"Get the hell of me Poppy! im fine" Severus grouched at the nurse, scowling. 'why the bloody hell did I faint?' The last thing Severus remembered was seeing Hermione with all her friends and a strange white light appearing around her. Whatever it was his fae was clawing at him and he had to get out of there before it drained all his magic that was trying to keep the damn thing contained. it was unsettling how forceful it was...
"bloody woman, get off me! im fine." he grunted again as Poppy started checking his vitals and poking her fingers at him to gauge a responce. "yes. well if you fainting has anything to do with Miss Granger's then I would like to see why you woke and she hasnt." I snapped my head towards hers and my fae nearly bursted forth "whats wrong with Miss Granger?" I asked trying to hide my nerves and turned my head to the side when I heard a groan.
There Hermione lay, twitching and waking slowly and Poppy rushed to her side quickly. She was trying to say something but snapped her eyes open "what happened?" she asked the medi-witch, Poppy checked her vitals and carefully touched her neck so she could guide Hermione into a sitting position "are you okay dear?" Hermione grimaced "headache" she said pushing a palm to her forehead.
Poppy told her to stay put after giving her the headache potion and to stay until she came back as she had some errands to run, she told Severus to stay as well and left.
Hermione, now aware of Professor Snape's presence turn to him, he was slouched over and something in her was pulling her to him again 'what the hell?'. Snape snapped his fingers, a quill and a stack of essays appeared in front of him as he started marking. Hermione sighed and then jumped a little when she heard a gruff voice "why did you faint" it asked. She turned to him, still grading papers. eyes not leaving his task. "well, I uhm I got this gift and some amazing news from my grandmother and she had given me some sort of charmed, I guess, jewelry to see if the news could be true and well.. It was. apparently I couldnt have known until I turned eighteen as the pendant wouldn't have activiated properly. and I was being congratulated when I stood up to tell the Minerva and Dumbledore the good news and I passed out. " she finished frowning in confusion.
Severus was nearly growling as he heard her telling of events and his fae was a littld sated now he was near her but no doubt with play up again. None of that story tells me why she fainted. "what was the news?" I asked harshly and she flinched slightly "I'd rather not say..." she said softly but sternly and I squeezed my hand a little tighter aroundmy quill "Miss Granger, that news could very well be the reason you fainted, tell me." he said with a tone of finality and she bristled "with all due respect, sir. this news had made my day and made me very happy. I do not wish to share it with you as no doubt you will make some scathing remark about it now or in class. Especially since its my birthday and I would like to stay in a reasonably good mood despite things." she snapped at him, and then she froze and her eyes widened "im so s-sorry sir, I -I-" she stuttered out before he rose his voice
"Miss Granger! if you would like to keep out of detention for the next YEAR I suggest you tell me what the news was." he finished calmly. but his posture was anything but calm and he was holding the quill so hard he was pretty sure It was going to snap, he waited for her to speak and when she spoke, she spoke in a bearly restrained angered way "well Professor. if you so want to know then you shall. the News I received was a surprise for me, I had no idea, I mean.. how many wizards and witches have it? its so rare and its such a beautiful surprise! " she sounded so happy at the end of her sentence as her mind drifted off a little the "continue Miss Granger" brought her back down.
She drew in a breath "sir before I tell you can you promise not to make fun of me? I mean I just don't want to feel bad about this, its such a wonderful birthday present" "Miss Granger, how about you tell me what it is before you assume I am going to bully you for it." he said scathingly, she sighed and he narrowed his eyes at her "I guess thats the best im going to get... well I had been informed that certain blood might be running in my veins and that even though it was diluted there was a possibility of it being less than dormant or nonexistent so ny grandmother gave me a pentant, as I said charmed to detect fae magic and-"
All Severus heard was fae and blood was roaring in his ears he struggled to get a hold on himself and her voice broke through "and it turns out the magic isnt dormant! im fae!" and he snapped his head up to meet her eyes and she shot up as she made eye contact with him and her legs seem to gain a life of thier own and walk to him. He scrambled out of the bed the inkwell and papers flying everywhere, she was was breathing heavily "what the-?" and she went to grab him hand, he stumbled backwards and tripped over the inkwell but she caught him. with her hand on his hand and he lost it, the fae was released.
The entire rooms light flickered and everg window smashed. all the bed sheets were ripped of the bed and all the curtains ripped to shreds and Severus was desperately trying to regain control. a pure white light surrounded them both and she tightened her grip on him as she stared, enraptured. She felt... complete, whole, invinsible. They turned thier heads as Dumbledore came sweeping in with Poppy and Mcgonagall and they stopped as they saw them, awed. Shocked still.
It was at this moment Severus finally regained control as he fell to his knees and let out a whimper of relief, his hand still firmly grasped in hers as stood there. "Severus? Severus! what the hell is going on!?" came Minerva's yell and he turned to her and looked at her blankly, brokenly he started sobbing, shaking. Four years of torture finally gone... no more pain and Hermione dropped to her knees and her arms surrounded him as he sobbed. She could feel his suffering and not think she couldnt help but comfort him as the white glow slowly faded around them. "shh shhh" she whispered as the three adults just looked on, completely stunned.
Albus spoke first "Poppy you are no longer needed, please go and have lunch. Minerva and I will attend to this, speak of this to no one" Poppy nodded dazily and retreated. Albus wordlessly shut and warded the door and put silencing spell on the room. He looked at Severus being comforted by Hermione Granger on the floor "Severus? Severus please stand." Severus didnt move and just continued sobbing brokenly. He had never seen Severus like this, so utterly vulnerable and scared.
Hermione started to pull away a little and said "come on, stand up, come now" she said calmly but just as she lost skin to skin contacted he frozen and grabbed her with his hands in hers "im so s-s-sorry I-im s-sorry" he sobbed out she had no idea what he was apologizing for but said it was alright and asked him to stand again and he did. Shaking with emotion, his hand still fiercely grabbing her left hands and turn to face not only Dumbledore but Minerva who were looking at them like it was a freak show "stop fucking looking at me like that" he snapped harshly at them and they flinched Minerva then darkened with anger "how long had this been going on Severus? what the hell are you thinking?" she snapped, jumping to the wrong conclusion.
She went to step forward but Severus pushed Hermione behind him and spoke harshly "all of 10 fucking minutes Minerva" and didnt give a fuck about her confusion "but if you add the time I knew! it would be FOUR FUCKING YEARS!" he said with anguish and fought to keep from breaking down again. "what are you talking about Severus! she was twelve four years ago! knew what?" she screatched and Hermione watched as Dumbledore seem to put things together and he stepped forward "oh Severus.." but he was too far gone and he push Hermione behind him and growled "stay away from my mate!" he said possesively
Minerva was confused and spluttered "mate-what mate? what the hell are you on about Severus?!". He could see that in order for Minerva to believe him he was going to have to show her something only one other than Hermione had seen. He stepped forward towards Minerva with Hermione still in tow, unwilling to let go of her hand. He looked Minerva in the eyes and let his fae out so she could see. See him and the mating bond and understand, she gasped and reached her hand out to cradle Severus' cheek "oh Severus" she whispered and then a growl was heard and they turned to Hermione her eyes savage and slightly unhinged "don't. touch . my. mate." she said, glaring daggers at Minerva and a breathless chuckle left her but she retracted her hand and took a step back.
Albus made a small smile and for a moment everything was peacefull, "HERMIONE?! Hermione are you okay? we weren't allowed in but Poppy said you're up! what happened!?" came the voice of Harry Potter as they heard him pounding on the door.
