Prompt – Spring Break
Fandom – Harry Potter
OPT – SS/OC
Setting – Hogwarts

I do not own Harry Potter

Severus Snape waited on top of the battlements of Hogwarts for his wife to join him. It was Spring Break at the castle and only a handful of students were left, mostly 7th years and Muggleborns who were uncomfortable at home(he had already tagged the ministry to keep an eye on them over the summer). He leaned on the stone wall that surrounded the battlement and stared around him. It was his, Hogwarts was his. He had been shocked (just as everyone else had been) when Minerva had announced her retirement and as there had been so many candidates for Headmaster the school board had voted to let the School Hat decided on the new Headmaster.

The hat had been placed on head after head, each teacher being required to wear it, but when it had been placed on Severus' head, it had announced him the next headmaster. Needless to say the silence in the room after the announcement had been quite heavy. Snape had then been granted the position but all his actions were put under a heavy microscope. The first major change he had made however was a change in teacher's load. Any teacher who was Head of House could only teach two classes (usually either NEWTs levels or First/Second years), this also applied to Deputy Head. He had also added a few classes and split a few, he was told under no uncertain terms that he had to get School Board permission to hire and fire for the next five years (and he was fine with that).

Potter had been injured by a Dark Curse while on Auror Duty and now was head of Gryffindor House, Granger was the Transfiguration Professor, Longbottom had been surprisingly made Head of Hufflepuff and was in charge of the Greenhouses, Malfoy was Head of Slytherin and Potions Master (he taught the first and second years, while Severus taught NEWT level students). His wife was even teaching now, she taught first and second year Latin.

He had been brooding so long over his school that he started when two arms went around him and a head was leaned over his shoulder, warm cheek touching his cold one. "You take me to the best places on Spring Break, Severus."

He smiled as he pulled on her arms a bit to draw her closer to him and sighed in contentment, "now my day is complete."

She gave a soft laugh and turned to kiss him on the cheek, "I see you've been abusing house elves again," she said and pulled away a bit to look at the sumptuous picnic set up behind them.

He scoffed as that had been an article that had been written by Rita Skeeter and had been one of the pushes to get the woman fired for libel as well as make the Daily Prophet print accurate stories. He let go of one of her hands but kept the other as he turned around and led her to the picnic that had been set up. "I think out of all the Easter Breaks I've had since I have been working at Hogwarts, this has been my best." She smiled at him and poured the wine.

(Unbetaed and not thrilled with the end)