Tidal Waves

All characters belong to J.K. Rowling which I thank greatly for creating them! So i'm also going to leave a warning here because you can never be too careful. WARNING: mentions of self-harm, sex, and other dark themes. If you have any questions of anything never be afraid to private message me. And please no hate for my ship.

Hermione was seated alone in her chambers. She had been there for hours. After the news that her bestfriend Harry Potter beign killed in the war she had locked herself away without food. He was her bestfriend, if not a brother, the memory of their meeting fresh in her mind. The war had ended upon the deathh of Voldemort. Hermione had watched as brave Neville Longbottom had sliced straight through the scaley skin of the Dark Lords neck. She did not know where Ron had disappeared to, she suspected he had fled as well.

A sharp knock on the door to her rooms startled her from her daze. She jumped as she realized that someone was on the other side of the door. Hermione quickly wiped the tears that had started falling at her memories as she stood to open the door. She knew she looked a mess, it had been days since she had gotten out of bed. Hermione gasped as she saw her beloved professor before her. She instantly stepped back he looked worse than she did.

" Please come in professor." Hermione watched as he stepped into her chambers and she instantly closed the door behind her. "May i ask why you are here Snape?" Hermione inquired.

" There is something that I've needed to get off of my chest for a while and you're the one it has to do with. Please take a seat before your legs give out miss Granger." Snape hissed desperately and began pacing in front of her.

Hermione looked at him with furrowed brows and sat down on the edge of her bed. She was becoming increasingly worried about the broken looking man that was pacing the floor in her room. She laid her hands in her lap and just observed. Suddenly he stoppped and turned his black eyes to her.

"It seems miss Granger that I have been harboring feelings for you... I don't know why I'm here really. I just needed someone to know..."He trailed off and looked away as if in shame.

"Hermione, my names Hermione." She whispered softly and stood from her bed. She stood and walked to stand directly in front of him.

Snape looked at her for a few minutes as if assessing her and jumped slightly as he felt her gently take his hand. He felt an electric shock shoot up his arm.

"This is wrong miss Granger." Snape said softly, but he didn't dare remove his hand from hers. He was terrified once he did he would never get her touch again, and her touch was something he now began to crave. He found he could no longer hold himself back.

"Professor, if may, please listen to the next words to leave my lips... I am not completely sure of how I feel about you. I've always thought there was a connection between us, and I am guessing I was right. Just please give me a little time to figure this out.. I want to know more about the man who holds my curiousity. Please professor... I could not bare to loose one more person who means something to me." Hermione pleaded and gently and looked into his hypnotizing eyes.

Snape looked down at the smaller witch in front of him with a brow raised. He thought for a second before nodding slowly. He gasped softly as she leaned up and kissed the man on the cheek, instantly sending a wave of pleasure that went straight to his groin. He cleared his throat and gently wrapped his arms around her slim waist.

Hermione looked up at him with tears threatening to spill from her eyes. The man was truly the only thing she had left. If he was to be hers, he was the last thing she would have. She looked down at the floor and rested her head against his shoulder. She felt her heart flutter softly against her chest. She had to admit the man did make her extremely nervous, but it wasn't a feeling she couldn't handle.

"Will you stay with me?" Hermione asked softly, she didn't wish to be alone anymore than she had to be now that he had admited to having feelings for her, however small they might be.

"I do not know if that would be wise Hermione." Snape shook his head slowly and looked at her diaspprovingly.

Hermione fell silent in his embrace and kept her eyes cast downwards at the floor. She whimpered when the dark wizard pulled away from her completely; she missed the warmth he had provided.

"I have a meeting at this moment that I must attend to. If you wish you may come to my office tonight and stay in my chambers. I must however warn you that not everything about me is satisfactory, and you will soon learn that I am far from who you believe me to be." Snape said bluntly as he turned to leave her chambers without a sound.

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Snape quickly gathered his composure as he stepped in his office. Kingsley Shacklebolt was seated in front of his desk waiting for him. He made his way around his desk and gracefully sat down behind his desk.

"Ah Severus it is so good to see you! How does it feel to be back as headmaster once again?" The man across from him asked cheerily.

"I am glad to be here yes. I hope things are well at the Ministry. What is it that I can do for you tonight Minister?" Snape asked with a raised brow as he wasn't sure why Kingsley had wanted to meet with him.

"I wished to inform you that I retrieved a rather peculiar wand that seems to belong to a one Hermione Granger." Kingsley reached into his briefcase and pulled from it what appeared to indeed be Hermione's wand.

"I will be sure to have this returned to her personally. Is that all you have come to inform me of?" Snape asked rather bored as he took the wand from the Minister.

"I also wished to speak to you about the repairs to the school. How has everything been going with the rebuilding?" The man asked curiously and sat on the edge of his seat.

"Everything is going rather well thank you Minister." The Headmaster hissed as he began to scowl at the Minister of Magic. He was becoming increasingly more agitated the more questions the man asked with his annoying voice.

"Well then it seems you have everything in control Headmaster. I should be on my way then." Kingsley stood and shook his hand before disappeaing through the Floo.