Title: Yuletide Cheer
Author: veritaserumMaster
Rating: Back to T again
Pairings: JPSS
Warnings: AU, Language.
Summary: Marauder Era. 7th year. Severus's life was a routine: wake up, eat, study, get bullied, study, eat, study, get bullied, study, eat, and sleep. Getting asked out by his Tormentor (with a capital letter T) though, was not on his itinerary.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. Please don't sue me.
A/N: This story is slash, so if you don't like that, then why are you reading this in the first place?
This was supposed to be a one-shot, but I just couldn't help myself. It's Potter/Snape this time. Enjoy!
I'm going to upload one more chapter and that one would be an epilogue. One of the story's followers gave me an idea. :) Enjoy!
*JP*SS*
The morning after was not awkward at all. Severus didn't know when he became comfortable in James's presence but he likes it this way. He woke up on his stomach with James practically draped behind him. Sometime during the night, the curtains had closed and he had lost his shirt and trousers. He doesn't really think the latter was a big loss.
He buried his face further into the pillow to suppress the smile that had bloomed on his face.
He was probably squirming so much because he felt lips on the back of his neck. He suddenly stopped rubbing his face on the pillow.
"Stop moving. S'early," James slurred.
Severus shouldn't really find that adorable. He shouldn't.
Severus rolled his eyes and rolled over, displacing James from his back.
"No," James whined but he didn't put up much of a fight. He just rolled onto his back. he didn't have a shirt on and the blankets are pushed down to his waist giving Severus a nice view of his chest.
He didn't know he was staring until James said something.
"Like what you see?" he asked sleepily.
Trying to ignore the blush on his face, Severus rolled his eyes and pushed the blanket off him.
"Where's my wand?" Severus asked.
"I have so many things to say to tat but it's so early and I don't know where to start," James said, sitting up and rubbing sleep from his eyes.
"Just help me find my wand. I need to know what time it is so I can get back to my room?"
"Why do you need to go back there? Everyone already knows we're seeing each other."
James pushed the blankets off himself and patted around the bed for a wand.
"Maybe it's in your pants? Hey, where are your trousers?" James asked as he pulled the bed curtains open.
"Looking for this?"
James distantly heard Severus groaning and quickly shuffling to hide himself under the blankets (Probably suffocate himself under them while he's there). James, on the other hand, has no shame and so is not at all bothered by the fact that almost everyone in his dorm room is staring at him naked, except for his pants.
"Good morning!" he greeted cheerily. "Lovely day, isn't it?" Oh, hey, you found Severus trousers, really need those. Is Severus wand in there?"
Sirius snickered and said, "Why? Your wand not good enough?"
Not missing a beat, James answered, "Well, I offered him my wand but unfortunately, it can't tell the time aside from 12 o'clock." His smile was sugary-sweet. "Now, give me that," he said as he snatched the trousers off Sirius's hand.
He quickly shut the bed curtains and snuggled over a Severus-shaped bump on the bed.
"I got your trousers and your wand's in there, too. I checked," he whispered.
There was mumbling from under the blankets and James didn't even try to translate that.
"Come on, it wasn't that bad. I made sure they all looked at me so I'm pretty sure no one saw you. Besides, if someone other than me saw you half naked, I'd probably gouge their eyes out. Remember that one if you ever decide to see someone else," he joked.
The Severus-bump jiggled lightly in what James hoped to be laughter. He took is as a good sign when Severus poked his head out from under the blankets.
A faint blush coloured his cheeks and James felt his heart melt.
"M'trousers?" Severus asked.
"Right here, but first," James reached behind him of his own wand and put a privacy spell around the bed.
He placed his wand in Severus's trouser pocket and tossed it behind him. He then leant down and kissed Severus on the lips.
"Good morning," he mumbled against his lips.
