Chapter 25:

By the end of the day, Harry was exhausted and his headache had come back a little. He was also very excited because McGonagall had announced that they would be looking at Animagus transformations and they would have a chance to see if they would be able to transform or not and the whole trip from the Dungeons to the Great Hall for dinner was filled with curiousness as everyone wondered what their animal would be.

They walked into the hall and Harry latched onto Draco's sleeve to keep himself from collapsing, he'd suddenly felt quite light headed and he knew that he needed some water. Draco put his hand on Harry's elbow to support him and they worked their way to their spots at the Slytherin table. Harry was feeling a little out of it as he concentrated on getting to his spot, so when he briefly looked at Severus he had somewhat of a blank expression and Severus was beginning to get disheartened.

"You alright now, Harry?" Draco asked concerned and Harry nodded as he gulped down some water.

Draco looked beyond Harry and saw Severus watching them before frowning and looking down at his plate, he guessed that given what he'd said last night outside the common room that he still thought Harry didn't remember them. He suddenly clicked as to why he was upset and it was because Harry hadn't even seen him before just now. He leaned closely to Harry and whispered to him.

"You need to go and see Severus tonight. He still thinks you don't remember."

Harry looked over to Draco and then swung his head round to look at Severus and because he knew the man quite well now he could see the man was stewing about something. He was bent over his plate and he could tell that the man was pushing food around rather than eating it. He sighed, when did everything go so wrong? He thought sadly and looked down in front of him as he got some food of his own.

It was after curfew and Harry was standing outside Severus's quarters wrapped in his Invisibility cloak and he reached up to knock on the door. He had to wait a few minutes and he was about to knock again, thinking the man hadn't heard him when the door slowly opened and Severus looked out into the corridor frowning.

Harry looked both ways before pulling the hood down so the man could see his head and he could tell the man had a look of relief flash across his face before it became impassive and he regarded Harry carefully.

"Evening, Severus… Can I… Come in?" he said carefully, he was nervous all of a sudden.

"Of course, Harry." He smiled in relief and Harry walked in.

Harry heard the door close behind him and he spun round to hug Severus tightly. Pulling away slightly he looked up at the man and leaned up to capture the man's lips in a searing kiss, feeling the stress of the past few hours melting away. He felt a hand on the back of his neck, and the warmth of the man's hand relaxing him further and a moan slipped out.

"I needed that, thanks." Harry said sheepishly, pulling away and he saw Severus scanning his face, for what he had no idea.

"Same here." Severus replied quietly and took Harry's hand leading him through to his living area.

They went over to the couch and sat down with Harry sitting closely next to him and he put his arm around the boy's shoulders, holding him close.

"You had me worried, Harry. What's been going on?"

"It was such a weird feeling, I mean last night when you came to see me I just felt weird and I wasn't sure if our memories together this year were real or just a fantasy. I'm sorry I didn't come to you earlier, I really needed to, now that I think about it."

"It's quite alright. Madame Pomfrey told me to expect your visit for some pain relief anyway, do you require anything?"

"Actually yes, my head is starting to ache again."

Severus cradled the back of his neck briefly before he stood and walked through to his lab and came back with a small vial and handed it to Harry as he sat down. Harry took the stopper out and swallowed it in one go and felt the effects immediately.

"Thanks."

"You're welcome."

Harry sighed then laughed awkwardly. "Nothing's ever easy for me is it."

Severus chuckled as he heard this, Harry was spot on with that comment.

"No, it isn't. By the way, Mr. Finnigan has received detention for blowing up the classroom. I wanted to push for more, but apparently I can't be seen having favourite students." He finished by rolling his eyes and Harry giggled.

"No, that would be disastrous, Severus. A favourite student? Geez, people would think you've gone mad." He mocked and Severus tightened his grip around Harry's shoulders.

"Brat." Severus said under his breath and Harry leaned into his touch.

They sat in comfortable silence for a while and then Harry started to wriggle and worked his way up the man, finding his lips and they kissed for a few minutes before Harry could feel himself getting hard and he pulled away smirking. He saw Severus look over to the door and then he frowned before he broke the silence.

"You need to get back to the common room, Harry."

"Aw, do I have to? I've been in a horrendous accident and I need some loving." He said and pouted as he finished.

"You're beginning to sound a lot like Draco these days." He chuckled and Harry feigned being offended. "And I'm sorry but you know the rules. How about tomorrow night you stay?"

"Ok." He sighed but Severus leaned round putting his right hand on Harry's cheek and kissed him passionately before standing and offering his hand to Harry.

"You're a tease, you know that?"

"Oh, how so?" Severus replied raising a curious eyebrow. He remembered back to when Harry would be the one teasing him, karma, he thought amused.

Harry gave him an 'are you stupid?' look and pointed to his groin area where you could see an obvious bulge. Severus put his left hand on Harry's hip and his right on the boy's cheek, running his thumb along Harry's bottom lip as he looked deep into his beautiful emerald eyes.

"You are mending, Harry. Too much excitement and I'm afraid it would not end well for you." He smirked at the end before leaning down and giving Harry a chaste kiss.

They walked out into his office and Harry grabbed his cloak from the man's desk and went to put it on when Severus stopped him and said he'd walk Harry back to the common room.

Harry woke the next morning feeling rather groggy and his head hurt. He was in two minds whether to see Severus before breakfast but he didn't think he'd catch him. Mystic hooted happily next to him on his desk and he decided to write to the man and see if there was a chance to get some pain relief.

Severus was just about to stand up and leave the hall to set up for his next class as he had to go back to the dungeons, get his notes and then walk up to the fourth floor as he still had no Potion's classroom. His departure was stalled however when an owl flew and stopped in front of his spot with a letter. He recognized the owl straight away as Harry's and it had him curious so he took the letter and opened it quickly to find Harry's writing.

Severus,

I hope this reached you in time. I have a splitting head ache, any chance of some pain relief before class?

Love Harry

He smiled goofily at the note and stood to leave the hall. He had plenty of pain relief Potion for Harry's disposal and he was only too happy to oblige. As he swept from the hall he started to hear whispers and he heard his name but couldn't work out why they were talking about him. He bumped into McGonagall just as he was leaving and she gave him a weird sort of smile and greeted him fondly before moving into the hall. It was then he realized he'd made the mistake of letting his emotions bubble to the surface and immediately schooled his features to ward off any further gossip and speculation.

Harry was giving himself the once over in the mirror and about to head to the Great Hall for breakfast when Mystic came flying through the door and landing on his bed with a triumphant look on her face. He smiled and went over to her, petting her black feathers and giving her a kiss on the head.

"Good girl." He cooed and Draco made a vomiting noise as he walked past.

"Honestly, what would Severus say if he saw this?" Draco said sarcastically.

"He'd swoon and say 'how romantic of you young, Harry'." He retorted in his best Severus impersonation and he received baffled looks from both of the boy's.

Severus sat back in his chair rolling the vial for Harry between his fingers whilst waiting for the students to arrive for the morning. He felt butterflies in his stomach as he thought about the end of the day, as Harry would be coming around. He shook his head in disbelief at his thoughts, when did I become so soft… and reliant on the boy for that matter, he smiled a little at his thoughts. As long as he didn't let the outside world know that Harry did to him on the inside, then he was safe.

He was roused from his thoughts when he heard footsteps coming from the corridor and he stared at the doorway, looking bored as the first students walked into the class. They took one look at him and scurried to find a seat, they still thought he was seething with rage about the accident on the Monday and part of him still was but he was more concerned about Harry. Just as he thought about him, said boy walked through the door looking a little peaky and headed to find a seat.

"Mr. Potter?" he called and saw the boy look up. Making a come hither motion with his finger he saw the boy wobble slightly as he came closer.

"How is that head feeling this morning?"

"About the same as yesterday, sir." Harry said looking up at Severus and he saw the man nod before he was presented with a vial.

"Take half now, and the other half at lunch time. It should cover you for the rest of the day."

"Thank you, sir." Harry replied and because he had his back to the rest of the students he gave Severus a wide grin and winked.

The lesson for Harry was hard, he found it very hard to concentrate, as it had been yesterday as well and the man's voice wasn't doing much to help him either. He didn't know how he'd been able to focus all year and was wondering why it was now that he all of a sudden couldn't concentrate. They were learning theory behind all of their Potions and ingredients currently because they weren't able to practice due to the lack of facilities and Harry didn't like it. He doubted many others liked it either, especially Severus who now had to speak for hours on end instead of the occasional insult.

Again, by the end of the day Harry was exhausted and he flopped down on his bed when they got back to the common room. He was supposed to be having Quidditch practice tonight but how he was feeling currently the team had decided that they would be fine without him. What made him even more upset was that he wasn't able to participate in the game that they had the following weekend because Madame Pomfrey deemed him unfit for the next two weeks. Draco had offered to fill the spot as Seeker for Harry and he was grateful, he didn't doubt the boy's abilities for one minute and he knew his team would still be strong.

Without realizing it, he fell asleep and was out for a good three hours only to be woken up by Draco who had come back from Quidditch practice with Blaise and were going to head down for dinner. Harry wasn't hungry but now he was more awake he decided to humor himself and staggered as he stood.

Dinner wasn't too exciting and Harry kept on glancing up at Severus who was having an animated conversation with Professor Sprout. Harry was getting restless and all he wanted to do was snuggle into Severus in bed. He looked back up to Severus and the man was looking at him, he raised an eyebrow before taking a sip from his goblet in front of him as he maintained eye contact with Harry and Harry could feel his insides melting as he watched the sinful man teasing him.

Finally dinner was coming to an end and Harry could see Severus making his way out of the hall. He stood and when questioned he said he wanted to catch Snape for something for his headache. The excuse was plausible and he went after the man, breaking into a jog as he left the hall and called the man's name.

"I see someone couldn't wait." Severus whispered as Harry fell into step with him.

"You saying you don't want to see me?" Harry shot back with a smirk and Severus shook his head.

In the man's quarters they went straight to the bedroom and Harry asked if he could have a shower before getting into bed. Severus wrapped his arms around Harry before pulling him into the shower and asked in his silky voice if he could join.

He helped Harry undress before undressing himself and they stepped into the shower together. He noted that Harry's split in his head had been healed so decided that he could wash the boy's hair whilst they were in there and gave him a bit of a massage, visibly seeing Harry relax as he worked the muscles in his shoulders. He saw Harry put a hand on the shower wall in front of him and a moan escape as Severus continued to work his shoulder muscles then Severus realized what he was doing. Stopping the massaging he wrapped his arms around Harry's middle and took Harry's hand off his obvious erection and kissed the side of the boy's neck.

"Cheeky brat." He said into Harry's neck and he heard the boy mewling.

"Mmm, please." Harry said softly.

"Please what, Harry?" he purred into Harry's ear and he felt the boy shiver.

"I need you." Harry breathed and he pushed back against Severus and closing his eyes.

"Mmm." Severus purred and he took both of Harry's wrists and pulled them lightly behind his back.

Severus leaned down and started nibbling Harry's earlobe and he could hear the boy moaning and mewling, making the sweetest sounds one could make and he could feel himself growing hard as well. He thrust his hips gently between Harry's butt cheeks and rocked a little, with the warm water it provided a little lubrication and he slid easily in Harry's crack.

He took Harry's hands in his right hand and with his left hand he put it between Harry's shoulder blades pushing him forward so he was bent over a little. He was wary of Harry's head but Harry moved his head and positioned his cheek on the cool tiled wall of the shower. Severus leaned over his back and started kissing the base of Harry's neck and moved his left hand round to start touching Harry's straining cock. He wrapped a hand around the base and gave it a little squeeze earning a drawn out moan from Harry and the boy pushing back against him.

Severus made short work of Harry's erection and the boy breathed out Severus's name as he rode out his orgasm before going a little limp and Severus had to help him stand. He helped Harry to stand straight and the boy's head fell back and rested against his shoulder as he rubbed some soap over his body to wash him the best he could. He knew Harry was exhausted so not bothering about his own hard problem, he shut the water off and wrapped Harry in what he was now calling Harry's bathrobe, as he was the only one to use it, and carried him into the bedroom before tucking him under the covers.

Harry rolled onto his side as Severus quickly toweled himself dry and hopped in next to Harry. Harry lazily opened his eyes to look up at the man who had put his arm around his shoulders and he saw the teen frowning.

"What about you?" Harry said sleepily and he smiled at how cute he looked.

"You're tired, Harry don't worry about it.

"But…" He trailed off as Severus put a finger on his lips to stop him.

"If you're good, we can have sex in the morning, but only if you're up to it."

"Mmkay." Harry mumbled and closed his eyes.

Severus didn't have to wait long before Harry went limp in his arms and his breathing evened out.