August Event: Romance Awareness Challenge
Day 4: You can take away some of your soulmate's pain for yourself.
Note: Hermione is off age.
365 Drabbles: 98. Weekend
Word count: 301
Hermione paced the room worriedly. Severus had closed the connection between them when he had entered the Malfoy Manor and that worried her. The Dark Lord had called him before on Friday nights, but never right after classes and so soon. Severus had been called two nights ago at the general Death Eater meeting. He shouldn't have been called again.
She couldn't even feel his emotions through the bond, she hadn't thought that it was possible to use Occlumency to block your soulmate out of your mind, but apparently Severus could do it
Hermione knew he had done it so she could go to sleep and focus on the next day, but honestly, did he really think she could go to sleep while he was away? And it was weekend anyway. No classes to go for her and no students to teach for him. They could spend it together.
"But won't your housemates ask where you've gone?" asked a tired voice startling her.
"Severus!" she exclaimed. She still couldn't feel him.
"Severus you let me in right now!" she said and glared at him.
He sighed, but gave in. He didn't have the power anymore.
Hermione gasped. So much pain radiated from him!
She turned and hugged him tight and slowly she could feel the tension leaving him. Now she was sharing his pain, but it hurt less than to see him suffering. She loved him so much.
"What are you doing?"he asked, trying to break the connection once more. "You shouldn't feel the pain," he protested when she didn't let go.
"But I do, Severus. You're my soulmate, my other half. We share everything, so why shouldn't I share your pain too? I love you, and if I can ease your pain I will gladly do it, my love. "