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I am SO sorry my lovelies. I have just gone back to college so haven't been able to update so frequently. Further apologies in advance for the end of this chapter :P

Enjoy.

Tossing and turning for the rest of the night, Harry woke the next morning, Christmas Day, feeling rather drowsy and his eyelids felt rather heavy. He knew Severus wasn't the type of person to celebrate days such as this but that wasn't what upset him, it was what had happened that night, the man leaving him. He rolled onto his back and stared at the ceiling, as he thought about everything, he wondered if he was being too demanding wanting the man to sleep in the same bed. Although, if he was going to have a relationship with the man, he wanted to know where he stood and at this current point in time he felt like the man was being distant from him. He sighed and rolled onto his side to look at the door however something on his bedside table caught his eye and he sat straight up with wide eyes.

Merry Christmas

-Severus

Harry read the note that was attached and he smiled, warmth spreading through him as he looked at the large box. He was curious and picked the black box up and placed it on his lap as he sat resting against the headboard. Looking down at the box he hesitated before he lifted the lid and saw the dark grey material. Feeling it, it felt quite coarse so he picked it up and gasped as he jumped out of bed and held it up against his body. It was a jacket; a thick winter one to be exact and he slipped it on before running over to the mirror and checking himself out. He'd be lying if he said he didn't look good in it and he grinned, the drama over the night before forgotten as he went to his drawers and pulled out the small box that had the bangles in it. He didn't bother dressing or showering as he bolted from his bedroom still wearing the coat and ran down the stairs holding Severus's gift.

The man looked up with a raised eyebrow as he saw Harry running towards him and his eyes were full of surprise as he scooted his chair back in anticipation of Harry jumping onto his lap. Harry straddled him smiling and placed Severus's gift on the table before turning to him and planting a firm kiss on his lips, again taking the man by surprise.

"Merry Christmas, Severus and thank you." Harry said softly after pulling away from the kiss.

Severus placed his hand on Harry's cheek and regarded him with a soft expression and a very small smile tugged at the corners of his mouth.

"Merry Christmas, Harry. I presume you like your gift." Severus said with amusement and the hand that was on his cheek moved and he traced his fingers down Harry's bare torso until he reached the pendant.

"I-I have one for you, as well." He stuttered and reached behind him to get it.

Severus frowned a little before accepting it and looked at Harry with a little uncertainty before opening it. When Severus saw what was in the box his eyes shot up to meet Harry's before darting back down to the box. Harry took the box as Severus pulled one of them out, Harry's one, and turned it over in his hands, inspecting it and raising an eyebrow when he saw the serpent engrave on the underside.

"One for each of us." Harry said and then held out his wrist to which Severus slipped Harry's wrist through the gap.

Severus then picked up the other one and looked in awe almost as he ran a finger over the two green stones at the tips of the metal. Harry took it from him after placing the box on the table and slipped it onto the man's wrist and then smiled, Severus definitely suited this.

"Harry I –"

"They're not just bracelets." He interrupted and Severus cocked his head to the side.

"They… uh how did he put it?" Harry said to himself as he tried to remember what the shopkeeper had told him.

"Oh, yeah. So basically, these are brothers and when they are both worn create a means of communicating with each other." Harry started, looking off to the side as he tried to remember what they did.

"We can communicate thoughts to each other." Harry said locking eyes with Severus and gave the man a wry smile before covering his bracelet, squeezing it gently and thinking something.

Severus's eyes widened for a fraction of a second before looking down at his own wrist and looking at the green writing that appeared.

Good Morning Severus

The message said but Harry couldn't see anything on the bracelet and that's when he remembered what the man said.

"Only you can read the message, like I can only see what's on mine." Harry continued and Severus looked back at him with a smile, a genuine smile.

"This is… too much, Harry." Severus said in a light scolding way but Harry frowned at him and gave him a playful punch in the arm.

"No, Severus. No it's not." Harry said defiantly and the man narrowed his eyes at Harry's tone.

"Seriously, after everything you have done for me this year? It's hardly enough. Please just accept it, sir." Harry continued.

"Fine. Now tell me," he pointed to the green gems and then the underside of Harry's, "what do these mean?"

"Uh, well the serpent is because you're… you know… a Slytherin and the green stones are for… well, my eyes?" Harry said blushing and looking away.

"Clever." Severus mused and this caught Harry's attention, he hadn't meant it to be clever, just symbolic.

He was about to ask the man what he meant when a hand curled around the base of his neck and another on his backside as he was pulled forward for a heated kiss. Severus licked Harry's top lip and gasping at the motion, Harry opened his mouth for Severus's tongue to plunge into it, running his tongue over Harry's and creating delicate moans from Harry in the process. Harry placed his hands on Severus's shoulders, wanting to get closer to the man, although it wasn't physically possible and his hips jutted forward involuntarily.

"You have breakfast to eat." Severus said as he pulled away but not before taking Harry's lower lip between his teeth.

"You're no fun." Harry pouted and Severus snorted as he half heartedly pushed Harry off his lap.

"Oh, you don't know anything yet." He mused as he picked up a letter that had arrived for him.

Harry eyed him suspiciously as he helped himself to toast, there certainly was much more to the man than he knew, not to mention confusing.

It was the afternoon when Harry came downstairs from unwrapping the presents from his friends. He felt uncomfortable doing so in front of Severus for some reason so had locked himself away in his room for the rest of the morning. When he entered the living room he found Severus sitting in his armchair with a book in one hand and tumbler of Firewhiskey in the other, the light from the fire creating a relaxed atmosphere and warm as well seeing as the weather outside looked like a blizzard.

"Do you want to ask me something?" Severus said not taking his eyes off the page he was reading.

Harry hadn't realized he'd stopped and was watching the man from the entranceway.

"Can I have some of that?" Harry then asked after a minute of silence and this time the man looked up at him with a raised eyebrow.

"Firewhiskey? I think not." He snorted and turned back to his book.

"Oh, come on you've given it to me before." Harry said walking over to him.

"Yes and that was because you were upset, the other time however you drank in excess and looked what happened." Severus said in amusement as Harry helped himself to sitting on the man's lap.

"But it's Christmas." He tried with his best puppy dog face and the man looked at him unamused.

"No." He said simply and then looked to his book that was held out to the side since his lap was now occupied.

"Fine." Harry sulked and went to reposition himself so he was straddling the man.

Not caring that Severus wasn't paying him any attention he leaned forward and nuzzled his neck placing feather light kisses as he went. He felt Severus shift slightly underneath him and he smirked into his neck, it was clearly having the desired effect and this made Harry rather pleased with himself. Harry was trying to put aside what had happened that night and decided that if he wanted something, he was going to have to go out and get it. He hadn't been very confident in initiating anything over the past week, but he thought it was time he started. He just hoped that the man would correct him and guide him still if he was doing something wrong.

Without stopping the attention on the man's neck, he reached between them and put his fingers on the fly of Severus's pants and undid them. He felt Severus shift again and this time Harry felt that it had been to help him get better access to his target. Slipping his hand between the fabric of Severus's briefs and his pants Harry palmed the growing erection and heard Severus trying to muffle some noises which Harry suspected to be of pleasure.

Harry started to shift backwards as he kissed down Severus's neck to his collarbone and down the top of his chest. He broke away when he couldn't go any further due to the buttons done up on his shirt so slid off his lap backwards and knelt between his legs. Harry smirked when he saw the man spread his legs as he continued to read his book and as Harry looked up at him he took a sip of his drink; it seemed as though Severus was trying to ignore that this was happening and for Harry he found this strangely erotic.

Licking his lips and shuffling forward on his knees he peeled back the fabric of the man's briefs and pulled out his erection, which by this stage was steadily growing and Harry wrapped a hand around the base. He tried to remember back to when Severus had done this to him, so he gently squeezed the base of the cock and moving his head forward, licked the tip of the man's penis that was gathering with precum. It was an interesting taste of salty and watery but this didn't faze him and he licked the tip again before putting his lips around the tip and gently sucking.

From above, he heard Severus's breath hitch and because his forearms were resting on the man's thighs he could feel him tense slightly as if to retrain himself. He smiled best he could with an erection in his mouth and edged a little further down the shaft and making use of his tongue that darted all over the erection. He did this for a few minutes before he heard Severus moan and whilst still sucking on the tip he looked up to see Severus let his head drop back onto the back of the chair. Harry looked back down at what he was doing and started to move his hand that had been around the base, moving it slightly up and down but not far and that's when he heard the book fall of the floor and his body shifting a little. Looking back up at Severus the man was looking down at him with pleasure written all over his face and soon found a hand on the back of his head. He had to look back down as the seductive look Severus was giving him was unnerving.

Harry's eyes went wide all of a sudden when he felt pressure on his head as he was pushed down onto the man's erection and he tensed, trying to stop himself from gagging. He then heard a rugged grunt from above and his head was pulled away almost painfully as Severus threw his head back to ride out his orgasm. As this was happening, Harry watched with fascination whilst sitting on the floor and he palmed his own now raging erection but pulled his hand away when he saw Severus starting to move his head to look at him.

Severus took one last long breath and then put himself away, doing up his pants and waving his hand to clear the mess before leaning forward and taking Harry's jaw in his hand.

"I see you are becoming more confident." He said and Harry looked at him with lust filled eyes, his erection pressing uncomfortably in his jeans and he mewled softly, shifting on the floor.

An evil smirk appeared on Severus's face and he leaned back in his chair as if to be thinking about something and Harry went to stand, the obvious bulge in his pants causing Severus to look down and he cocked his head to the side. He looked behind Harry at the mantel above the fire and saw that it wasn't too long before lunch so he thought he'd let Harry sweat for a while. He made a come hither motion and Harry's eyes flashed with excitement as he came to straddle Severus's lap, jutting his hips as he did.

"I thought you were new to this?" Severus asked softly and Harry blushed.

"I am." He replied and looked away only to have his head brought back round so they were looking at each other.

"You must be a quick learner." He purred leaning forward and taking Harry's earlobe between his teeth, hearing Harry's breath hitching.

"You are a good teacher." Harry forced out in a husky voice, he was sure that if his erection didn't get any attention soon he would have a wet patch from the weeping.

"Pity you can't seem to apply it in class." Severus said pulling away and indicating for Harry to stand, to which he did and was trying his hardest not to reach into his pants.

Severus came to stand in front of him and put his hands on Harry's waist, pulling him forward causing Harry to moan and close his eyes. Severus leaned down and kissed Harry for a few seconds before pulling away smiling.

"I think I might brew something." He mused and went to turn away when he heard Harry make a noise so he stopped and regarded Harry.

"I might need some help." He said smirking and Harry looked at him in disbelief.

"Uh… Can I help you in just a minute, I uh… I need to use the bathroom." He said lamely and Severus smirked harder and raised an eyebrow before shaking his head.

"Hmm, I think not." He said and took Harry's wrist to lead him into the lab by the stairs.

"Severus, please, I really – "

"Oh I know you do, Harry. That's why you can wait." Severus said rather happy with himself and Harry groaned, he couldn't help it but rub himself through his jeans when the man had his back turned.

It was a tense hour that Harry had to endure, and when he helped Severus pour the potion into a large jar he was about to kill someone he was so hyped up. He couldn't understand why the man was being like this, well, if he was honest there really wasn't anything stopping him from running out the door and locking himself away in his room. However, he knew that there was always a reason for Severus to do something; it was never pointless so he supposed that he would be rewarded for his efforts. He hoped anyway.

When they left the lab, Harry was hit with the mouthwatering scent of a roast with all the trimmings, his eyes told him that what he smelt was indeed a roast and his mouth dropped as he eyed the table that was simply groaning with food. Severus came to stand next to him and watched his expressions before Harry looked at him.

"That looks amazing." Harry said and Severus nodded, getting suddenly very serious and somewhat unsure.

"I am glad you think so. Merry Christmas, Harry." He said and waved his wand over in the corner of the kitchen.

A small Christmas tree appeared in the corner just by the door and Harry smiled, his throbbing erection being forgotten about and he looked back up at Severus almost wanting to cry.

"Thank you, Severus. This… Is… Merry Cristmas." He said just before an unguarded moan slipped out as his groin made contact with Severus's hard thigh as he turned to hug him.

He was then guided towards the table and Severus, ever the gentleman pulled out his seat for him and he sat down. Harry looked over to Severus as he gracefully sat down and he looked about the table almost awkwardly before his eyes settled on Harry.

"Enjoy." Severus said after he cleared his throat and Harry smiled at him affectionately before digging in.

By the time he finished dessert he was stuffed and he slouched back in his chair, much to the amusement of Severus who was looking at him with interest.

"You know, Harry. I have said that you need to eat, but you needed try and kill yourself with over feeding." Severus said with amusement and Harry smiled back at him.

"Yeah, but apparently it's what you're supposed to do for your Christmas feast." He replied almost tiredly.

"Supposed to do?" Severus questioned.

"Yeah?" Harry replied a little confused before shutting his eyes and letting his head fall back against the chair.

As Harry did this, he missed the look that Severus gave him, a look that said 'you have to be kidding me' as he suddenly realized something. He had to know if he was right.

"Harry?"

"Mmm." He said, his eyes still closed.

There was a pop and Karsha appeared and looked at her master expectantly before asking if they were finished and he nodded then stood, the noise causing Harry to open his eyes and look at Severus who was walking towards the lounge and he followed.

"You okay?" Harry said coming to sit next to him on the couch.

Severus hesitated before he replied.

"Just out of curiosity, where have you…" He cleared his throat, "You sound as though this is the first Christmas feast you've ever had."

Harry was thrown off by the statement and he looked down at his lap. Of course it had been the first actual feast that didn't include the ones he had at Hogwarts and because he hadn't gone to the Weasley's this year for Christmas like he had been planning he hadn't had one there either. The Dursley's didn't count; he'd always be the one to be cooking it or even just left in his room for the whole day, not seeing a crumb of food. Harry looked back at the man and shrugged, it was a shrug that Harry hoped Severus would understand as confirmation that this was truly his first proper Christmas.

"At least I can say that this has been the best one." Harry said with a small smile and Severus looked at him sympathetically but stayed silent.

"Is there anything else that I can do to make it… more?" Severus asked unsure and Harry frowned as if he didn't know what he was meaning but then an idea hit him.

Feeling bold, Harry moved his hands to his pants and started to undo them, he was still a little wound up from their activities before dinner and Harry knew that his body was begging for release.

"You could always… pay me back." Harry smirked as he slipped a hand in his jeans and looked up at Severus.

"Could I now?" Severus replied and he stood, grabbing Harry's free hand and dragged him over towards the stairs.

Apologies for the cliff hanger… I wonder what will happen?