Chapter 49: An Almost Family Outing
{A/N: Here's another update...this scene was difficult given my nephews are over for the weekend...but hopefully it delivers the desired effect.}
{"There's a place where you can light the fire and watch it burn...Lay it down and lose it all...It's taken me so far beyond the point of no return...Gave all that I had...When hope is gone...(Hope is gone)...Is this real?...Or is it just another crazy dream?...Someday soon will fade away...Feels just like I'm under water and can barely breathe...Dying in the bed that I have made...I don't wanna drown in you...I'm sinking, then I'm torn in two...So when you see me come up for air...Don't try to hold me down, just save me now...Don't let me drown in you..."}Drown In You, Daughtry
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Warning: Mature Content Ahead...
The Bathroom, Snape's Estate, Wizarding World...
Heated water from the shower-head rained down upon the tired and scar riddled pale form of Severus Snape. The former Potions Professor had been attempting to enjoy his shower as the water cascaded down his spine soaking his skin in it's relaxing waves. His lengthy raven hair had been soaked and dripping down his shoulders as he enjoyed the effects of it's relief on his tired muscles. Hermione had been packing for an hour or so with the expressed purpose of having everything in order when she took the children to visit her parents.
She had suggested Severus come along, given his frequent talk about marriage so that he would be able to get to know her muggle family. Given his status as a muggle as of his official "death" in the wizarding world, he had been more than prepared for them should they need to question his interest in their formerly married daughter.
Having no other options other than being home alone, Snape agreed but suggested he do it under the guise of the Polly-juice potion given that he had been her former Potions Professor and that it might raise more questions than they needed as to how he survived being killed by Voldemort after murdering the former Headmaster.
The muffled screams of his mother rang out in his ears as the water continued to soak him.
He had been jolted from the depths of the terrible memory by the sudden burst of cold air in the form of Hermione climbing into the shower with him. Her soft touch had been unmistakable as she ran her hands across his battle scared back and shoulders. There had still been signs of the war no matter where she looked but none had been as vivid a tale as the lines that decorated her lover's pale flesh.
The former Potions Professor closed his eyes as the combination of warm water and the feel of her soft pink lips pressing against the old scars got the better of him. Given what he had at the present time, he wouldn't have traded the agony of a single scar if it meant never being able to have Hermione or the children in his life.
Taking a deep breath, Snape turned to face the witch behind him pulling her equally nude form into close contact with his own. It had been something to feel the light indentation of her supple breasts pressing against his exposed chest right along with her hands being wrapped around his neck while he effortlessly lifted her off the shower floor and into the air to crush his pale lips into her own soft pink ones.
There was always something completely innocent and insatiable about Hermione's love-making that seemed to intoxicate Snape more than any laced potion or lucid dream ever experienced.
The simple thrill of her touch being one of the few perks in his life and something that sustained him over the course of the five years he had been declared dead by the wizarding world. Hermione couldn't help but let out a soft moan when she felt his body against hers, slick from the water and the need filling the two of them like it had the first time they were intimate.
"Severus." said Hermione in a breathless tone as Snape pressed her against the cool slick tiles that lined the shower that surrounded them.
Snape groaned feeling her slender legs wrap around his waist and with an effortless thrust his cock found it's way within her warm depths.
Hermione let out another moan as they began to explore the improved sensation of making-love in the shower.
The images of pain and anguish seemed to melt away as Snape's main focus had shifted to pleasing his attentive young lover.
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The Master Bedroom, Snape's Estate, Wizarding World...
The effects of the shower had been well appreciated but it did little to quell the morose mood he had been in. The thought of his drunken brute of a father being any where near Hermione or the children only seemed to make his blood boil, of course Severus had taken care not to show this side to his apparent "family".
Hermione had insisted on him wearing a muggle suit when they went to her parent's house. As much as he hated the aspect of doing such a thing, he believed that it was necessary to keep his witch happy. The irony that the once snarky and immovable potions Professor would consider the thoughts and feelings of his former student given his reputation was just to good to ignore.
He had been given a navy blue suit with white pinstripes to wear, the witch had told him it was better than seeing him dressed in all black given it would look as if he had been going to a funeral instead of his girlfriend's parent's house.
He had decided to make himself look more presentable by attempting to tame his wild and lengthy hair. Hermione had been partial to pulling it back into a pony-tail and he had taken care to shave more so for the witch's benefit than her parents given she often commented on his scruffy facial hair scratching the surface of her cheeks when they kissed.
Snape thought her admission amusing but complied none the less.
He had been serious about marrying her and she would see that he could manage existing within the world of muggles such as her parents. They both agreed that he would become Sebastian Prince once again to protect his true identity for now and then gradually reveal himself as her former Potions Professor at a later time once The Grangers became accustomed to him.
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The Entrance Hall, Snape's Estate, Muggle World...
Severus and Hermione had been dressed rather well and so had the children with Rose in a beautiful red velvet dress with white lace trimmings. She wore equally white stockings that covered her slim legs and black dress shoes. Hugo had been dressed in a good set of fancy trousers, navy blue in color like Snape's had been with black dress shoes a white long sleeve shirt and a navy blue sweater-vest.
Everyone had been well groomed and thoroughly bathed before they filed out the front door toward the method of transportation for the evening. Snape had taken into account the concerns of Hermione's parents when it came to the children and decided to adhere to muggle practices by choosing a family sedan with the proper seating equipment to impress The Grangers and a neutral color that added ample room for the four of them on the road. Of course no one would know he had been able to use magic on the vehicle should the need arise.
Hermione, whose hair had been down to her shoulders as straight as she could manage to get it, wore a reasonable tan blazer and matching skirt with beige stockings and reasonable dress shoes also in black.
Her naturally pink lips were covered in ruby red lipstick, mostly a means of appeasing her mother whom had believed she deliberately made herself unattractive to stave off potential husbands, despite having been married to Ron Weasley for the past five years, the lack of ritual lipstick had been a bother to her mother.
"Alright, everyone on their best behavior." said the seemingly stressed witch. "That includes you too, Severus."
Snape smirked rather wickedly at her before filing into the driver seat.
"I don't suppose it would be appropriate to mention how much fun you like to have in the shower." he said momentarily forgetting the children had been present.
"Severus." said Hermione narrowing her eyes at him.
"I have fun in the shower too." said Hugo not at all knowing what his Uncle Sev had been eluding to.
Snape cleared his throat.
"Right." he said. "Best behavior."
Everyone filed into the car with the intent of reaching the Granger residence before tea time.
