"Hello", Harry greeted him.

"Ah, Harry", he answered and walked over to give his mother a kiss.

The way they kissed in front of him changed from a brief, to a right one.

For the young wizard, it was still a bit strange seeing them together, but he didn't feel the urge to look away every time.

"How was your day darling?", Lily asked her man, that sat down next to her, in front of his plate.

"Great. Mr. Malfoy and Mr. Goyle followed me. Guess they thought I didn't see them.", he explained and started eating.

Seeing Snape eat let Harry thought about the fact that he actually never saw him eating before.

Actually, thinking about the things everyone does. Eating, Sleeping, getting dressed or simply doing nothing. Harry just couldn't picture Snape doing these things. To him, he was that man, that never slept at all and that was always working. No break at all.

"Don't you think we should tell them finally?", Lily swallow and looked over to Snape.

"And let Harry suffer the most?", Severus answered.

"I won't suffer", Harry looked to Snape. He to Harry. Their eyes met, and instantly a connection built up.

Harry felt the protection that Severus promised them, in his look. He was his teacher, but right there he was more than that.

Weirdly touched by the look, Harry moved his eyes away.

"I know that you love each other, and that's all I need to know. I won't let them bring me down because of this. If you want to make it official, then you should do it", Harry explained and let Lily smile a bit.

"When did you grow up so fast?"

"And if anything happens to you… I'll be there", Snape smiled a tiny bit.

"Thanks, Professor", shy and embarrassed about it, Harry picked out the Broccoli on his plate. Acting like it would be a hard task to accomplish.

"Severus… call me Severus. At least here, Harry", he told him, which made even the Broccoli fall back from Harrys fork to the plate.

"And come back tomorrow, need to pass the test and call you Sir again?", he asked as a reply.

"That's a different situation. Here we are family. There we are student and teacher."

"I'll try…", Harry nodded slightly and continued eating.

"You're having a test tomorrow?", Lily asked her son.

"Yes. Potion Making", he looked at his mother, then to Snape.

"Learned enough?", Lily laughed because of this odd situation.

"I tried to, but Ron had another idea.

So... I am already sorry for this bad result… Severus", Harry mumbled his name because it was too embarrassing calling him like that.

"It's alright…", he said with his dark, deep voice.

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"So how do we want to tell them?", Severus looked down to his beautiful Lily. They laid there in her bed once more. After Harry left, they talked for almost 2 hours, but now they laid there cuddling, wrapped up in their blankets.

"It's a bit overdramatized to give a speech in the great hall, but maybe we should just stop hiding?", Lily answered, pulling him even more towards her.

"They will all completely lose their minds, darling. It will be a hot mess", he answered while softly stroking her back.

Her skin was soft as a blanket and hot as fire. Ever since she was with him, all he felt was desire. He wanted her with every inch of his body, no matter where, no matter when.

"They'll get used to it, and actually, I am nothing more than Dumbledores secretary.", her heart pounded louder word by word; touch by touch.

"And the mother of Harry Potter; the widow of the greatest seeker in school history. You're famous, babe."

"Possibly. But still. Give it some time, and they'll see us just as before.", her answer got softer because she got lost in his eyes.

Even though they had a deep black pitch, they still had a whole lifetime history mirroring in them.

After a minute of silence, they sunk into a passionate kiss.

Her entire life, she dreamed about a life with Severus.

When they were in school they somehow drifted away from each other and after Severus dived into dark magic, she somehow felt like it would be forbidden to be with him.

She ended up with James but couldn't help thinking about Snape after they left Hogwarts.

"I love you", she whispered into the darkness and felt him smiling.

"Love you too", was the answer she got, and felt his hand pushing her even closer to his chest.