A few days after Hermione and Severus had their ecounter in the corridors, Severus was sitting cross-legged in the middle of the deserted Potions classroom, Elyot toddling up to him, giggling as Severus raised him high into the air. He had ended up with the short straw today, but he didn't mind.. he enjoyed spending time with his new grandson. It reminded him of happier times, and in a way, he could make up for the years he had missed with his children.
"Gra'pa!"
"Elyot, stop with that nonsense. Address me as Grandfather.. Properly. Grandfather Severus, can you say that?"
"Sev'us!" the boy babbled happily, his eyes peering down at Snape in delight, his arms reaching for Snape. Sighing, Snape shook his head at the little boy. "Ga'pa Sev'us?" the boy asked gingerly, pouting slightly. That brought a chuckle to Severus, as he nodded, holding the boy closely to him, kissing the boy's temple. He enjoyed the sweet scent of baby powder and cinnamon, the boy was always snacking on the cinnamon treats he connived from Albus. Damn it all, did Albus really have to go and become Elyot's other grandfather? he would never live it down...
Hermione was walking down to the dungeons to seek out professor Snape, he had unjustly given her an "A" on her essay for "Awful". She was outraged, and demanded to speak to him but he wasn't anywhere in his office. So she had to make a trip down to the dungeons to go find him. Approaching the Potions classroom, she heard the familar laughter of Elyot, calling out to his grandfather. Hovering near the shadows, she wonered why exactly Elyot was down in the dungeons, no one ever went there with the exception of Snape....
Snape.
The thought hit her like a train, fast and hard. Shaking her head, she continued on her way, knocking on the door to the Potions classroom. Sure enough, Snape answered with a surly 'enter', and when Hermione opened the door, she spotted Snape standing tall in the middle of the classroom, Elyot in his arms and giggling,tugging at his lank greasy hair. "Professor Snape?!" Hermione asked, her eyes wide as Severus glanced up, his eyes dark with fury. "Miss Granger!" he spat out, Elyot going quiet and his eyes going wide as he grinned, tugging at Snape's hair. "Grandpa Sev'us!" Elyot squealed in delight, employing the usual child's strategy of blurting out the wrong thing at the wrong time, tugging at Severus's hair hard enough to make him snap his attention back to his grandson. "Elyot, behave yourself. Miss Granger-- what are you doing here on my day off?" Snape asked, his eyes glittering with spectulation as he moved smoothly to face Hermione, looking down his hawklike nose at the teenager before him. "I.. you- you gave me a low grade on my essay, and I want to know why." Hermione said, straightening her posture and looking Snape straight in the eye as his beady black eyes glimmered with a flash of amusement. "That's all? Well, if you must know-- I specifically asked for the uses of hellbore in the Restoration Potion, not the history of hellbore in the Restoration potion. Don't write a book, Miss Granger." Snape said with an arch of his eyebrow as Elyot tugged at his robes, begging for another Dragon ride. Severus's cheeks colored slightly and he coughed slightly. "Erm.. You had better go now- or did you want something else?" Severus asked thinly, his patience with the girl growing thin. Did she just have to show up right now? Things would have gone better if she had approached him during his office hours, but.
"Yes, Professor-- I had never pinned you down for a father figure." Hermione said dryly as she raised her eyebrows at Elyot. She now realized why he was so cynical- he had never gotten time to see his grandson. She could see it, in the way he held the boy and induldged his every whim. Hermione smiled a small smile as she slipped out of the door, Snape staring after her with a small glint in his eyes. Father figure, indeed.
"HOLLY!" Snape shouted out, and a bookcase creaked open, and his brown-eyed lover tiptoed out, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes and pouting at him. "What?"
"I think its time." At that statement, Holly's eyes flew open and she straightened up, blinking rapidly as she tugged her nightshirt closer around her. Nodding, she smiled and took Elyot from Snape's arms and smiled, shooing him to the floo. She couldn't wait for their family to be together again-- they did deserve it after years of tragedy and heartbreak....
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"Elyot, stop with that nonsense. Address me as Grandfather.. Properly. Grandfather Severus, can you say that?"
"Sev'us!" the boy babbled happily, his eyes peering down at Snape in delight, his arms reaching for Snape. Sighing, Snape shook his head at the little boy. "Ga'pa Sev'us?" the boy asked gingerly, pouting slightly. That brought a chuckle to Severus, as he nodded, holding the boy closely to him, kissing the boy's temple. He enjoyed the sweet scent of baby powder and cinnamon, the boy was always snacking on the cinnamon treats he connived from Albus. Damn it all, did Albus really have to go and become Elyot's other grandfather? he would never live it down...
Hermione was walking down to the dungeons to seek out professor Snape, he had unjustly given her an "A" on her essay for "Awful". She was outraged, and demanded to speak to him but he wasn't anywhere in his office. So she had to make a trip down to the dungeons to go find him. Approaching the Potions classroom, she heard the familar laughter of Elyot, calling out to his grandfather. Hovering near the shadows, she wonered why exactly Elyot was down in the dungeons, no one ever went there with the exception of Snape....
Snape.
The thought hit her like a train, fast and hard. Shaking her head, she continued on her way, knocking on the door to the Potions classroom. Sure enough, Snape answered with a surly 'enter', and when Hermione opened the door, she spotted Snape standing tall in the middle of the classroom, Elyot in his arms and giggling,tugging at his lank greasy hair. "Professor Snape?!" Hermione asked, her eyes wide as Severus glanced up, his eyes dark with fury. "Miss Granger!" he spat out, Elyot going quiet and his eyes going wide as he grinned, tugging at Snape's hair. "Grandpa Sev'us!" Elyot squealed in delight, employing the usual child's strategy of blurting out the wrong thing at the wrong time, tugging at Severus's hair hard enough to make him snap his attention back to his grandson. "Elyot, behave yourself. Miss Granger-- what are you doing here on my day off?" Snape asked, his eyes glittering with spectulation as he moved smoothly to face Hermione, looking down his hawklike nose at the teenager before him. "I.. you- you gave me a low grade on my essay, and I want to know why." Hermione said, straightening her posture and looking Snape straight in the eye as his beady black eyes glimmered with a flash of amusement. "That's all? Well, if you must know-- I specifically asked for the uses of hellbore in the Restoration Potion, not the history of hellbore in the Restoration potion. Don't write a book, Miss Granger." Snape said with an arch of his eyebrow as Elyot tugged at his robes, begging for another Dragon ride. Severus's cheeks colored slightly and he coughed slightly. "Erm.. You had better go now- or did you want something else?" Severus asked thinly, his patience with the girl growing thin. Did she just have to show up right now? Things would have gone better if she had approached him during his office hours, but.
"Yes, Professor-- I had never pinned you down for a father figure." Hermione said dryly as she raised her eyebrows at Elyot. She now realized why he was so cynical- he had never gotten time to see his grandson. She could see it, in the way he held the boy and induldged his every whim. Hermione smiled a small smile as she slipped out of the door, Snape staring after her with a small glint in his eyes. Father figure, indeed.
"HOLLY!" Snape shouted out, and a bookcase creaked open, and his brown-eyed lover tiptoed out, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes and pouting at him. "What?"
"I think its time." At that statement, Holly's eyes flew open and she straightened up, blinking rapidly as she tugged her nightshirt closer around her. Nodding, she smiled and took Elyot from Snape's arms and smiled, shooing him to the floo. She couldn't wait for their family to be together again-- they did deserve it after years of tragedy and heartbreak....
A/N: please do read/review.. I would love suggestions to help improve the story, also. Love all of you who read and reviewed, even if you didn't review...