Evelyn's p.o.v.
"You didn't have a choice.", Severus tells me, going trough his closet.
"I know but still think I kinda made a mistake. Loki's not to be trusted.", I say, cutting meat on my plate.
"Just keep an eye on him and everything will be okay.", he tells, pulling a t-shirt out, "Is this going to be okay?", he asks and I stop chewing, looking at the shirt and frowning a little, "What's that?"
He raises his eyebrow, "A t-shirt."
I roll my eyes, "I can see that but what am I going to do with it?"
"Sleep in it? You can't sleep with your dirty clothes on."
I look at my shirt, covered with dirt and drops of blood, "I have clothes in my room, you know."
"You're sleeping here.", he informs me, trowing the shit onto his bed.
I frown again, "Why?"
He sighs, "You will most probably need a potion against pain during the night so the best thing for you and me is that you stay here."
"Oh, okay.", I say, continuing my meal.
"How was in New York?", he asks, sitting on a chair next to me.
I nod a few times, covering my mouth with my hand since I'm actively eating, "Good. Had dinner with Steve, Tony, Clint and Pepper. Tony made me a suit for the tournament ...extra security."
"Steve is the one that came here?", he asks after a few seconds and I smile, "Yea. Captain America."
"You two seemed close.", he comments and I clear my throat, knowing what exactly he's talking about, "We are all close."
It's not the time to explain my relationship with Steve. I'm not even sure he would fully understand.
"Everything was great until Pepper handed me a bunch of paperwork from Stark Industries. Since I'm going to be in bed for a day or two, it's the perfect time to go trough it.", I say, finishing my meal and picking up an apple.
"Will you have enough time to finish it?", he asks as I bite the apple, "Sure! It's nothing complicated."
"Does your leg hurt?"
"Yea. This apple is great. Try it.", I say surprised by its taste, offering him the red fruit.
He shifts his eyes from the apple, back to me, "I don't eat after someone else."
My eyebrows knit, "But you can kiss me?"
"That's not the same.", he tells me.
"How?"
"It's just not."
I shrug my shoulders and take another bite, "Okay."
"By the way, where's your stuff?", he asks, looking around his room.
"Hagrid's hut.", I say, swallowing.
"I will pick them up tomorrow.", he informs me and I smile, "Thanks."
Even though he's cold most of the time, his actions show me how much he cares. It's in the little things, for me at least.
He raises his eyebrow since I'm still smiling at him, "What?"
I pull my chair closer and give him a kiss on the lips, "Thanks for caring for me."
"It's my job.", he tells me.
Not sure how to take that so I just accept it, without my usual commentary.
"I need to take a shower.", I say, looking around his dark room.
"It's over there.", he points his finger towards the bathroom.
I press my lips together and make an uncomfortable smile, "I can't walk."
He frowns, not understanding my point.
"You will have to help me."
His eyes wide like I told him he would have to spent an entire day with Harry ...and be nice to him.
"I'm sorry but if I want to wash myself, you will need to help me. Or I can call Thor instead.", I say, remembering his remark about Thor and I.
"I can do it.", he tells me, not happy with my poke.
He helps me walk towards the bed where I sit and take my clothes of, while Severus is looking everywhere in the room except me. I have a feeling he never saw a naked woman, which is mind blowing to me, but I let it go.
"I'm done.", I say and he looks strait into my eyes, not wanting to see anything else.
He helps me into the bathtub and, by now, I know he got a good look at me naked. You can't avoid that in this situation. It doesn't bother me but I see it makes him feel pretty uneasy. I shower quickly, while my leg is resting on the edge of the bathtub. Severus is with me but his back is facing me.
"I need a towel.", I say when I'm done.
He picks a white towel and, turning around, hands me the soft and warm fabric. After wrapping it around me, he helps me into the living area. I put on his t-shirt that goes just a little above my knees while he's taking two clear bottles with green and blue fluid in it and, after I'm dressed, hands it to me, "One is a painkiller and the other will help you fall asleep. Drink one after another."
I nod and do what he told me. The taste is horrible so I make a face and he smirks, "It's not pumpking juice."
"Please get me a a glass of whiskey.", I say, barely swallowing the last bottle.
He starts searching for it in the cabinet where I found Lily's photo and, without thinking I speak, "Maybe it's under the scarf."
He stops searching and looks at me and that's when realization hits me.
Oh no.
"How do you know I have a scarf here?", he asks, looking at me.
"I ...keep scarfs in drawers like this so I guessed.", I lie.
"You know I can read your mind so you either tell me the truth or-"
"Okay, okay. I snooped around a little.", I admit.
"When?"
"When I came here because my head was bleeding.", I say slowly.
"You went trough my belongings?", he asks angrily, frowning.
"I was just curious.", I try to justify myself.
"That's disrespect Evelyn. I would never do that to you. Some things are private.", he tells me.
"I'm sorry.", I say.
"Because you got caught.", he tells and start to walk pass me but I grab his sleeve and he turns around.
"I'm genuinely sorry.", I say, putting the best apologetic face that I have and puppy eyes. Always works with Tony.
He looks away from me, "Don't do that."
I smile a little, "Do what?"
"That face won't work with me.", he informs me.
"I did it just once.", I say and he looks at me, "Is that supposed to make me feel better?"
I sigh, "My point is that I won't do that again. I promise."
"Okay.", he says after a little pause.
"I feel sleepy.", I say, blinking a few times.
"The potion is working. You should get some rest."
I tuck myself in his bed and he puts a pillow beneath my injured leg.
"When are you visiting Lucius?", I ask, covering myself with his dark green quilt.
"Tomorrow.", he tells, walking towards the table.
"I hope you'll find something out.", I say slowly, feeling my eyelids getting heavier.
Within seconds, I was fast asleep.
Severus's p.o.v.
After grading the tests, I stand up and pour myself a glass of Whiskey. Sitting back down, I look at Evie. Her eyes are closed and her face looks peaceful as her chest slowly moves up and down. If anyone else was snooping around my room and going trough my stuff, I would loose my mind but since it's Evelyn, I can't say I'm that surprised. I suppose that how she knew about Lily before I told her. I did find her question about women a bit strange but didn't think a lot of it. My heart starts to race as I remember that my meeting with Malfoy's is tomorrow. Lucius surely already knows about Evelyn and Thor, and is not happy about that. I have to make sure that my reactions and words stay unbiased and on the high level. He's too foolish to notice anything but Narcissa is smart and pays attention to details. If she starts to get suspicious, she will block me from any useful informations they may know, and when the time comes, inform Voldemort about that.
After finishing my drink, I take a quick shower and lay next to Evie. She's still in the position she fell asleep so I carefully turn on my side, my back facing her. I never had anyone in my bed before so it's hard for me to relax. Even though I fantasied about Lily in her position, and knew that I would hold her the whole night, reality is different. My situation is now different. That doesn't mean I don't care about Evie, I do ...maybe even too much but I realize that I don't know how to touch her in situations like this. Besides, she's hurt and any movement could, by now, wake her up. Slowly, my mind settles and sleep overcomes me.
X X X
I woke up feeling like an idiot. Here I had a beautiful woman in my bed and I couldn't even touch her, hug her, kiss her. So, before I left, I gave her a kiss on the forehead. I know it's not much but since she was still asleep, it was enough ...I hope.
Right now, I'm walking trough the gates of Malfoy mansion, trying my best to put Evie in the back of my mind. I have to focus on this if I want everything to go well. Knocking a few times, their house elf lets me in. He's old and tired, bitter and exhausted but loyal to the Malfoy family.
"Upstairs.", he speaks before walking away.
I climb the big stairs and turn the corner towards their living room. As I get closer, I hear Lucius and Narcissa talking. Before entering, I take a deep breath.
"Severus.", Lucius stands up, walking towards me with a smile.
"Lucius.", I say as we shake our hands.
"Wellcome to our home Severus.", Narcissa greets me, placing her teacup on her red lips.
"How are you Narcissa?", I say, sitting down on the big, dark grey sofa.
"We are shocked Severus, completely shocked!", Lucius tells, pacing around.
I don't have to ask since I already know the source of their disbelief.
"I never liked Albus but this is unexpected even from him! Muggles? My son is thought by muggles? He had the audacity to invite filthy lowlife muggles in Hogwarts?", he continues.
"And to think she wanted to punish him. My Draco, one of the best students in that horrible school.", Narcissa speaks.
"Did you know what he was planing?", Lucius asks and they both look at me.
"I did.", I say calmly.
"And? You didn't do anything?", he asks angrily.
"Albus communicated with Minerva and I about his plan and he didn't accept any negative comments about it. My hands where sealed. I can't push too hard if I wan't my act to successfully keep going. I did have a conversation with the girl after she wanted to punish Draco and made very clear to her that she can't touch him in any way."
Narcissa smiles, "I'm grateful for you keeping Draco safe in such an environment."
"If the ministry of magic finds out about this, he's done.", Lucius tells me.
"I don't believe that's smart.", I comment and he frowns, "Albus is stubborn and he won't back down ...the situation could only get worse. I don't agree with his decisions but I think we should leave it this way, at least for now. If anything goes wrong, I'm there to handle it. Besides, we don't want to jeopardize Dark Lord's return.", I say, looking closely at their reaction.
"So, you know.", Narcissa states and I nod, "Yes."
"We've been trying to came up with a plan on how to help Ivar but nothing comes to our mind. The man is like a shadow, but by now he's doing a good job by himself.", Lucius tells, looking at me so I decide to go with the flow.
"He had a few successful attacks. The girl is injured now.", I say.
"He should have killed her.", he comments and my stomach twists.
"He still has time.", I speak, feeling disgusted for only saying that.
"Do you know where to find him?", Narcissa asks, looking at me.
"No. I only heard his name and that he's not from around here.", I say, trying my luck.
"He's from Asgard but he's not up there anymore. We can't locate him.", Lucius tells me and Narcissa gives him a dirty look.
They know way more than they are letting me know so it will take time to earn their complete trust. I won't push it for now.
"I will do my best to track him.", I say, looking at both of them.
"And don't worry about Draco, he's safe with me.", I say and they both nod.
Evelyn's p.o.v.
Thor came and dropped everything I left at Hagrid's, reasuring me that we can handle Loki without his collar. I hope he's right because if Loki decides to go on full God of mischief mode, we're fucked.
My leg feels a lot better and I can actually walk slowly, so I pull out the Stark Industries papers and start reading them.
Halfway, Severus enters the room and I look at him, "Hod did it go?", I ask eagerly.
"I have something. They know much more but it will take time for them to fully trust me."
"What did they tell you?"
"Silver's name is Ivar ...and he's from Asgard."
I frown, "What?"
"Do you know someone by the name Ivar from Asgard?", he asks as I stand up, "No, but I bet my ass who knows."
"What are you doing?", Severus asks as I wipe dirt from my gun and start loading it.
"I'm going to put a bullet in someones head.", I say walking towards the door but Severus stops me, "Your leg isn't fully healed yet."
"I don't give a shit, besides I can walk and that's the only thing I need.", I say, opening the door and walking outside.
