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Severus sat there, his head in his hands. Why, why did the fates see to his adopting a boy named Sirius James, the name of his two most hated enemies, which were now dead? With a sigh, Severus made an effort to look up, the room was just... too .. quiet.
"Damn." Severus scowled, looking around and keeping an ear out for his boy. Hurriedly picking up a sign language text, he began his hunt for the boy, but his quarters turned up empty. He must have snuck off somewhere, perhaps in search of Hermione.
"When did I start calling her Hermione?" Severus thought, startled, shaking his head, his mind flashing back to the moment he had learned about her presence at Hogwarts....
"What! they need special rooms for those brats?" Severus said with a scowl on his face. "Well, at least they'll be out of my way."
"Severus, do try to be more pleasant. After all, you will be a father soon." Albus Dumbledore said, with a weary shake of his head.
"I pity the boy." Severus said smoothly, rising from his seat. "If that is all, Headmaster...?"
"Go, just... go." Albus said, waving away Severus. It was apparent that Severus had caused another one of Albus's headaches. A smug smile on his face, Severus turned to leave the Headmaster's office, only to come face to face with a petite woman with curly brown hair and a stubborn glint in her eye. Oh, Merlin, that only could mean...
"Miss Granger!" Severus exclaimed, his eyes wide. Miss Granger looked up at him with a small smile of greeting.
"Professor Snape, how nice to see you again." the girl said, one of her insufferable smiles on her face, her eyes glinting. Why that girl just had to be pleasant to him all the time, he just didn't know. "Albus has just hired my expertise as an caretaker for the children of the professors here at Hogwarts. I daresay I will have my work cut out for me here, what with Professor Lupin's son and Professor McGonagall's little girl. She's the sweetest, but little Mr. Lupin really can..." The petite woman said with a small, suffering sigh.
"I pity you." Severus said with a good dose of sarcasm dripping from his voice as he swept away out of the room, leaving a startled woman in his wake. Those eyes just unsettled him, Severus thought with a shake of his head. At least he didn't have a brat.... yet.
A loud yowl from a cat brought Severus to the present. Following the poor cat's yowling, he found Mrs. Norris yowling madly at the crouched figure of Severus's little boy. The boy had somehow caught ahold of a wand, and was waving it around, intrest and concentration sparkling in his eyes.
"NO! Put that down!" Severus shouted, shaking his head at the sudden reallment that the boy couldn't hear him. Furiously flipping through the damned book, finding the proper words to tell the boy to cease his mischief.
"Put.... That...Wand... Down... Immediately." Severus spoke to himself as he threw the book down in a hurry, moving into the boy's line of vision, moving his hands in the motions he had learned. The boy turned, startled, and dropped the wand as if he had been burned. His eyes wide, he turned to run. Severus scowled, chasing after the insufferable boy. As Severus closed in on the boy, Minerva and Lupin senior just had to choose the moment he was going to grab the boy's robes to move in the way out of an hidden alcolve off the Great Hall.
"BLAST!" Severus shouted, as he stumbled into Lupin senior. The werewolf helped him up, frowning at the harried Potions-Master. "unhand me. I have a task to attend to." Severus replied coldly as he dashed off across the Great Hall to the Quidditch field, where the boy had gone off to. Grabbing a broom from passing Madam Hooch's hands, he leapt on the broom and whisked away towards his boy.
"GOTCHA!' Severus exclaimed with a chuckle as he grabbed Sirius James up from the ground and upon his broom. The boy struggled furiously, making those odd, strained noises, sounding as if Mrs. Norris was yowling along with Fang in off-key. Tempted to cover his ears, Severus bit his lip as he touched down on the ground, keeping a firm grip on the boy's arm. Hurrying up to the castle, Severus searched for one of his sign language books, and finding one, he hurriedly looked up a few signs.
"You... Stay... With ... Me.. Now." Severus slowly moved his hands. The boy scowled up at him, fire in his eyes. Well, it was an improvement from last night, Severus thought with a sigh as he flipped through the book. "Why... You... Run ... Away?" Severus asked. The boy's hands moved rapidly and at a fierce rate. Severus held his hands up, shaking his head and indicating he should slow down.
"You will hurt me."
"No." Severus signed fluently. That was one sign he had learned so well in a short span of time.
"Yes, you will hurt me. See." Sirius James signed, holding up his arms, showing his scars and bruises. Severus's eyes turned harsh and cold. There was no excuse ever, ever, to harm a child.
"I.. Will.. Kill.. Who.. Hurt.. .You." Severus signed sharply and slowly, as he flipped through the book quickly. As Severus was thumbing through his book, Sirius James slowly stepped up to Severus, giving him a quick, tenative hug. Severus stood there, startled, but didn't have time to react as he pulled away sharply. At least, it was one step closer into the right direction, and just in time for dinner, Severus thought with a sigh. "Dinnertime. Let's go eat." Severus signed slowly, picking up his book and understanding why he gave Albus those headaches. The boy did the same to him. Perhaps, he did deserve it. Perhaps.
A/N: I'll try to post longer chapters...Promise. :-)
Severus sat there, his head in his hands. Why, why did the fates see to his adopting a boy named Sirius James, the name of his two most hated enemies, which were now dead? With a sigh, Severus made an effort to look up, the room was just... too .. quiet.
"Damn." Severus scowled, looking around and keeping an ear out for his boy. Hurriedly picking up a sign language text, he began his hunt for the boy, but his quarters turned up empty. He must have snuck off somewhere, perhaps in search of Hermione.
"When did I start calling her Hermione?" Severus thought, startled, shaking his head, his mind flashing back to the moment he had learned about her presence at Hogwarts....
"What! they need special rooms for those brats?" Severus said with a scowl on his face. "Well, at least they'll be out of my way."
"Severus, do try to be more pleasant. After all, you will be a father soon." Albus Dumbledore said, with a weary shake of his head.
"I pity the boy." Severus said smoothly, rising from his seat. "If that is all, Headmaster...?"
"Go, just... go." Albus said, waving away Severus. It was apparent that Severus had caused another one of Albus's headaches. A smug smile on his face, Severus turned to leave the Headmaster's office, only to come face to face with a petite woman with curly brown hair and a stubborn glint in her eye. Oh, Merlin, that only could mean...
"Miss Granger!" Severus exclaimed, his eyes wide. Miss Granger looked up at him with a small smile of greeting.
"Professor Snape, how nice to see you again." the girl said, one of her insufferable smiles on her face, her eyes glinting. Why that girl just had to be pleasant to him all the time, he just didn't know. "Albus has just hired my expertise as an caretaker for the children of the professors here at Hogwarts. I daresay I will have my work cut out for me here, what with Professor Lupin's son and Professor McGonagall's little girl. She's the sweetest, but little Mr. Lupin really can..." The petite woman said with a small, suffering sigh.
"I pity you." Severus said with a good dose of sarcasm dripping from his voice as he swept away out of the room, leaving a startled woman in his wake. Those eyes just unsettled him, Severus thought with a shake of his head. At least he didn't have a brat.... yet.
A loud yowl from a cat brought Severus to the present. Following the poor cat's yowling, he found Mrs. Norris yowling madly at the crouched figure of Severus's little boy. The boy had somehow caught ahold of a wand, and was waving it around, intrest and concentration sparkling in his eyes.
"NO! Put that down!" Severus shouted, shaking his head at the sudden reallment that the boy couldn't hear him. Furiously flipping through the damned book, finding the proper words to tell the boy to cease his mischief.
"Put.... That...Wand... Down... Immediately." Severus spoke to himself as he threw the book down in a hurry, moving into the boy's line of vision, moving his hands in the motions he had learned. The boy turned, startled, and dropped the wand as if he had been burned. His eyes wide, he turned to run. Severus scowled, chasing after the insufferable boy. As Severus closed in on the boy, Minerva and Lupin senior just had to choose the moment he was going to grab the boy's robes to move in the way out of an hidden alcolve off the Great Hall.
"BLAST!" Severus shouted, as he stumbled into Lupin senior. The werewolf helped him up, frowning at the harried Potions-Master. "unhand me. I have a task to attend to." Severus replied coldly as he dashed off across the Great Hall to the Quidditch field, where the boy had gone off to. Grabbing a broom from passing Madam Hooch's hands, he leapt on the broom and whisked away towards his boy.
"GOTCHA!' Severus exclaimed with a chuckle as he grabbed Sirius James up from the ground and upon his broom. The boy struggled furiously, making those odd, strained noises, sounding as if Mrs. Norris was yowling along with Fang in off-key. Tempted to cover his ears, Severus bit his lip as he touched down on the ground, keeping a firm grip on the boy's arm. Hurrying up to the castle, Severus searched for one of his sign language books, and finding one, he hurriedly looked up a few signs.
"You... Stay... With ... Me.. Now." Severus slowly moved his hands. The boy scowled up at him, fire in his eyes. Well, it was an improvement from last night, Severus thought with a sigh as he flipped through the book. "Why... You... Run ... Away?" Severus asked. The boy's hands moved rapidly and at a fierce rate. Severus held his hands up, shaking his head and indicating he should slow down.
"You will hurt me."
"No." Severus signed fluently. That was one sign he had learned so well in a short span of time.
"Yes, you will hurt me. See." Sirius James signed, holding up his arms, showing his scars and bruises. Severus's eyes turned harsh and cold. There was no excuse ever, ever, to harm a child.
"I.. Will.. Kill.. Who.. Hurt.. .You." Severus signed sharply and slowly, as he flipped through the book quickly. As Severus was thumbing through his book, Sirius James slowly stepped up to Severus, giving him a quick, tenative hug. Severus stood there, startled, but didn't have time to react as he pulled away sharply. At least, it was one step closer into the right direction, and just in time for dinner, Severus thought with a sigh. "Dinnertime. Let's go eat." Severus signed slowly, picking up his book and understanding why he gave Albus those headaches. The boy did the same to him. Perhaps, he did deserve it. Perhaps.
A/N: I'll try to post longer chapters...Promise. :-)