Chapter 4
Severus sat at the table staring into a rapidly cooling cup of coffee and tried to remain calm. Potter sauntered into the kitchen and headed straight for the kettle. Severus had never wanted to wipe the smug little grin from his face quite as much as he did then.
"Put the kettle down and get out of my house."
"You've changed your tune." Severus grimaced and wondered if Potter was being purposefully pleasant in an attempt to annoy him or if he really was too obtuse to realise that he was being snubbed. He stood slowly and turned to face Potter, who seemed affected by neither the warning expression on Severus' face nor the fact that Severus was several inches taller, except for a slight glint in his eyes.
"I am not joking, partially because I am not a particularly jovial man but mainly because I see nothing amusing in the situation you've gotten me into."
"The situation I've gotten you into? You make it sound so serious. We slept together, Snape. No one's going to alert the church elders. And I don't think I can take all the credit either."
"Blame. You will take all the blame. It was a drunken mistake and now I would like nothing more than to forget about it. Please leave." Potter sighed and put the kettle back on the bench.
"Fine, I'm going. Until next time." He turned without another word and Severus heard him slip through the door a few minutes later. He sat back down at the table and nursed his splitting head in his hands, scrunching his eyes shut. He stayed like that for a while, subconsciously rocking back and forth, before suddenly sitting bolt upright, his eyes widened in horror.
"Next time!?"
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Severus pushed Harry against the wall and pretended that he wasn't twenty years his elder, admitting for the moment that maybe he didn't completely despise him. Remembering the morning after the last time this had happened he removed Harry's glasses and dropped then carelessly onto the floor. Harry either didn't care or didn't notice.
This time there was no alcohol in Severus' bloodstream on which he could blame it.