UNDER YOUR GAZE
Authors Notes: I have actually been writing this since the 6/6/11 and I am so sorry it has taken so long. The saying goes the more reviews you get the faster the writing will get done, however in my case this isn't true. I thank those who were kind enough to review and those kind enough to put this story on their alert list. Now on with the show.
Severus groaned, his head felt like it had been split in two. He would have to ring his employer and grovel immensely for his crude behaviour. He slowly opened his eyes and instantly knew something was wrong, besides the fact that he was hung over. He tried to push himself up but was instantly stopped by her voice.
"I wouldn't do that. You sustained quiet a head injury." Ginny said, her arms folded mocking him, Severus' fingers instantly flew to his bandaged head.
"There's paracetamol on the table next to you with a glass of water. I suggest you take it and sleep. If you need to use the lavatory it's through the door on the right." She walked to the doorway, stopped and turned to speak. "Oh and Severus the words you are looking for are Thank-You." With that she was gone. Severus groaned again, he lay back and rested his eyes.
Ginny for her part was exhausted, she hadn't slept a wink. Ever since Severus had gone down like a sack of potatoes, she ran to him. She was unsure of what to do. She made sure no one was around using her wand to levitate him. She put her arm around him, pretending to make it look like wasn't as light as a feather at the moment. She hailed a taxi and instantly took Severus back to her house. She had debated about taking him to the hospital but they would ask her all sorts of questions, questions she really had no idea about, like how old was he actually? The taxi man was robust and pink in the cheeks, he was also wearing a cabbies hat. Whether this was a fashion statement or to hide balding she didn't know. Ginny stumbled in the back pushing Severus in first, he groaned.
"He don't look to good. Got in a fight aye? Suppose it's to the hospital you'll be want to go too?" Ginny was trying unsuccessfully to stem the blood flow from the wound. "Actually I need you to take me to.." Ginny rattled off her neighbours address, still trying to gain control of the bleeding. "No he didn't get into a fight, he got stupidly drunk and fell hitting his head." Ginny hissed. The cabbies brown eyes looked into his mirror.
"Ought to take him to the hospital might have got a concussion or worse." She knew the cabby was only trying to be helpful but right now she was on her last nerve.
"Look just take me to this bloody address, my sister in law is a doctor. My husband won't have to wait in a long line and I won't have to fill out all that crappy paper work. Now drive!" The cabby put his foot on the accelerator alt the while muttering under his breath. Ginny rolled her eyes. Why must all the men in her life be insufferable? She kept applying pressure before reaching into her purse, transfiguring a tissue into a mobile phone. She pretended to press buttons. "Hello Hermione, Severus had a little accident. Yes, yes. We'll be there very shortly, thanks you're a life saver." She pretended to hang up and put the phone back in her purse transfiguring it back to it's original form. They finally arrived at their destination, she had purposely given the Cabby the next door neighbours address as they had no steps and were elderly.
"You need help with 'im?" The cabby questioned.
"No my sister in law is waiting at the door, here keep the change." She threw four or five bills at him, before climbing out, dragging Severus along with her. The cabby sped off down the street, knowing he wouldn't get another fare in this par of the neighbourhood. Ginny held onto Severus levitating him up the steps and into the house. She shut the door behind her with her foot and gently put Severus on the couch in a seated position in case he did have a concussion. She ran to grab the portable phone and ran to a cupboard in the living room pushing aside things like band aids. She dialed a number and waited for a voice to answer. "Oh thank Merlin! I'm sorry to call this late but I met a friend from the wizarding world. She kind of had an accident, drank to much. Yes well I did try and tell her that, but being a pure blood and all. Well I was calling her name. No you don't, that's not important. Well she hit her head on a stone railing. I'm scared she might have a concussion. Yes her head is bleeding." Ginny grabbed a brown bottle of something and pulled it out. "What about a concussion? Yes, yes. Thanks again. I'll call you later when she's better. Well I couldn't exactly send her back in this condition. Bye Hermione."
Luckily for Ginny there was no concussion. It still didn't stop her from fretting. As Harry had trained to be an Auror she had a well stocked potions cabinet, it contained essence of dittiny and also a hang over potion. Unfortunately for Severus, Ginny's nerves made her forget about the alcohol still running through his system. She placed three drops of the essence on the wound, whilst Severus groaned, she then lifted his head trying to hold it to bandage it. Ginny kept talking to him, as panic had officially set in. "No wonder you were chosen as Professor of potions, your head ways a ton. Of course you would need a big brain to learn all those ingredients and of course Occlumens and Legilimens. I wonder if Hermione's head would weigh the same or be heavier?" Suddenly as the last of the bandage was in place, Ginny realized what she was thinking and had been saying. "I am so sorry. I hope you didn't hear a word of that." She carefully propped him back on the couch and went to her bed doing as Hermione had instructed. Lots of pillows were strategically placed on the bed to make sure Severus couldn't roll over and was elevated so if he did start vomiting he could asphyxiate on it.
Ginny then levitated Severus once again to her bed thanking her lucky stars, she was indeed a witch. Once Severus was placed on the bed, Ginny pulled off Severus' boots. "Merlin's beard. Don't you own any other clothes than black?" She groaned tugging at his boots, secretly hoping he had bright pink socks on which of course wasn't the case. She pulled the comforter up to his neck and conjured up a chair. She sat down for a long night.
It was mundane just sitting there watching Severus sleep. He looked so much older than what she had seen of James and Lily. Ginny studied Severus carefully. The way he lay completely still with his hands by his side. He looked extremely pale like he had never seen the sun, the hooked nose the most prominent feature on his face, yet it suited him somehow. His eyes were black from lack of sleep and fine wrinkles on his forehead, and around his mouth. His eyebrows were thick but neatly kept. Ginny wondered if he plucked them? She concentrated on his eyelashes next. Watching his eyelids to see if he had any rapid eye movement which would indicate head trauma but there was none. His eyelashes were short and not thick but were as jet black as his hair. Ginny looked over his hair, she couldn't tell if it was greasy or not, he had gelled it back so it would stay. She tried to envision him with short hair and the vision she got was horrid, no the long hair suited him, it had to stay, it was a part of him. She had no idea what had tempted her but she had grabbed his hand and was holding it. She felt the rough callouses of his work as a potion master and of course as a spy. She turned his hand over to look at his nails which were once again clean and neatly cut. She ran her fingers over his skin, soothing not only him but herself. She sighed. "You and I Severus Snape are two of a kind."
Author's Notes: Once again apologies and yes Neighbourhood, Mum and colour. If you click on my profile link you will see I am an Aussie this is how we and the poms (People from the UK) spell. I have no idea about anything in London so thus why no addresses just that Ginny lives in a rich part of it. I sort of imagine London to be the same as most countries with their poor areas, their middle class and then their upper class. Please correct me if I am wrong. I am not sure when the next chapter will be up. Please feel free to review or add to your story alert list. Thanks.