Moonlight
"I've missed this, you know."
Hermione raised an eyebrow, glancing over at her husband in surprise. "Missed what?"
"This," Severus repeated, gesturing around them. The two of them were sitting together on the patio of a muggle restaurant in the heart of London, having dinner together, just the two of them. "Us here, alone. Dinner together at a restaurant that doesn't have ghastly pink rabbits on the wall. Not having to fight with Loque about whether he should eat his peas. Not having applesauce in my hair-"
"Loque was the one who threw applesauce at you," Hermione pointed out. "Aria throws milk, remember?"
"And then it smells wretched for days," Severus said drily with a roll of his eyes.
"Only when you don't duck."
"And if we're not being bombarded with food products or questions from our children, we're busy entertaining your detestable friends-"
"Or Draco," Hermione shot back with a grin. "He was hardly my friend before you brought him into our lives, you know."
"It's something I regret every day," Severus said with a small smile. He reached out, grabbing his wife's hand. "We should pawn the kids off onto Molly and Arthur more often."
"Severus!"
"You can't tell me that you aren't enjoying yourself, Hermione."
"Be that as it may, I will not just pawn my children over to Molly and Arthur," Hermione mocked with a roll of her eyes. "It's completely unfair to them."
"Oh, Loque and Aria can handle it-"
"I meant to the Weasleys," Hermione interrupted with a laugh. "They have their own lives too, you know."
"But look around you, Hermione," Severus said, his voice growing deeper, huskier. "Look at the stars. Feel the warm breeze on your skin. Listen to the silence. Bask in the glorious moonlight that makes your eyes shine with beauty. And then look into my own eyes, see all of my love and passion for you, and tell me that you don't wish we could do this more often?"
Hermione bit her lip, meeting her lover's gaze, before she smiled softly and said, "I guess we can ask the Weasleys to babysit one more time."
I know this one is really short, but I'm in the middle of midterms right now! I promise, the next one will be about 3 times as long! I hope you all have an awesome Halloween! What are you guys going to be?
Thank you to all of my reviewers from the last chapter: TheTragedyIs13, Larisa, brilliantblonde, and Kayleigh-FanfictionAddict-21. I really appreciate it!
Take care!
-Selene
