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A Letter

Inus had a letter when he arrived home from his father with an address to meet him after his release. Inus showed his mum the letter.

"It was addressed to you," she said.

"I didn't think he would ever write me," Inus said.

"He must think that you asked Karkaroff to speak in his behalf." His mum put dinner on the table.

"Have you decided about living with him?" Inus sat at the table.

"He has to ask. If he sends an owl, I'll go."

"Mum, I'll have my things sent to Hogswarts," Inus started to eat his soup. "That way you won't need to stay for me."

"I haven't lived with him since you were small. I don't know what to say to him." His mother touched his shoulder before sitting at the table herself.

"I'm meeting him in ten days." Inus ate his soup silently.

"I'll help you ship your things after dinner. You're growing up." His mum cried silently.

"I'll write you and visit as often as I can," Inus promised.

"Ten days. You should take someone that can easily see through Polyjuice potion and other dark arts."

"I teach Defence Against Dark Arts."

She dried her tears. "He's your father. Emotions can fog reason." His mum returned eating her dinner.

"I'll bring Severus. I don't think it would be wise to tell him that we're sharing a flat," Inus said.

"You'll know how much you can say to him." She was looking at her food and not her son.

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Two days later, Inus had packed all his belongings and moved into the Severus's flat. Inus still hadn't seen the portrait although it was completed. Was Madame Bell hiding something or did she want Inus to be surprised at the unveiling? Inus could wait. It just was that painting was of him. He wasn't vain or anything, but that was him that would be hanging on the walls of Hogwarts forever. Not him, Madame Bell's painting of him. It could have been a stick figure for all he knew. After all the woman painted babies and animals. Since this was first time she was commissioned to paint an adult human being, Inus had every right to be nervous.

"I need you to go to Germany with me. My father lives on the grounds of Dumstrang and he wants to meet me at a beer garden near the school. My mum insists that I take someone with me in case it's a trap." Inus lied out on the bed wearing only a tee shirt and pants.

"I have trouble believing that you're here to stay." Severus moved a hand over Inus's good leg.

"I love you. My home is with you." Inus turned and kissed him. "Remove all those heavy clothes and join me in bed."

"It's so tempting, but I have work to do."

"Between the second and third task, I did my lesson plans, so I'm free all summer." Inus stretched out on the bed beside his overly dressed lover.

"I'm helping Poppy make potions for the following year," Severus said. "It isn't that you don't look delicious."

"You have all summer," Inus moaned, "And I just returned from visiting my mum."

"We need to talk about your father." Severus removed only his boots and outer robes before lying on the bed beside Inus.

"He was arrested when I was a boy," Inus said. "You had taken the mark about the time of his arrest. You probably don't remember him." Inus could hear in Severus's mind that he did.

"Mr. Quirrell left an impression," Severus remarked. "I was sixteen when he was arrested. You had just started Hogwarts. My memory isn't as jumbled as yours."

"I wasn't sure how old I was when he was arrested." Inus moved a hand over Severus's back. Thinking back, he recalled just starting Hogwarts.

"I remember him being excruciated to Germany after he had served less than six months in Azkaban."

Inus wanted Severus to be wearing fewer clothes or no clothes, but that would wait. He was aroused just by sitting near him. He smelled musky with the additional odour of healing potions. "He wrote me a letter telling me never to write again and now he wants to meet me."

"Inus, I know you're uncomfortable."

"I don't think we should tell him that we're together. Let him think that you're an acquaintance that I asked to go with me in case it was a trap." Inus moved so his legs touched Severus's legs.

Severus removed his clothes and folded them neatly. "Poppy will have to wait."

Inus licked Severus's fingers. "I thought you would see things my way."

"You're so incredibly sexy." Severus rolled Inus gently onto his stomach and pulled off Inus's pants to expose his naughty bits. "Tell me if I'm hurting you."

"I want you so much. Do you think the sex will be just as good in fifty years?" Inus buried his head in a pillow.

Severus pulled off Inus's white tee shirt. "Better." Severus kissed Inus's back before reaching for lube.

"I feel like a burden sometimes."

"You aren't. I love your company. I wouldn't want to spend my life with anyone else." Severus started to lick Inus's bottom. "I'm not going to stop loving you because you need crutches to walk."

"It's just that I don't want you to worry about hurting my leg."

Severus lifted his head. "Just enjoy it. Tell me if I put too much pressure on your leg, and we'll use another position."

"What's you're doing is great."