"Hermione, are you all right?"
Hermione opened her brown eyes to see herself laying on a bed inside the hospital wing. Severus Snape was standing over her. His eyes watched her with an unknown fear in them.
"Remus, where is he?" She sobbed. "We were so happy, Severus. We were getting married, then ... he changed, Severus. He became the werewolf and he attacked me."
"He wouldn't have intended to, Professor," Severus said, trying to place himself at a distance from the situation. She looked so pained and desperate right now. He fought the urge to just hold her in his arms.
Hermione laughed bitterly. "Remus the man wouldn't have, but Remus the wolf didn't even know who I was. It didn't care."
"You can still marry Remus the man," Severus told her, the words itching as he spoke them. "He is still the same person whom you loved inside. It's just the moonlight that changes him into the wolf, Hermione. You know this."
"How can I have a future with a man like that. Severus?" Hermione cried against his hand on her face. "I thought it would be fine, but what if he forgets to take the potion again? What if we have children and he forgets then?" She asked heart brokenly.
"Hermione, I think you have quite a lot to consider," Severus whispered against her ear. "Consider every single thing before deciding. Consider... consider me."
With that, Severus finally gave in and kissed her. She returned the kiss before he felt a small hand sharply strike his face.
"How dare you!" Hermione sobbed. "You're our friend. I trusted you!"
"I'll leave you be, then," Severus said quietly, before leaving her alone in the dark hospital wing. His heart ripping into pieces by her rejection of him.
"I should have known better," He whispered aloud to himself, as he exited the room.
"Remus, my darling love," Hermione begged desperately, seeing him standing over her bed now as she awakened later that night. "Please, stay with me. Please?"
"Hermione, you shouldn't want me near you right now," He whispered with great sadness in his voice. "I .. I hurt you, very much so."
"I only hurt when I'm not with you."
"I'm dangerous, Hermione," Remus snapped. "I forgot to take a very important potion and could have killed you as a result. Besides, I heard what you said to Snape before. You're afraid of me now, aren't you?"
[i]You heard that?[/i] She thought. [i]Did you see what he did? What we did together?[/i]
"I'm afraid of the werewolf, not the man," Hermione said. "I love the man standing at my bed right now. More than anything in the world."
"But you allowed Snape to kiss you." He said.
His tone was dark but sad. She could feel the heartbreak coming from his heart without even touching him.
"I was caught by suprise, Remus," Hermione defended herself. "I was upset and he was comforting me. It meant nothing."
"But it clearly meant something to him. He loves you, Hermione. I never thought Snape could love but he has that with you. He's loved you since you first returned to the School."
"So have you." She said.
"Be with him, Hermione. He'll never hurt you like I did."
"I don't want him. Remus, you know that I love you."
"YOU LOVE A BEAST WHO RAPES YOU?" Remus shouted abruptly at her. "I COULD HAVE KILLED YOU, YOU STUPID LITTLE GIRL!"
"Remus, please, you're hurting my arms," sobbed Hermione.
Remus let her go and backed away from the bed. "Even when I say I'm sorry I hurt you. See what I am, now, my love?"
With that, he left her. It would be years before she'd ever see him again.
Hermione opened her brown eyes to see herself laying on a bed inside the hospital wing. Severus Snape was standing over her. His eyes watched her with an unknown fear in them.
"Remus, where is he?" She sobbed. "We were so happy, Severus. We were getting married, then ... he changed, Severus. He became the werewolf and he attacked me."
"He wouldn't have intended to, Professor," Severus said, trying to place himself at a distance from the situation. She looked so pained and desperate right now. He fought the urge to just hold her in his arms.
Hermione laughed bitterly. "Remus the man wouldn't have, but Remus the wolf didn't even know who I was. It didn't care."
"You can still marry Remus the man," Severus told her, the words itching as he spoke them. "He is still the same person whom you loved inside. It's just the moonlight that changes him into the wolf, Hermione. You know this."
"How can I have a future with a man like that. Severus?" Hermione cried against his hand on her face. "I thought it would be fine, but what if he forgets to take the potion again? What if we have children and he forgets then?" She asked heart brokenly.
"Hermione, I think you have quite a lot to consider," Severus whispered against her ear. "Consider every single thing before deciding. Consider... consider me."
With that, Severus finally gave in and kissed her. She returned the kiss before he felt a small hand sharply strike his face.
"How dare you!" Hermione sobbed. "You're our friend. I trusted you!"
"I'll leave you be, then," Severus said quietly, before leaving her alone in the dark hospital wing. His heart ripping into pieces by her rejection of him.
"I should have known better," He whispered aloud to himself, as he exited the room.
"Remus, my darling love," Hermione begged desperately, seeing him standing over her bed now as she awakened later that night. "Please, stay with me. Please?"
"Hermione, you shouldn't want me near you right now," He whispered with great sadness in his voice. "I .. I hurt you, very much so."
"I only hurt when I'm not with you."
"I'm dangerous, Hermione," Remus snapped. "I forgot to take a very important potion and could have killed you as a result. Besides, I heard what you said to Snape before. You're afraid of me now, aren't you?"
[i]You heard that?[/i] She thought. [i]Did you see what he did? What we did together?[/i]
"I'm afraid of the werewolf, not the man," Hermione said. "I love the man standing at my bed right now. More than anything in the world."
"But you allowed Snape to kiss you." He said.
His tone was dark but sad. She could feel the heartbreak coming from his heart without even touching him.
"I was caught by suprise, Remus," Hermione defended herself. "I was upset and he was comforting me. It meant nothing."
"But it clearly meant something to him. He loves you, Hermione. I never thought Snape could love but he has that with you. He's loved you since you first returned to the School."
"So have you." She said.
"Be with him, Hermione. He'll never hurt you like I did."
"I don't want him. Remus, you know that I love you."
"YOU LOVE A BEAST WHO RAPES YOU?" Remus shouted abruptly at her. "I COULD HAVE KILLED YOU, YOU STUPID LITTLE GIRL!"
"Remus, please, you're hurting my arms," sobbed Hermione.
Remus let her go and backed away from the bed. "Even when I say I'm sorry I hurt you. See what I am, now, my love?"
With that, he left her. It would be years before she'd ever see him again.