Thank you so much for those who commented and those who didn't. I'm sorry it took me so long to do this chapter. It was the final weeks of school and had a lot of papers to do and then my muse took a break.

I do not own the world of Harry Potter.

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Harry didn't sleep very well and before he knew it it was time to get up for breakfast. He missed having Rodolphus' arms around him as he slept. But then he reminded himself Rodolphus wasn't always there when he'd sleep before so it was all in his head.

He started to head down in his pajamas, but hesitated thinking that Malfoy might get mad at him for not being dressed. He decided though that he was going to try and get some more sleep once breakfast was over so there was no point in getting dressed.

"Morning." He mumbled as he took a seat at the table and started buttering a piece of toast.

"Potter I thought you would know that I want you dressed for breakfast." Malfoy said looking over at him.

"Are you ok? You don't look so well Potter." Snape said looking at him.

Harry drank down his orange juice. "I'm fine. I didn't sleep well. I figured you'd want me dressed but I'm going back to sleep once I eat so it seemed pointless to get dressed and then change again. Besides I don't usually even have to come down here to eat breakfast. I usually eat in bed."

"I'd appreciate it if you are dressed by lunch then. And tomorrow be dressed for breakfast." Malfoy told Harry as he started to eat his own breakfast. Harry just nodded but he wasn't going to get dressed if he didn't feel like it.

"Do you still want me to tell you about your mum today Harry?" Snape asked him. Harry looked up at him and nodded.

"I'd like that a lot Snape. But I do want to try and get some sleep first. After lunch?" Harry started eating some pancakes.

Snape nodded. "After lunch is good with me." The rest of the meal passed in relative silence.

Harry ate pretty well to keep Malfoy from bothering him and after he was excused from the table he went back upstairs and finally got some sleep. He had a nice little nap but, it still wasn't the same as having Rodolphus with him. He really missed his boyfriend. Harry didn't think he could make it through the week. He through on a pair of jeans and a jumper before slipping on his trainers and flying out his window.

Harry landed on top of a hill and laid down looking up at the sky. It was such a nice day out. Harry enjoyed the cool autumn air. He was hoping that Malfoy might let him eat outside. He really didn't like that he had to keep eating in the dining room mostly because he had to be around Malfoy and Snape. He just wanted to be left alone if he couldn't have Rodolphus. It did sound a little childish to Harry and to think he didn't like Rodolphus at first. He smiled thinking about it. Realizing it was getting kind of late Harry looked at his watch and noticed it was time for lunch. He picked up his broom and made it back to the house.

"It's nice to see you decided to get dressed Harry but, you're late for lunch." Malfoy said when he noticed Harry.

"Sorry you didn't say what time lunch was." Which was true but, he did know that he was probably late for lunch.

"Do I need to start dragging you to meals? Just be aware if I do you may find it hard to sit through them." Malfoy raised an eyebrow looking at Harry.

Harry glared at him. "I'm an adult. I can come to meals when I'm hungry." Before Harry even finished his sentence he could feel himself being lifted from his chair and bent over Malfoy's lap. He started protesting when he felt him pulling his pants down and cried out feeling the first slap on his bare bottom. He was so embarrassed to be spanked in front of Snape bare bottomed like this. He hid his face in Malfoy's leg as he kept feeling hit after hit landing in the same spot. He was ready for it to be over and thought it was when he felt Malfoy stop.

He started to sit up when he felt a hand on his back forcing him back down. "I'm not done yet Potter. I want you to look at Severus while I spank you. Obviously a regular spanking isn't enough for you."

"What! No! That's cruel and unusual punishment." Harry protested.

"You'd rather I tell Rodolphus that you refused to eat? Isn't that one of his major rules for you?" Harry quitted at that. He could take embarrassment if it kept Rodolphus happy with him.

"No. I'll do as you say." He blushed as he looked at Snape.

"How do you address me?" He ran a hand over his arse as he waited for the answer which made Harry blush more.

"I'll do as you say Malfoy." He yelp as he felt a smack.

"Try again."

"Mr. Malfoy." He winced feeling a harder smack. "You're not my master."

"I am while Rodolphus is away."

"Fine Master Malfoy." He grumbled and felt another smack.

"Less attitude next time. Now count out each hit. It'll be 25 hits. If you lose count we start from the beginning same if you skip a number." Malfoy said as he gave him the first spank.

"25? But you must have given me at least 20 already." Harry whined.

"You want to make it 50?" He asked hitting again.

"No. 2." Harry mumbled.

"You seemed to have forgotten one Potter. And more clearly." He smack his arse again.

He grumbled but counted clearly while looking at Snape. It was better just to get this over with. "1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10..." With each hit the numbers came out as more of a whine. But he kept counting. "…20...21...22...23...24...25." At the end Harry wasn't sure if they really sounded like numbers anymore but Malfoy pulled his pants back up and sat him up.

"Thank you. Now eat." Malfoy moved back to his seat.

Harry whimpered and shifted around since his arse was so sore from all the spanking. He couldn't meet Snape's eyes now. He was so embarrassed by being spanked in front of someone like that. Rodolphus had never done it to him before. But at the same time just being punished by Rodolphus made him feel bad while he didn't care what Malfoy thought so he didn't care if he was punished.

After lunch Harry started heading up to his room forgetting about Snape promising him that he'd tell him about his mum. Besides he just wanted to avoid Snape after what happened.

"Potter didn't you want me to tell you stories about your mum?" Harry turned around and saw Snape standing there. He looked away.

"Don't worry about it." He said softly.

"If you're saying that because you got a spanking in front of me don't worry about it. It isn't a problem Potter. I thought you wanted to know about your mum." Snape crossed his arms.

Harry looked back at him and nodded. "I do. You're the only one I know who really knew her. Do you want to go outside?" Snape nodded and walked with Harry out to the backyard. Harry laid down looking up at the sky and Snape took a seat next to him.

"I do see some of your mum in you Harry." Harry looked over at him.

"But mostly my father? That's why you never liked me right?" Snape shook his head.

"It's both that made me not like you. But it was mostly that seeing you threw in my face that my best friend was gone." He looked at Harry. "And before you say it I can tell by the look on your face that what you're going to say. I know Black didn't hate you for reminding him of your father but we are two different people. And things weren't good between me and Lily when she died. It doesn't help that I'm the reason she's dead."

Harry sat up and put a hand on his shoulder.

"You're not the reason. Pettigrew is."

"I'm the one who told Voldemort about the prophecy and I didn't do enough to protect her after I found out he was going after your family."

"It was destined to happen and unfortunately she had to die for him to die."

"I should have done more to help you after her death too. I should have known that your aunt wouldn't look after you right."

"It's ok. I survived and they weren't really so bad I guess. I don't think Dumbledore should have sent me there in the first place though. It would have been better to have been in a family who would have taken care of me and let me know what I was getting into."

Snape smiled a little. "I agree but, nobody could go against Dumbledore. So what do you want to know about your mum?"

"Was she nice?"

"That depends on who you ask. She was really sweet to her friends but, you never wanted to anger her. I think she would have been a great mum to you. But I think it still would have worked her into a early grave with her trying to make you a upstanding young man and your father trying to turn you into a hooligan." Harry started laughing.

"A hooligan really? Well I guess his side won."

"I think both of your parents would have been proud of you Harry. And I think they're happy that you're happy now."

"You don't think they'd have a problem with me dating a Death Eater in the kind of relationship I'm in?"

"If they were alive they'd worry but, I think now they can see that he really cares about you and is just trying to protect you and improve your manners."

"I know what you mean. I think you explaining to my mum what it's all about she would have realized that it's fine though. I feel like she valued your opinion all her life."

"I don't know Harry. We did have some troubles. She never forgave me for the mudblood comment and I don't blame her."

"I don't think she blamed you when she grew up and especially now after you're done so much to help me and to bring Voldemort down. I just don't understand why she didn't fight when he came after us." Harry hugged his legs and rested his head on his knees.

"She was probably to concerned about protecting you. She didn't want her baby dying." That made Harry feel worse. He always hated that his parents died to save him. Though he could see himself doing the same for his kids if he ever had any.

"Harry do you mind if I ask you a personal question?" Harry looked over at him and nodded. "How did you end up with a Death Eater anyways?"

Harry smiled glad for a lighter topic. "Yeah that is strange. To start with after the part of Voldemort that was in me died it left my mind messed up and I black out sometimes. Well I was out shopping one day and I had covered my scar and wore contacts so that I wouldn't get hounded by people. I had one of my episodes and when I came to there was a man sitting there with a cool cloth on my forehead and ice cream. I later found out if was Rodolphus in a much better disguise than mine. It was nice to be taken care of and we started dating and he told me about the whole master/ pet relationship and I liked the idea so I got his name cleared and we've been together ever since. I never found out how you survived the war though. When I left that night I was sure you were dead."

"I almost was. Apparently after you left Voldemort called a retreat so that you'd come after him alone. Lucius noticed that I was gone so he went and found me. He got there just in time. He healed me and saved my life."

"I'm sorry I didn't think to do that." Harry frowned.

"Harry it's not your fault. I was sure I was dead too. You got my name cleared so that I didn't have to hide the rest of my life."

"It was only right that the Death Eaters who helped me got their names cleared. It helped that Ron because Minister of Magic. I didn't have to prove much. Though it has lead to people thinking I'm secretly a Death Eater. But they've thought things like that my whole life." Harry said and shrugged.

"No pretty much only since you were about 11. Before that it was just made up reports about spotting you different places." Harry laughed.

"Yeah I don't really trust the Prophet anymore or care what it prints."

"That is wise of you." Snape nodded to him.

They continued to talk about different things until they had to get ready for dinner. Harry was quite surprised at how much was enjoying have Snape there and was starting to think of him as a friend. Now he really understood why his mum trusted him so much. After dinner Harry fell into another restless night of sleep. He couldn't wait for Rodolphus to get back.

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I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I think I'm going to end up making this story shorter than first planned and start wrapping it up. As always comments are much appreciated.