Author's Note:
This is a one shot of The Keeper of the Diamond series which consists of four books. All of them are available here on FFN as well as on Wattpad (Yan_Senna), Tumblr (yan-senna) and AO3 (Yan_Senna).
Chapter two contains the summaries of the books so you don't have to read the entire series to understand this one shot (unless you want to read the series, of course!).
The story contains Severus Snape x reader and Lucius Malfoy x reader. I only own Y/N, Laura, Vera and Lopsy the House Elf. The three girls are 19 years old. I hope you enjoy!
Word count: 3.9k
Published: 9/15/2021
PS: You can request anything if you would like! It doesn't have to be based on The Keeper of the Diamond. I will write for Severus Snape, Lucius Malfoy, Valtor/Baltor (Winx Club), Negan (The Walking Dead) and Zuko (Avatar: The Last Airbender). However, I can write for other characters from the fandoms as well as write crossovers! Leave a review or send a private message if you have any requests!
TW: Mentions of kidnapping
Severus Snape is pacing around in his living room in Spinner's End. Y/N hasn't written to him for two days now. He's really worried - could something have happened?
He was already thinking of apparating to her home yesterday but thought to give it another day. He did warn her that if she did not write to him for over a day, then he would kidnap her.
He checks his enchanted notebook once more. Nothing. That's it, he can't take it anymore. He's going there right now!
He apparates directly to the house which Y/N shares with her two friends, Laura and Vera.
As he pops into the kitchen, he's met by a startled Laura who seems to be cooking something.
"You dumbass, you scared me!" she scolds him.
Snape glares at her. That's the second time she has called him that! How is she still alive? Probably because she's Y/N's friend. Snape sighs. If only he could at least give her detention.
He then clears his throat. "I apologise… Y/N has not written to me for two days. Where is she?" he asks, demanding an answer.
Laura sighs. "That's because she's sick. She has a cold. Thank Goodness it's the weekend, otherwise she would have been home alone all day. I'm currently making some soup for her" she explains.
Snape's expression softens a bit for a few seconds. Y/N is sick?
Laura notices his expression changing and gives a small smirk. "If you aren't afraid of getting sick too, then you can go and see her. She's in her room. Vera went grocery shopping, so it's just us here" she tells him, gesturing to the direction of the room.
Snape nods as he quickly leaves Laura alone in the kitchen and walks towards the room, fast.
As he's outside her room, he gently knocks on the door. "Come in" a hoarse voice says.
Snape then opens the door to see Y/N lying on her bed. She's basically surrounded by tissues.
Snape takes a good look at her. Her eyes are red and puffy, her skin is extremely pale and her body is shaking. She looks really sick.
He notices that she's wearing her Snape t-shirt which makes him smirk to himself.
When she notices him, she gives a shy smile. "Severus… I'm so glad to see you! What brings you here?" she asks as she coughs.
Snape quickly walks towards her, levitating a nearby chair next to the bed. He then sits down. "I was really worried. You have not written to me for two days. How are you feeling?" he carefully asks, even though he can tell that she doesn't feel good at all.
"I'm fine" she simply says before she starts coughing again.
Snape rolls his eyes. "Do NOT lie to me. Why did you not tell me that you were sick?" he asks, not angry but concerned.
Y/N sighs, sniffing. "I didn't want you to worry about me. I know you are busy with teaching dunderheads at Hogwarts" she says as she starts to laugh, sounding really hoarse before she once again coughs.
Snape smirks at her calling his students dunderheads. Which they really are, by the way.
He then gently grabs her hand - which is ice cold. "Merlin, your hand is colder than ice!" he exclaims as he starts to gently rub her hand between both of his to give it some warmth. She blushes at that.
She then clears her throat. "I'm sorry for not writing to you… Like I said, I didn't want to worry you plus I have felt too sick to write. I can see now that I have done more harm than good, though" she says, looking sorry as she sniffs.
Snape shakes his head. "Do not worry, I can tell that you are too sick to do anything. I guess I should remove the spell that makes Muggles unable to read and write in the notebook" he suggests.
Y/N might be a Muggle, but she is the Keeper of the Diamond. The powers from the diamonds make her able to use the notebook.
She gives him a small smile. "Well, then they can read everything…" she says, chuckling a bit which of course results in her coughing.
Snape then feels her forehead. "You are burning up!" he exclaims in a worried tone.
As he notices her body shaking a bit more than before, he quickly grabs an extra blanket. He gently tucks her in, making sure that her whole body is covered.
Y/N gives him a shy smile. "Thank you" she says in a hoarse voice.
Snape gently caresses her right, scarred cheek. "Anytime. Do you need anything? Laura is cooking some soup for you" he tells her.
She shakes her head. "No, thank you. Just you being here is enough" she shyly admits. He can't help but give her a small smile.
Just then, Laura enters with the soup. "Here you go, Y/N. It's your favourite - potato leek soup" she states, giving her friend a smile.
Y/N smiles back as she tries to get up from the bed but Snape stops her. "Let me help you sit on the bed" he says.
He then gently grabs both of her arms and makes her sit on the bed, fluffing her pillow and making sure that she is comfortable. Y/N blushes while Laura shrugs.
Snape then turns to Laura. "I will feed her the soup" he states as he takes the bowl of soup from Laura's hands.
He sits on the chair once more and starts feeding the sick girl. He takes the spoon towards her mouth. "Open up" he gently tells her.
Laura shrugs once more and leaves the room. "I will be in my room playing Animal Crossing if you guys need me" she says before closing the door.
Snape looks puzzled, the spoon still in his hand. "Animal Crossing…?" he questions.
Y/N chuckles. "It's a game for Nintendo Switch, a Muggle gaming device. Draco, Harry and the others played on the Switch together with us when they were here last time. We also played on the Wii U which is another gaming device" she explains, her voice quite hoarse.
Snape nods at that, remembering Draco saying that they made him the hero in one of the games which was most likely Y/N's idea. What was that game called, Something-Topia? Well, it was something with "Topia" at least.
Snape takes the spoon towards her mouth once more. Y/N shyly opens her mouth, eating the soup. She sighs in pleasure. She really needed some soup, plus it tastes really good. Five stars to the chef.
He chuckles at her. "Good soup, huh?" he asks, amused. She blushes but nods nonetheless.
When she has eaten the whole soup, Snape rises from his seat. "Would you like some water, princess?" he asks her. She merely nods, feeling too tired to give a verbal response.
Nodding, the Potions Master leaves the room to enter the kitchen. He puts down the bowl and looks for a cup. He quickly finds one and fills it up with cold water.
He makes a mental note to go and ask Narcissa to make Y/N a cup of tea later. Narcissa Malfoy does make the best tea.
As he's lost in his thoughts, somebody suddenly apparates to the house. It's Lucius Malfoy.
"Ah, Severus. I thought you would be here as you were not at Hogwarts, at the Manor nor in Spinner's End" Lucius states as he greets his friend.
Snape nods at that. "Correct. Y/N had not written to me for two days, so I went here to see her" he tells him.
Lucius raises an eyebrow at that. "Really? Has she been ignoring you?" he asks, joking.
Snape then glares at him. "She is sick, Lucius. She has caught a cold" he states.
Lucius' expression quickly changes as he looks worried. "Is she all right?" he carefully asks.
Snape sighs. "No, she is really not feeling well. Maybe you could tell Narcissa to make Y/N some of her tea?" he suggests.
Lucius nods. "Of course. I will be right back with Cissy" he states in a reassuring tone before disapparating.
Snape then reenters Y/N's room with the glass of water in his hand. "Here you go" he says as he takes the glass to her lips. He carefully tilts it as she drinks the cold liquid.
When she's done, he puts down the cup on her desk. Y/N gives him a tired yet grateful smile. She does look really tired.
He sits down on the chair next to the bed. "Lucius and Narcissa will arrive soon. I figured you would like some of her tea" he says. Y/N looks happy at the sound of that. She loves Narcissa's tea.
She suddenly starts to sneeze a few times. Snape can't help but chuckle. She sneezes in a quite adorable way.
He hands her a tissue. "Here you go, princess. You should probably blow that nose" he says, giving her a smirk. Y/N starts to blush before taking the offered tissue and blowing her nose.
A few seconds later, Narcissa and Lucius enter the room. They both give the sick girl a sad smile.
"Here you go, sweetheart. I made you some tea" Narcissa says as she approaches with the teacup in her hand.
"Thank you, Narcissa" Y/N says in her hoarse voice as she takes the offered cup.
As her hands start to shake, Lucius quickly grabs the cup. "Let me help you, Y/N" he says as he gently brings the cup to her mouth. She blushes but drinks nonetheless.
When she's done drinking, she sighs in pleasure. "I really needed that, thank you" she says as she gives them all a tired smile.
Narcissa smiles as she gently kisses Y/N's extremely warm forehead. "You should get some sleep, sweetheart. You look really tired" she says.
Nodding, Y/N slowly closes her eyes. She almost falls asleep in an instant.
"Poor thing. She is really sick, huh? Has she had some soup?" Narcissa asks Snape who nods.
"One of her friends made her some potato leek soup" he states. Narcissa nods at that.
"Lopsy" she says out loud, calling for the house elf who appears in an instant.
"Mistress Malfoy called Lopsy?" the house elf asks.
"Yes. I need to make some more tea. Bring six cups, my teapot and tea leaves" Narcissa tells the elf.
Lopsy immediately nods. "Lopsy will do that" she states as she disapparates.
A few seconds later, she's already back with the requested items. She puts them on the desk and bows before disapparating once more.
Snape raises an eyebrow. "Could you not just use their teapot and cups?" he questions.
Lucius instantly gives him a look that says "Do NOT discuss this with her".
Snape sighs. "Never mind" he quickly says which results in Narcissa giving an innocent smile.
She then levitates the cups, teapot and the box of tea leaves as she walks out of the room to go and make some tea in the kitchen.
Snape clears his throat. "I will go and bring Y/N a Pepperup Potion as well as a Cough Potion. Will you watch her in the meantime, Lucius?" he asks him.
As Lucius gives him a reassuring nod, Snape apparates near Hogwarts to gather the potions in his inventory.
Lucius then sits down on the chair, watching Y/N sleeping while listening to her gentle snores.
As she stirs in her sleep, Lucius gently touches her forehead. He widens his eyes. Salazar, her forehead is burning hot! He then rises from the chair and goes to the bathroom to retrieve a wet, cold cloth. When he returns, he gently puts the cold cloth on her forehead. It seems to help a bit which Lucius smiles at.
As Y/N's hand slips out of the many layers of blankets, Lucius gently grabs it. Her hand is ice cold. He then starts to warm her hand by gently rubbing it and giving it a kiss. He sees her smile in her sleep which he chuckles at.
He keeps warming up her hand until Snape returns with the potions. "Is her hand still cold?" he asks when he notices Lucius warming up her hand.
Lucius nods. "Yes, her hand is ice cold. Not so much anymore since I have warmed it, though" he says, giving a small smirk.
Nodding, Snape walks closer to them with the two potions. "Maybe we should wait until she wakes up?" Lucius suggests.
Snape thinks for a while. She does need some sleep. "You are right-" he starts before Y/N suddenly opens her eyes, slowly. Her eyes are really red.
"How are you feeling, darling?" Lucius gently asks her.
Y/N sighs. "A little bit better, but my throat hurts" she admits as she starts to cough.
Snape opens up the first potion. "Here you go, princess. It is a Cough Potion which will help soothe your throat and reduce your coughing" he explains.
Nodding, Y/N drinks the offered potion. It tastes… interesting, she however doesn't complain as it almost soothes her sore throat in an instant.
He then hands her the other potion. "This is a Pepperup Potion. It will help with your cold. I must warn you, though. It may make steam radiate from your ears" he states, warning her of the side effect. Y/N slowly nods. She just wants to get rid of this cold.
As she drinks the potion, the steam immediately radiates from her ears. The potion makes her warm, though. She sighs in relief. The two potions have already helped a lot with her cold.
There's then a knock on the door. "Come in" Lucius says out loud.
Narcissa then opens the door. "I thought we could have tea while eating dinner. The girls and I are making some noodle soup with lots of vegetables. It should be done in an hour or so" she tells them. They all give her a nod before she closes the door and returns to the kitchen.
"How about a bath before dinner?" Lucius suggests as he looks at Y/N. She shyly nods at him.
He then rubs his hands together. "Lopsy" he calls. The house elf then appears.
"Yes, Master Malfoy?" the elf asks.
"Go and bring us my hair care products as well as Cissy's body care products. Oh, and bring one of our towels as well as one of our bathrobes" he demands. Nodding, Lopsy disapparates.
"Is that really necessary?" Snape asks as he raises an eyebrow.
Lucius smirks. "Yes, it is, Severus. I do remember how Y/N liked our products. Besides, she will need only the best" he states which makes Y/N blush. She did really like them, especially Lucius' hair care products. It makes one's hair really soft.
The elf appears again with the requested items before disapparating once more. Lucius levitates the products, towel and bathrobe as he walks towards her closet.
"Which drawer contains your underwear, darling?" he asks her. Y/N's cheeks turn even redder.
She then clears her throat. "Umm… The top drawer" she shyly says.
Nodding, Lucius opens it. He can't help but smirk as he looks inside the drawer. So does Snape.
"How about these?" Snape suggests, gently grabbing a pair of green underwear.
Lucius hums. "Yes. Good idea, Severus" he says before closing the drawer. Snape also grabs her Snape socks as well as a pair of slippers.
Lucius then approaches Y/N. He gives her a charming smile. "Well, let us head to the bathroom, shall we?" he suggests before gently lifting Y/N up from the bed as he carries her, bridal style.
As they walk with the products levitating behind them, Vera spots them. "Hi, umm… Where are you guys going?" she asks, confused.
Snape gives a smirk. "We are going to give the patient a bath" he states.
Vera blinks a few times. "Um, okay…" she simply says before shrugging and entering the kitchen.
The three of them then enter the bathroom. While Lucius still carries Y/N, Snape turns on the water. He lets it run for a while until the water is nice and hot. He then grabs the purple-bottled shower gel and fills the bath with the product as it then foams, covering the water.
Lucius gently puts Y/N down to stand on her feet. "Can you stand on your own, Y/N? Or do you want Severus and I to undress you? We promise not to look if you wish to do it yourself" he says, giving her a smirk.
Y/N starts to blush once again. "Umm… I can do it on my own, thank you" she shyly says. Nodding, the two Slytherin men look away to let her undress.
She quickly does so as she then lies down in the bathtub in the hot water, laying her head to rest against the top of the bathtub. She sighs in pleasure. This is really nice, just what she needed.
"May we look now?" Snape asks after a while, interrupting her thoughts.
Y/N blinks a few times. She had almost forgotten that they were there. She clears her throat. "Yeah, sorry" she says.
Both men turn around, smirking as they see her close her eyes, enjoying the heat of the water. They sit on each end of the bathtub, Lucius close to her head and Snape close to her feet.
"Enjoying your bath, hmm?" Lucius asks in an amused tone. Y/N simply nods, her eyes still closed.
Lucius then grabs the green-bottled shampoo. "Can you lift your head up, darling? I would like to wash your hair" he says.
Nodding, Y/N opens her eyes and moves to sit up a bit, making sure that she is still covered by the foam.
Lucius takes out some of the product in his hand, rubs it together to create some foam and starts to wash her hair. As he massages the shampoo onto her scalp, Y/N closes her eyes once more, relaxing by his touch. Lucius smirks at that.
Snape clears his throat. "May I wash your feet?" he gently asks. Smiling, Y/N nods with her eyes still closed.
Snape then grabs the same purple-bottled shower gel from before and puts some of the liquid on his hands. He then starts to gently wash her feet. She can't help but giggle, though.
"That tickles" she says while giggling. Both men smirk at her.
"Is that so?" Snape simply asks, intentionally trailing a finger under her foot. She nods, giggling a bit more.
Lucius chuckles. "You seem to be ticklish everywhere, huh?" he asks her playfully. Y/N's cheeks turn red and it's not because of the hot water.
There's suddenly a knock on the door. "Dinner will be served in fifteen minutes" Narcissa states from the other side of the door.
"All right. We will be quick, Cissy!" Lucius says loud enough for her to hear. He then washes the shampoo out of Y/N's scalp. After that, he grabs the green-bottled conditioner and puts some of the product in her hair. He lets it sit for a few minutes before washing that out, too.
When Y/N is all clean, Snape hands her the green towel. "Here you go, princess" he says.
She shyly grabs the towel as the two men look away before she rises from the bathtub and dries off her hair and body. She then puts on the green underwear and the green bathrobe as well as her Snape socks and her slippers.
As she's dressed and decent, she clears her throat. "I'm dressed now" she shyly says.
They both turn around. Lucius smiles at her. "Our bathrobe suits you, darling" he says as he hums.
Y/N blushes as she gives them both a shy smile. Snape then hands her the purple-bottled body lotion. She takes it and puts the lotion on her arms and legs.
When she's all done, the three of them enter the living room where the dinner table is. Laura, Vera and Narcissa have just finished setting the table.
Narcissa smiles at them, chuckling a bit when she notices Y/N wearing their bathrobe. Of course Lucius asked Lopsy to bring that.
"Good timing, we just finished setting the table. Come and eat" she says, gesturing to the chairs. They all then sit down at the table. Y/N sits between Laura and Vera while Lucius sits between Narcissa and Snape.
They all start to eat their noodle soup and drink their tea. Both are absolutely delicious.
After a while, everyone is full from the food. Y/N gives them a shy yet tired smile. "Thank you all for taking care of me. It means a lot" she says, sounding grateful. Her voice isn't as hoarse as before. The potions helped a lot.
They all smile at her. Even Snape gives her a small smile. Discreetly, of course. Laura and Vera may have seen him hugging her before, but he still does not want to show any affection in public. ESPECIALLY not in front of his dunderhead students.
He will get his revenge on Potter, Weasley and Draco someday for telling Dumbledore and McGonagall about him hugging Y/N.
"You are welcome, sweetheart. We just want you to get better soon" Narcissa says before rising from her chair.
She then looks at the two men. "Why don't you two help Y/N go to bed? Then the girls and I will clean up here" she suggests.
Nodding, Snape and Lucius rise from their chairs and help Y/N get to her room. When they are near her bed, they fluff her pillow before helping her get onto the bed as they then tuck her in.
Lucius gently caresses her right cheek. "Good night, darling. Hopefully, you will feel much better tomorrow morning" he says, giving her a reassuring smile.
Snape kisses her left cheek. "Yes, the potions should have helped with your cold. How are you feeling right now?" he asks.
Y/N smiles at them. "Thank you, both of you. I already feel much better. I'm just a bit tired" she says, yawning a bit. Both men chuckle.
"Sleep well, princess. I will conjure some mattresses so we can sleep in here in case you need anything" Snape reassures.
He then conjures two mattresses as well as two duvets and pillows. Lucius and Snape strip out of their clothes before lying on the mattresses and covering themselves with the duvets.
Y/N smiles as she closes her eyes. "Good night, Sev, Luci" she mutters to them tiredly as she quickly falls asleep.
They both smirk. "Good night" they say in unison as they watch her sleep for a while before also falling asleep.
The next morning, Y/N wakes up to the smell of pancakes. As she opens her eyes, she sees Lucius and Snape entering the room with a plate of pancakes.
"Good morning, princess. We made you some pancakes" Snape says as he hands her the plate.
She gives a grateful smile before tucking into her meal. It tastes delicious. "Thank you, these pancakes are delicious!" she says, continuing to eat her tasty breakfast.
"How are you feeling today?" Lucius gently asks her.
Her throat isn't sore, she doesn't feel cold and her nose isn't runny anymore. She feels fine.
She gives them a big smile. "I feel much better, thanks to you two as well as Narcissa, Laura and Vera" she states. They both smile at that.
Soup, a hot bath, potions and Narcissa's tea really help treat a cold.