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Long time no see readers, but now I'm back for a long time…
I was startled awake by a sharp pain in my gut, I looked down to see a 3 inch gash across my abdomen, even now it had started healing. I'd rolled onto my now loose talons while I was asleep, slowly retracting them I winced then remembered Severus' smile from the day before. He seemed like a changed man, someone even Ron could get on with and the passion in his eyes when I mentioned teaching…gods could this guy get anymore dreamy.
Stretching I got up and walked over to his lightly snoring form on the other bed. He seemed to be having a dream, suddenly out of nowhere he started thrashing in the throes of an intense nightmare. I watched as he twisted around in his covers, whimpering, I'd heard enough and I shook him awake. He woke, but the intensity of his eyes overwhelmed me. Snape was usually so guarded, so private, now he looked like a scared five year old. When a tear began to trail a path down his cheek I couldn't resist crawling into his arms and holding him.
When he started to calm down I moved away, but I stayed on the bed, perched on the side.
"Severus, maybe if we walked around the castle for a bit you might remember something?" His eyes seemed to brighten at the idea of leaving the bleary white hospital wing. I grabbed the set of robes Poppy had set out for Severus and handed them to him.
"Get dressed, then we'll have some breakfast and then we can go for a walk."
It was almost humorous watching him try to do the buttons up on his exterior robe, how Snape had managed that everyday I have no idea, then I remembered something.
"Severus, let me, 'bouter', there." The buttons did themselves up in second, leaving Severus staring wide eyed at my wand-less hands.
Sorry it's short, just wanted to see if people were still interested.
Jez