Maybe Harry's actions had seemed off because Severus still saw him as a student. But the truth of the matter was the fact Harry was Severus's student, or one of them, at least. Severus agreed to the marriage to protect Harry from going back to his abusive muggle relatives, but even though they were getting married; it didn't quite seem real. Or it hadn't until now, when Harry decided to kiss Severus.
The action surprised the potion's master, at first, but as Harry didn't stop or pull away; Severus accepted it and allowed Harry to continue. The kiss had been gentle, and Severus quickly noticed how soft Harry's lips were; the boy was definitely not an inexperienced kisser. Severus didn't mind and when Harry deepened the kiss after sliding his tongue over Severus's bottom lip; the older male granted him going further.
Their tongues danced together as Severus finally began to kiss back. Harry had been all seductive before and despite Severus saying he wouldn't touch Harry until the boy was sixteen; Harry claimed he never said he wouldn't touch Severus before he turned sixteen, so here he was basically straddling Severus as they were actually making out.
For Harry, it didn't bother him to kiss a man twice his age; he was attracted to older men anyway. Harry had done this because if they couldn't see each other as more than teacher and student; the wedding night was going to be a disaster. Harry did this to show Severus he could see him as more than his teacher, and the hope was that Severus would see Harry as his lover, not that it meant they were in love or anything.
While making out, Harry's hands were rubbing Severus's shoulders and neck and Harry felt Severus's hands shift upwards to rest on Harry's hips. Harry shuffled himself closer to Severus, pressing their bodies together and pretending to not notice the fact Severus's growing erection was touching him. Harry moved his hands to the front of Severus's body and started working at all those blasted buttons, but there were a lot. Harry finally pulled from the kiss with a smile.
"These buttons simply won't do, Severus…" Harry told him. "Since I cannot do magic here, undo them." Severus stared at him. "I know you want this…" Harry's hand moved lower to cup the man's erection.
"This is completely inappropriate, Mr. Potter…" Severus remarked.
"Your body's reaction to me doing this says otherwise, Mr. Prince-Snape." Harry replied. "If you want me to stop, just say so." Severus found that he couldn't as he brought his wand out from under his sleeve and waved it down the length of his buttons on his outfit to make them undo and then Harry lightly took the wand to set it on the table next to the couch. Harry was surprised that Severus even let him touch the wand, let alone move it out of immediate reach.
"I remain firm in no intercourse until we're married and you're above sixteen, H-Harry…" Severus told him.
"That's fine with me," Harry pushed the now unbuttoned fabric out of his way and laid eyes on the older man's bare chest since whatever spell Severus used to unbutton the outer jacket, also undid the buttons to his white shirt underneath. Harry ran his hands over the somewhat pale skin, finding that it was soft under his fingers and Harry quite enjoyed the muscle he saw hiding beneath.
Harry captured Severus's lips again, kissing for a bit while his hands worked the pants of his betrothed to unbutton and pull the zipper down. Harry did nothing else as his kissing trailed along Severus's cheek and let his lips set on the man's neck. Severus flinched, but moved his head to the side to let Harry access his neck more. Harry went on kissing the older male's neck and sucking slightly. A low groan escaped Severus's throat before Harry finally moved back and off Severus's lap to sink down on his knees before the man's tented hardness.
Severus didn't know why he felt so nervous, but he was determined to obviously prove to Harry that he was not afraid of them being in such close proximity. That's where all this started, Harry thinking Severus wasn't comfortable with them doing anything of a physical nature. It was true Severus bottomed with his sexual partners, but those were all with people the same age and with several years' experience.
Harry may have done things with a former boyfriend, but how experienced could he be? Harry was trying to show Severus that it would be fine and he knew what he was doing. So far, Severus honestly had nothing negative to say about what Harry could do. The teenager even gave the offer for Severus to stop it, and Severus was the one who let it continue.
Right now, Severus watched as Harry lightly pushed him against the back of the couch into a reclining position before he got his hands on the waistband of Severus's pants and looked up at the older male, which told Severus all he needed to know to lift his bottom up and Harry gently pulled the pants down enough to allow Severus's erection come out.
Harry returned to being between Severus's legs, now comfortable as his hand moved towards the hardened cock before his face. Severus only twitched slightly when Harry's hand made contact with his private area. Harry lightly held the cock in hand, then closed his eyes and lowered his mouth over it. Severus choked out a moan, his head instantly falling back feeling the warm mouth over his prick.
Harry slowly began to move his head up and down along the length to get it lubed up before he started to use his hand to stroke up and down in time with the movement of his sucking. Severus couldn't believe how it felt, the damn boy was good. Even for just a hand and blowjob. Harry kept up his actions, only picking up speed a little bit. Severus's hands gripped at the couch cushion he was sitting on and his head was still back and eyes closed while Harry sucked him off. It was unreal how embarrassingly fast he was to releasing already.
"H-Harry…" Severus moaned. Harry didn't stop as Severus grit his teeth when the boy began to go faster. "Cl-Close…" What else could he say? That was the truth. When the moment came that Severus couldn't hold back any longer, his hips bucked a bit as the warning to Harry, but it didn't deter the boy's actions.
"Ha-Harry!" Severus gripped the couch hard. "I-I can't…Merlin!" He yelled in pleasure as he spilled quickly in Harry's mouth. Severus breathed heavily as Harry did stop stroking and sucking on him, but kept his mouth in place to swallow and lick around.
Before Harry could pull back, the fireplace next burst with green flames as someone walked through. "Uncle Sev, Mother and-WHAT THE BLOODY HELL IS GOING ON HERE?!" Only one person called Severus as their uncle and it was Draco. Severus quickly ignored the pleasure high he was feeling and sat up to see his godson had shown up unannounced and standing in the sitting room staring in utter disbelief at the scene before him. Which was Severus' open shirt and pants half down with a young man between his legs. "I-Is that…Harry, is that you?" Draco managed to ask.
"Hey, Dray," Harry greeted. He had let go of Severus's cock, but didn't move as the man probably didn't want to be that revealed to his own godson.
"Oh my god!" Draco screeched.
"Draco, wait! It's not what you-," Severus tried, but Draco had already backed up and disappeared back into the fireplace's green flames. "Think…" Severus sighed.
"It's exactly what he thinks, Severus. There is literally no other explanation you could have for being half-naked on the couch with me between your legs other than what actually happened." Harry told him before finally pulling away fully and standing up.
"That is not the point!" Severus glared. "I told you we shouldn't have done anything, Potter."
"You knew where things were going after I kissed you, and you had every chance to seal off doors, windows, and fireplaces when the wand was in your hand. Don't you blame this on me, I told you to tell me to stop if you wanted to and I would have. You didn't stop me, so I continued." Harry remarked. "I can't do magic here, Severus. I've got my wand on me, like I always do, but it's useless if I can't use it because of that stupid underage magic restriction."
Damn it, the boy was right. Severus had stood up, fixing himself and grabbing his wand to do up the buttons and look presentable. "I need to go talk to him…" Severus said.
"Should I come along?" Harry inquired.
"No, I think you should stay here." Severus retorted.
"Fine…" Harry plopped back into a chair, arms folded.
"I'll be back for lunch. Why don't you think about things for the wedding? Like a date and whatever else." Severus suggested.
"Okay." Harry replied.
Severus nodded and moved over to the fireplace, tossing some powder in from the bowl on the side. "Malfoy Manor, Main Room," Severus said after tossing the powder in, then stepping in and vanishing from sight in the green flames. Harry sat in the chair for a while, then realized he should probably take care of his own erection. Harry left the sitting room and headed upstairs into the bathroom. Harry wasn't sure what else to do after this, but he'd probably just sit and read or maybe do some of his summer work for school.
. . .
Severus stepped through the fireplace into the Malfoy's main room, finding Lucius and Narcissa sitting next to one another on the couch. Draco was sitting in a chair, staring blankly at the wall looking at what could be described as shock and trauma.
"Severus, your life is your own and it's neither our place to tell you how to live it…But one of your own students?" Lucius inquired.
"It's not like that…" Severus stated.
"Not like that?! So I didn't show up to find my best friend between your legs!?" Draco yelled.
"Draco…" Narcissa said warningly.
"Okay, it was like that…But you don't understand the situation," Severus mentioned. "Hell, I'm not even sure I do."
"Why is Harry even at your house?" Narcissa asked.
"It's complicated." Severus replied.
"Can't be more complicated than what I walked in on!" Draco snapped.
"Just let me explain," Severus said.
"Please do!" Draco told him.
"Harry approached me a week before school ended and told me he needed my help. When I asked what he wanted, he told me he needed me to marry him…" Severus started.
"What the actual f-," Draco's eyes widened.
"Don't you dare finish that sentence young man," Lucius told his son.
"Continue, Severus…" Narcissa invited.
"After a lot of back and forth, I realized Harry only wanted the marriage to emancipate him from any kind of guardianship and he was desperate to get away from his godfather." Severus began again.
"What did my cousin do now?" Narcissa sighed.
"Harry hasn't gone into detail, but I believe he worded it as Sirius not being all there mentally." Severus said. "Black stopped seeing Harry as Harry, and only as his father because of the uncanny resemblance. The problem was that if Harry left Black's care, Albus told him he'd have to return to his muggle relatives, who had abused him. And the wolf can't take Harry because of being a werewolf. So Harry came to me to ask if I'd marry him to get him emancipated…" Severus paused. "I agreed."
"You what?!" Draco yelped.
"I agreed to his request, and we're getting married. I was going to come see you later, Lucius, to ask if you'd perform the ceremony. And I planned on explaining everything then as well." Severus informed. "It's only for a year. Once Harry turns seventeen; he's of age to live without a guardian. I'm not of any family to him, so I can't apply for guardianship. Marriage was the only option that can't be challenged."
"Well, I can't debate that decision. It's true that marriage would emancipate Harry as a minor needing a legal guardian. Rights would transfer to the spouse and that's why Harry needed to marry an adult who could support him. I assume choosing a male was because he himself is into males?" Lucius asked.
"Yes. And Harry added that he knows I can protect him as I've done it since he came to Hogwarts at eleven. There's the obvious dark lord wanting him dead factor…" Severus remarked.
"Severus, not to make it obvious in itself…But have you forgotten that you're marked by the dark lord. He'll kill you if he finds out…" Lucius reminded.
"I'll be fine. He thinks I'm spying for him and I'm a master Occlumens. Harry has sworn to me that he'll protect me from him." Severus remarked.
"Sworn to…Protect you from the dark lord?" Draco asked. "Isn't this marriage so you can protect him?"
"The marriage is to protect him from ending up with his muggle relatives again, and getting him away from Black, who Lupin has admitted to St. Mungo's." Severus folded his arms over one another. "In return for helping him, he'll protect me from the dark lord. I believe, as he worded it, there's no doubt after fourth year that Harry can do some damage. And fifth year gave us the prophecy that Harry was marked as the dark lord's equal and has the power to destroy him. So yes, I'm putting my safety from the dark lord into Potter's hands." He informed.
Draco snorted. "Indeed Potter can do damage…"
"Don't be that way, Draco. I know it's going to be…Odd that Harry and I are married, but nothing at school is going to change. We've already agreed that within Hogwarts, we're teacher and student and trying to keep the marriage quiet. We've discussed things that the ministry will know, and that will lead to Albus and the other teachers probably learning. But if students don't have to know; it'll appear fine." Severus said.
"Uncle Sev, you're twice Harry's age and his teacher! He's a minor. You'll end up in prison." Draco glared.
"I will be fine. Potter has also sworn to me that he will take care of the fall out we face and I won't end up in trouble. Oddly enough, I believe him when he says that. Harry Potter is known for making things that seem impossible rather possible." Severus said.
"Ain't that the truth." Draco sighed.
"Do not be upset with him. I am sorry for what you showed up to see." Severus told him.
"Oh, it's not the sucking off that got to me; I've seen many things in the halls and bathrooms of Hogwarts over the last five years. I can handle seeing someone naked and engaged in some kind of sexual act. It was the fact that it was my godfather and my best friend I had to see, outside of Hogwarts." Draco remarked.
"I apologize. I promise you won't ever witness something like that again." Severus assured. "Are you mad at him or me?"
"No…I still love you both and I get why things are happening this way. You're trying to protect Harry, and it's the only way you can. I understand that sometimes, there isn't a choice to make. I'm sure you'd have done the same for anyone else if they were in trouble." Draco sighed.
"Yes…Harry said the same thing. When he first told me he needed me to marry him, we fought and I tried to throw him out of my office. However, he came back at me with asking if I'd refuse to listen to any of my other snakes, or my godson if they came to me asking for my help." Severus responded.
"I must ask…When you say his muggle relatives abused him? I didn't know he had muggle relatives." Narcissa said calmly.
"Harry stayed with his muggle relatives after his parents were killed. Albus insisted on it even though Black hadn't gone after Pettigrew and could have taken him in. Albus invoked blood magic to protect Harry until he came to Hogwarts, through Lily's sister, Petunia. But Petunia hated all things magic as she didn't get to go to Hogwarts like her sister did. That jealousy and anger went to Harry when his parents died and his muggle relatives had to take him in at Albus's request." Severus explained. "They treated him like a slave there, beat and starved him. That's when Albus finally worked to get Black cleared and Harry living with him."
"And now, Sirius has hurt Harry?" Draco inquired.
"I don't know what happened. Harry hasn't wanted to go into detail of more than telling me that Sirius wasn't okay mentally and seeing Harry as James." Severus replied. "I know Potter's mental state isn't at its best either, but I couldn't tell him no when he was begging for an out and I seem to be the only one that can help him."
"You were worried he'd try to kill himself again? Weren't you?" Draco frowned.
"I was. You didn't hear him, Draco. You didn't hear him threaten to kill himself in Albus's office during fourth year if he had to return to Gryffindor Tower." Severus looked down.
"What?" Draco looked up quickly.
"The night he was attacked by three of his former Gryffindor housemates, he told us in Albus's office that if we made him go back…We'd find him the next morning at the base of the Astronomy Tower, dead. That's when the hat stepped in and re-sorted him to Slytherin." Severus sighed. "He's fragile, that's another reason I didn't refuse his request. It's only a year we have to be married and most of it will be at Hogwarts, where we're maintaining the teacher/student relationship."
"Uncle Sev…I don't need to remind you that Harry is a teenager, right? You really think that you're gonna maintain such a professional relationship at school while married? Harry's gonna jump you every couple of nights." Severus's eyes widened and he flushed. "The number of times he and Blaise snuck into each other's beds, or left the dorm entirely…I can't tell you how many times we said they'd get caught eventually, until I realized Harry has an invisibility cloak and that's how they were getting around."
"He has a what?" Severus asked.
"Invisibility cloak, handed down in his family. Dumbledore gave it to him as a Christmas gift during his first year. Told him only to use it well, and I'd well say he has." Draco chuckled. "And judging by the sight of earlier with you two-,"
"DRACO!" Severus yelled.
"You're not gonna tell him no if he shows up in your room wanting to-," Draco grinned.
"Quiet, brat…Earlier was just…Testing the waters if we could get past the awkwardness of the fact I've been his teacher for the last five years and he, my student, for the only reason that we'll have to…Consummate the marriage to make it valid." Severus fibbed. "I've already told Harry that I'll give him access to my private room at Hogwarts, as long as he doesn't make it obvious."
"He's got an invisibility cloak, Uncle Severus…No one would ever know he's sneaking out to see you unless they know he has the cloak. Only me, Blaise, Theo, Crabbe, Goyle, and Pansy know about it. Looks like you two will be just fine in that area." Draco smirked. "Oh. Granger and Weasley know too, I believe Harry said."
"Moving on…" Lucius wanted to get away from the conversation about sex his friend and son were having. "Severus, if you give me a date…I'll start the necessary paperwork and perform the ceremony."
"Thank you. Now, Draco…Why did you show up?" Severus asked.
"Oh, we were inviting you to dinner tonight." Draco replied.
"Which is still on the table, but bring Harry too." Narcissa smiled.
"I'll return with him for dinner." Severus nodded before he turned and left the manor, returning to his own house. "Potter! Get down here, we need to talk."