Author Notes: The author weeps bitterly as she changes her pre-HBP story to AU.
To eeeh: I don't really hate her, she was just available.
To Jill: I thought he would sink deeper into despair, but I allowed a nine year old to dissuade me. My only other option was the cliche' last minute wedding thing (I couldn't make it work) So I what I went with was indeed an easy way out. I'm sorry, but Tonks gets what she deserves in the alternate ending, which I will be posting soon. Thanks for your review.
To Murielmodel: I'll post it then, since there are people who'll read it. (mutters) I should have never let my brother talk me out of it. Thanks for your review.
To Busaikko: I'll give him your thanks and hope it dosen't go to his head. Thanks for your review.
To Rana an Shanaan: I plan to, and am. Thanks for the review.
Disclaimer: No I don't own this. No I make no money. Yes, I'm wearing mourning clothes.
Chapter 20
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He was lying awake, with his arms wrapped around the honey-haired man lying slightly on him, and couldn't be happier. They'd lain that way for the past…what was it hours….lying contently in Severus' bed. He opened his eyes as Remus stirred for the first time, burrowing his head closer into his shoulder as he felt him move his left arm down flexing his fingers. Shuddering slightly as a shockwave of pleasure hit him he asked," What are you doing?"
The arm went away, retracting backwards," I'm sorry….you didn't like it, I shouldn't've-"
"I liked it", he assured him, before letting his arm slidebetween to do the same. About to tickle Remus, he jumped up instinctively as the door opened. He watched Potter enter biting back a remark about knocking, for Remus' sake, and instead looked at the man hoping he'd send the boy away.
"Your ready for bed Harry?" Remus honestly couldn't mean he was sharing a bed with Potter.
"Yes", the boy answered simply leaving no doubt in his mind that that was what Remus meant as the manscooted over pulling the covers down.
He watched as Remus turned away from him, and wrapped his arms around Potter. How he longed to throw this boy out. This boy, who would steal Remus away from him because he had to have him otherwise he'd get….scared, as scared as he himself had gotten when Remus would….no he couldn't throw him out. His conscience wouldn't let him.
He'd just resigned himself to the thought of limited Remus when Potter asked," Professor Snape?" Honestly what did he want now? He could get his own water.
"Yes?"
"You've passed", he said getting up.
"Passed?"
"Goodnight Remus, Professor", and with that Potter went back to the guestroom he'd been shown earlier.
"What have I-" he stopped as Remus' fingers brushed down there again wiping all thought from his mind. "You do like this, don't you?"
"Yes", he gasped, the urge to grab Remus' hand and cram it roughly to that area becoming maddening, but instead of fulfilling his wish Remus started tugging at his underwear.
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Two Days Later"You do realize the damage you could have caused?" he surveyed the gothic looking metamorphamagus before him.
"All I'd have done was broken up a bad match Professor", her black eyes were angrilyfixed on the ground as she tried to justify herself.
"You could have caused a suicide", he watched her jerk slightly," Frankly, I'm surprised Severus didn't try"
"What do you mean professor?" she asked quietly, startled.
"I've been fearing a relapse ever since I watched him leave the infirmary", he let the silence hang until he became convinced she had absolutely no response," Remus has filed a restraining order against you…Tonks don't you think it would have been wiser to have just brought him chocolate and hoped he'd come around?" he watched her hair, if possible, darken, and pushed a handkerchief he had sitting on his desk nearer to her just as the floodgates broke.
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"Have a good day", Remus hugged him goodbye in the Great Hall. If the gossip level hadn't been high when Harry walked in, it most certainly was now. Uncaring, he gave Remus a kiss on the cheek, before walking away with Harry, who hadn't let go of his hand the second they'd entered. He watched them leave before exiting through the other door to get use the shortcut to get to class ahead of the mob. He walked, happily thinking of when he'd see Remus at lunchtime, and at dinner, and when they returned home. He smiled instead of freaked when he saw something that reminded him of Remus. It was shocking and unbelievable to most, but their horrible bastard of a teacher was finally happy.
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Author Notes: I've kinda always envisioned Severus' father as neglectful so I figured I'd have him neglect to have the sex talk with him, hence the "What are you doing?" comment. J.K. said he didn't have any children, nor had he ever been married, which was another reason I think he's completely virginal. Any way if you didn't like this ending, because you feel Tonks should have been punished, or if you wanted to see more suffering I will be posting an alternate chapters 19 and 20.And if there is anyone who absolutely hates this ending, I apologize.