Coming Back to You
SeverusxLily
Rated T
Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or its characters from the franchise. That honor belongs to JK Rowling
Coming Back to You
Chapter 29: Come Back to Me
The first thing that registered in Lily's mind when she woke up was that she felt very sore, especially in her abdomen. Her bleary eyes blinked slowly as her vision came into focus and the first thing she saw was a white ceiling. Where was she? Was she…in St. Mungo's?
Green eyes widening Lily sat up quickly, hissing as pain shot through her body. A pair of hands grabbed her as a voice said, "Careful, Lily. Don't move so fast."
Lily looked to her left and saw Narcissa looking at her with concern in her ice blue eyes. Taking a few deep breaths to try and will away the pain she was feeling Lily said, "Narcissa?"
"It's alright, dear. You're alright now."
"What happened?"
"You don't remember?"
"Not really."
Narcissa was silent for a moment before she said, "Well, you and Harry were captured by Death Eaters and were tortured by the Dark Lord. Then Severus showed up and began dueling against him, and Dumbledore and a few others showed up to battle the other Death Eaters. Lupin, Sirius, and I got you and Harry out of Malfoy Manor and you went into labor. And when we arrived here at the hospital you fainted. All of that happened a week ago."
Lily blinked as she processed what Narcissa had told her. She had gone into labor a week ago? Looking down at her stomach she saw that she was no longer large in her middle, meaning that her babies were no longer in her stomach. Frantically Lily looked around and asked, "Where are they? Where are my babies? Where's Harry?"
"Calm down, Lily," Narcissa said gently. "They all are fine. Sirius and Lupin are with Harry who woke up yesterday, and Lucius and the Longbottoms are with the triplets. They are beautiful, by the way. One of those boys look exactly like you, red hair and green eyes and all."
"Really?" Lily asked with a smile. "I want to see them."
The blonde woman nodded and stood up before helping Lily out of her hospital bed into standing. She took the robe that was on the chair she was sitting in and helped the redhead into it and tied it before slowly leading her out of the room and down the corridor a ways. They stopped in front of a closed door and Narcissa opened the door, leading Lily inside.
Lily saw Remus and Sirius talking with each other, not noticing that they had entered. She was also surprised to see Petunia in the room, Harry seated in her lap. Harry turned his attention towards the door where the two women stood and a bright smile appeared on his face as he called out, "Mummy!"
Petunia looked over and smiled as she stood with Harry in her arms, hurrying over to her younger sister. Wrapping an arm around her sister she said, "Lily! Oh Lily, I'm so glad you are alright! I was so worried when Sirius told me what happened."
"Yeah and she demanded I bring her here," Sirius inputted as he and Remus walked over to them. They both hugged Lily before Harry was passed to his mother. Lily hugged her son close and peppered his face with kisses, causing Harry to giggle.
"Oh Harry, I'm so glad that you are alright!" Lily said as she held her son close, ignoring the pain still in her body. Looking up at Remus she asked, "The Cruciatus Curse didn't hurt him any worse than it did, did it?"
Remus shook his head and answered, "No, he'll be fine. He was spasming, but the Healer was able to stop that and help him to rest easy. He even checked over to make sure there was complete damage to the little guy's nervous system and mind. Harry pulled through better than any toddler probably would; he's a real fighter, just like James was."
Lily nodded and kissed Harry on his forehead as she continued to hug him as tight as she could without squeezing him too hard. Her son was alright and would be, and that was all that mattered. Harry hugged his mother in return before saying, "Mummy, babies?"
Nodding Lily asked to be taken to her triplets. Narcissa lead her and the others out of the room and back down the corridor until they reached another room near the very end of the corridor. The blonde knocked on the door and it was opened a few seconds later to reveal Lucius. The man smiled and beckoned everyone inside while holding a finger to his lips, indicating for them to be quiet upon entering. Once they were inside Lily walked over to where Alice and Frank were looking into three little bassinets, Neville resting on Frank's hip.
Alice turned and smiled at Lily, her blue eyes shining brightly at seeing her best friend finally awake and moving around. She and her husband moved out of the redhead's way so that she could get a good look at the new additions of her family.
As soon as Lily laid her eyes upon her triplets sleeping in their bassinets, her eyes filled with tears that overflowed onto her cheeks. They were so perfect, despite being born a month early. Two wrapped in a blue blanket and one in a pink one. One of the baby boys had, as Narcissa said, red hair and his eyes were most likely green behind their closed lids. The other boy had black hair just like his father and if she looked closely, resembled his father as well; she wondered what color his eyes were. The girl also had dark hair, almost black but seemed to be a bit brown as well. She squirmed for a moment before opening her eyes and looking up at Lily, almost as if sensing she was there. Lily let out a small laugh as she looked into her daughter's dark eyes, black just like her father's.
"Hello, my baby. I'm your mummy," Lily whispered as she reached a hand inside the bassinet and lightly stroked her baby's cheek. The baby girl hummed softly at her mother's touch before drifting back to sleep. Harry giggled in his mother's arms as he gazed down at his infant siblings.
Wiping her tears away, only for more to flow from her eyes, Lily turned to face her friends and said, "They are beautiful, just perfect. Thank you all so much for caring for them while I was unconscious. I know I've probably caused you all a lot of unnecessary trouble, and I'm really sorry for that, but all the same thank you."
Alice walked over to her friend and hugged her saying, "Lily, don't worry about it. We would do it all over again if we had to."
"She's right, we would," Sirius said, his arm wrapped around Petunia.
Lily smiled as she pulled away from Alice as she looked back down at her babies. Her eyes lingered on her son that looked like Severus before she looked back up at the other adults in the room.
"Where's Severus?" she asked.
The smiles on everyone's faces dropped and they all looked at each other, uncertain looks on their faces. It was almost as if they were silently asking each other who would be the one to tell her where her lover was. Lily looked at them all before looking Lucius square in his grey eyes and asked, "Lucius, where is Severus?"
Lucius returned her stare before sighing and answered, "Severus isn't in good condition at the moment."
Green eyes widening Lily asked, "What do you mean?"
Before anyone could answer the door opened and a Healer walked inside, his eyes widening to see all of the people in the room. When he looked at Lily he smiled and said, "It's good to see you awake and in here, Mrs. Potter. And I see you have already seen your babies. I just came to check on them, but since you are here, I was hoping that you had names for them yet. First and last will be fine for now; you can give me middle names later."
Lily blinked for a moment before asking, "Which one was born first?"
"The dark haired boy first, then the red haired boy, and then the girl."
"Well then, I want my first son of the triplets to be called Roderick Severus Snape, the second one Tobias Rupert Snape, and my daughter will be Eileen Muirrean Snape."
The Healer wrote those names down before asking her to sign their birth certificates, their birth date saying that they were born on the thirteenth of December, 1982. She did so and was told that once Severus' signature was on the birth certificates along with hers as their father, they would drop their blood on their designated certificates so that they would be automatically be put under their names at Gringotts. Speaking of Severus Lily asked the Healer where her lover was.
"I'm sorry, Mrs. Potter, but Mr. Snape is not in stable condition at the moment. He has been put into a magical coma and it is hard to say when he will wake up," the Healer told her.
"Magical coma? What happened to him?"
"He battled against You-Know-Who a week ago and was very badly injured. When he was brought to us, he was covered in very deep cuts and he had a severe head injury. It almost took a full hour to stop the bleeding and we almost lost him a few times; one time it took us fifteen minutes to restart his heart. It was better to put him in a magical coma so he can heal. Also, all of the nerves in his right leg were damaged and it is hard to say whether he will walk properly when he regains consciousness. He was also suffering after affects of the Cruciatus Curse. Any other wizard would most likely be dead by this point, but Mr. Snape is still alive and fighting. We have all agreed that it is a miracle he is even still breathing at this point. However his lungs seem to be failing him. Whatever Dark curse You-Know-Who used on him is causing his lungs to fail and is making it hard for him to breath. And unfortunately, we can't find a way to reverse the affects. I'm sorry to say this, but Mr. Snape might not survive through the next week."
Numb. Numbess that was all Lily felt. She couldn't believe the words that the Healer had spoken to her that filled her ears. Severus was…dying? Tears fell from her green eyes as a gasp left her throat, followed by quick pants. Alice quickly grabbed Harry from his mother as Petunia moved to stand in front of her younger sister. Grabbing her gently by her face she said, "Lily, Lily breath. Breath, Lily."
Lily took in a huge gulp of air before a sob escaped her mouth. The blonde woman held the redhead in a hug as Lily sobbed into her shoulder, clutching her tightly as her body shook. The Healer excused himself while the others came to surround the two sisters to give comfort to their grieving friend. They all had been given the news just days ago and none of them could imagine what Lily must be feeling at the moment. She was losing the love of her life.
Lucius placed a hand on the sobbing witch's shoulder and said softly, "Let me take you to him."
Nodding Lily let go of her sister and took her son from Alice, following the blond man out of room they were in and to another floor that was essentially the Wizarding verion of a Muggle ICU. Lucius lead Lily to a door that said Snape, Severus on it and pushed the door open, allowing the woman and her child to enter first. As soon as Lily looked at the figure on the bed, she covered her hand with her mouth as more tears fell down her face.
Severus was lying on the bed unconscious, his torso bare and only covered with multiple bandages. There was also bandages wrapped around his head and a blanket was covering him waist down. He had a peaceful look on his face due to being in his coma, but knowing what happened that brought him to where he was broke Lily's heart. Walking over towards him she said through a sob, "Oh, Severus."
Lucius told Lily that he was going to head back to the others and told her to take her time. Once he was gone Lily sat down on the bed next to her lover's still form, letting Harry climb out of her arms to lie down and snuggle against the man. Seeing that made Lily cry harder as she took the unconscious wizard's hand in hers and gripped it tightly.
"Severus, why? Why does it have to end like this? You promised you wouldn't leave me. You promised! It can't end this way, not with you dying! We have a future and a family to raise together! You can't leave all of that behind!" Lily cried.
The woman continued to cry as she continued to hold the calloused hand in hers, her tight grip never wavering. She watched him through her tears, watching as his chest rose up and down slowly. Her eyes widened as his breathing suddenly stopped, all movement from his chest stopping. Lily gasped as she laid her head to his chest, her ear over his heart to listen for a heartbeat; there was none.
"No. No, no, no, no, no," Lily said frantically as she shook the man. "Severus, wake up. Don't do this, Sev, wake up."
But alas, there was no more movement from the Potions Master. No breathing or anything to indicate any sign of life. A small blue light rose from Seveus' slightly parted lips and rose in the air before turning a red color. The red light then spelled out a single word, a word that broke Lily: Dead.
Lily let out an anguished cry before turning her attention back to the still form on the bed, yelling, "Severus, please wake up! I love you! I love you so much it hurts! I need you! Harry needs you! Our triplets need you! Please wake up! Don't go! Come back to me, please! Come back!"
Harry watched his mother sob and plead with his daddy, making his own tears fall from his little eyes. Sitting up he watched his mother lay her head on his daddy's chest and sob, her hand clenched right over the man's heart. Despite not really knowing what was wrong, he didn't want his mummy to be sad because of daddy. Turning to face Severus he leant down and placed a kiss on the wizard's forehead before placing his tiny hands on top of the one on his daddy's chest. Closing his eyes he felt his magic surge through his little body and into his hands, causing the surge to run down through Lily's hand and into Severus' chest.
The redhead looked at her son, wondering what it was that he was doing with his magic. Whatever it was, he probably didn't understand, but it felt powerful. What in the name of Merlin was Harry doing? She watched in amazement as a shining yellow light began to glow underneath their hands, right over Severus' still heart. All of a sudden the light began to spread all over Severus until his entire body was engulfed in the yellow light. Not only that a wind from nowhere filled the room, whipping their hair around. What was Harry doing?!
"Mummy, don't cry," Harry told her. "Daddy will be okay."
Just as soon as the toddler said those words, the red light that had come from Severus' mouth turned blue once again and floated back down into his mouth. As soon as that happened, the room was filled with a bright light and a loud thumping sound filled the room, almost like the sound of a heartbeat. Lily could feel the room shaking, so much so that possibly the whole hospital was shaking. The sound of the door opening reached her ears and she turned to see that it was open, but none of the Healers could get inside, almost as if something was keeping them out.
Turning back to her child she cried, "Harry!"
Once more the thumping sound boomed around them and the room shook before the bright light grew even brighter, causing Lily to close her eyes to block it out. And then just like that, it was over.
Opening her eyes Lily looked to see Harry looking up at her, a big smile on his tired looking face. Grinning he said proudly, "Daddy is okay now."
Before she could ask what her son meant, Lily felt something beneath her hand that gave her pause. It felt like…like…Severus' heart was beating. Gazing down at him she stared intensely at the man's face, searching for any sigh of him waking up. Please, oh please, she thought.
Severus' face remained as peaceful looking as it did when Lily had first walked inside the room, but then his brows furrowed slightly. His whole face grimaced as he groaned in pain, the sound making Lily gasp as well as the Healers that had entered the room. Lily leaned down closer towards his face as she said, "Sev?"
Black eyes blearily opened before blinking slowly, vision focusing until they were looking into green eyes that they loved very much. Severus smiled before softly saying, "Lily."
Lily sobbed as she quickly made Severus sit up before throwing herself at him, wrapping her arms tightly around his neck and sobbed as she held him close. Severus wrapped his own arms around her and held her tightly, burying his face in her neck as he breathed in her scent. Pulling away he kissed Lily passionately, pouring all of his love for her into it. Lily returned it just as passionately, neither of them caring that they had an audience in the room.
Severus kissed Lily once more before turning his attention to Harry. With a smile he said, "Hello, Harry."
"Daddy!" Harry cried happily as he hugged the man who hugged him close in return.
The Healers in the doorway were completely baffled. Severus Snape was lying on his deathbed with no chance of recovery. And now, thanks to a two year old, he was sitting up and ultimately healed it seemed. How could a child do what they could not? And a better question was how did he do it? Knowing that it would be impossible to get the answer, because even his mother probably didn't know, they went into Healer mode and began checking over Severus, as well as Lily and Harry. Once they were done the Healers left to discuss what they had witnessed, leaving the family so they could have some privacy.
As soon as the Healers were gone Severus said, "I defeated the Dark Lord, Lily."
"You did?" Lily asked in amazement.
"Yes, I did. I blew him up, so to speak, and it cost me what was left of my magical reserve. Dumbledore suspects that he will return one day, though. He doesn't know when, but he believes he will."
"And we'll be ready for when that day comes. But as of right now, I'm just so happy that you came back to me. I thought I had lost you forever."
The Potions Master smiled and kissed the redhead once more before asking, "What about the triplets? What do they look like? What are their names?"
Lily smiled and answered, "They are beautiful, Sev. The boys' names are Roderick Severus and Tobias Rupert, and our daughter's name is Eileen Muirrean. And I gave them your last name."
Severus stared down at his love in wonder, his black eyes misting over a bit before he blinked the forming tears away. Lily smiled as she saw his eyes shine and she kissed his cheek before saying, "Let me see if I can get someone to bring them here. Unless you think you can walk. The Healer said all of the nerves in your leg were damaged and you might not be able to walk properly."
"The hell I can't," Severus said before throwing the blanket off of him, his legs showing to be covered in what looked like pajama pants. He swung his legs over the edge of the hospital bed and stood up, picking Harry up as he did so and walked towards the door just as he did before ever having nerve damage. Lily stared in amazement at seeing that. Whatever her little boy had done, it had healed Severus completely.
She followed her lover out of his room and to the floor she herself had been on. Lily then lead him to the room where their babies were and after a quick reunion with everyone else, she and Severus were left alone with their children, all four of them. And as Lily sat across from Severus watching him coo over Eileen and Tobias, each of them in his arms and Roderick in hers, she couldn't help but smile as she thought of what joy and happiness the future would bring them.
Lily was so happy to have this moment and she would treasure it forever. Fate had lead her back to Severus, and when it looked as if Severus would be taken from her, a miracle in the form of her son brought him back to her. And now they were blessed with three perfect little bundles of joy. Lily believed that her life had circled her back to where she was supposed to be, and that was having Severus in her life by her side forever. And she knew that there was no way that she would ever divert from it ever again. She had him and her children, and whatever else was in store for them on their journey through life, she was happy to be able to walk and face it with her soul mate.
Author's Note: It's not the end, so don't worry. There will be one more chapter, and CBtY will officially come to a close. Thank you all that have been following this story from the beginning and have enjoyed it every step of the way! XOXO, SehunsBae37.
