Trickster Chapter Eight
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Remus tumbled out of the floo in Severus' quarters. "I need a drink." Severus already held up his bottle of Scotch. "Already there."
"Thanks." Remus murmured, taking a glass from Severus.
They both collapsed on the couch, staring into the fire.
"Damn that boy." Severus murmured.
After sitting there together for an hour, drinking heavily and staring into the fireplace…
"But I'm crazy about him though." Remus said, tilting his glass back.
They both shared a smile. "He's just so…smart." He added.
"And…he sees everything…" Severus nodded, pouring the man another glass.
"Right, nothing gets past him…and he's so caring…"
"And he's so…beautiful…" Severus murmured wistfully. He poured themselves more drinks.
"Yes…those eyes…just…wow." Remus whispered, staring off.
"And those lips…" Severus said with a small smile, remembering.
"And his skin…"
Both men flushed. "We're actually agreeing on something." Severus chuckled.
Remus grinned. "Yeah." The bottle was nearly gone now, and they drank more.
"So…he just wants us to get along?"
"Well…it sounds like he likes both of us. But…he doesn't want to choose between us…"
"So, what he wants us to…"
"He's only thirteen…"
"A very mature thirteen year old though."
"But he wants us to…" Remus repeated, both men staring at each other.
Suddenly, Remus snapped forward, throwing his glass to the side and captured Severus' lips. Severus closed his eyes, pushing back against the mouth that covered his. He pushed back on the slightly shorter man, both of their hands clutching each other as their lips attacked each other. Remus groaned as Severus thrust his tongue inside.
"Fuck…" Remus gasped, pulling away as Severus bit and kissed down his neck, yanking at Remus' sweater. Remus sat up so Severus could pull his sweater off over his head, Remus focused on unbuttoning Severus' robes. Damn, this had been coming a long time ago. It was so tense and angry, but it felt so…
Severus pushed Remus into the bedroom, and slammed the door behind him.
They attacked each other once more, yanking on their clothes, shoving against the wall, biting, kissing, gripping each so hard, so angry…
Neither of them would give to the other, they couldn't…
Severus pushed Remus to the bed, yanking on the werewolf's pants, depositing them on the floor. They kissed each other once more, and started to move. It was needy, fast, hard, they just wanted to let it all go…
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Remus woke with a headache and a pain in his ass. He hadn't woken like this in months, not since he left America. He sat up groggily, wincing. He gasped, staring at the man asleep beside him. Severus. He then remembered what happened last night.
Oh my.
Severus shifted slightly with a sigh. Remus watched the man sleep, looking at his face. He guessed the man was attractive somewhat… he looked beautiful when fucking though… he flushed at the memory. Then those dark eyes snapped open and stared at him, as if he knew Remus was watching him.
"Severus…"
"Do you think this is what Harry had in mind?" Severus said softly, clutching his head.
Remus chuckled weakly. "He's a thirteen year old Severus."
"Maybe not exactly then…oh, bloody headache." Severus murmured. He leaned over, taking out two vials. "Here."
"What is it?"
"Pain reliever."
"ah." Remus murmured, drinking down his vial as Severus did the same.
Both men looked to each other, heads cleared. "Not a word to anyone."
"Of course. Who would believe us?"
The both chuckled.
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Neville sighed. "I'm bored. We need Harry back."
"I know, we havent been threatened with our lives yet." Ron groaned, leaning across the table.
Hermoine rolled her eyes, flipping to another page. "You two are so pathetic."
"But we're bor-"
"Shut up Ron."
They had been in the library for two hours now, doing homework on a Friday night. It was rather sad really, there was nothing else to do.
Ginny and Luna walked over, chuckling at the exasperated faces on the boy's faces.
"Hermoine giving you a hard time?"
"Yes! Get us out of here…"
"Come on, we can go meet aragog."
"Who's aragog?" Ron asked, perking up.
Ginny giggled. "One of Hagrid's friends. I think you'll like him Ron."
"Oh, maybe we can send some stuff to Harry, he always needs stuff for the shop…"
"Sure, lets go Ron…"
"Hey, at least we wont be bored anymore!" Ron said, standing up.
Hermoine and Neville exchanged a look. "I think we'll stay behind. You can go Ron."
"Fine. Stay here then, nerds."
Hermoine hid her smile as Ginny grinned back at her when Ron walked off.
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Dear Harry,
Ginny sent me to go meet Aragog. Why didn't you tell me he was a bloody huge spider!? I know you met him last year, and you didn't tell me…Oh! I am so mad at her, she's worse than the twins! Anyway, I risked my life as I gathered ingredients for you again, so I think my prices will be higher this time. 40 chocolate frogs instead of the usual 20, and you should at least give me 2 joke wands too.
I'm serious, one of them nearly bit me!
Scabbers is dead. Damn Hermoine's killer cat Crookshanks has been after it for ages, I'm not talking to her either right now. Neville's being all nerdy again, hanging out with her and talking about his plants all the time…kind of weird how he's so obsessed with them. Hey, did you hear about the latest Chudley Cannons game? They nearly won, the score was 20-160, but that damn seeker from the Wimbourne Wasps caught the snitch…oh, I was so mad.
I hope the shop is doing well, mum tells me you just opened officially last week. Hey, you think she'll send a sweater to the cubs? She's just crazy enough to, might as well, with all of us, plus you and the cubs, there'd be 16 sweaters! But she always goes on about those poor children, little smart asses are what they are, but so are you Harry. Just kidding.
Your friend, Ron
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Dear Harry,
I would love to stop by your shop during the holidays! Daddy I think would love to see what all you have there, and I can stock up on my supplies too. The others miss you a lot, I can tell. Hermoine is a little fed up with Ron right now, but telling how they bicker all the time I think they have a crush on each other, that or they will be captured by sniggles and shoved into a storage closet until they do. The dementors are a little overwhelming around here, but Professor Lupin offered to help me out. He's terribly nice. I heard he was a friend of yours. Is he going to be at your shop during the holidays too?
Well, I will see you during the holidays and give you your gift then.
Luna
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Harry smiled faintly as he read Luna's letter. It seemed she wasn't so spacey in her letters than in real life, but they always made him smile. He folded it up and put it in his pocket as he went downstairs with the cookie tray. Tonight was the full moon, and incidentally, Christmas Eve, so it was awful. Harry smiled as he saw Severus and Remus arrive through the floo. He hadnt seen them that much since the last time they came, they usually stopped by seperately.
Harry grinned as all of the kids snatched the sugar cookies off the tray as he passed it around. He looked over to see Mrs. Weasley, Lottie, and Jacob handing out the Wolfsbane. There were even more than usual, as it was winter, and there a heavy snowfall outside. It seemed Harry's low prices on wolfsbane had gotten around, and werewolves from all all over London had stopped by at some point during the day. The place would be closing soon, as it was almost five now.
Everyone was happy, singing christmas carols, the kids calling out merry christmas as they went. All of them depositied their vials in the box by the door. When Harry had first opened the shop, he asked everyone who drank wolfsbane to drink it there, for several reasons. A. It was better if drank right away, B. it was a precaution from Greyback and his gang from getting any, and C. to make sure there were no bad side effects, just in case.
No one seemed to mind, and had no problem with it. Mrs. Weasley hugged Harry tightly as he walked over to her. " Merry Christmas Mrs. Weasley."
She gave him a warm smile. She whispered in his ear. "I've got goodies for all the cubs, I couldn't resist." Harry grinned widely. "I'm sure they'll like that. I'll see you in a few days…"
She waved off with a grin. Harry turned to kids, who were grinning at him widely. "Happy Christmas Harry!" Frankie held out a present to him.
Harry's eyes widened in surprise. "Cubs, aw, you didn't have to do this…"
"Nonsense Harry, just open it!" Lottie said with a smile.
Harry opened it and smiled. "Aw, thank you guys, that's so nice of you…" He took out a pair of mittens that he guessed were knitted by Lottie.
"And look, I made a card!" Beth called out, jumping up and down.
Harry grinned, opening the card. It was childish looking, with scrawled letters, but still…
"Aw, thank you guys, I really like it." He hugged them all tightly, then took out his money pouch. "All of you have the day off tomorrow, and a little something extra for each of you."
"An extra galleon!" Jacob gasped, looking at Harry. Harry shrugged. "There you guys go. Get back to Mamma Sammy, and have fun tomorrow."
"We will Harry!"
They all walked out together, bundling up as they went down the street. Harry looked over to Remus and Severus, who were smiling at him. Harry kissed both of them on the cheek. "I'll be right back."
He handed Remus his wolfsbane. Remus grimaced as he tasted it. "Never gets better."
"I'm sorry Remmy." Harry murmured.
Remus shrugged, pulling Harry into his arms. Harry looked up at Severus, expecting to see Jealousy in the man's eyes…but he didn't.
"So…have you guys worked it out yet?"
Both men flushed, looking away. "Guys…" Harry pulled away, frowning.
"Um…we did Harry." Remus said reluctantly.
Harry frowned. "Um..."
"A little too well. We slept together. It….was just the once…" Severus started.
Harry flushed, bringing a hand to his mouth. "Oh." He couldn't decide whether to laugh or cry.
"So…you two are…together. I'm…happy for you both." Harry said finally, not looking at them.
"No…no, you misunderstand…we want you too."
"Oh." Harry said, feeling his heat pound.
Remus looked outside. "Well, I better be heading off. I have to be getting back."
He looked down at Harry with a small smile. "I'll be back in the morning."
Harry nodded, feeling the man kiss his cheek.
Remus flooed away, and Severus stood there, looking at him.
"Um…you're not going back to the castle?"
Severus stepped closer. "Unless you want me to. No…Remus told me about the little sleepover you two had…"
"Oh." Harry murmured. "Um…well…come upstairs then."
After dinner, Harry pulled Severus into his room shyly. "We're just going to…sleep."
"I know Harry. I wouldn't try anything." Severus said, kissing the top of his head.
Harry looked away as Severus started to undress. Harry put his nightshirt on, feeling Severus watch him from the bed. He slipped into the bed beside him. Severus smiled faintly, pulling him into his arms.
"Comfortable?" Harry nodded sleepily with a sigh.
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Remus walked into Harry's room, standing in the doorway, watching Harry and Severus sleep. He was exhausted from last night, but he promised Harry he would be here this morning. He took off his shoes and sweater, now just in his corduroys and undershirt, and slipped into the bed behind Harry.
Harry shifted slightly, snuggling further into Severus. Remus watched Severus' eyes open for a moment, catching his, and they both shared a sleepy smile before all three of them fell asleep.
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Harry was so warm. And so comfortable. He felt arms coming from both sides. He opened his eyes slowly, smiling at Severus. He glanced back to see Remus behind him.
He shifted slightly to lie on his back, and both men moved closer to him. Harry smiled, kissing Severus first. The man pressed back, just enough to know that man was waking up. He pulled away, then kissed Remus. Both men were smiling down at him now.
"Merry Christmas."
Remus kissed his cheek, and Severus pulled him to sit up. "Presents!" Harry called out, seeing them at the foot of his bed. Remus laughed, hugging him, and Harry scrambled forward in the bed, grabbing the packages.
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Harry was lonely. It was April now, and it had been raining non stop. Business was slow because of the weather, and he let the kids go home early. He sighed, staring out the window. Remus and Severus could stop by when they could, but it was quite busy at the school, with exams and everything. He was still studying with books that Minerva dropped off, usually things that were passed onto her from the other professors.
He sighed, leaning against the doorway, watching the rain fall on the cobblestone street.
He watched a mangy old dog walk up the road, black and skinny, it looked half starved…
He opened the door to his shop. "Come here…come here boy! I'll get something for you to eat."
The dog whined, stopping in the street for a moment, lowering it's head.
"Come on, I have some left over meatloaf, I cant eat it all myself…"
The dog padded over, his head still lowered. "Come in doggy, come on…"
The dog came in, dripping all over the floor. Harry cast a drying charm on the dog. "Cant have Dobby throw a fit. I'll wash you properly later. Come on upstairs…"
Harry led the dog upstairs to his flat, heating up some meatloaf. It was Dobby's day off, Harry had no idea where the elf was, but he didn't mind. He watched the dog eat the meatloaf hungrily. "I'll give you some more later, let's get you washed up."
Harry laughed as the dog jumped right into the tub. "Silly puppy." He put the tap on, making sure it was nice and warm, and he filled the bath quickly with bubbles. He started to scrub the black fur throughly. "So…what should I call you, hmm? Blackie? Nah, that's silly…hmm…" The dog sniffed the bubbles. Harry laughed. "You like that smell? It smells good, doesn't it? It's my favorite, vanilla."
Harry giggled, raising his hands as the dog shook, sending water and soap flying everywhere. "Silly dog, the one day my house elf has the day off..." The dog looked to him in surprise, it seemed. Harry rolled his eyes. "Yes, I know, everyone who hears that thinks it's so strange, but Dobby is a…special elf, he's even paid!"
The dog sniffed at him, messing with the boy's hair, jumping back slightly as he uncovered Harry's scar from underneath his bangs. "I can see you're surprised my scar too…lots of people around here don't even think about me being who I am…it's kind of nice in a way…" He dried the dog off. "I still don't know what to call you. Oh well, you'll be Dog for now. Let's get you some food."
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Harry heard the floo flare up and Harry grinned widely. Usually it was either Molly or one of the Professors, so he practically ran down the stairs. The dog hid under the bed. It was Sunday, Harry's day off, so he wasn't expecting anyone….
Harry stared in surprise at Remus. "Remmy! What are you…" He trailed off as he saw the man's trunk and his red eyes. "Remmy…what's wrong?"
"Oh gosh, I feel awful…I could have hurt those kids…" Harry frowned, hugging the man tightly. "Come on, let's get you upstairs."
They headed upstairs, and Harry banished Remus' trunk to the bedroom. They sat down on the couch, and Remus sighed, hanging his head.
"Okay, tell me what happened."
"I…I'm usually so careful, you know, about locking myself into my office…I guess some kids came by and accidentally unlocked my door or something…"
"Oh no…"
"I got out, and I chased someone, but I know I didn't bite them, I couldn't under the wolfsbane, but it was so….Severus found me later…he locked me in my office. I had to resign, I mean, everyone knew, it was just…"
"Shh…" Harry hugged him tightly. "Let's take a nap, that always makes me feel better, and I'm pretty sure you're tired from last night too."
They went to Harry's bedroom, and they both curled up together. Remus calmed down a bit after watching Harry fall asleep in his arms. He smiled faintly and kissed him softly, breathing in his scent. He always remembered it, vanilla and… his eyes widened as he backed up. He looked around the room. The other smell was everywhere…how could he…he sat up on the bed. Rain. Sweat. A certain…
"Remmy?" Harry murmured, sitting up. "Are you okay?"
"Um…I smell something different around here."
Harry frowned sleepily. "Oh…um…oh yeah, I found a dog. I took it in a while ago actually."
Remus' eyes widened. "A dog? What kind of dog?"
Harry stood from the bed, looking around. "Um…where is it? Dog? Dog? Where are you?" Harry called out, looking around he bent over, smiling as he saw it under the bed.
"Dog, why are you hiding under there? Hmm? It's alright…"
Harry pulled the dog out, who really didn't want to come out, and Remus drew his wand.
Harry frowned. "Remus…"
"Harry…I never told you, did I? I…never…" Harry gasped as the dog transformed into a black haired man. He was still on the thin side, but rather clean. "Sirius Black!" Harry whispered, eyes wide. He drew his own wand with a shaking hand.
"Please…wait, I can explain…"
The floo flared up. Harry's eyes widened. "Who can that be?"
"Harry?!"
"Shit, it's Severus." Harry hissed.
Severus opened the door, eyes widening at the scene, he drew his wand, casting the disarming spell on Harry and Remus.
"What the hell-" "Severus, what did you do that for-"
"Black is innocent, sadly enough." Severus growled, handing their wands back to them and entering the room.
"After your resignation, Remus, it seemed Pettigrew tried to take one of the kids, a friend of Harry's…"
"Who was it, are they all right?"
"They're fine, just fine. Anyhow, the kids figured out Pettigrew unlocked Remus' office door last night in order to get him in trouble…"
Remus sat down, putting his head in his hands.
Harry sat down next to him, looking pale. "So…why are you here?" Harry looked to Sirius.
"Um…I didn't know you were Harry Potter until after you took me in. I…was looking for Pettigrew at Hogwarts for a while, I thought I found him, this crazy smart orange cat was going to help me…erm…"
Severus rolled his eyes, sitting on Harry's other side on the bed.
Harry frowned. "Okay, so Pettigrew's still alive."
Remus looked at Sirius. "He was the secret keeper…"
"Yeah, the bloody traitor, I just….oh Merlin, I never thought he'd be the spy…"
Remus stood and hugged Sirius tightly as both men started to cry.
Harry exchanged a look with Severus.
They pulled apart, and Sirius looked to Harry. "I didn't mean to trick you…I just…I'm sorry."
Harry looked down. "So…what's going to happen now?"
Remus bit his lip, fidgeting. "Um…I was sort of hoping to stay here with you Harry…"
Sirius frowned. "Yeah, about that, I saw you two-"
Harry stood, holding up a hand to quiet the man.
"Okay, first of all, I can kiss whomever the bloody hell I want to, so everyone sit down and shut the bloody hell up."
All three men sat down on the bed. Harry looked down at the floor, and started to pace, clasping his hands behind his back.
"Bloody hell, he looks just like Lily." Sirius hissed to Remus.
Harry glared at them, and both of them quieted. Harry took a deep breath. "Remmy, you're welcome to stay." He looked to Severus. "Will you be staying this summer too?"
Severus looked down. "Well, not until a few things are settled first, but I was sort of hoping…"
"Wait, hold up, you and Snape-" Sirius called out.
Harry glared at the man. "Like I said earlier, shut the bloody hell up."
Sirius looked down.
Harry started to pace once more. "And…Sirius, I'm guessing you'd like to stay as well."
"Of course I do, I've been stayin' here, and I don't want these two going after you-"
Harry growled. "Sirius, I can take care of myself, I know what I'm doing, alright?" He sighed, running a hand through his hair. "I'm going downstairs, and I'm going to work until I can't think anymore." He strode out of the room, leaving the three men together.
Sirius glanced between Remus and Severus. "So…you two…both like him?"
They both nodded. "And…he likes both of you?"
They both nodded again.
"And what about you two? You… couldn't…"
Both men looked away. Sirius blinked. "Damn. I should have seen it coming." He murmured, standing. Severus raised a brow as Remus looked to his best friend in surprise. "Really?"
"Yeah. I mean, you're both bloody sexy, but I never thought in a million years…wait, so who bottomed?"
Remus flushed. "I did."
Sirius laughed. "I knew it. I couldn't picture Snape as a bottom, but I know you, you're such a…" He cleared his throat, looking away as he flushed.
Severus rolled his eyes. "I'm guessing you two slept together at one point."
"Try two years." Remus murmured, putting his head in his hands.
Severus sighed. "I'm going to go downstairs and help Harry…please, do not reacquaint your selves on the boy's bed." Both men choked as Severus walked out of the room.
Harry glanced towards Severus as entered the lab. "What?"
"Black is talking to Remus now."
Harry stirred his potion with a frown, a little too roughly. Severus sighed, moving behind him to still his hand. Harry paused, watching Severus covering his hand over Harry's.
"Don't do that. You'll hurt yourself, foolish child." Severus murmured. Harry slowly leant back into Severus with a sigh.
"I wish I could have seen you under better circumstances. I missed you."
Severus kissed his temple. "I missed you too brat. Let's finish up this potion."
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