A/N: Mwuhuhuhu. I liked writing the last chappy, it was well fun, this one though was a bit of a drag, don't like it so much, it doesn't 'flow' or what ever.
Thanks to all you who reviewed, and you're all so quick too! It's great to feel loved =) Also a big shout out to Amanda for her lovely e-mail!
I'm not a big fan of this chappy but oh well, hopefully it'll get better.
Chapter twenty two: Sorry
"Severus!" Harry scrambled to let go of Draco who was stirring awake.
"I am you're Professor Potter, and you will address me as such." Severus could almost feel himself being ripped apart from the inside. Look at what that boy, that child had reduced him to. He wanted to kill Harry, no, he wanted to kill Malfoy. Harry was his. But he couldn't. He just stood there in the almost nonexistent light trying to resurrect the stone cold walls that Harry had broken down.
"Please Sev!" Harry left the relative warmth of the bed, and made his way to Severus, still standing stock still at the door. "Don't do this. It's not what it looks like!" Harry reached out to take Severuses hand, wishing he could do anything to make this better, he knew just how proud a man Severus was. It would be almost impossible to re-build Sev's trust if he didn't believe him.
"And what exactly does it look like Potter?" Severus shook Harry off.
Harry stood in front of him, clad in nothing but boxers and moonlight, shivering with the stone floor sending icy tendrils up from his feet. His emerald eyes shone with the threat of tears.
Severus was fighting battle with himself. He so desperately wanted to pull Harry into his arms and kiss him and tell him everything would be ok, make those tears go away. But he had never been like that and never would be. He never wanted to see Harry again. He was already formulating a letter to Albus to demand he be relieved of Harrys mentoring.
He would never have to see him again. He broke his heart as Night Dancer, and the moment he finally let his guard down to him as Harry he hurt him in the worst way possible. Harry could never be happy with Sev. Harry wanted someone his own age. Severus was nothing but a game.
Severuses thoughts spiralled madly into self doubt. He had let Harry make him weak. Never again.
"Severus please, hear me out!" Harry tried again to latch hold of Severus but was shaken violently off.
"So you can tell me what? That this was you're little initiation into Slytherin, that it was all a game and you and your little friends are killing themselves with laughter? Spare me Potter, I really couldn't stand listening to your whiney, self important, immature voice for another moment." Severus listened to his voice make the sounds, but he really didn't know where they came from, he was silently breaking apart. He loved Harrys voice, the way it was so bright, but so smooth. The way Harry knew when to be silent and when to talk, he loved when Harry talked.
"Sev, please, put me under Vertisirum, spell me, anything. I swear, nothing happened between me and Draco, nothing, I didn't want to go back to Gryffindor, so I came here. Please. Please believe me. Do anything, I'll prove its true." Harry rested his fingers on Sev's jaw and pulled his face down to look at him, he searched Sev's eyes desperately looking for some sign that he was believed.
Severus looked back at Harry, from his mess of black hair, the legendary scar that drew your eyes straight down to gem stone eyes, and then on to beautiful ruby lips. He wanted so badly to believe Harry, and every fibre in his core told him that Harry was telling the truth. He said nothing, not moving, lightly breathing.
A searing pain shot up his forearm, just as Harry fell to the floor, clutching his head. Severus fell with him, maintaining only the presence of mind enough to slump against the wall. Draco shot up at once. Snape's entrance had woken him up, but he had left Harry to work it out. Trusting his friend knew best.
Severus was weakly pulling himself up as Draco bent down to check on Harry.
"Mr Malfoy." Severuses face was contorted with an anguished look not unlike Harry's. "Get him to the infirmary." Severus stood up right, leaning against the wall for support breathing hard. Slowly inching, the black clad professor made his way to the door, stopping only to retrieve his wand. Draco picked Harry up with some difficulty and threw a cloak over both their shoulders. Just as Severus was out the door, Draco called to him.
"He was telling the truth you know, he would never do that to you. Nothing happened." Severus gave an almost imperceptible nod and he limped out of the room.
Harry woke up just as they were approaching the hospital ward.
"Sev?" Harry called out.
"Nope Har, only me." Draco said half carrying, half dragging Harry along with him.
"Gota get Sev." Harry insisted, pulling away from Draco.
"No, we've got to get you to the infirmary." Draco said again, and called out for Poppy as they reached the infirmary door.
Harry shook off his pain induced grogginess with an ease that came of practice and ran off in the other direction.
"Harry!" Draco yelled and followed down the twisting stair case to the entrance Hall.
"Sev!" Harry yelled at the black figure that was stepping out of the front doors.
The hooded face turned round immediately revealing and eerily expressionless white face.
"Wait." Harry ran panting up to him. Grasping his sides. "This is it. He's planning his all out attack. That's why he was summoning every one before. Counting his numbers, organising you all. You can't go; he'll know you're a spy."
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IMPORTANT!!!!
EVERYONE PLEASE READ!!!
Right, hopefully that's gotten your attention, so here's what I wanted to ask. Every one keeps telling me that it's a pity this isn't a D/H fic. I'm a big fan of H/D fics myself, but this really was meant to be a Harry/Sev one, so long winded story short, I'm willing to make this into H/D, if that's what every one wants, or, Ill keep going with this as a Harry/Sev, and maybe write an AU from like the end of this chappy where it's a H/D. Sooooo, what dose every one want? Keep it as Harry/Sev, make it into Harry/Draco, or have one Harry/Sev and an AU Harry/Draco? Thankies!
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