I sit beside Severus at the teachers table watching the sorting ceremony impassively. Albus stands after a long while to make his usual beginning of the year speech and I feel agitated having to keep my attention on him.
"Firstly, there are changes this year to note, first there is now a head and co-head to each house. A make and a female counterpart for the comfort and ease of the students. Gryffindor will have Professor McGonagall and Professor Longbottom who is joining our teaching Staff this year taking over Herbology replacing Professor Sprout. Ravenclaw will be Professor Aurora Sinestra and Professor James Gold who will be taking over charms. Hufflepuff has Professor Sybill Trelawney and Professor Riker Ryseris who will be taking over flying replacing Madame hooch and Lastly Slytherin house has Professor Severus Snape and his lovely wife Madame Celestia Snape who will be taking over music class for professor Flitwick. As always, the dark forest is forbidden to all those who do not wish to die a most painful death and the restricted section of the library is available with teacher permission only."
He rattles on naming off prefects and head boy and head girl before finally letting everyone eat. When we get back to our room for the night Severus flits out to get Lysandra Who is due for a feeding only having left her enough milk to last her until dinner time. He hands her to me before climbing into bed exhaustedly and pulling the blankets up over himself.
"Are you getting bored of me Severus?" I smirk at his turned back
"No Celestia, my classes start at 8:30 in the morning and I need to be able to get down for breakfast first." He grumbles
"So not even a quick shag Severus?"
"Celestia please" he whispers
"Fine" I pout frustrated "I'll go home for a few hours then"
Severus turns staring at me in annoyance and sighs. He takes Lysandra from my arms putting her in Morgana's old crib and coming back to the bed. He banishes my clothing stripping down out of his own and climbing onto the bed. He pulls his wand out of his bedside drawer waving it at me with a smirk and I find myself gagged and bound to the curtain rod of the bed the way he likes me.
"Perhaps you'll learn to take no for an answer if I leave you there for the night?"
I glare angrily at him as he pours himself a glass of fire whiskey and downing it in one swallow and returns to the bed. He drags his fingers teasingly across my bare flesh. across my back, down my sides over my thighs and wrapping his arms around my waist and pressing his hard body against mine. I feel his right hand move away from my body and I brace myself for the contact I know is coming. Sure enough his hand comes down hard on my right thigh his dark eyes watching mine as his hand comes down again and again. He bites the flesh on my neck trailing bright red bruises down between my breasts and over my belly while his fingers delve into me making me gasp against the gag. He continues digging his teeth and nails into my soft skin as he brings me to a massive earth shattering orgasm.
"Now it is time to sleep Celestia" he whispers in my ear pulling the gag from my mouth.
"Severus please, my love, I need you"
"Celestia be reasonable" he whispers releasing my arms from the ropes.
"Fill me Severus, take me" I beg wrapping my arms around his neck and kissing his neck.
"I will not Celestia, Lysandra was hard on your body. Please take a break Celestia"
"Then just take me if that's all you will give right now, please Severus"
"Gods woman, you drive me insane when you beg like that" he murmurs against my lips pulling me onto his lap pushing deep into me. I have never felt him so deep inside me and it takes me a moment to regain myself. He lays back against the pillows grabbing my hips roughly as he begins thrusting up into me over and over, his grip on me bruising my pale hips. He mouths my breasts as I take control riding him as hard as I can, needing him. I feel him start to tremble beneath me and I beg him to finish. He shatters loudly holding me still as he pounds into me for the last few strokes before grabbing his wand and casting an anti-conception spell. He pulls me against his chest pulling the blankets up over us holding me tightly.
I get up several times through the night with Lysandra to feed her, being sure not to wake Severus. And just as she finally settles down the alarm clock goes off waking her up again. Severus gets up dressing quickly and picking up Lysandra.
"Celestia get up, you have to teach today and still need to drop Lysandra off with Lucius"
I grumble sliding from the bed my body aching. Severus sighs and goes through the floo dropping Lysandra off and returning. I am leaning over the back of one of his leather chairs stretching my back when he returns. He runs his hands up my sides gently kissing across my shoulders before moving to the wardrobe and tossing me some clothes to put on.
"That was a tease Severus"
"Not a tease Cia, a sample of tonight" he murmurs against my lips before he is gone.
I stand in front of my first class for the day, a mix of sixth and seventh year students. I run introductions and ask each of the kids to tell me something about themselves. Everything went smoothly until I asked if they had any questions. I got lots of questions, more than I thought I'd get.
"Is it true you are Voldemorts daughter?"
"Yes"
"And Bellatrix Lestrange?"
"Yes"
"Did you really bring people back to life?"
"Yes"
"Can you still?"
"No"
"Why?"
"I don't know exactly"
"You're really married to Snape?"
"Yes"
"But why? You seem pretty chill and he's….well…"
"I fell for him, that's really all there is to it"
"What's he like?"
"I won't speak about him, he wouldn't appreciate it, I'm sorry"
"Is it true you were pregnant and married to him while you were still a student"
"Yes it is, I was a bit if a rule breaker"
"So you two have a kid?"
"Four actually"
"How old?"
And that was my entire day, my goal, to have the students trust me and after several weeks of teaching they finally do. Everything goes well for the first month of teaching until the dreadful night of October 2nd. It had been a long day for Severus, a serious case of bullying resulting in a student attempting to take his own life by drinking ingredients from Severus' supply room causing the child to collapse. Severus had only found the boy because the children who had gathered around him laughing and telling the poor boy he couldn't even die properly. I had shown up only a few moments behind Severus who had already scooped up the boy and headed for the hospital wing. I corralled the boys up to the headmasters office to be dealt with and headed down to dinner. Severus didn't come to dinner so I go to find him. I find him asleep in his chair by the fire, two empty bottles of whiskey tipped over on the table beside him. I shake him awake gently pulling his hands trying to get him to bed.
"Leave me Celestia" he snaps stumbling back into his chair.
"Severus, you have had far too much to drink, come to bed and rest my love, I'll tell Minerva that you need the day off tomorrow. I'm sure you won't be well" I soothe pulling his hands again.
"I said bloody well leave me woman, are you daft" he roars angrily
"Severus please don't do this again, you become a monster when you drink too much. Please—" but before I can finish my soft words his hand connects with the right side of my face. The blow hard enough to knock me off my feet, toppling back onto the stone floor. I stand shakily staring at him in shock for a moment. He returns my fierce glare towering over me threateningly.
"If you ever strike me again Severus, I will leave you" I say calmer then I expected. The entire right side of my face burning and tears welling up in my eyes.
"Go ahead, no one else will want you. You can go back to being a worthless bitch. Or maybe you'll run home to Lucius, you're only fooling yourself, he doesn't love you, and he never will" he bellows, yelling at me for the first time. His anger scaring me so much I have taken several steps back. His words sink in and the tears slide down my cheeks.
"You don't mean that" I whisper
"Every word" he snaps at me.
I turn tearing from the room. I run through the halls until I run into Aurora who takes one look at me and pulls me into an empty classroom.
"Your face, what happened?"
"I—I fell, I hit that invisible step and landed hard" I whisper trying desperately to hold it together.
"You know I don't believe that, Did Severus hurt you Celestia?"
I shake my head.
"Look at me Celestia, did he hurt you"
The moment my eyes meet hers I break, the tears flooding down my cheeks while I sob hysterically. Aurora summons an elf sending it to fetch Poppy. Poppy appears twenty minutes later closing the door behind her and heading in our direction as I continue sobbing.
"I'm sorry, been a terribly busy day, that poor ch-oh Merlin Celestia, what has happened!"
"She fell Poppy" Aurora lies. I watch as Poppy eyes her disbelievingly and Aurora gives her a warning look.
"Quite the fall" she whispers " let me see"
At this point my right eye is swollen and the bruising has set in down the entire right side of my face. Poppy touches the side of my face and I hiss in pain.
"I can heal most of this, but some of the bruising will still be visible for a few days. Have you…Fallen this badly before?" She asks quietly and I know she knows.
"No" I whisper softly
"Have you fallen before?" She asks concerned
"No, never"
She fixes my face the best she can and heads back to the infirmary.
For the next two months I stay with Aurora, taking my meals in her room rather than at the table. I avoid meetings feigning sick and keep to myself. Severus had come to Auroras room several times asking for me but I can't face him, not yet.
December 5th Aurora comes into the room and takes my hand.
"Dinner in the hall tonight"
"No thanks"
"Your students have something to shows you"
She drags me into the hall leading me into a group of my sixth and seventh year students.
"We have a surprise for you Celestia, stand right here"
My students return to the stage while I stand between the two centre most tables in the great hall. The music kicks in and I recognize the song immediately. Thinking out loud by Ed Sheeran. I smile as my students begin singing. A few moments later I feel a set of arms wrap around my waist turning me gently. I look into his dark eyes as he snakes his arm around my waist and leads me into a dance In the middle of the great hall in front of students and teachers alike. Turning me slowly with the lyrics.
'Cause honey your soul could never grow old, it's evergreen
And, baby, your smile's forever in my mind and memory
I'm thinking 'bout how people fall in love in mysterious ways
Maybe it's all part of a plan
Well, I'll just keep on making the same mistakes
Hoping that you'll understand
I wrap my arms around his neck resting my head on his chest. I feel his grip on me tighten before he dips me down and brings me back up into his arms holding me close.
So, baby, now
Take me into your loving arms
Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars
Oh, darling, place your head on my beating heart
I'm thinking out loud
That maybe we found love right where we are
Oh, baby, we found love right where we are
And we found love right where we are
As the song draws to a close and he steps back from me taking a deep breath as the entire hall falls into silence
"I am sorry Celestia for raising my hand to you. Never again, I promise you. Please forgive me. I love you more than words can ever express and without you I am nothing" he speaks, his voice trembling with emotion. I step towards him wrapping my arms around him and he leans down capturing my lips in the most delicate kiss he has ever delivered.
The great hall erupts, teachers and students alike standing and applauding, all eyes on us. I look to Severus and pretend not to notice the red creeping across his cheeks as he takes my hand leading me to my seat at the teachers table.