The Elvin Consequence

Chapter seven

By dinner Harry was running out of excuses as to why he no longer wanted to sleep with Draco. Harry was desperately horny and was finding it extremely difficult not to just give into his urges.

Over dinner Severus found a good enough excuse for Harry to spend the evening with him. He asked to see him concerning some research he had uncovered. Draco, would was bored stiff just hearing about research and wanted to avoid study until school started, said that he would meet him in Gryffindor tower later.

Grinning from ear to ear Harry followed Severus down into the dungeons. They'd barely got through the portrait hole before they were kissing heatedly.

It soon became difficult not to go any further than that and they had to stop before it did. Severus it seemed was having just as much trouble as Harry when it came to their pact not to do anything more sexual than kissing until Harry graduated.

"Did you actually find out anything or was that just a crafty excuse to have your wicked way with me?" Harry asked with complete innocence.

"I did actually find something useful." Severus said, "You have mentioned that you are more hormonal at the current moment on a number of occasions and I have discovered that it is because you have slept with Draco. You see the draw back to only being half elf is that even though you can have sex with others that are not your mate you will become increasingly addicted to sex until your heart literally gives up."

"But on the plus side I would die having sex." Harry said finding the bright side to this information.

"Yes, however this is exactly why we must be cautious when it comes to having sex, if I am not your mate then I could be helping to kill you."

"So how do we tell if you're my mate or not?" Harry asked as he absent-mindedly played with Severus' hair.

"That is what I am looking into at the moment. You mentioned that you knew what I happened to be feeling for you at one particular point and I am using that as a base but it is more difficult to find any information because you are a half elf."

"Well, seeing as you don't appear to be doing anything right now, how about we just sit and snog?"

Severus give Harry a pointed yet sarcastic look at his choice of words. "I do not snog, such an unemotional teenage action is unbefitting a grown adult however I do kiss and I take great pleasure from doing so."

Harry grinned at his boyfriend, "Some of the things you come out with Sev." Harry said as he began to kiss the older man.

The couple decided that as much as they both wanted to stay together for the night they couldn't. Draco would realise that something was happening; after all he wasn't completely stupid.

As f or the sex dilemma Harry decided that he would tell Draco the truth or as close to the truth as he could afford to get. The blonde was still awake when Harry got up to Gryffindor tower.

"Hey there sexy, what took so long " Draco asked getting up from the sofa by the fire to greet Harry.

Harry ducked away from Draco who had been about to kiss him and said: "I have some bad news." He explained.

"What's up?" Draco asked, although he didn't' sound too concerned only curious as to why Harry didn't want to come and play.

"its about my Elvin heritage, I can't sleep with anyone who isn't my mate, at least not without becoming seriously addicted to sex, something that could eventually kill me."

"Are you saying that I'm your mate?" Draco asked suddenly worried, fucking was one thing but a relationship was something else entirely and it wasn't something that Draco wanted from Harry,

"No, that's the thing, we slept together last night and as a result I'm really craving sex, you really don't get how hard it is to say no to you right now." Draco looked down and understood exactly how hard it was.

"Just give into your urges, I'm willing to give you a decent fuck." Draco said, he didn't seem to care that it was bad for Harry and he hadn't seemed to take in any of the things that Harry had told him.

"I can't, the more sex I have with someone who isn't my mate the more addicted I become to sex, if I keep sleeping with you then it'll kill me." Harry said trying to get through to the sex mad hormonal blonde that had nothing but lust in his mystical sliver eyes.

"Oh, well that's a shame because I was waiting here, ready for you …" Draco trailed off leaving the rest to Harry's vivid imagination.

"I'm going to spend the night on Severus' couch, there isn't any sexual temptation there." Harry lied.

Draco chuckled before kissing Harry goodnight, a lingering kiss to the lips that made it overly difficult for Harry to turn around and walk away but he did and he did so thinking only of Severus.

Severus had not expected Harry back that evening and he voiced this when the young Elf turned up at his door. He voiced this and Harry explained what he had said to Draco while he took in the older mans bare chest and draw string pants that he obviously used for bed.

Severus' chest was not as hairy as Harry would have guessed but it was pleasantly so. He was nicely muscled and Harry spent minutes admiring him. He had kept that body well hidden under all those robes he usually wore.

"Do you have any garments to sleep in?" The older man asked as he ushered the teen inside.

Harry just shook his head, "I usually just sleep in my boxers." He said truthfully.

"It's late; we had better get some sleep."

Harry nodded in agreement and silently they made their way to the bedroom. Once in bed they curled up together, Severus spooning Harry, a possessive arm around the teenager's waist as they fell asleep in each others arms.

The day before school was due to start and all of the teachers, Headmaster included, returned to the school to prepare for the onslaught of students the next day.

Dumbledore came to see Harry and instead of looking for him in Gryffindor tower he went straight to Severus' chambers as if he knew that there was something going on and there was no way that he could.

Harry had been lounging in front of the fire in only his jeans and reading a book on Elves and their mates while Severus prepared his teaching notes.

"put your shirt on or something brat, the headmaster is here!" Severus hissed as he went to get the door. Harry ignored him and continued to read. He heard Severus and Albus conversing but he didn't expect the headmaster to be invited in.

"Good morning Harry." The headmaster said making Harry jump a little. Albus was looking older than ever, the twinkle though was still in his blue eyes and it still seemed as if he was full of himself.

Harry stood up post haste and looked suitably embarrassed about his lack of clothing on his upper body. "Headmaster" Harry greeted.

"You have changed, what's happened to you … are those Elvin ears?" Albus asked in surprise, clearly he did not know everything about everything. Severus was almost laughing; he had never seen the Headmaster lost for words before now. "Severus, can you explain this?"

Severus calmed himself and said: "So far all we have been able to figure out is that Harry isn't actually Harry as there is no Elvin blood in his family, the best that we could figure is that the baby's were switched. The man who stands before us is half elf and half wizard. Only his Elvin side has been concealed up until this point, as for everything else we are somewhat unsure."

"Do you really believe that this boy is not Harry Potter?" Dumbledore asked Severus as if Harry wasn't standing there.

"Does Harry look anything like James or Lily now?" Snape replied.

"I suppose he does not, have you found a way to hide it from the students and wizarding public?"

"Harry and I discussed that matter and he decided that he did not want to hide what he was any further."

"Harry, can you explain why you have decided this?"

"I want to see if my friends will stay loyal to me or not." Harry said simply.

"We have also been having other issues, elves it seems have to find their mates, even half elves. As you can probably tell we have therefore had a few difficulties since you have been away." Severus said.

"So it appears, have you discovered who Harry's mate is?"

"Not as of yet," Severus lied smoothly.

"Well I thought there would be a reason that Harry was half naked in your chambers, apparently not. I am sure that you know of the rules behind teacher and student relations." Albus said vindictively.

"yes Albus, I am well aware of those rules, there is nothing between Harry and I, we were training earlier before we began to do more research. That is the reason for Potter's lack of clothing."

"Well I am glad that you are still taking your training seriously at least."

"Albus, have you considered for a moment that if he is not Harry potter then he should not have to fight?"

"It had crossed my mind but whether he is Harry Potter or not he still has a connection to Voldemort somehow, can you explain that yet, or the scar on his forehead?"

"Not as of yet but only because we have been unable to gain access to any of the Elvin records, perhaps you could be of assistance there Albus."

"I will arrange it so you can look into it Severus."

"That is much appreciated Severus."

"Headmaster, maybe I should go with Severus, to help him sort things out there, it might go a lot quicker." Harry suggested.

"I think that perhaps you should concentrate on your studies Harry, I think that you have spent enough time with Severus as it is."

"What is it that you are suggesting exactly Headmaster?" Harry asked somewhat heatedly.

"I mean that you are lounging in Severus' chambers half naked. That in itself has crossed the line between teacher and student. You must spend time with Ron and Hermione."

"Ron and Hermione have ignored me all summer, Severus has been a mentor, friend and confident, he's been better to me than anyone else recently so I think that I'll decide who I spend my time with."

"Be that as it may I want you back in Gryffindor tower tonight, I cannot dictate where you spend your free time but you will sleep in Gryffindor tower and you will go to your classes and you will continue to train but not with Severus."

"And if it turns out that Severus is my mate, which is what we've suspected but haven't acted upon, what then Headmaster, will you keep us apart then?"

"I will deal with that problem if and when it arises." Dumbledore said, "Until then, Harry you are to come with me back to Gryffindor tower and apart from classes you are not to see Severus, am I understood?"

"You cannot dictate my life, I'm of no relation to you, all you can do is expel me and you wouldn't dare so don't presume that you can tell me who I should or shouldn't see."

"I could fire Severus from his position here at Hogwarts; I assure you no one would care." Albus threatened.

"And who would you get to teach potions at such short noticed? Don't threaten me Headmaster; you stand to lose a lot more than I do with your threats." Harry said rationally, trying not to get angry. "We have done nothing to break any of rules, neither of us have done anything wrong so therefore you cannot punish us because something might happen in the future. So until we break the rules, which we won't, you can butt out."

"I will be watching the two of you very carefully and if I catch any hint of anything going on between the two of you then Severus will lose his job and you will be expelled instantly, do you understand?"

"Perfectly," Harry said with forced cheer. "See you later Headmaster."