Chapter 9

Into the Snakes Lair


Beware – Sex scene ahead – I tried to water it down a bit and it took ages to write it.


I thought we were doing particularly well as we hadn't run into any students yet. Home stretch, one corridor away from our goal.

"Professor!" a gaggle of young females appeared and enveloped Severus stopping him in his tracks.

I couldn't catch the conversation, it all seemed to be coming out in teenage girl speak. I wasn't very good at the language when I was 14 and it seems my skills hadn't improved with age.

They soon had him backed against the wall and were asking a multitude of inane questions covering all aspects of potions, Quiddich and Common Room problems.

Like well-rehearsed predators they had cut me away from their beloved Head of House and two girls soon had me bailed up. Their similarities to Pansy Parkinson and co were remarkable.

"Hello" I cooed "How are you both?"

They sized me up and the eldest of the girls sneered. I noted the sneer did nothing for her rather plain face.

"Who are you?" she sneered.

"We've heard a rumour" the other added acting like an extra from a rather bad muggle police show.

"Have you" I countered.

"Yeah" she came back "You a nurse?" she eyed my white uniform. The other girl snickered.

"Actually" I said in my best condescending tone "I'm an Officer in the Royal Army. I've just married Professor Snape so you can lay off the act, he's mine now so get used to it."

Their faces flickered with surprise at my missive and they both stepped back from me as I shoved purposefully forward toward the pack that had surrounded Severus.

"Ladies" I said loudly clapping my hands for attention. The clamour stopped immediately and all eyes were on me as I stood beside Severus to address them. "I am Captain Granger of the Royal Artillery, I'm also Professor Snape's wife. You may refer to me as either Captain Granger or Lady Snape. Am I understood?"

They stared at me in astonishment until Severus spoke out. "You heard Lady Snape, be polite girls. Remember you are Slytherin Witches, not a gaggle of geese."

An unenthusiastic chorus of "Yes Sir" erupted from the mass.

"You shall treat me the same as you would treat your Professor, I will not tolerate insolence or back talk. Do you understand?" I boomed at them in my best parade ground voice.

"Yes Ma'am" they chorused again.

"I shall organise a tea within the next few days so that your whole house may meet me. Until then Professor Snape and I wish to have some privacy."

The girls looked from me to Severus inquiringly. "Lady Snape is an accomplished Witch and I wouldn't want any of you hexed" Severus told the girls "Now be polite to my wife or I will know about it" he narrowed his gaze eyeing each girl for a second.

"Professor Snape, if you will" I inclined my head to him and turned towards the entrance to his quarters. He followed me and the girls quickly dispersed to spread the gossip.


We were safe inside his classroom leaning our backs against the door that Severus had locked and warded. "Lady Snape" he chuckled.

"They were like a pack of Hyena's, we're lucky they didn't go for our throats" I laughed back.

"They're rather good aren't they" he smirked "True Slytherin tactics" he was proud of his girls even though they had turned on his wife.

"I guess if I'm going to be Lady Snape I'd best save for some outlandish emeralds"

"I've got some in our Gringott's vault, we can go next week when we see the family lawyer" he countered.

My eyes widened in surprise.

"Other than the rather run down Spinners End we own a nice Country House near Bath and some stocks and bonds. There's not much money per se as it's mainly tied up in investments, but our children will be well taken care of if anything happens to us" he finished.

'Hmm, our children, emeralds, country house' I thought, things are looking up.

"Well all I've got is an investment block of flats in Hogsmeade I bought with the money my Gran left me." I said.

He nodded his head "Decent."

"Come on" he grabbed my hand "Grand tour time"


It wasn't much of a Grand Tour, we did a double time march through the office, ran through the sitting room, and finally arrived in the bedroom.

"This is the Bedroom," he said with a flourish before grabbing me around the waist and launching us both onto the bed. Severus performed a truly Olympian vault and I landed on top of him hoping I didn't crush his family jewels.

I giggled. When had I become a giggler I wondered? His hands were all over me looking for the best way to get me out of my uniform before we both died of frustration. All we managed to do was kick our shoes off.

"Hang on" I cried and managed to get up into a kneeling position. He lay flat on his back looking up at me smiling.

"Happy?" I asked him as I started to undo his bow tie.

"Incredibly" he replied. I knew it was true. This love of ours had been a long time coming and finally here we were together and nothing could ruin it for us.

I unbuttoned, unzipped, stripped and kissed him until he was before me in only his silk boxers.

Slowly I started to strip starting with my suit coat. "Accio chair" I draped the coat on the chair so as not to damage the braids. With a flick of my hand my trousers were off and neatly folded on the back of the chair as well. Finally I peeled off my silk camisole revealing a white underwire stretchy lace teddy that I'd bought that morning from Madame Malkins.

"I find wandless magic so sexy" he told my breasts as I moved to straddle him. He looked up at my face as his hands ran up my thighs and settled onto my hips. "Thank you Hermione."

"My husband" I said smiling back at him.

I started to rub his upper body beginning at his stomach, ribs then chest. I became fascinated by his nipples and leant over to lick and suck each one in turn. Severus shifted himself slightly then wove his hands into my hair and breathed deeply letting out a sigh of pleasure.

After a few minutes he drew my face up to his and we started to kiss, my hands sliding up to his shoulders. Severus was slow and gentle, quite purposeful in his motions and terribly passionate. I found his kisses to be breathtaking and melted into him sliding my body so that I was now lying on top of him. He spread his legs and wound one around mine as he began to slowly move his hips to rub his erection against me. I felt him grow harder and the anticipation made me gasp between kisses.

"It's ok" he whispered in a concerned voice "I won't hurt you" he continued in the gentle rubbing and thrusting motion as he watched my face.

"It's not that" I gasped out at him "I'm just so excited and it feels wonderful."

"Really" he chuckled before latching onto my neck and elicited a surprised yelp that quickly turned into a moan of pleasure.

"Sev" I groaned as I rubbed the full length of my body against his. His hands wound around my body, one coming to rest on my bum the other rubbing up and down my back.

"Yes" he countered my groan "so good."

I rose up on my hands again and pushed hard into his groin. Severus gasped and moved his hands up to my straps and lowered them off my shoulders. I sat up so he could lower them further and he watched my face as he did. The bodice was still covering my breasts as I again lowered myself to him and ran my tongue over his lower lip, nipping gently. I took control of the kissing and forced a hard kiss sucking and thrusting with my tongue until I felt heady with loss of oxygen.

When I finally took a breath Severus rolled his head back arching into my pelvis and pulling down on my hips. His face was a mask of ecstasy with his pupils being heavily dilated as he pulled me back down onto his body before rolling us onto the side.

I slid my leg between his and gently continued to rub my thigh against him. His groans told me more than words could as he gently moved me onto my back. My leg was still between his and he rose up and thrust hard into my thigh giving me an indication of how ready he was for me. I lifted my other leg and wrapped it around his calf rubbing my foot up and down the back of his leg.

It was my turn to arch my back in pleasure "Oh Sev, feels so good" I moaned. His mouth found my chest as his hands pulled down the teddy to my waist. He took one breast in his hand experimentally feeling its texture and weight whilst his mouth lowered to the other. Licking my nipple he tweaked the other and I gasped.

"Does that hurt, do you want me to stop?" he murmured against my nipple. My only answer was to pull him back down and arch into his mouth. He mumbled something incoherently with his mouth full.

"Shhh" I said "I love it, love you. Oh Sev yes" I arched my back and shoved myself into his erection groaning loudly.

He continued to lick and suck my nipples as his hand traveled down my body to rest over my centre. Palming and pushing with his thigh I could feel the pressure building on my clit and I was so excited and ready all I wanted was for him to fuck me hard and make me scream.

"Want you" I moaned, rising up I pushed him down by the shoulders as I spread my legs and forced him to lie between my thighs. I'd lost the connection of his penis as he slid down my body leaving a trail of hot wet kisses.

I reached up over my head and gripped the iron railing of the bed head and pulled myself up to brace myself. Severus continued to trail down my body, finally kneeling between my legs and raising my bottom up so he could pull the teddy completely down. I flicked my hand and it landed on the chair with my other clothes.

He peeled off his own boxers letting his penis bounce free of its silken confines. I hadn't seen him erect before now and was delighted at his size. I lay back and wished he would just impale me on it now.

"Beautiful" he murmured as he rubbed his hand over my pubic mound gently dipping a finger in to rub over my clit and test my wetness.

"Oh Goddess" I arched and pushed against the bed head trying to force his finger to enter me. He didn't resist and his index finger slid deep inside me. I gasped in pleasure and he removed the digit and licked it first before he lowered his face closer to enjoy me.

I spread my legs wide as his mouth descended. His tongue flicked over my clit then lapped up and down tasting me. I groaned and after a few more licks he thrust his tongue into my opening pulling my thighs wide with his hands and pushing my legs up with his shoulder. At this pace I seriously thought I wouldn't last long.

He continued his cunnilingus "Cum for me baby" he enticed me between licks. His hand strayed into the action and he thrust two fingers inside me as he sucked my clit. I arched up and let out a gasp of pleasure. I hadn't cum with a partner for a while and it felt incredible to have the man I loved begging me to orgasm for him. The thrusting and sucking continued and I found that I couldn't stand the pace any longer.

Arching up I felt the intensity of my orgasm sweep over me and I spasmed. He felt it and inserted another finger and thrust the three in and out of me. I screamed his name and released the bed head grabbing his hair and pushing my pelvis up to suffocate him in between my thighs.

"Sev" I moaned again as the last of the sensation finally died down and I collapsed back releasing him. I felt breathless like I'd just run a marathon, was starting to perspire and couldn't wipe the grin off my face.

Severus crawled up my body and settled himself between my legs holding me close and comforting me. He was so good, I felt so good. If this was any indication of his enthusiasm for sex I knew that this marriage was going to be very fruitful indeed.

"I want you," he said looking deeply into my eyes. I grinned and pulled his mouth down to mine as I thrust my pelvis up against his cock rubbing it between my folds and spreading my wetness along his shaft.

"I want you too" I groaned and he latched onto my nipple sucking hard and making a very animal grunting noise thrusting against me trying to push his way inside.

I spread my legs wider and he managed to push his cock into me on the next thrust. He released my breast and arched his back pushing hard and completely filling me.

Once inside he slowed his thrusts and started to kiss me again, deeply tonguing my mouth as his cock sheathed itself repeatedly. The sensation of his slow and sensual fucking had me moaning deeply and moving in rhythm to match his thrusts. I wound one hand in his hair as he lay fully on me burying his face in my neck, and the other on his back feeling his heat. I lay there rocking gently with him and simply enjoyed the sensation of his movements, listening to his low grunts and groans. I loved the fact that he wasn't in a rush and was taking his time to enjoy our first time together.

After a few minutes of this steady rhythm his movements became less coordinated and his panting exaggerated. The friction pushed me over the edge and I groaned and spasmed into my second orgasm dragging him along with me. He then collapsed and lay still, the sound of his breathing the only indication that he was still with the living. I wrapped my arms around him and held him still as I kissed his hair and waited for him to come back to me.

After a few minutes he lifted his head from my neck and looked up into my eyes, his hand moving to stroke my cheek.

"I'm a bit rusty" he smiled meekly at me.

"Is that what that was" I quipped "I thought I heard creaking"

He laughed back "You're wonderful you know. I've waited so long for someone to love and here you are. Hermione Snape, my wife!"

"I've traveled the world and heard all sorts of languages spoken but that's the best thing I've ever heard. I love you too Severus Snape" I returned "Thank you for everything." I felt a single tear roll down my cheek, Severus smiled and leant in to kiss it away.

"You're welcome" was his response and I knew he meant it, I was truly welcome.


I fell asleep in my husband's arms and awoke with a start hearing my name.

"Mistress Snape, awaken please!" I peered over the edge of the bed at the short person who was calling my name.

"Is that you Dobby?" I asked still bleary from sleep.

"Yes Mistress Snape, Dobby is pleased to serve you" the little fellow proudly returned with a flourish and bow.

"What's the time Dobby"

"Time to dress for the ball Mistress, 7:30 in the evening. Do you wish Winky to help you?" he asked.

I sat up holding the sheet to my body so poor Dobby didn't have to see me in the nude "I'll be right Dobby, thank you for the offer"

"As the Mistress wishes" he replied bowing before vanishing with a click of his fingers and a cheeky grin.

"Honey" I shook Severus awake "Time to dress for the ball"

"Bugger it" Severus said and turned to wrap his arms around my waist pulling me back down on the bed "I don't want to go, lets sleep" he pushed his face into my abdomen and feigned sleep.

"Come on baby, Minerva is expecting us" I ran my nails across his scalp eliciting a groan from my half-asleep lover. "The sooner we get there the sooner we can leave and come back here"

He opened one eye and looked up at me and growled, I smiled down at him and he started to crawl up the bed to lay fully on top of me.

Finally nose to nose with me he said, "I can't intimidate you any more can I?"

"No Professor Snape you can't"

"And, pray tell, when did I become your baby?" he chuckled and stuck his tongue out at me making a rather unbecoming sound for an adult. I laughed back, this was bliss.


After a quick shower, or at least it would have been quick if we hadn't jumped in together and decided that sex in the shower was loads of fun, we dressed for the ball. My new dress was as lovely as Lavender and Padma thought it would be.

"I must thank Misses Brown and Patil next time I see them" Severus exclaimed "I must say it looks lovely on you Lady Snape"

"Why thank you Professor" I replied with a curtsey.

"With those wings perhaps you're the bat of the dungeons now" he laughed as he took my hand and we swept up the stairs together.

"The Evil Mrs. Snape, Bat woman, Captain Chaos. Excellent" I laughed in my most evil way.

At this he stopped and looked at me appraisingly "Damn woman, did you drink that potion in the purple bottle?" he snickered "It's going to be a long marriage isn't it?" there was a grimace of fear on his face, a fake grimace luckily.

I had nothing left to say so instead took a leaf out of Nymphadora Tonk's book and punched him on the arm.


Note: I know the reviews have said WRITE WRITE NOW ! But you know it's hard when you have a full time job and part time uni and a husband who needs to be fed and nurtured and 2 cats and knitting projects and ARGH ! Rubber room time - get me a time turner now!