feel and you can play Mr. Reserved all you want but I know you want me. I see how you look at me sometimes. Anyway, I don't want to end up doing it off some supposed to be deserted corridor at school— well, at least not the first time," she said with a small laugh. "And we wont be back home til Christmas and Petunia's wedding is over that break so I know they'll have one hundred and one things for me to do when all I'm gonna want to do is spend time with you."
"Lily, we haven't even talked— I mean what…" Severus paused for a moment to gather his thoughts. "Are we together?"
"I thought that was implied, Severus. We've been snogging for weeks, I just told you I love you, I'm thinking about what's going to be going on months from now…"
"Well yes, I know, but still. I guess everything has happened so quickly. This is all I've wanted for years and I'm honestly not used to getting what I want so I guess I've just been waiting for the loophole. I know that sounds bad but I don't know."
"Sounds like you should start getting used to getting your way a little more often. If it will make you feel better though, I am hereby your girlfriend."
Severus felt silly.
"Oh don't look that way, Sev. Don't worry so much. Just breathe and go with it like we've been doing. We've got a good thing."
Severus ran his hand across her back. "I am up for whatever you want, Lily."
"Good. I just want you… in both senses," she said with a laugh.
Lily stayed at Severus's house for a couple of hours until she had to go home and work on some chores that her mother expected to have finished by the time she returned from work. Severus offered to help but Lily declined seeing as how Petunia was home and the two had never gotten along well but she promised to return the next morning.
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