† No other Cure †

Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters. They belong to the author.

Pairings: Severus Snape and Draco Malfoy

Rating: M for sex scenes and language. This is a MM, meaning a man having sex with another man. If you don't like, don't read.

Genre: Romance/Angst

Theme: Harry Potter Chapter VII Scars and Dinner

Morning found the two still tangled together, but as morning began to creek in through the black leather curtain, in front of the window, that turned red when light hit it, gleamed Snape woke up and sat up, sighing shortly and getting out of the bed, wincing at the cold and realized he was naked. He looked at Malfoy curled up in his bed and walked to his bathroom, to have a shower. When Draco woke he groped a hand around, his eyes still closed for the warm body that had been with him all night and frowned when he couldn't find the alabaster skin. He sat up with a jolt and looked puzzled about the dark room till he picked up on the noises coming from the bathroom. He yawned and smiled inwardly, recalling the night before and licking his lips at the memory. He slipped out of bed and pulled on his robes and pants and shirt and left the room, unlocking the bolts and leaving. He went up a few stairs and into the green Common room of Slytherin. Since it was a weekend, no one was up at this early hour and he was thankful of that. He ran up the steps to his old room and slipped in quietly. Crabbe and Goyle had always been heavy sleepers so he wasn't too quiet as he collected Fawne from the window, a few books and a small suitcase of some of his clothes. He than left the room and went back down the dungeons, telling the dragon the password and bringing his small belongings in, Setting Fawne at the curtain rode. "Stay here and keep quiet." He chuckled and changed out of his robes into some jeans and a black and white fuzzy turtleneck (with he actually looked good in). He ran a hand through his hair and returned it to it's normal look than smiled proudly sitting atop the bed the night before he had finally gotten somewhere with Snape. He pulled out his father's dark potions book and laid back on the bed, reading through it when Severus came into he room, first looking at Malfoy, than the suitcase than the bat. "Moving in?" Snape asked, a little taken aback as he changed into his usual robes and made some tea, putting out two cups on the coffee table like usual. Malfoy got off the bed and sat down next to Snap, taking a few sips of his cup before looking at Snape with slightly down eyes. Sev caught this and looked at him cautiously. "What is it?" Draco didn't speak at first.

"Nothing, never mind." He looked away when they heard a knocking outside the door. Snape put down his cup and went to the bed, casting a tidy charm and gathered his clothes from around the bed, stuffing them into a cupboard and closed Draco's suitcase, intent on hiding all evidence of the night before.

He flattened his robe and opened the door, looking a little shocked then smiled and opened the door the rest of the way. An old man with a white beard walked in. "Hello, Severus." He wheezed in a tired old voice. "I was wondering, if I might have a word with Malfoy." Snape nodded and let him in than went to the bar.

"Would you like some tea Professor?" asked Snape, looking over at him.

"Ah yes, thank you Severus." He smiled as Snape brought over a cup and handed it to the man then sat down in a chair. Malfoy looked curiously at Dumbledore. "What is it?" he asked, blinking a few times.

"Do not worry my boy, I was wondering if I might ask you, do you remember anything from the night you were poisoned?" He asked with gentle eyes and voice. Malfoy closed his eyes as if reflecting back. He hadn't thought about it, or at least he had never mentioned it to anyone, though it haunted most of his dreams.

"Yah…" he breathed and closed his eyes. He really wished Snape's warmth was next to him to keep him feeling safe. Dumbledore waited patiently and Snape watched him intently.

"I had gone to my room… I hadn't been feeling good." Snape knew that was a lie. He could guess why the boy hadn't wanted to eat that night but allowed him to continue. "I was in my room…asleep, but then I woke up, I heard this voice… He kept saying how he couldn't wait to kill me, saying the blood of the Malfoy's would be lost… When I looked he injected the needle and I felt ill, I couldn't move… He pulled out a dagger and he… he began cutting my skin. Down my arms and over my back and I couldn't move or call for help. Before I was about to pass out He hid under this weird cloak and he was gone, nothing left. That's when, Sev-Professor Snap found me… and then I blacked out." The two older men looked a little puzzled.

"And do you, remember what this creature looked like?" Asked Dumbledore slowly, taking a sip of his tea, the glimmer in his eyes gone and hard.

"Yah... sort of… He looked normal but he had big fangs and horns jutting from his head… He had red eyes, I guess he was probably a demon… but…" he couldn't say much more, cause he couldn't remember anything else. Dumbledore saw this, this pain to remember and smiled. "Alright, thankyou my boy, that's all I needed to know." Malfoy looked up at him.
"I'm sorry, sir, I just can't remember anything else." He sighed and took a sip of his drink.

"Now onto another question. I've received some Slytherins asking when their prized Malfoy might be coming back, I told them I wasn't sure but as soon as you were better. So I was wondering as well, when you might be returning." He said calmly. Snape's coal gaze flicked to Draco's but he looked away and took a sip of tea. Draco shifted nervously. "I…I still feel ill every now and then… and… I'm afraid to go back to my room… I'm afraid it'll come back…" Malfoy had put down his glass and had crossed his arms over his stomach looking ill again. Dumbledore smiled gently. "As long as it's find with Severus and your attending your classes you may stay as long as you want. But I would like to remind you both." He said, standing up and putting his cup down on the coffee table, making his way to the door and stopping by it, looking back at them. "There are some things that won't be tolerated, that's not to say I wouldn't tolerate them, but the Ministry would see fit for punishment." He said softly. Snape hardly flinched but Draco grew a little nervous. Dumbledore than smiled and wished them farewell and left the room. Snape got up slowly and locked the doors and then walked over to his desk and pulled out some papers. Draco was still nervious. "H-he knows doesn't he?" He muttered, getting up and standing across the desk from Snape. Severus looked up at him and put down his pen. "No, I don't think he does, but I think he is expecting it. That's all I can tell you Draco." The boy smiled again, he liked how Snape said his name. He paused and walked around the desk and sat down on a cleared part of it. Severus watched him carefully. "Hey! Lets go into town tonight for dinner!" he said happily, deciding to suggest it again despite his current sickness growing in his stomach. Sevvey flinched a little, taken off guard and closed his eyes. "We've gone over this, I don't do dates." He replied with a sharp tongue. Draco glared slightly and leaned over and kissed Severus' cold lips carefully and light. "Than think of it as you treating me to dinner, as teacher and student." He smirked and Severus breathed sharply as Draco's lips withdrew.
"I might… be able to do that." He smiled snakishly and leaned back in his chair. "But we need a better excuses incase Dumbledore or someone asks." He said carefully. Draco thought hard for a good reason to be out with Snape.

"How about saying that Father wanted you to give me a bit of tutoring in potions, since I missed so much?" he offered, looking curious. "No one would doubt father." Snape smiled a little and closed his cold eyes.

"Yes, that might work. Alright we can use that excess but you need to keep control." He hissed, standing up and kissing Draco's cheek. "You just kissed me, I think you're the one who needs control." He laughed slightly, hopping off the chair and going to the bed, going back to reading as Snape looked through a few papers.

"We will go tonight at 6." He replied quietly, ignoring Malfoy's shot. He yawned and was plucking a scroll when the smaller version of the dragon poster, on the inside against a wall spoke in its reptilian voice.

"Professssor, Hagrid wanted to leave you a messssage." It hissed. Snape looked over at it.
"Continue." He commanded, sitting down on a chair, the leather groaning under him as he began to read the scroll.

"He saysss he'sss got a job for the Malfoy boy… saysss to meet him at the hut in a few minutessss." The dragon then laid its head back down and fell asleep. Snape looked at Malfoy who seemed a little shocked. "For me?" he asked Snape who shrugged and went back to reading, before getting bored with it and putting it on the wood table. "Well, let's go than." He said, standing up as Draco put down the book and hopped off the bed and walked to the doors as the man unlocked it. "Alright."

They made their way up the stairs; Draco smirked happily as some of the Slytherins smiled and waved at him and the other houses glared. They made their way outside, into the cool autumn, alight with oranges and reds and yellows and made their way across grounds to the little shack down the hill and outside the dark forest. Snape knocked on the door and the giant man opened it, smiling at them. "Ah, hello there Professor, Malfoy. Come in Come in." Malfoy was rather confused, because he had gotten the giant man in trouble with his dragon, always despised him and even had his beloved hippogriff sentenced to death. Hagrid severed them some tea and sat down.

"What's this all about Hagrid?" Asked Snape quietly, not touching his cup like Malfoy, who sipped at it gingerly. It never occurred to him that Snape might not drink tea anywhere but in his room. It would make sense though; Snape drinking Tea wasn't exactly the Big, Bad Snape picture most saw. He looked up at the bearded man.

"Well, Dumbledore, he be telling me Malfoy here had gotten weaker while sick, so he told me he said, 'Rubeus I want you to look around and see if you can find a good thing for Malfoy, to get him back to normal, Luscious would be rather sad if his boy wasn't strong.' So I be saying all right. And I asked around the pubs lots and talked to lots of beast masters and I found the answer!" He chuckled at the end, happy with himself obviously. He stood up and made his way to the door, opening. When they didn't move he scolded slightly. "Come on now, come on." They stood and walked out the door, Hagrid fallowing and leading them into the boarder of the dark woods and into an area cleared of trees. Hagrid stopped. "Tada!" he said proudly. Draco swore he was mental when he saw the chained creature get up and stalk towards them. Snape froze and looked straight at Hagrid. "Are you mad?" he scolded, unable to hold back the question. Hagrid shook his head. "Nope! I be reading about Muggles and they say equines are the best thing for a person that just suffered mass weight loss from illness or muscle loss. Ridin 'em helps the bones develop! So I be askin around. No one here's got a horse so I happen to find someone with this here Dright. I bought him for a good price and now he's for you Malfoy." Malfoy stared at the animal. It looked like a horse, had a lions kind of tail. Half it's body was ebony and the other alabaster. One red eye and one blue eye. Draco had to admit he was intrigued; he remembered reading about something like this in Dark Arts and told himself to check it with Lupin when they got back. "Now, come and say hello Malfoy." Called Hagrid who had walked over to the animal. Malfoy looked a little frightened but walked slowly towards it till he was very close and Hagrid nodded and he touched the black fur with one hand and the white fur in the other hand. "There you go!" laughed out Hagrid happily. Draco smiled. They spent a little longer with the animal then they headed back to the dungeons, Hagrid told him to come back whenever he wanted but Dumbledore wanted him to come down at least once a week, even if he just sat around with the animal.

Draco made his way to Lupin's classroom while Snape headed back to do some more work in the dungeons. He climbed the flight of stairs to the top and knocked on the door. "Come in." called Lupin and he walked in, closing the door behind himself.

"Ah Mr. Malfoy. What's up?" Asked Lupin as he moved about the classroom, organizing things. Draco walked up to him. "I was wondering if you could tell me, what a Dright is?" He asked slowly. Lupin blinked at him. "Ah you've met that new creature of Hagrid's." He chuckled and sat down on a bench in front of Malfoy, turning and looking at Malfoy.

"A Dright a equine, horse, that reflects the feelings of its owner. If its owner is a positive person, free of hate the Dright's coat goes white, if its owner is mean and cruel it's coat goes black. Because of this it's hard to find good owners but it's also easy for them to serve the dark side. Dright's are sold rather cheaply and make good pulling animals, used to pull sleighs and such. They can be very affectionate or very evil. It all depends on the owner." Said Lupin with a smile. Draco paused.

"And how does one go about riding one and training it, making friends and all?" He asked shifting in the bench.

"Well, they tend to be easy to ride after spending some time around them. Best way to train them is through rewards and the best way to make friends is to talk to them, give 'em treats like mice and pat them and give a kind word." He said with a smile.
"Ok, thank you a lot Professor." He smiled and stood up and Lupin nodded as he left.

Later that night Malfoy returned to the room, a round five, from sitting outside in a tree. He brushed his hair and looked at Snape. "Ready to go?" he asked, walking over to Snape and wrapping his arms around the man's arm, looking up at him with puppy eyes. "Yes. Let's go." Said Snape, pulling his arm back and exiting the room, casting a tone of locking charms on his room before turning and they headed to Hogsmead. They did run into Dumbledore and Snape gave his excuses, saying they were going to tutor Malfoy a little and go for some dinner while they were at it. Dumbledore chuckled, nodded and walked away and they headed to Hogsmead.

They went into a nice restaurant and ate their food. Snape even let Draco try a sip of his wine, though he found it rather gross and felt sick. As they ate Malfoy folded his napkin on his lap and looked at Snape. "Tell me why you have so many scars." He said in a slightly demanding voice. Snape stared at him, taking a bite of the noodles off his fork and sitting back, chewing quietly and closing his eyes. "That's none of your-"

"Business, I know but tell me anyway." Hissed Malfoy. Snape sighed and put an arm on the table, leaning his head into his hand. "When I was a boy, a few children teased me, much like, I regret to say, and you and your friends pick on Potter. But on top of that I grew up in an abusive family. My father was always very cruel to my mother and they tended to ignore me and I had to suffer silently. After being struck a few times by my father I learned to block them out. But as it got worse, both at school and at home I found I had no control over anything… so I found a way to have control over myself, and to let go of some of my pain and fear…" he didn't continue, Draco finished his sentence.

"So you began cutting?" he asked, staring at the man's wrists, realizing for the first time why they were so well concealed under the cuffs of his shirt and robes. Snape nodded. "Yes. I felt so relieved when I cut, I felt like I was letting go of some great weight. The second I turned 18 I got my own house and moved out of my old one and left Hogwarts and got a part time job to earn some money. About 6 years later I became a teacher, I returned to the very thing that hurt me so badly." He continued and then ended, eating some more pasta off his silver fork. Draco looked away. He wondered, just how bad it must have been to make Snape want to suffer like that.

Supper was wonderful despite that cold conversation and when they got back they were both ready for bed. Hesitantly, Snape got in bed with Malfoy, who smirked at him and began kissing his chest right away, but Snape had another idea… He moved on top of the covers, still clothed and pulled the boy under him, who was also still dressed. Snape positioned a knee between the boy's legs and rocked gently, casting a quick silencing charm on the room as the boy moaned softly. Snape's cold lips danced across his neck and his hands slowly undid the buttons to his shirt and slid it off as he continued to rub his leg against the boy. Malfoy wrapped his arms around the man's neck than pulled off his robe hastily. They kissed erotically, tongues exploring each other's caverns and sucking as Snape's hands wandered lower down his body and to his pants, slipping a hand in and slowly taking them off, leaving the boy naked but when Malfoy reached to undo Snape's pants the man caught his hand and put it back down in the sheets and continued touching Malfoy gently. He sat back and smiled down at the blond angel. His hand traced down the boy's erect shaft, under his balls and to his little hole, touching around it. "You need to loosen here... before we can do anything." He commented, bringing two fingers to Draco's mouth who sucked them hungrily, managing to make Severus moan out. He took back his fingers and slipped them down and repositioned himself, slipping his lips over the boy's steamy cock and a hand under his leg, slowly pressing and sliding a finger inside the boy. Malfoy gasped out and bucked into the man's mouth in pleasure. Slowly Snape slipped in a second finger and took his mouth off his for a second. "This is going to make you feel good." He hissed and began to suck him again and then, made a 'come hither' motion with his hand and put a ton of pressure on a delicate spot inside of Malfoy that made him scream out and buck hard. He was in heaven as his cock began to stream with pre-seed and the man greedily swallowed it and bobbed his head some more. Malfoy, who had never been sucked before was in heaven and had never felt such pleasure in his ass as he did now. He moaned Snape's name a few times before his body went rigid and he let out a bitter, sweet load into Snape's mouth. The man swallowed it and removed his mouth, licking the cocks head a few times just to make sure he was all clean. Snape pulled out his fingers and cast a cleaning charm then pulled the boy under the sheets and let him fall asleep with his head on his chest. Snape smiled a little. "Your such a little child." He smiled to himself and he too fallowed into the world of dreams.

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Chapter…7 complete! I liked this one a lot because they introduce a lot of new scenario's that will be important later on. So Snape gave Malfoy head. I'm sure the next chapter will be NC17 as well. Well, enjoy!

Lupin: Yay I make an appearance.

Snape: Wonderful…

Hagrid: Me too!

Draco: Whoot, I got head

Snape: Idiots, i'm surrounded by raging idiots.

Author: Aw be nice Snape or ill put you in a dress in the next chapter.

Snape: You wouldn't dare.

Author: Try me.

Draco: Whoot a Dright.

Hagrid: Whoot.

Lupin: Yay.

Dumbledore; Well until next time, R and R.

Author: Oh yah btw, this is to become effective immediately I will from now on not update the next chapter until I have double the amount of reviews as chapters (For example, this is chapter 7, I need 14 reviews to post chapter 8) So it's your choice, but I recommend getting those reviews up! Well goodnight!