Disclaimer: I do not own Harry Potter or anything related to it. The title names are also not unique and brought from the challenge itself.
This Makes Life Worthing Re-thinking
By Mynthia Fae
Chapter title: Lying on Your Back Looking Pretty
Character/Pairing: Hermione/Snape
Word Count: 274
Prompt: #12 Your purpose isn't to look pretty and lie on your back
Summary: Hermione is reminded why she married her husband.
She looked up at the man above as he made love to her. She noticed that the black in his hair had long since been transitioning to gray. A frown tugged at her lips.
They had been married for 10 years now and she had been happy. But now she was noticing things. And it wasn't just the hair. He was moving slower, spending less time working with Potions, sleeping later, or reading when he used to go out for walks.
He's getting on in years. I love him. I would do anything for him. But was it right for me to marry a man and force him to commit to someone with so much more energy. I am so naive in the ways of the world. Could he really love me, being so much younger than he is? Two completely different generations, with possibly an extra generation in between.
"Hermione?"
"Yes, love?"
"Your purpose isn't to look pretty and lie on your back."
Hermione grinned before pushing her husband off her and rolling on top of him. "Professor, you don't know what you have unleashed."
And Hermione reminded herself why she was in love with her husband. He always kept her on her toes, pushed her to be a better person. The man had made her everything she was today: the fines medi-witch at St. Mungo's, the mother of two, and the leader of the Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare, which had become a Ministry acknowledges association. Life was good.
She rolled off of him, both covered in sweat and breathing heavily. Kissing his shoulder, she whispered. "I love you, Severus."