A Light In The Dark

A Severus Love Story

Part Nine

Danger

Aurora POV

I sat on the bed I shared with Severus as I watched him pace around the room. He had been at this for hours and I was starting to worry. I had never seen him this worked up over anything before, it was actually a bit scary. I finally stood up and placed my hand on his shoulder gently, causing him to jump as he was pulled back into this world. "Severus please, wearing a track in the floor isn't going to do anything. Won't you sit down and have some dinner?" I said quietly placing a hand on his face.

He placed his hand over mine for a second but pulled away to continue pacing the room. I sighed, at least I had tried. "I can't just relax Aurora. Something is just off about Quill. I can feel it besides … the mark is getting stronger. Haven't you noticed?" Severus said in a shaky voice as his hand went instinctively to his tattooed arm.

I bit my lip and stared down at my own tattoo, watching as the skull and snake wiggle as it became darker. "I know what your feeling Severus but I trust Dumbledore. Harry is coming to school this year and we need all the teachers we can get to help keep an eye on him, even if the new teacher is taking some of my students away from me … Anyway in a couple of weeks we will be back at school and we can talk to Dumbledore about it. So for now can you at least try to relax?" I begged grabbing his hand in mine.

He gave me a quick kiss and resting his head on mine "Ok I'll try for you. You are right anyway like you always are. Tell me again what I would do without you?" he said calmly though he couldn't hide the slight tremble in his hands that told me he was still worried. After being together for almost five years Severus couldn't exactly hide much from me.

"You would drive yourself crazy worrying about Harry Potter is what you would do." I said with a smile as I gave him another quick kiss. My smile faded though as his face fell and his eyebrows knitted together. I sighed and asked in a whisper "Are you worried that he will be to much like James or to much like Lilly?" He had told me after our first year of being together of his love for Lilly and his hatred of her husband. I never doubted that he loved me but it still hurt to know that there was always that what if situation if she had choose him. He says he would have fallen in love with me either way but still when ever he stared at my eyes for a little bit to long I couldn't help but wonder if he was thinking about the love he lost long ago.

His body tensed up at the sound of her name, as it always did, and for a moment he seemed he had forgotten how to speak. "I'm not really sure but either way he is her son. I know with him coming back into the wizarding world things are going to be rough for him. There are so many Death Eaters who would love to get their hands on him and if anything ever happened to him … I don't know what I would do." Severus finally said with a single tear falling down his cheek then added in a whisper "He has her eyes, Aurora."

I wiped away the tear feeling tears starting to well up in my own eyes now. I once heard that Harry looked exactly like James except for his eyes which were exactly like Lilly's. Severus told me that he loved that my eyes were like hers but how was he going to feel seeing them on the body of his worse enemy? I placed my lips close to his so that when I talked my lips brushed against his and I said gently "Don't worry Severus no matter what happens we will always be together."

He nodded and said "I love you Aurora." before pulling me into a long sweet kiss.

Snape POV

I walked down the hall with Aurora closely by my side acting as a calmer to a point as I went on ranting about one of our newest students, Harry Potter. Finally she let out a long sigh and said "Severus really he is not a bad kid. He is actually very talented but you refuse to see that because he looks so much like his father. I actually quite enjoy having him in my class, though I cant say the same about one of your favorite students." she added with a small glare.

"Well at least Malfoy doesn't go around deliberately breaking the rules. I mean even over Christmas he was sneaking out of bed after hours. Cant that boy give me a moments rest even on the holidays?" I said with a scowl as none other then Potter himself walked by with his always present friends Weasley and Granger. Aurora gave them a bright smile and a nod which was returned by the three of them but all I got was a glare which I gladly returned. As they passed she gave me the "you should be nicer to students look" but I ignored it.

"Severus please try to be nice to him. He is already going through so much trying to live up to the fame our world has given him. He needs our support not us judging him because we didn't like his father." she said giving me a stern look. I let out a sigh and mumbled a quiet agreement. She then gave me that smile that made me melt every time and then with a thoughtful look said "You know what, I think by the end of this year that boy is going to really amaze us." To bad at that time she didn't know how right she was.

Aurora POV

I sat with tears rolling down my tears as I stared at the barely breathing body of Harry. He was so young, he shouldn't of had to face the Dark Lord yet. I pounded my fist into my leg hard thinking that I should have been able to teach him more. I jumped feeling an arm wrap around my shoulders and seeing it was Severus threw myself into his arms. "Severus hes so young and hes already faced the dark lord twice. Why can't he just leave him alone?" I cried into his chest.

"He is the one who brought down the dark lord and until he is dead for good I am afraid Harry and everyone around him will be in danger. Aurora … I talked to Dumbledore and he confirmed our worst fears. Voldemort is going to rise again and I am afraid that I am going to have to be a spy again. I don't want to put you in danger Aurora but ..." he cut off as he lifted my head gently to make sure I was looking him in the eyes. "But I need you by my side. You have been my light in such a dark world and if I do have to go back to serving under the dark lord I want you with me. I promise that no matter what happens I will do my best to protect you so Aurora … Will you marry me?"

I couldn't breath, had I really heard him right? We had been together for so long and he had always said that he wouldn't get married til the dark lord was gone for good. So I hadn't thought about being his wife, starting a family, and almost being normal … but now that I was I couldn't think of anything I would rather do. "Severus I don't care what danger we may face in the future, good or bad, I cant think of anyone I would rather spend it with. I love you Severus and I would love to be your wife." I said before pulling him into a long, slightly salty, kiss.

After he finally pulled away he said with a smile "I love you too Aurora Snape." I smiled back knowing that no matter what was to happen in the next few years, I was going to be well protected in my true loves arms.