Love and Darkness | By : SecretLover Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female Views: 969 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Love and Darkness
Chapter One:
�Happy Birthday.�
The whispered greeting caused a rare smile to tug the corner of his lips upward. In turn, she smiled back, placing the misshapen cake on his night table and crawling into bed next to him. He glanced at the alarm clock on the nightstand beside the cake. 12:01. Deciding that this-and the fact that he was completely exhausted-did not matter. Instead of griping or groaning or rolling over to go back to sleep, he wrapped his arms around her slender form and breathed in her scent as she nuzzled into his neck.
He was sixteen today, and he knew for a fact that this would be his best birthday ever. Even with a misshapen cake, flavor unknown, covered in purple goo and sixteen pink candles, he was happy. Truly happy, and he was grateful to her for that and placed a light kiss onto her blonde hair, feeling her grin widely against his neck, her bare teeth against his pale skin. She had a beautiful smile and he loved it, even when he couldn�t see it.
�It�s lemon cake,� she whispered to him, having to remain silent as to not wake up his parents. �But, it sort of looks like what my sister does with her Play-Doe. You don�t have to eat it, but I made it just in case you did. And I brought your present, just in case your dad doesn�t let you out today.�
She moved out of his arms, and he reluctantly let her go, watching as she moved to his desk where her jacket was draped over his chair and dug around in the pockets. She finally pulled out what she was looking for: a gold rectangle. She moved back to the bed and sat back down next to him, placing the gift into his hand.
He wasn�t sure what it was, but knew he would love it anyway. He�d been given gifts before, but nothing would compare to this. This was from her�The love of his life. Second love, but stronger than the first, and the fact that she returned his love made it all the better.
Gently, he tugged at the gold wrapper until he held a book in his hand. He met her bright blue eyes briefly before glancing down at the book. Magical, a novel by a famous Wizard novelist, Richard Montague, his favorite author. Magical was his newest novel. He wasn�t entirely sure it was in bookshops yet and was immensely grateful for the gift. It completed the collection of Richard Montague books he had, which had taken a while, as his family wasn�t entirely wealthy at all.
He flipped open the cover and found what he had expected to find there. A small note written by his love. In her large, round letters (even the T�s seemed curved) was a small note (larger, because of her handwriting) that he eagerly read, squinting through the darkness, using the dim light pouring in through the window from the streetlamps.
Dear Severus,
Since you love Richard Montague, and your collection would not be complete without this, AND because I am so madly in love with you, I decided that this would be the perfect gift. I know you�ll love it! I just know you so well! Anyway, I hope this book makes your life a little more�MAGICAL! Hehehe. Have a very happy birthday.
Love,
Philomena Masterson
Snape closed the book and looked back into Philomena�s bright blue gaze. She had wide, round, beautiful eyes, shining with happiness and excitement. He grinned once more, that even he knew was unusual for him, and leaned in to kiss her full, pink lips to which she eagerly responded, enthusiastically throwing her arms around his neck, knocking him onto his back, Philomena falling on top of him.
It was odd to Snape to think about how drastically his life had changed over the course of one year. In one year, he had stood up to his father, gotten hit for it, lost his best friend and first love, and found a new love who was making his world a light brighter and happier.
Snape frowned into the kiss, immediately guilty for thinking about Lily, even just having her name in his head for one second. Lavinia had known of their friendship, but no one in the world had ever known that he had loved Lily Evans. He offered Philomena a fake smile as she began nuzzling into his neck again. Now Lily was on his mind more, making him feel even more guilty as her face appeared into his head. Her bright red curls, bright green eyes, and the pain he had felt when he had called her a Mudblood, ruining the friendship they had shared.
�Something wrong, Severus?� Philomena asked, pushed herself up a bit on her arms, peering down at him concerned.
He had Philomena, though. Sugary sweet, enough to cause diabetes and to raise ones blood sugar dangerously. Very loving and affectionate. Also very easily tempered and stubborn and dramatic, yet funny and strong and�And Merlin, how he loved her.
�Nothing,� he muttered. �I just�I love you so much. It�s odd, because we�re supposed to be too young to know what love is and we�ve only known each other for four months, but�but I know that I love you and that�that I always will.�
It made him uncomfortable and a bit stressed to admit these things to Philomena. He didn�t like confessing one bit. He didn�t like telling her he loved her. Even though he knew she loved him back, it still opened one up to be vulnerable.
Her smile was wide and bright and the squeal in the back of her throat he didn�t much care for, or so he told her. He had never told her that before, and never had her eyes shone so brightly with happiness and love. It calmed him a bit, though he was still plagued by the awkwardness of having opened up like that. She leaned down and pressed her lips to kiss in a chaste kiss before snuggling up into his chest once again. She loved hugging and snuggling and all of those affectionate gestures, and though he acted repulsed by such displays of affection, he secretly enjoyed them, and he had a feeling that Philomena knew that.
TBC
It stats of kinda sweet and happy, doesn�t it? Well�clears throat Reviews would be nice. I plan on continuing, anyway, until I get to the good stuff, and if it still sucks, then I�ll give up. Deal? Okie-dokie, then! I�ll�think of the next chapter now�Bye!
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