The Courage to Love
By Rurple101


CHAPTER 11
"Their Night"

**WARNING - Slightly M RATED**


The couple made their way back to their chambers in a small but elegant carriage that was due course for Severus's chambers. While they travelled, Severus put his arm round Hermione's shoulders and seemed to gaze down at her. Hermione, however, was looking out of the window and watching the scenery of the hallways and corridors whoosh past.

Why do I have a sudden desire to have sex with Severus?

What has changed since this morning? What could have changed my feelings towards him so drastically?

She almost scoffed at her thoughts; she had been wearing one ring this morning.

Now she wore a solid gold wedding band on her fourth finger alongside her sparkling emerald and diamond engagement ring.

She traced it absently as she thought.

Then she realised that it was because Severus' feelings towards her would have changed. There was a spark in his eye that had been hard to ignore when they had saying their wedding vows.

"Severus" Hermione said, breaking the silence between them. "Have your feelings changed since this morning, before you saw me?"

Odd question to ask, but it was exactly what explained his feelings and actions today. Instead of answering her, he ran his hand over her still exposed thigh that the dress had been pushed off as they sat.

Hermione thought the urge to attack him as desire and lustful passion engulfed her.

But she trembled ever so slightly.

He leaned down and whispered quietly in her ear. "Have you ever..?"

"Yes!" Hermione hissed, closing her eyes in embarrassment.

But she felt his hand on her cheek and forcing her to open her eyes.

She refused.

Hearing his sigh, he leaned ever closer so his lips were touching her earlobe. "So am I."

In shock, she whipped her head to look at him.

Her face seemed to tell him what she was asking. He nodded.

She just blushed again as a thought entered her mind. As if she was testing the waters, she stroked his thigh and rested her hand there and no more than a few seconds and he got a reaction. She blushed deeper again as she looked up from where she was looking.

Severus barked out a laugh at her expression and lifted her so she was on his lap.

"I just saw how beautiful you really are and how lucky I am to have you Hermione. It's hard for me to see myself as I used to be before this morning…I feel…younger around you."

Blinked hard to stop the flow of sobs she wanted to show that she was sorry about that, the carriage stopped and he picked her up bridal style and walked her to the painting protecting the entrance to his chambers.

Saying the password, he carried her in and kissed her lips sweetly and shortly. Placing her carefully on the floor, he lent in and asked her.

Blushing as normal, she nodded quickly and his lips met hers.

Passion took over them then, their bodies melted together and her dress fell off her and pooled around her feet. Severus kept his eyes closed as Hermione took his jacket, tie, waistcoat and shirt off. He slipped his trousers off and opened his eyes just as Hermione took the pins holding her hair up out. Wisps of curly and elegant hair fell down to her shoulders just as his lids opened and he saw her as if in slow motion.

Then he looked her up and down.

She was wearing an almost see-through and light pink wispy bra and matching panties. She had the curves of someone years older than she was and her legs were as long and luscious as he had seen when he'd run his hand up one.

She looked him up and down.

He had lean and strong looking muscles in his back, medium sized biceps and he even had the makings of a six-pack brewing under a little amount of chest hair. It got darker in colour as she looked further down until his boxers cut off her sight.

Lust filled her, along with a burning in her loins.

He looked at her, as if he was asking her a silent question.

She leant up and kissed his lips hungrily, just as she had during their first dance. This time, he controlled his longing downstairs and focussed on pleasuring Hermione first.

He'd once gone to have sex with one woman before, years before Hermione came along. The woman was called Tracey and she was a prostitute that Lucius had hired, he'd hired one for a Celebration Party for all the remaining Death Eaters. That had been when he was twenty and foolish. He'd gone through all the foreplay before, being pleasured by Tracey and satisfying her, learning things himself. But then through the cloud of desire, his brain had cut off and the sense of wrongness made him yell at her to leave him alone.

But tonight was different, he was totally confident that he wanted it with his new wife.

"Severus…" Hermione moaned through his flashback.

Their rather frantic and passionate making out had somehow lead them to his bed and now Hermione was below him, wrapping her legs around his, her hips thumping as she moaned.

Wasting no space for escape, he pulled her knickers off and trailed his hand up her leg teasing her as she moaned.

"This will hurt you Hermione" he said seriously as he gazed intently at her.

She nodded and watched him as he lowered and slid into her.

She bit back her gasp of pain but her tears escaped her eyelids and ran down the sides of her face.

Severus's face went softer and kissed her tears away and lowered his lips to meet hers. Through the kiss, the pain seemed to be forgotten until it turned into the deepest pleasure she could have never imagined.

"Ohh my god" Hermione gasped, grabbing his shoulders "Make love to me Severus."

Severus rolled next to his panting wife and settled into a spooning position, moving her hair aside and kissed the bottom of her ear tenderly.

Hermione smiled, she never expected all of this.

Overcome with emotion, that swelled between both of them, they both said the same thing that came to mind.

"I love you Severus."

"I love you Hermione."


Sorry if its not good enough but this is how it is staying, hehe.

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Rurple101 xx