Chapter 54: An Awkward Morning
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The Granger-Weasley Residence, The Burrows, Wizarding World...
Morning had taken the sleeping Regulus Snape by surprise as he opened his eyes to find himself not only naked but with an equally naked Hermione Granger asleep with her head resting against his chest. Taking a moment to bask in his minor victory over both Ronald Weasley and Harry Potter, the raven haired wizard decided he'd ride this discovery out. He had no urge to indulge in a bathroom break and turned his attention toward using the fraction of daylight to note the otherwise hidden features of Hermione Granger's body.
They were still on her sofa and his antics from the previous night still lingered between them. The rather pleased wizard noted just how soft her skin had been and the minor tickle her brown curls left against his exposed pale skin.
He couldn't believe he was fortunate enough to be able to enjoy the body of the witch he'd sought since the first day he met her.
The slumbering Hermione nuzzled his neck unsure where she had been or what time of day it was. The familiar scent of herbs and fresh earth had caused her a bit of alarm as she always associated such scents with her long deceased Potions Professor.
Hermione's amber eyes shot open as she noted she'd not been in bed and the man whom she found herself clinging to was not her dearly departed husband but the young man known as Regulus Snape.
At first, the amber eyed witch had been about to panic given the implication of why the raven haired wizard had been naked as she found herself laying against him while they both lounged on her sofa. The memories of asking him to stay and the passionate escalation of their physical relationship was more or less what she recalled as his familiar obsidian gaze fell on her.
"Regulus?" she said still a bit shocked they had gotten this far.
"Don't look so surprised." he replied sitting up and leaning against the opposite end of the sofa. "It took a moment for me to get up to speed when I woke up too."
The amber eyed witch had done her best not to appear too frightened about the recent development between them, the last thing she wished to do was offend the American wizard.
Moving rather quickly, Hermione got to her feet and began picking up her clothes wishing to get dressed as soon as possible.
The tall and quite naturally impressive pale wizard got up off the sofa revealing his lengthy pale appendage in the process causing Hermione to draw away from him.
"Um...Reg...Regulus...you have to go." She said tensing at the sight of him and unsure what she'd been thinking to allow things to progress this far with him.
"Hermione..."began Regulus unsure what to make of her strange behavior. "What's got you so upset...so we had sex...granted spectacular sex...what's the big deal?"
"The big deal is that I am Ronald Weasley's widow...for Merlin sake what will my children think...their father is barely cold in the ground and here I've taken a complete stranger into my bed." said the frantic amber eyed witch.
"It's not that big of a deal." said Regulus. "People have sex all the time...some were even friends."
"I'm not those people...Or at least I never wanted to be...just go...please...You can't be here..." said Hermione still frantic.
Regulus didn't know what to say.
"Look...perhaps this is all very shocking to you or whatever but it's never really been custom to fuck someone and throw them out unless you were only interested in using them." he said suddenly annoyed. "I mean...who ruins the afterglow of great sex with viewing it as little more than a mistake?"
"I'm sorry..."said Hermione feeling rather terrible about her decision but she wasn't truly ready for another relationship not so soon after losing Ron.
Regulus sighed as he went about the sitting room collecting his attire.
"Good luck with all of your unnamed issues." he said getting dressed rather hastily and taking his leave of the upset witch.
He took off out toward Knockturn Alley in search of a pint to get him through the day unsure what to make of Hermione's frustrating behavior.
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Old Pub, Knockturn Alley, Wizarding World...
Still confused about what happened that morning between himself and Hermione Granger, the younger Snape drank down another bottle full of beer before turning his attention toward back to his thoughts.
He didn't know if he made the right decision by going to Hermione's place that night, but he simply wanted the witch to know that he at least cared for her despite her grief. Initially, Harry Potter had angered him a great deal trying to ward him off pursuing a meaningful relationship with the amber eyed widow.
He'd been hiding his feelings for her ever since he met her in the wake of discovering her loyalty to her husband, but when he met Ronald Weasley and recalled the reason he met Hermione was due to the red head wizard's infidelity, all bets were off.
He couldn't see himself doing the things Ron did if he'd been married to a witch as brilliant and family oriented as Hermione had been. She did a lot for the red head wizard and there was little to no appreciation in return.
In a sense, she was just some trophy he collected during his younger days at Hogwarts to be put on a shelf and envied but that was all there was to it.
Taking another drink, Regulus found himself recalling the events of the previous night. She'd been one hell of a wildcat when it came to sex, more so than any whore he'd ever taken to bed. It was strange to think her husband found it necessary to cheat when given a chance at something like what he experienced on a nightly basis.
"Fucking idiot." said Regulus thinking back on how foolish Ronald Weasley had been.
He finished off his beer and ordered another before making his way back to Spinner's End with the memories of his time with Hermione Granger.