Title: Lions and Lambs
Pairings: Harry Potter/Severus Snape
Rating: T
Disclaimer: Don't own anything. If you haven't caught on by now…..
Warnings: Not been beta'd so if there are mistakes review and PM me.
Dedicated to: ElleK, Phoenix5, Nefari, and the 2 other Guests that reviewed the last chapter.
Nefari: In answer to your question, I was thinking about in the Deathly Hallows where Harry slips and says Voldemort. They get caught because of the Taboo on the name and Hermione gets tortured. I thought Harry might feel some guilt over that. For Ron, it could be in the Sorcerer's (Philosopher's) Stone where Ron has to sacrifice himself to let them pass the giant chess set, or it could be during The Order of the Phoenix where they go to the Ministry and Ron is attacked by the brains and almost dies.
ElleK: I love constructive criticism because it lets me know what I can do to make the story even better! I will try to be more descriptive in this chapter.
Chapter 6
Spotted
Harry's POV
The next day no one mentioned his break down and for that Harry was grateful. The next morning Harry was sitting in the small dining room that connected to the kitchen where Severus was at the moment. All that was in the simple dining room was a small table that could only fit the three of them, but if you sat at the end of the table you could see right into the kitchen, which Harry was taking advantage of. He was sitting there now, watching Severus cook his own breakfast. After a few moments, Harry broke his stare as he realized he had been thinking of Snape as Severus in his thoughts. At first, Harry was a little shocked, but he accepted it eventually. He even secretly kind of liked it. It was like hi had a connection with Severus, besides just being a professor and ex-student.
Harry's thoughts then moved to Mya. He had apologized the night before as soon as he left the living room after his break down. Mya had been crying when he entered the room, and the sight broke his heart. He swiftly grabbed Mya off the floor where she had been sitting and held her to his chest. Harry had apologized many times while he was holding the little girl. When she stopped crying, however, Mya had looked up at her daddy and readily forgave him. Harry had been so overjoyed that Mya had forgiven him; Harry had promised her that tea party she had been wanting.
Harry smiled softly at the memory as he made his way through the living room, down the hall, and opened the big oak door to the library. Harry settled himself in one of the big, overstuffed chairs sitting in the middle of the room. Harry had just opened his book he had found on one of the many bookshelves lining the walls when Mya came rushing in. she happily jumped onto Harry's lap, and he let out an exaggerated, playful moan. Mya giggled at her Daddy, but soon put on a serious face.
"Mr. Severus wants to see you in his potion's lab. He says it is of the upmost importance." Mya stuck up her nose proudly at delivering the news.
Harry, playing along, became very serious and responded, "Well then, Mya, I best be punctual, wouldn't you say?"
"What does punk-choo-uhl mean, Daddy?" Mya asked, carefully pronouncing the word.
Harry chuckled to himself. "I see Severus has rubbed off on you. He always wanted us to want to learn and no just learn things because we had to. Punctual means to not be late and be on time." Harry said with amusement. "I will go to see Severus right now. You go play, have some fun. I'm sure some of your dolls are getting lonely."
Mya squealed as Harry tickled her sides before letting her go. Harry watched her run out of the room with a smile. Then he stood up and made his way to Severus's laboratory.
When he arrived, he stopped to admire Severus before the Potion's Master noticed he was there. Harry noticed, with amusement, that Snape had expanded his clothing color palate. Snape was wearing a dark grey rope that fit him perfectly if Harry did say so himself. The slightly wavy hair wasn't near as greasy as it used to be and it was almost really handsome. Although Harry couldn't see Severus's eyes, he was lost in imagining those dark pools filled with emotions.
"Are you going to stand there all day like an idiot or are you going to come in?" Severus's voice broke Harry out of his musings.
He sheepishly entered the room and asked, "You wanted to see me?"
"Yes. I am currently making a potion for one of the professors here. He is the new Transfiguration teacher and his name is Thomas Smith. He has Lycanthropy, so he needs his monthly batch of Wolfsbane potion. I seem to have run into a problem. I have a depleted store of Wolfsbane Leaves. I must keep a vigil over the boiling process, so I need you to fetch the leaves for me. There should be a pot of them in greenhouse three. I assume you remember where Herbology was held. Anyways, the leaves are shaped like two crescent moons back to back. I will need you to retrieve six cloves to replenish my stock and finish the potion."
Harry was stunned for a moment but soon found his voice, "But no one knows I'm here, and I kind of want to keep it that way. I don't want to be seen."
Severus just gave Harry an exasperated look and drawled, "Do you or do you not have a cloak that renders the wearer invisible?"
Severus had always had the ability to make him feel stupid with one sentence. How could he have forgotten about his invisibility cloak! "Fine, I'll go and get your stupid leaves." Harry mumbled as Severus smirked at him.
Harry easily made it through the school undisturbed. As he neared the greenhouses, Harry quickly checked the area to make sure there was no one around. Seeing no one, Harry removed his cloak and entered the correct greenhouse. After a fair bit of searching, Harry was certain he had found the right plant. The crescent moon shape was unmistakable and just like Snape described. Harry quickly ripped exactly six from the moist dirt. He smiled, proud of himself. 'I'm sure Severus will be proud' Harry smiled at the idea quickly back tracked as he realized what he had just thought. 'I don't care what Severus thinks of me. I already embarrassed myself enough in front of him for Severus to ever think of me in a good way.' Harry was still trying to convince himself he didn't care as he left the warn greenhouse filled with colorful and dangerous plants. Still shaken from his internal argument, Harry decided to take a walk around the grounds to clear his mind. On his way to the lake, Harry sent a patronus message to Severus telling him he wouldn't be back for a while.
He completely forgot about his invisibility cloak, and he didn't even notice two eyes watching him the whole way to the lake.
