Here is the next chapter of Savior in the Dark. If you missed it, I posted a chapter on 6/25. Just a reminder, this story is M rated.
Severus was pushing Sabrina on a swing as her high-pitched giggles filled the morning air. "Higher, Daddy! Higher!" she exclaimed as he continued to push her. He truly couldn't believe how lucky he was. Severus Snape, the one who was destined to die in that shack, was now here at a park playing with his daughter. It was like a dream, and he hoped he would never wake up from it.
As he continued to push her on the swing, Hermione was slowly approaching from the entrance of the park. She watched fondly as he continued to push her, a rare smile on his lips. Her heart fluttered at seeing how happy he was just to be there with her. She closed the distance between them. Sabrina was the first one to notice her mommy had arrived.
"Hi, Mommy! We've had so much fun at the park today. I went down the slide, he pushed me on the swing, and he even chased me around the park," Sabrina proclaimed with glee. "It was the best day ever!"
Severus slowly stopped the swing so Sabrina could get off safely. "How did it go at the coffee shop?" he asked hesitantly. He hoped that things went well for her. "You deserve to be happy," he added solemnly.
"Ginny apologized. She wants us to be friends again. She wants James to have a playmate when he is eventually old enough. I told her that sounds all nice in theory, but the fact is you are in my life, Severus." She wanted to tell him she loved him, but instead, she said, "You take care of Sabrina, and you take care of me, and I don't want to lose you." Her voice filled with emotion and her eyes instantly filled with tears at the thought of him leaving.
Severus reached out and gently cupped Hermione's cheek. His thumb lovingly stroked her cheek. "You won't lose me, silly girl." His words came out gruffly. Without thinking, he leaned in and pressed his lips on hers. He remembered that they were in the middle of the park filled with children. He slowly released her lips and smiled at her.
Hermione's head was swimming, and she had a tough time collecting her bearings. All she wanted to do was pull him down to kiss her again, but she too remembered they were in public. She cleared her throat and said, "So, shall we start heading home then?"
Severus noticed people starting to stare at them. He murmured, "Would you like to come to my house, Hermione? We can continue our discussion there." She nodded at him with a smile. She boldly held his hand tightly as they left the park together as a family.
When they arrived at Severus' home, Hermione plopped down in one of Severus' armchairs. Severus quickly made them both some tea and he joined Hermione in the second armchair. Sabrina let out a large yawn that filled the quiet room.
"Would you like to take a nap, Sabrina?" Hermione asked her child softly. As much as Sabrina wanted to argue with her mother another yawn crept from her mouth, and she started to rub her eyes sleepily.
"Don't worry. You won't miss anything. We will still be here when you awake," Severus crooned.
"Can daddy do it?" Sabrina mumbled as the tiredness slowly crept up on her. She slowly walked up the stairs her daddy following close behind.
Hermione slowly sipped her tea waiting patiently for Severus to return from upstairs. I want to kiss him again. I want to feel his lips on mine. I want his strong arms wrapped around me. She clutched her tea tightly as her imagination began to run wild with thoughts of Severus doing incredible things to her.
While Hermione was downstairs in the living room, Sabrina and Severus entered the guest bedroom. Severus pulled down the covers on the child's bed that he still had in the room. Sabrina took off her shoes and lay down on the bed. Once she was comfortable, Severus put the covers over Sabrina and began tucking her in.
"Rest well, Sabrina," Severus murmured. He kissed her forehead, dimmed the lights, and shut the door gently behind him.
Hermione was completely lost in thought and didn't hear Severus calling her name. She was startled when he gently tapped her leg. She looked up at Severus mortified that she was again caught fantasizing about him. "I'm sorry, Severus. I was lost in thought there."
He smiled warmly at her and sat in the available armchair beside her. "Would you like to continue our conversation from earlier?"
Hermione nodded at him slowly. "So, as I was saying, Ginny wants us to reconcile. She sounded very hopeful, and she apologized. I may sound naïve in this, but I want to be her friend. I want us to get along, but I truly don't imagine Ron or Harry being amicable. I told her I don't need that drama in my life."
Severus tried listening to her intently, but his eyes kept flicking down to her lips. Her pink lips were so lovely to look at and he truly wanted to taste them again. When she stopped talking, she was expecting him to respond but he didn't know what to say. All he kept thinking about was kissing her. He couldn't contain himself any longer. He stood up abruptly and pulled Hermione into his arms. He began to kiss her passionately. His hand was tangled in her brown bushy hair while his other hand gripped her side.
Hermione was shocked but she quickly recovered when he began to kiss her. She wrapped her arms around him and continued to kiss him back, not once did she ever think of stopping.
Severus slowly moved his lips to the crook of her neck and began to suckle oh so gently on her skin. "You taste heavenly," Severus murmured against her neck. Hermione arched her neck back begging him for more. Severus' lips continued to dance along her neck suckling and leaving little love bites behind.
Hermione moaned softly into the quiet room wanting Severus to continue his lovely assault on her. "Please, Severus. I want more." Her tone came out so wantonly.
Severus' control snapped instantly by her words. He couldn't hold back any longer. He quickly snatched Hermione up off the ground wrapping her long legs around him. He carried her into his bedroom quietly closing the door behind them. He set her down on his bed his dark hooded eyes staring at her with lust. He quickly remembered that Sabrina was sleeping in the other room. He quickly cast a silencing charm around the room and ensured the door was locked. He couldn't wait anymore. He was going to finally get what he had been dreaming about for the past few days.
Severus began to take off his robes, his eyes never leaving Hermione's. Hermione eagerly watched him as his skin slowly began to show bit by bit. Once he was fully topless, Hermione started taking off her clothing. Severus longingly watched as Hermione took off her jumper, revealing her lacy bra beneath. "I miss seeing those luscious breasts you have." His words filled the quiet room and Hermione couldn't help but blush. He quickly closed the space between them wanting to take her bra off himself.
He quickly undid her bra and her perky breasts with rosy pink nipples were finally revealed to him. With a low groan, Severus quickly leaned down and began to suckle on her right breast and cupped her left breast with his hand. He continued to lick and nibble on her breast as she moaned beneath him.
"God, I missed this," she admitted as he continued to play with her breasts.
Severus gave her a wolfish smile. "I missed this too, Hermione. For days I've been imaging kissing you, touching your breast, and fucking you into the mattress." His words continued to make her blush. He slowly reached down and began to unbuckle his pants. He removed his pants and underwear his alabaster skin completely bare to the witch below him.
Hermione stared at him in awe. It didn't matter that he had so many scars that dawned on his body. It didn't matter that she could still see the numerous marks across his neck from Nagini's attacks. To her, he was still the most handsome man she ever laid eyes on.
Severus quickly got into the bed beside her and began to undo her pants at a hurried pace. Once she too was as bare as he was, he let out another low groan. "You are so beautiful, Hermione. I want to taste you." He quickly lowered his face between her juicy thighs.
"Are you sure about this, Severus?" No one had ever done this to her before.
He didn't respond in words. Instead, he slowly stuck his tongue out and gently lapped at her sex. He was rewarded with Hermione moaning his name in the sexiest voice he ever heard. "Say it again," he growled. He continued to gently lick her entrance silently begging to hear her say his name.
"Severus!" she moaned aloud again as he felt him gently put his index finger inside her.
"That's my girl," he coaxed. He continued to lick and finger her until he couldn't resist her any longer. He removed his mouth and finger from her entrance. He gently began to lay on top of her, his eyes boring down into her own. "Are you ready?" He rubbed his penis along her sex waiting impatiently for her to say yes.
She nodded and he slowly began to enter her. He bottomed out in her tight warm body, and he let out another groan. She wrapped her legs around his body and whispered into his ear, "Love me, Severus."
That's all it took for him. He began to thrust into her. He easily found the spot inside her that made her arch her back and call his name just like she did years ago. "That's it, Hermione. Call my name. Let me hear you." He continued to pound into her as she moaned each time he hit that special spot.
Hermione gripped his shoulder blades and continued to hold him tightly to her. She was moaning and calling his name out never wanting this to stop. Severus leaned down and bit her nipple gently and flicked her clit with his thumb. The pleasure was too much for Hermione.
She leaned her head back and yelled, "Severus!" as she came around his length.
Severus quickly plunged into her one last time and grunted, "Hermione!" as he finished inside of her.
He rolled off her body and pulled her close to him. She snuggled into him burying her face into his chest. He kissed her hair and murmured sweet nothings into her ear.
They almost dozed off until Severus heard an incessant knocking at the bedroom door. He quickly stood up and grabbed his wand. With a quick wave, he redressed them, remade the bed, and took off the silencing charm around the room.
Once the silencing charm was gone, he heard his daughter calling softly at the door, "Daddy what are you doing in there? Is mommy with you?"
Severus quickly looked at Hermione and made sure nothing was out of place. He opened the door and was greeted by Sabrina scowling at him.
"Daddy, I've been knocking for a very long time. I awoke from my nap and saw no one in the living room. I thought you all were gone," Sabrina said quietly.
Hermione quickly responded to her child's worries. "Of course not, sweetheart. We would never leave you behind. Your daddy and I were just a little bit tired and decided to lay down."
Severus added, "We love you very much, Cherub. I'm sorry we scared you."
Sabrina scratched her head in confusion. "But Mommy, this is his room, not yours. Why didn't you just come into my room?"
Hermione tried very hard not to blush at her child's words. As always, her child was very bright and knew when something was out of place. "I didn't want to disturb you and your daddy decided that it was okay if we both just took a little nap before you woke up. Now let's head downstairs and make us a snack, shall we?"
Sabrina had more questions, but she begrudgingly held her mother's hand and allowed her to bring her back downstairs.
Severus quickly looked back at his bedroom and took one last glance to make sure things looked normal. His hand gently stroked the bed, a rare smirk lined his lips. He quickly waved his wand at the bed cleansing it and remaking the covers. "The problem is, I don't want her to ever leave my bed again," he murmured to himself. Will she even want to live in a house with me?