Chapter 17- The idea (part 1)
Severus sighs knowing that he is going to have to deal with the child he thinks of as a son.
Severus walks to the room that is currently occupying the young child. He opens the door and sees the child flinch. Rather than smiling thinking about his flying time as Severus expected, Harry was sitting on his bed hugging his pillow with tears in his eyes threatening to fall. Severus's heart goes out to the child. "Harry. I think you and I have a lot to talk about don't we?"
Harry doesn't respond although he does look up at the man before quickly looking back down. Severus moves over to Harry and sits on the bed pulling Harry to his feet so he is standing in between his knees.
"Why did you go flying? I know that you knew what the outcome would be should I have found out."
"I just wanted to fly. I hadn't flown since quidditch ended and I was working all morning on homework I wanted to do something fun." Harry says justifying his behavior.
"You don't understand, do you? YOU COULD HAVE DIED! No one knew that you were flying. I believe that you were told not only by myself but by Madame Pomfrey as well were you not?"
"Yes sir. I was."
"I think that you know what to expect do you not?"
"Yes sir I do."
"Tell me then. What is going to happen?"
"You are going to spank me sir." Harry says blushing.
"Yes I am. Trousers down and lay over my lap." Severus says while pulling Harry to his side.
Harry hesitates but then he pulls his pants down before flinging himself across the man's lap. He gasps and tries to cover his bottom when he feels his shorts being lowered. "Yes Harry. This is going to be on the bare. You put your life at risk and I cannot allow you to do that." Severus says before raising his hand and allowing it to fall on the small backside.
Harry yelps as the hand falls on his bottom. It is not long before Harry is crying hard.
Severus hears Harry's crying and sighs knowing that those are going to turn to sobs very quickly. Severus stops after a bit. He feels Harry relax until he says, "Accio hairbrush."
Harry stiffens when he realizes that this is not over yet. He lets out a loud sob when he hears that the hairbrush fly into the man's hand.
"Sir…. sob please no."
Severus's heart breaks when he hears how scared Harry sounds. He forces his heart to harden and says, "Yes Harry. I am going to use the hairbrush for the rest of this punishment. You could've died!" Severus says raising the hairbrush and letting it fall smartly on the already red bottom.
Harry yelps louder than ever and starts sobbing even harder before Severus shifts Harry giving him access to the child's sit spots before asking the question, "Tell me Harry. When are you going to fly without permission again?"
"Ne… sob… NEVER!"
"I certainly hope not. If you do, we will be back in this position again." Severus says in agreement before letting the brush fall 10 more times. Severus quickly throws the brush in favor of rubbing the back of the sobbing child. He looks down at the flaming backside and winces, knowing that sitting is going to be uncomfortable for a while. But when he thinks about how he could've lost Harry makes him feel he deserved every swat.
"Hush child, you are okay. Hush just calm down everything is alright." Severus keeps murmuring these reassurances. When the child's sobs are reduced to soft cries Severus rights the clothing, with Harry hissing in protest when the clothes go over his extremely sore backside.
Harry flings himself into the man's arms, crying once again. "I'm sorry."
Severus smiles fondly at the young child. That's when the realization hit Severus. 'How has it taken me this long to see? Harry acts much younger than his real age.' Severus then starts thinking about something that had been done to him. He makes a mental note to ask Minerva, Albus and Poppy about it later.
"I know you are child. Hush. Everything will be alright I promise."
"It huuuuuuuurts." Harry whines.
Severus smiles once again at the childish antics before responding, "I know it does. That is rather the point. I did this in hopes that when you are sitting on that sore backside that you will remember why you got it and why you shouldn't have done it."
"It still hurts." Harry says petulantly.
"I'm sure it does."
Harry doesn't respond he just curls deeper into the man's robes while letting out a small yawn. Severus sees this and knows that it has been an emotional morning for the child. "How about a nap hmmmm? Then we can eat a late lunch."
Harry's response is to curl even deeper if possible into the man's robes. Severus looks down at the child once more before deciding to hold the child a bit longer knowing that he will be asleep in a few minutes.
Severus sits on the bed about 5 minutes before looking down at the, now sleeping, form of Harry buried in his robes. He feels the wards that he has on his floo and portrait going off. He thinks of setting Harry down but the moment that though crosses his mind Minerva walks into Harry's room and she looks down sadly at the sleeping figure in Severus's arms. "I've heard that Harry has had a pretty rough morning."
Severus sighs. "Dad told you then? I can't believe he went flying."
"Why don't we talk in the living room?"
"Yeah. Alright, let me put Harry down and get him in bed."
"Of course. Harry's needs to be comfortable especially after the spanking that he just recieved."
Severus chooses not to respond but set to work laying Harry on his stomach careful not to wake up the sleeping child. Minerva smiles knowing that Harry has helped Severus just as much as Severus has helped Harry.
"Come Severus. He will be fine."
"I know he will but I still can't help but worry. This is the hardest he's ever been punished. I am just worried that he will pull away from me and try to avoid me no matter how much he deserved it. I just wish I didn't have to punish him in such a way. I can't believe how I have grown to hate punishing the child, it is so hard when he acts so young." Severus looks to her clearly looking for some approval.
"Come, we don't want to wake Harry." Minerva says despite seeing the hesitation on the man's face. Severus hesitates but then decides doing what his mother said was best for him. The pair walk into the living room and Severus sits in his usual spot and Minerva sits on the couch. They sit in silence before Minerva realizes that she will have to bring up the topic herself.
"Severus. What is on your mind?"
An/ Hahahahaha there's a cliffhanger for ya. I hope you enjoyed. What's gonna happen? I know what's gonna happen but what do you guys think is going to happen?
