Pairing: HP/LM

Rating: R

Warning: Slash, angst, M/M, Mpreg

Disclaimer: All characters from Harry Potter belong to JK Rowling and Warner Brothers. I'm just an obsessed maniac who is also an insomniac thanks to the voices in her head. The Thistleton Hotel really exists and I have never been in there. I am not making any money out of this and use the Hotel name purely because it was in the right local and I liked how it looked from the outside. Trust me, if you try to sue me, it won't get you any money cos I'm dirt broke already!

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A/N: Really quick author's note here. Saavik, here ya go, your Snapey chapter... hope you enjoy it!! Also, can anyone guess the significance of the Suite number??? Took me some time to come up with that... eheheh. Lets see if I just have too much time on my hands and I'm totally depraved or if there are other people like me out there... Enjoy the chapter. And please, REVIEW!!!!

Suite 7130, Thistleton Hotel, Bayswater, London

" What in great Merlin's Beard is going on here?? Lucius! What have you done to the boy??" Severus exclaimed while rushing to his student's aid and freeing him from the binding. "When Dumbledore told me about what happened I knew something like this was going to happen! Good God man, where's your control? Lucius, he's almost catatonic!" He could feel a headache coming on, like gigantic bludgers being hit by twin beaters aiming at his temples, over and over again. However much he expected a situation like this, he never thought he would be apparating into something this bad! He had just thought Lucius would curse the boy with some minor hexes and be done with it.

Sometimes Dumbledore goes too far. 'Damnit, first the old man makes us send unforgivables the boy's way and then sends him back into that godforsaken hellhole called his muggle relatives. I told Albus that they were not treating Harry properly but he brushed me aside. Now, all he can do is mope about how he didn't know his Golden Boy had been abused. How does he try to fix things though? Instead of counseling the boy he sends him of with the father of his school rival. What could Albus have been thinking! Merlin, what is wrong with the boy? He could face down Voldemort with barely a flinch nowadays not to mention take the Cruciatus curse without making a sound. What could Lucius have done to have driven him to this?'

Flustered, Severus tried to straighten the boy from his fetal like position, murmuring softly and trying to comfort him. 'Hah, if anyone of his little friends from school could see me know, Severus Snape, snarky, slimy, greasy bastard of a Potion's Master cradling Harry Potter and crooning to him. I think they'd die of a heart attack before you could say April's Fool! Come to think of it, Lucius is looking at me funnily as well. Hmmm, serves him right, though I guess in our numerous rushed meetings and coded messages, I never mentioned to him the new camaderie that had grown between Potter and I as we got to know each other better. After all the hours of extra training the boy had to undergo with me and all the curses I had to fling his way, I guess we both saw each other in a different light.'

'Hmmm maybe if I talk to Lucius and help him understand Harry and then talk to Harry, things might work out. At least I won't have to worry about breaking up fights all the time. It just might work. Impose some kind of truce between the two of them. But first, I need to calm Harry down and see what's wrong with him.' With that settled, Severus told Lucius to go into the other room while he tried to calm the boy down. Forcing Harry's mouth open, Severus removed a vial from his robes and poured the calming potion down Harry's throat, massaging gently to ensure Harry did not choke.

Sitting back on his heels, Severus waited for the potion to take effect, still murmuring soothing words and crooning softly to the boy, petting his hair and rubbing his back simultaneously.

Finally, the boy stopped rocking and took deep sobbing breaths, slowly relaxing his muscles and stretching out fully on Severus' lap. Seeing that as a good sign, Severus starting asking Harry softly, keeping his voice calm and gentle. " What happened Harry, what did Lucius do to you? Are you alright?"

Taking deep shuddering gulps of air, Harry slowly responded, "No, no, not Malfoy's fault. It was just me being stupid. Malfoy was just shooting hexes at me to test my reflexes and I wasn't able to avoid his body bind fast enough."

"Come now Harry, you cannot expect me to believe it was all as simple or innocent as that. Tell me what Lucius did to cause you to go almost catatonic. If the two of you cannot get along I'm sure Albus won't force you to stay. Especially if Lucius has hurt you...Tell me Harry, you know you can trust me. Don't make me pull out my Veriteserum Potter. Come now, I thought we knew and trusted each other better then that..." Severus replied, half jokingly and yet with a tone that brooked no refusal.

" Look Sev, it was nothing alright? I was just so angry with myself for allowing that hex to hit me. You know I hate being tied up and immobile. And then Lucius started railing at me and, well..., all of a sudden all I could see or hear was Vernon... holding his belt and screaming at me... I couldn't take it I guess. Stupid, stupid...I'm never strong enough when I need to be..." Harry's voice trailed off, his eyes glazed as if seeing something that no one else could see.

In the corner, Lucius was shocked. He had not left the room as Severus had ordered him to but had instead moved to a corner where he could observe the scene and yet not be noticed. ' Why is Severus behaving so strangely. I thought he and Potter hated each other. Dray always talks about how Severus picks on the boy for every little reason. He has never mentioned the boy in any other tone but that of utter resentment and total hatred. But then again, most of the time when we talk about the boy it was in the company of Death Eaters. Maybe there's more to this story then I thought. The poor boy, he's been through almost as much as I have. Orphaned when young, he had been maltreated by his family all his life and now abused. He's being used by the Order and the wizarding world just as badly as I am being used. When he was Waz and I had poured out my heart to him, it wasn't just as if he understood what I was saying but it was as if he knew how I was feeling, as if he had felt similarly before... But that can't be, he is the Boy-Who-Lived, the savior of the world, an arrogant, stuck up, egoistical spoilt little boy who is too powerful for his own good. Argh!! Enough, I shall reserve judgment until I know more. I'll go easy on the boy and we shall see. Maybe if I can get a chance to talk to Severus he might be able to shed some light on this matter. But, for now, I shall observe...'