My 'passion' for this story is revved right back up! I'm sorry it's been so long. I pinkie promise I'll finish this story this year! I think I'll be making the biggest dent during camp NaNo. So, currently doing research on the 70s.
Personally, school's going good. Right now, I'm writing the first draft of a novella. I've got a week before the deadline I've imposed upon myself... So, there's that. It's part of the reason I'm in a writerly mood.
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Remus,
How has your Summer been so far? Have the boys mailed you at all? If not, consider this an update from two of them.
Sirius and James have spent the holiday with my family. Both for obvious reasons. My mum adores the both of them. Dad is less taken by James.
Something's come up, actually. Do you remember when I told you Severus lived nearby? He and Sirius have got, to pardon the unintentional pun, pretty serious.I never would have pegged Sev as Siri's type, and vice versa. It's a strange world we live in. It's got James off his case though, so that's good.
Enough about that, the good news is far outweighed by the bad. Due to some bad manoeuvring in his part, Severus has found himself on He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named's bad side. We've got Auror's helping us out, but honestly, I'm scared for him. We're trying to come up with a back up plan, but we haven't come up with anything. I'm sure in a worst case scenario, Dumbledore would let him stay at Hogwarts, but het really gives me the creeps sometimes.
Lily
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Severus stared up at the ceiling of his bedroom. The book he couldn't focus on sat on his nightstand. Downstairs his parents were bickering, or rather, Tobias was bickering and his mum was listening.
It hadn't sunk in yet, not really. Sirius was seriously into him. They were boyfriends, and he took every opportunity he could to show it. Fool that he was, he was quite public about his feelings. Severus wasn't sure how he felt about that.
Severus went to the library on one of the rare days that Sirius wasn't hanging around him, and taken the opportunity to do some research. He went to the library, books, something commonplace that he was used to, not like those horribly complicated information boxes. Trying to be inconspicuous, he found a book called The Sixth Man by Jess Stearn, avoided ones called Queer People, Sex Variants, and The Male Homosexual. Thankfully, no one paid him any attention as he found a seat and flipped through the pages. It was about a study of homosexuality in the United States, claiming that at the time of publication that one in six men was gay. Gay meant that a man who was only sexually attracted to other men. But Severus had loved Lily for most of his life. Needless to say, he was a bit stumped.
He paused at chapter eleven, titled Bisexual. He'd never seen the word before, only knew that in science, a small field that was rather similar to potions in some instances, bi meant two, or twice. He browsed through it, rather happy with what he saw. It seemed to describe him well enough.*
Severus wanted to know more, though. He might not know how to use the strange 'computer' at the front desk, and he had no desire to ask the kindly librarian who had smiled at Severus every time he passed through the door in the last seventeen years, but her did know of a locator spell. If he concentrated hard enough, he hoped it would work. He really needed to get to Olivander's before the school year was upon them.
He focused on the word, bisexual. Bisexual, he thought, repeating it again and again. It was fruitful only in getting him a rather bad headache. "Bugger," he muttered. What did it matter anyway?
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James,
I heard from Lily that you and Sirius are spending the summer at hers. Lucky bastards. I ran into Wormtail on the camping trip with my parents, and he hasn't left since. My parent's bloody love him. I've had it to here. If I were a violent person, I might have let the wolf have him by now. However, the mere thought of any part of Peter in my vicinity sends a gross tingle down my spine.
Write soon,
Remus
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Sirius made it his personal mission to spend as much time with Severus as possible. For the greater good and all that, not because he wanted to snog the attractive Slytherin, at least that's what he told himself. Severus was one hell of a kisser.
After another one of their walks, Sirius walked Severus back to his front step, and moved in for a quick peck on the cheek, after looking around to see that there were no onlookers.
"See you later," he said, turning to leave.
"Wait."
The Gryffindor paused, turning back towards his boyfriend. Severus looked unusually small, drawn into himself, and suddenly nervous. "Yeah?"
"I think I'm going to tell my parents," he said. "About me... About us."
Sirius wasn't sure what to say. His being found out wasn't exactly planned, and it had gone horribly. Nothing from his experience would bring Sev any comfort. "Really?"
"Is that okay?"
"Yeah, it's fine. It's brilliant. You're really brave."
Severus smiled.
"When are you planning on doing it? Do you want me to be there? For moral support," Sirius asked. He was back at Severus' side again. His hands found the Slytherin's and twined their fingers together.
"That would be nice," Severus said. "Is right now a good time for you?"
"Now is a great time."
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Lily,
Did you give that letter to James? I don't mean to exclude him, but now isn't the time for one of his hair-brained schemes. I may have told my parents about your situation. They would love to take Snape in should the need arise. We live in a more magical area than you guys, so protection would be easier. I've included a map, should 'the boys' as you put it don't remember where I live. I hope I don't see you before September 1st.
Remus
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*note: I haven't read The Sixth Man by Jess Stearn, so I'm sorry if you have and my summation was inaccurate.
Anyway, I've got to go write more novella stuff now. Completely ignoring my school work in favour of personal interests. That's me.
Please don't give up on this story, I promise I'll be back soon!