Title: Lions and Lambs
Pairings: Harry Potter/Severus Snape
Rating: T
Disclaimer: This is the 8th time I've said this now, I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER! Jeez how many more times do I have to tell you!
Warnings: This has not been beta'd so if there are any mistakes review or PM me!
Dedicated to: Nefari, Phoenix5, and the Guest that reviewed the last chapter. I so grateful to you all because I know the story is kind of getting slow but it starts picking up from now on! I hope you all keep reading and reviewing!
Chapter 7
First Kiss?
Severus's POV
It was not to long after Harry had left when Severus hear something breaking in a nearby room. Being an ex-spy, Severus immediately thought the worst and ran out of his room with his want out in front of him. When Severus reached the room he discovered a bleeding little girl and a broken tea pot sitting in the middle of the bright pink chamber that belonged to Mya. Mya looked up at him with eyes full of tears when he entered. Severus was so caught up in her eyes he barely noticed she was running towards him until she had her hands as far as they could go around his hips.
"My hand hurts so much, Mr. Severus. I was setting up my tea party, and I dropped my favorite tea pot! I cut my finger! It hurts, Severus." Mya cried into the Potion's Master's usual black robes.
Severus couldn't decide if it was the fact that the little girl was so devastated and cute (he never said that if anyone asks) or if it was because this was the second Potter he had had crying in his arms in the last two days, but Severus knew he had to help her.
"Just a minute, Mya," Severus said in as much of a comforting tone as he could muster, "Let me see your hand. I will heal it for you." Mya stuck out her hand, and Severus quickly muttered a healing charm. The tears turned into sniffles when Mya noticed she wasn't bleeding anymore.
After she calmed down, Severus noticed Mya shoot a sad look at her shattered tea pot, so he swiftly repaired the little pot also. He then set it on the mini table that had the rest of the tea set on it.
Mya looked at her tea set for a little while. Then, she glanced up at Severus with a half-mischievous, half-pleading look in her eye and Severus began to feel that whatever was going to happen, he wasn't going to like.
"Severus?" Mya asked, and for some reason, Severus didn't mind that she used his first name.
"Yes, Mya? He responded.
"Could you have a tea party with me? Please?" Mya asked quickly. Severus was going to say no, and he opened his mouth to say so. Except, something stopped him. He looked into those puppy dog blue eyes and he had to say yes. 'Harry will be back soon though. You don't want him to see you going soft…..not that I am going soft.' He thought to himself.
At that moment, a bright, stag-shaped patronus flew into the room. Harry's voice came out of the glowing figure when it stopped in front of Severus. "I'm going to take a walk around the grounds. I'll be back in a couple hours with your leaves."
'Well now I don't have any reason to say no!' Severus thought, frustrated, 'My potions already ruined from me leaving it alone this long, and Harry won't be back for a couple more hours.'
Severus curtly nodded his head, and immediately a small hand grabbed his and pulled him across the room.
Severus was horrified to see Mya pull a bright pink feather boa out of her chest of toys. The little girl held it out to him and he frantically shook his head, "I would rather not wear that…thing, Mya." He said.
"Please, Severus! It won't be a proper tea party if you don't!" Mya pleaded with the Potion's Master.
"Fine, I will hold it. I will not wear it." Mya looked pacified by that, so Severus reluctantly took the boa from Mya with just his thumb and first finger, holding it away from his body. As he made his way towards the tiny chairs, Severus couldn't help but think, 'What have I gotten myself into?'
Harry's POV
Harry had only been walking for about twenty minutes before he started to get bored, 'I guess I'm not used to not having a five year old with me to keep me busy' Harry thought as he started to head inside.
He let his mind wander as he walked. He thought about Mya, Severus, his break down, when Severus held his after his breakdown, and Severus. Just then, he realized he was in front of Severus's quarters. He was about to give the password when he felt like someone was watching him. Frantically, Harry spun around. Seeing no one, Harry brushed it off and took a deep breath before turning back around. He quietly mumbled the password and entered the chambers. To Harry's surprise, no one seemed to be around. His surprise changed to worry as he entered the dining room and kitchen and still saw no one. He was rushing down the hall when he almost missed the voices drifting from his daughter's room.
"Would you like some more tea?" He heard Mya say. When he didn't hear an immediate response, Harry presumed that Mya was having tea with one of her imaginary friends. He was about to walk away when he hear the voice he least expected respond.
"Yes, I would very much appreciate some tea." Harry's jaw dropped. 'Severus' he thought, 'The most hated professor at Hogwarts is in there having a tea party with my daughter!'
Harry almost burst out laughing at that image. Severus, wearing his normal black robes, sitting in those mini chairs with Mya's favorite pink boa.
He couldn't resist. He had to see that. Harry crept on his tip-toes back to the door which was open just a crack. He nudged it open just enough that he could see the pair sitting at the tea table across the room. Mya was beaming at Severus as he slowly sipped his tea from the small pink cup. Next, he spotted the hot pink boa across the Potion's Master's lap. Harry let out a small chuckle at how un-Snape-like Severus looked in that moment.
Mya must have heard his chuckle, as she was closest to the door. "Daddy!" she cried and Severus whipped his head towards the door, horrified.
Harry smiled sheepishly in the direction on the other man. "Hi, princess. I came back early and I couldn't find you." Harry looked down at his watch so he didn't have to look at Severus for fear of laughing, but when he saw the time he realized how late it was. "Mya!" he exclaimed, "You need to get ready for bed."
Mya jumped up and gave a stunned Severus a quick hug. She then ran to the bathroom with Harry following, and just as he was about to enter, he caught a fleeting glimpse of Severus all but sprinting out of Mya's bedroom.
Harry sighed as he exited Mya's room. It had taken almost an hour to get Mya to calm down enough to fall asleep. She had talked about every detail of the tea party and bounced all over the room in her excitement. Quiet exhausted from wrangling in his daughter, Harry entered the living room and saw that Severus was sitting on the couch by the fireplace, reading a potion's book. Harry sat on the couch next to him and stared at Severus.
"Are you planning on doing something productive or are you just going to stare at me" Severus sneered questionably, not looking up from his page.
Harry could feel himself blush but quickly brushed it off and pretended to ignore the comment. "Thanks for doing that with Mya," Harry said, "She really like it. She couldn't stop talking about it."
"Yes, well she was annoying me with her pleas. I was getting a terrible headache from them, so I played along just to quiet her." Harry could tell that Severus was trying to hold onto the last scrap of dignity he felt he had left.
"Well she loved it anyways. Thank you, Severus." Harry's eyes widened and Severus's head snapped up as they both realized what Harry had just said.
"Severus?" The Potion's Master questioned.
"Yeah," Harry searched for an excuse, "I thought if we were both going to be living in the same quarters for the next couple months, I didn't really want to be calling you 'Professor' or even 'Snape' the whole time." Harry replied hesitantly.
After Harry's answer, Severus gave a small jerky nod, and the motion seemed to bring both of their attentions to just how close they were to each other. Their faces were mere inches apart. Harry could feel Severus's warm breath on his face.
Afterwards, Harry wouldn't have been able to tell you who made the first move. All he knew was that one minute he was staring into the face of Severus, and the next, he had a pair of surprisingly soft lips on his own.
To Harry it seemed as though his brain melted, the room disappeared, Hogwarts went silent, the birds quit tweeting, everyone was holding their breath, the Earth stopped spinning, and the whole universe froze in that one moment.
In short, it was perfect. It just felt….right.
Suddenly, the lips were gone. Harry tensed and opened his eyes just in time to see the bottom of a black cloak disappear around the corner.
AN: I'm sorry I didn't update as soon as I usually do. I hope you all liked this chapter. I know I do! I love the image of Severus having a tea party with Mya! It is so cute! So please review! If I get 5 or more reviews I will post tomorrow morning like before! I love you all especially the people who are so loyal and review every or almost every chapter! Also, I noticed my line breaks from Word were not showing up when I uploaded them so I tried something different this time. Hopefully it worked!