Rating: R

Genres: Romance, Angst

Warnings: OOC-ness

Spoilers: n/a

Summary: Harry's always fooling around with other men. Severus gets tired of it and leaves.

Song: Quit Playing Games (with my heart)

Artist: Backstreet Boys

Author's Note: Originally a songfic, the lyrics have been removed from this fic to comply with FF rules. Song lyrics can be found here: www (dot) azlyrics (dot)com (slash) lyrics (slash) backstreetboys (slash) quitplayingameswithmyheart (dot) html

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Severus Snape was in his bed. The space next to him, usually occupied by Harry Potter, was empty. Again. That side of the bed had been empty a lot lately. Severus knew that Harry was seeing someone else. He would be gone until early morning, and then he would come crawling into bed smelling of sweat and sex. He'd always tell Severus that he was just hanging out with his friends. That it was other people having sex, not him. He was just hanging around with them.


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Severus knew that he had made a mistake getting involved with someone as young as Harry. He knew what young men wanted. They wanted variety. They wanted hot, passionate fucking. They didn't want to make love with the same man for the rest of their lives. They didn't want to fall in love. And that was the problem. Severus was in love. He had fallen deeply in love with Harry, and now he didn't know if he had enough strength to leave him.


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Severus's thoughts were interrupted by the opening of a door. Harry burst into the room and stumbled into the bed. Even before he smelled his breath, Severus knew he was drunk. Harry curled up around Severus and fell asleep. As he lie there, wrapped up around Harry, it was all he could do keep from crying. How he wished that Harry could love him as much as he loved Harry. Blinking back tears and taking a deep breath, Severus made up his mind. He would give Harry one more chance. If that didn't work, he would leave.

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"I'm going out with Ron and Hermione," Harry said. "I'll be back late, so don't wait up for me."

"Harry, if you walk through that door don't expect me to be here when you return."

Harry stared at him incredulously.

"What the hell are you on about?" he demanded. "I can't see my friends now?"

"You know damn well that you're not going to see your friends," snapped Severus. "You're going to party, get drunk, and screw a couple of guys. How stupid do you expect me to be?"

Harry stared at him.

"I have no idea what you're talking about," said Harry coolly, "but if you think I'm going to just sit here and let you control my life, you've got another thing coming."

With that Harry stormed out of the room and slammed the door shut behind him.


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The tears came about a minute after Harry had left. Brushing them away, Severus grabbed his already-packed bags and left. He knew that Harry wouldn't love him forever. What had he been thinking getting into this relationship? It had been wonderful at the beginning, but things changed. As much as he still loved Harry, Severus knew that it would be stupid of him to stay.


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That night when he came home to find all of Severus's belongings gone, Harry was in shock. He hadn't really expected Severus to leave. He had thought that Severus would stay with him no matter what. A strange feeling settled in Harry's chest. Slowly, he walked over to the bedroom. Then he curled up on Severus's side of the bed and cried himself to sleep.

Yes, I know this is rather sad. I've never written a story where Harry's been the piece of shit before. I thought this was different. Please review and tell me what you think!