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Severus swallowed thickly as Lily silently walked over and sat on the edge of his bed.
Wordlessly, Severus pulled the blankets down and Lily crawled under the covers next to him.
Lily turned on her side, putting her back to Severus and Severus instinctively curled around her, breathing in the scent of her hair as they laid there in silence.
"I couldn't sleep." Lily whispered.
Not that she had actually tried…
"We have to be quiet….." Severus replied in his low voice. "But I'm glad that you're here."
Severus could hear the smile in Lily's voice as she asked, "Glad I'm here? Sev, I'm glad you're here…...that you've come…...that you're with us for Christmas….I'm really, really glad."
Their words to each other were awkward as they danced around the obvious subject at hand.
Both Severus and Lily were nervous and their hearts beat fast in their chests as they each silently contemplated what to do next.
The tension in the air was nearly tangible.
Falling asleep accidentally on the couch with one another was something, yes, but the intimacy of sharing a bed, even if only innocently at first, held a different weight entirely.
Severus surmised that Lily was waiting for him to take direction.
Severus's nature was subtle, and so, he followed his intuition and raised his hand, placing it gently on Lily's hip.
Severus was eager to see Lily's reaction before he tried anything more brash.
Lily relaxed under Severus's hand and when he heard a soft sigh escape her lips, his black eyes sparkled in the darkness.
Trying not to let his fingers tremble, Severus eyed Lily as he let his hand slip down to her thigh.
With a feather soft touch, Severus ghosted his fingertips over Lily's leg, stroking her through the green satin of her nightdress.
Lily's happy sigh turned into a needy whimper and when Severus heard the sound, he propped himself up from where he lay to glance down at Lily.
When Severus saw that Lily's eyes were closed and her pink lips were parted, he stopped his ministrations and took his hand away, again wanting to see how Lily reacted.
Did she really like it?
….His touch?
Would she miss it if it disappeared?
There, in the darkness of the bedroom, Lily opened her eyes and her bright, green stare bore into Severus as she whispered softly, "Please don't stop…."
Severus's face remained unchanged but he felt like his heart and his body were ten times lighter when he heard the declaration of want and consent fall from Lily's lips.
Severus bent his head down and pressed his lips to Lily's.
Their kiss was immediately hungry and passionate.
Lily wasted no time in tangling her thin fingers in Severus's black hair.
The simple motion made Severus want to growl.
Severus felt blood rush to his groin as Lily rolled onto her back and moved the sheets aside to pull him down even closer…..
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Lily and Severus had never been fortunate enough to have an easy path with their love and it seemed that even on that night, seemingly safe in Lily's house, cuddled together in one another's arms, they would again experience unrest.
The night was cold and just outside, a small mouse shivered as he scurried along the frozen, stone street.
The Evans' home was still warm from the fireplace that had been burning inside only an hour ago and the little mouse stood up on his hind legs at the comforting heat that radiated from the building.
It took several minutes for the tiny mouse to scurry along the outside of Lily's house, but eventually, the mouse found a minuscule crack in the wall, through which, he happily made his way inside…
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However, inside the house, another mouse was also scurrying about, only this mouse was much bigger and this mouse was wearing a bathrobe and curlers.
Petunia frowned as she quietly approached the guest room door.
Petunia was certain that she heard footsteps in the hallway only a few moments ago.
Petunia could hear her mother and father and snoring, so that meant…..
The noise had to be Lily going to see that awful boy.
Petunia pressed her ear against the door and when she heard the soft rustling sounds of sheets sliding and lips meeting lips, she frowned.
Yes, she had been right.
Petunia grabbed hold of the door handle and yanked it open to catch her perfect little sister misbehaving….
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Back inside the bedroom, Severus paused his kiss with Lily only for a moment when he felt something tugging at his shirt.
Wrenching himself away from the sweet entrapment of Lily's lips, Severus blinked when he saw Lily fumbling with the bottom buttons on his nightshirt from where she lay.
Severus drew in a breath.
"Lily…..Are you certain this is what you want? Are you sure I'm what you want?" Severus asked Lily very seriously.
"Don't you want me, Sev?" Lily replied.
Severus's breath hitched.
Did he want her…..?
Severus felt his member twitch in his trousers from the way Lily was gazing at him, so soft and trusting…
The heated blush on Lily's cheeks made Severus want to groan, but he forced himself to ignore that urge.
"You're all I've ever wanted, Lily." Severus replied, not managing to completely conceal how rough and husky his low voice had become.
Lily enjoyed the sound.
"I'm waiting on you, Sev…..." Lily smirked, managing to undo a couple buttons on Severus's nightshirt.
"Your parents are here." Severus whispered, his eyes wide as Lily worked her way up, trying to expose his chest.
Severus had been preparing for his first night with Lily, but he had never dreamed that she would come to him now…
On a family holiday.
In her childhood home.
With her mother, father, sister, and Vernon Dursley in the house…
Still, Severus certainly wasn't going to refuse.
"We'll be quiet….Trust me….." Lily whispered as she continued to unbutton Severus's nightshirt, managing to get a good look at his bare chest.
Lily took a minute and gazed at Severus.
Severus wanted to crawl in a hole and hide from embarrassment.
Severus had never been very confident and he certainly wasn't about his body.
Severus was slim and fit, but he was pale and his muscles were thin and slender, not bulky and heavy the way he imagined they should be.
If there would have been a way for Severus to be with Lily while never being naked in front of her, he would have gladly pursued that option.
Despite what Severus thought, Lily looked pleased at what she saw.
Severus flinched as Lily lifted her hands and traced gentle patterns over Severus's pale chest with her fingertips.
Lily smiled.
Severus hung his head and closed his eyes.
"You're really handsome, Sev."
Lily's words almost broke Severus.
"...W-What?" Severus asked, opening his black eyes to look down at Lily.
Lily looked so beautiful, laying there with her red hair fanned out behind her and the moonlight streaming in through the window, across her porcelain skin that Severus had to concentrate very hard to hear what she was saying.
"I said you're really handsome. I don't think I've ever told you that before, Sev..." Lily smiled reassuringly up at her soon-to-be lover. "...Now seems like a good time."
Severus's pale cheeks blushed and he stuttered for words, clearing his throat. "I…..I…..!"
The words that Severus found were wrenched from his throat and replaced by a dry gasp as Lily dared to brush her fingers over the very apparent bulge in Severus's trousers.
Lily's eyes widened at the noise and she withdrew her hand as she whispered, "I'm sorry! Did I hurt you?"
"No…..no, not at all." Severus croaked, trying to steady his low voice.
Severus hadn't been expecting Lily to just reach out and…..
"You've had a look at me, when is it my turn?" Severus asked.
"Your turn?!" Lily scoffed, grinning as she opened her mouth in shock, pretending to be angry. "I didn't see anything! Just your open shirt!"
Severus ignored the taunt that Lily threw at him and he crawled to sit in front of her on the bed.
Severus leaned over and kissed Lily's pale knee, keeping eye contact with Lily.
Severus felt like his heart would surely explode as Lily slowly parted her legs.
Severus tried to ignore the overwhelming heat that flamed through his body as Lily laid there, open and beckoning him, her bright green eyes fixed studying him, asking him silently…..,,,
Lily's love and Lily's want was a better present for Severus than anything that money could buy.
But Severus didn't want to rush, Severus wanted to take his time, to take their time…..
Severus was determined to please Lily and to experience her to the fullest extent.
Severus took Lily's leg in his hand and pressed another kiss to the inside of her knee and as he did, he heard her inhale sharply.
She liked that?
Good.
So did he.
Severus held Lily's gaze in his own as he grasped her thigh in his hands, slowly moving down, pressing soft kisses against her porcelain skin, drawing ever closer towards her heated center.
Lily's breath became more ragged as Severus kissed his way down and he enjoyed hearing her struggle, squirming underneath him with anticipation.
Severus memorized the way Lily's chest rose and fell with more force, he relished how her thigh twitched and quivered in his hand with each touch of his lips and the sway he held over Lily made Severus brave….
Severus could resist no longer, he performed a small act of selfishness.
Only an inch away from Lily's womanhood, Severus could no longer resist tasting his love, and he opened his mouth, nipping Lily sharply on her inner thigh.
A high-pitched cry left Lily's lips at the assault and before Severus could protest, Lily instinctively bent her knee, squeezing Severus so tightly that he became trapped, surrounded by Lily's creamy thighs, his mouth nearly smashed into her panties.
It was the happiest imprisonment that Severus would ever know.
Lily's heart beat faster as Severus stared up at her, his dark gaze unusually warm and gentle, his eyes hazy with something that Lily was unfamiliar with….
Lily blushed as Severus remarked in his slow, low voice, "So much for being quiet….."
As he spoke, Severus's hot breath blew directly into Lily's womanhood, covered only her panties, and her mouth went dry at the sensation.
"Sev," Lily said, swallowing hard. "I need….I…"
Lily gradually loosened her grip on Severus's neck and her thighs rested on his shoulders as his hands slid under the layers of sheets and satin to cradle her bottom.
"Tell me what you need." Severus purred.
Lily's emerald gaze was held captive in Severus's onyx stare.
Anything Lily wanted, Severus would do it…
Anything Lily needed, Severus would make sure she received….
And received…
And received…
"Severus," Lily breathed.
"Yes?" Severus asked, his insides shaking with anticipation.
It was at that moment that the two mice appeared.
The little mouse from outside had found a tiny crack in the wall under the bed and he scurried into the guest room, hopping up onto the bedpost behind Severus just as Lily was about to speak.
"I….AAAHH!" Lily squealed.
Lily wasn't frightened off mice, but she was quite startled at the small animal's sudden appearance and she instinctively kicked her foot out at the little animal, sending him sailing across the room towards the door.
A split second after the little mouse had announced himself, the mouse with curlers flung open the door and pointed triumphantly at Severus and Lily.
"Ah-haAAAGGGHH!" Petunia screamed.
It was over in an instant and only afterwards did Severus realize exactly what happened.
There was a mouse.
Lily kicked it.
The mouse landed right in Petunia's face.
Lily scrambled up from the bed and slammed the door shut behind her while she and Petunia shrieked over and over in the hallway.
Heavy footsteps came storming down the hall as Lily's mother and father woke up and raced out of their room to see what was wrong.
Downstairs, Vernon Dursley slept through the entire event while Severus laid awake, listening outside the door with his heart pounding, alternating between unignorable arousal and unimaginable terror at what Lily's parents would say.
Lily and Severus were fortunate that Petunia was so startled and frightened she couldn't manage to tell Mr. and Mrs. Evans what Lily had been doing.
And the little mouse scratched his way down the inside of Petunia's nightgown and scampered down the hallway to flee into another crack in the wall, unharmed…...
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Eventually, the tumultuous night passed and Christmas morning dawned.
Severus thought the previous evening's dinner had been pleasant but in his opinion, Christmas morning was even more enjoyable.
Gifts were opened, the house was warmed by the scent of cinnamon rolls baking in the oven, and just before lunch time, Severus found himself sitting beside Lily, while her parents chatted in the living room and Petunia danced with Vernon to the radio in the den.
"Thank you so much, Sev! It's beautiful!" Lily smiled, admiring her new, gold bracelet.
Severus gave Lily a wry smile.
Lily's words and her expression seemed genuine….
Severus was happy that Lily really liked her gift.
"I know it's only a cauldron…." Lily said with a pout, frowning down at the new piece of shipment she had purchased for Severus, which he held in his hands.
"...What?" Severus asked, finding himself almost pulled into a trance by Lily's lips as images of the night danced unexpectedly through his mind. "Oh…..no….thanks. Thank you, I've been needing a new one."
"Sev, you are really hard to buy for." Lily said with emphasis. "I had no idea what to get you. You're not really a 'stuff' person."
Severus blinked. "What do you mean?"
"You don't really like anything!" Lily laughed.
"That's not true." Severus replied thoughtfully.
Didn't like anything?
Severus liked lots of things…..
Severus liked power, respect, magic, discipline, attention to detail…
And most of all, Severus liked Lily~.
"Not things that can be…..you know, presents." Lily shrugged.
Severus was going to reply but Lily spoke first, "Your birthday's coming up soon, Sev. Just another ten days or so."
Severus was surprised that Lily remembered.
Severus had never really had his birthday celebrated and so, he never paid the day much attention.
"Yes, twelve days to be exact." Severus replied.
"Then I want you to do something for me." Lily replied, raising an eyebrow at Severus.
"Anything…" Severus answered honestly.
"I want you to find something I can get you for your birthday, something you really want." Lily grinned.
"But…." Severus started to say.
"Think about it, Sev." Lily smiled. "You've got twelve days."
Lily leaned in and kissed Severus sweetly on the lips, taking advantage of a moment when no one was looking.
Severus resisted the urge to pull Lily close and deeen their kiss so they could pick up where they left off the previous night….but he knew it wasn't the right time.
Obviously…..
Still, though, didn't take twelve days for Severus Snape to make his choice.
Sitting there beside Lily on Christmas morning, Severus realized what he wanted Lily to give him for his birthday.
Actually, Severus would have to do something first, though…...
Severus needed to go back to Diagon Alley.