People have been asking if Severus is still seventeen or back to normal age, he is normal age at this point

Early the next morning Harry woke up, got dressed and hurried towards Dumbledore's office to tell him all that happened

" Harry how are you?" Dumbledore asked, he looked like he didn't sleep a wink last night

" Severus is in the Hospital Wing and Voldemort is dead" Harry said

" How did you kill him?" Dumbledore asked

" Sectumsempra, I read the spell in a book and it said use it for enemies, well Voldemort was my biggest enemy... I know it was a dark spell but I used it out of love I feel for Severus" Harry said

Dumbledore nodded in understanding

" How do you know Voldemort is really dead?" Dumbledore asked

Harry smiled, " The Dark mark on Severus's arm is gone and my scar doesn't hurt anymore"

Dumbledore nodded, " Then I think you are right, Voldemort is defeated"

" I fulfilled the prophecy" Harry whispered

" You did" Dumbledore said with a nod, " Now what do you plan on doing?"

" I plan on staying with Severus until he's better" Harry said

" What about your schooling?" Dumbledore asked

" I just defeated Voldemort, I think I could use a break for a while, plus Ron and Hermione can bring me my homework and I can work on it in the Hospital Wing" Harry said

" That is a good idea, ok, I'll talk to Professor McGonagall about it, I have a feeling she would want to talk to you" Dumbledore said

Harry nodded

A few weeks passed since Harry killed Voldemort, everybody wanted to interview Harry but Harry would not leave the Hospital Wing for more than fifteen minutes, he ate, slept, did his homework, he did everything in that room, he didn't go to any of the Voldemort is dead parties, he just watched Severus sleep and took care of him, he bathed him every two days, fed him potions by spelling them into his stomach, got rid of his waste by doing a spell, he talked to him, read to him, sang to him, everything a father would do for his son

Ron, Hermione and Draco would stay in the Hospital Wing 75 percent of the time but Madame Pomfrey always kicked them out at night much to their protesting

One day when Harry was doing his homework, there was a stir coming from Severus

Harry looked up and walked over to him

" Severus?" Harry asked quietly

Severus made a sound

Harry's heart leaped

" Severus can you hear me?" Harry asked quietly

Severus made another sound, sounded like a groan

" Come on Severus, you can do it, you can wake up" Harry whispered trying to cheer him on

It took Severus another ten minutes to open his eyes and hiss and close them again

Harry dimmed the lights

" Ok Sev, they're off" Harry said

Severus growled at the nickname but slowly opened his eyes again and looked around the room and saw Harry and glared at him

Harry smirked, " Welcome to the land of the living"

Severus rolled his eyes, but that was a bad idea and he got a headache and he closed his eyes again in pain

" What's wrong?" Harry asked

" Headache" Severus rasped since he hasn't used his voice in about a month and the last time he did use it, he was screaming from the torture

Harry accioed a headache potion and spelled it into Severus's stomach

" Better?" Harry asked

Severus slowly nodded then he realized where he was

" How'd I get here?" Severus rasped

" What do you remember?" Harry asked quietly so he didn't hurt Severus's head

" Voldemort finding out I'm a traitor and everyone torturing me" Severus rasped and said slowly

Harry sighed, " I was hoping you would forget that... I killed Voldemort that night"

Severus's eyes widened

" You've been unconscious for three and a half weeks" Harry explained

Severus glared, " You didn't have to rescue me... how did you even get out of the body bind?"

" Dumbledore" Harry said

" And he just let you come rescue me?" Severus asked, " I doubt that"

" No, I just told him what I was going to do and he wouldn't be able to stop me" Harry said, " Well that's the short version anyway"

" Well you shouldn't have come, you could have gotten killed" Severus said, " Then where would we be?"

Harry glared, " I wasn't about to leave you there being tortured for hours"

Severus was quiet and just glared, he looked like he was pouting

" What's done is done, Voldemort is dead for good, you don't have the Dark mark any more" Harry said

Severus tried looking at his arm but he just found out that he couldn't move and he started to panic and hyperventilate

" Calm down Sev" Harry said running his hand through Severus's hair to calm him down

" I can't move" Severus whispered

" I know, we have to keep you in a body bind for a while longer, you were shaking uncontrollably and it was getting dangerous" Harry said

Severus took a while to calm down

" I don't want to be in a body bind" Severus squeaked

Harry just ran his hand through Severus's hair, " I know, just calm down, you're safe here"

Severus nodded and just let Harry calm him down

" Panic attack over?" Harry asked

" Yes" Severus whispered tiredly and then he saw that a lot of Harry's stuff was here, " Have you been here the whole time?"

" Yep" Harry said

" What about classes?" Severus asked

" Ron and Hermione bring them, and they and Draco stay here until Madame Pomfrey kick them out every night" Harry explained

" But you don't leave?" Severus asked

" I never leave" Harry said, " I stay here to take care of you"

" Well you can leave now, I'm awake" Severus said

" No, I'm staying until you're all better" Harry said

" I don't need you to stay with me, Poppy's here" Severus said with a glare

" Madame Pomfrey's busy usually, I'm going to be taking care of you and that's the end of that" Harry said firmly

" Fine" Severus said defiantly and glared

Harry looked at Severus for another moment, then sighed and went to get Pomfrey and tell her that Severus was awake then he back to his homework

Pomfrey fussed over Severus, making sure he was comfortable, made sure Harry gave him his potions

" I'm fine woman, I want to get out of here and begin teaching again" Severus finally snapped

" Not for a while you can't Severus, you almost died that night and were under the cruciatus for way too long" Pomfrey said, " You're lucky Harry got to you when he did or you might have ended up like the Longbottoms"

" If you didn't know Occlumency, I think you would have ended like the Longbottoms hours before I came" Harry said

" Ok fine, I messed up, you win, now just leave me alone" Severus said tiredly

Pomfrey accioed a potion vial

" Here drink this" Pomfrey said

" What is it?" Severus asked

" Dreamless sleep" Pomfrey answered

" I've been sleeping for weeks now, I'm not tired" Severus said

" Yes you are" Pomfrey said, " Now let me give it to you"

" No" Severus said with a glare

Pomfrey glared, " Severus Tobias Snape stop being a brat and take your potion"

" I don't want it" Severus protested

" Severus you need sleep, a healing sleep" Pomfrey said

Severus shook his head no

Harry sighed, " I'll give it to him Madame"

Pomfrey nodded and gave the potion to Harry

" What makes you think I'll listen to you when I wouldn't listen to Poppy?" Severus asked

Harry smiled and sat on the bed next to Severus with the potion

" I'm not taking it" Severus said

" Why?" Harry asked

" Because" Severus said

" Because why?" Harry asked turning Severus onto his side so Harry could rub his back in slow soothing circles

" Because" Severus said tiredly, " Because... I don't want to fall asleep... I might not wake up" Severus said scared and tired sounding, " Stop doing that, stop... rubbing my back"

" Severus you will wake up, this will be a healing sleep, and nobody can get you here, you're safe" Harry said not stopping with the rubbing

" No, the Death Eaters will get me" Severus squeaked, " They'll find a way to get in"

" I won't let them" Harry said, " I'll protect you"

Severus hesitated for a moment, the back rub was making him very tired, " Promise?" Severus whispered

" I promise Sev... now will you take the potion?" Harry asked

Severus nodded and Harry helped him sit up and take the potion and helped him lay back down

" I'll be here when you wake up" Harry said

" Ok Hawy" Severus slurred and he fell into a deep sleep

Harry smiled and continued rubbing Sev's back until he knew he was fast asleep and then went back to his homework