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Expect The Unexpected	By : QuantumFirePhoenix Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Snape Views: 18919 -:- Recommendations : 3 -:- Currently Reading : 3
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I am SO SORRY that I took so long to write this, but my mind was stuck on the conversation between Marvolo and Cade, and I just could't for the life of me figure it out! And then when I did, stupid me went and turned my laptop off WITHOUT saving everything!
ARGH!
I HATE MYSELF!
Anyway, I have decide that I want Cade to view the memories in the next chapter at some point.
SO ENJOY!
Cade gripped the black silk sheets in his hands as he sat waiting for Severus. He was unbelievably nervous, his stomach was churning up a storm. For a moment he wished the wards Severus had didn't include a two-way silencing spell that started at the bookcase that hid the stairs. He needed to know what was happening.
He jumped slightly and fixed his stare onto Severus' bedroom door as he heard footsteps on the stairs. He didn't dare blink, his mind warring with itself. He had fleeting thought that Severus' wards had failed, and then automatically felt despair at his lack of faith. His Sev was utterly brilliant, with Masteries in Potions and Defence, and the wealth of knowledge he stores in his mind, guarding it from those seeking to destroy any and all rare and sacred knowledge. Also if the wards had failed, he'd know who had knocked on the door and why.
A shiver ran down his spine at his thoughts, a blossoming warmth of love exploding inside him, in a myriad of colours. It looked as if someone had splashed the room with paint in an array of colours. He shook his head to clear his thoughts, the footsteps getting louder and closer. He needed to focus. His eyes closed as he took a slow, deep breath, feeling a portion of his magic come to the surface as he exhaled. Just then the doorknob turned, his eyes opened, and the door crept open.
To reveal Severus.
His heart cliche-ingly skipped a beat, and his fingers slowly unclenched, then smoothed the poor abused sheet of it's wrinkles. Severus stepped into the room and closed the door, then leaned back against it slightly, breathing quietly. He waited for Cade to filter and file away whatever was going through his head. They stayed like that for a good five minutes.
"Who was it?" He whispered, cautious of breaking the peace that they had fallen into. Severus just hummed quietly and raised an eyebrow. He sighed. "What did he want?"
"Apologise." Was the only things to cross his lover's lips. His eyes narrowed and nostrils flared, but Sev carried on speaking before he could start a rant. "He looked me dead in eye admitted that he was wrong, scared, and sorry. I know you won't agree with me straight away, but I think you two need to speak to each other. You need to sit down and just explain to each other what is going on in your heads, and dare I say it, your hearts. I know you Caduceus, ever since finding out about the truth, you've wanted nothing more than to be with them as a real family. I saw the same deep longing in your fathers eyes downstairs just moments ago. You both want the same thing. You can't let this get in the way of what you've always dreamed of. If I was you, you know that I'd jump to work things out to finally have a family that loved me unconditionally."
Cade jumped up from the bed and opened his mouth to tell Severus where to shove his idea, but his throat wouldn't work and he snap his mouth closed hard enough that his teeth rattled. He brain came to a grinding halt. He thought Severus' words over and over in his head at a mile a minute. His heart constricted painfully in his chest at the thought of two young boys dreaming day-in and day-out for loving family, and he could feel his heart nearly shrivel up at the thought of those dreams not coming true for one of those boys. That boy who then grew to be his Severus, the intelligent and beautiful man stood before him, offering him a way to achieve his biggest dream.
He quickly made his way over to Severus, and didn't even bother to stop himself from touching his beloved. He placed his right hand flat against his chest, where his heart beat loyally, and his left he used to reach up to reach the back of his neck. He used that hand to pull Sev down into a kiss, which he tried to deepen when he felt Sev's hands on his hips. The kiss was broken against his will, and he closed his eyes and lent his forehead next to his right hand.
"Later, I promise. Will you speak to your father?" He could feel the words vibrating from Severus' chest. He sighed and lifted up his head.
"Yes. I'll talk to him. I want a family so much, that it used to hurt just thinking about it. I don't want to lose any of them, so I can't let the chance slip by me." He spoke, determined to fix this problem. "Thank you, Severus."
"No need to thank me, Caduceus. Just promise me that you two will actually bloody communicate with each other, instead of sitting there having a staring contest."
Cade couldn't stop himself from laughing, he loved it when Severus let decorum slip.
Marvolo was stood in front of an adjacent wall of books, perusing the titles with his hands clasped behind his back. In that moment, he reminded Cade quite remarkably of Sherlock Holmes. From the few glimpses he'd managed to catch of the television at the Dursley's before Vernon kicked him out the living room.
He could feel a portion of his fathers magic swimming throughout the living room, searching for his own magic. The moment he crossed Sev's wards and into the living room, he felt the familiar magic rush up at him and sink deep into him. He felt slightly winded, his father's magic mixing with his own, feeling his to the brim without nothing but positive emotions. He felt slightly high. He coughed just loud enough to catch his fathers attention.
Marvolo spun round rather fast, fast enough that he would have given himself whiplash, if he wasn't a powerful wizard. "Br-Caduceus?" He spoke quietly.
Cade blinked at his father, shocked. "I think I recall you vowing to never call me that." He chuckled nervously, as he sat in the armchair he occupied earlier. Marvolo moved to sit on the sofa, which was the cue for Severus to finally sit in his favourite armchair.
"Yes, I did say that, didn't I?" Marvolo cleared his throat, "Severus has given me permission to be here in his home, and I am assuming there will be a time limit to this conversation, so I shall get straight to the point. You may not want anything to do with me, but I came here to apologise to you. Your're my son, and as your father I should have been encouraging you to live your life, fall in love, and whatever you feel you need or want to do. In that, I have failed. I should not have begrudged you any of those things, especially as I have let your brother do and have anything. There is no excuse for that, and I am so very sorry. I do not expect forgiveness, I just beg of you to keep your relationships with Lucius and your brother. They are not to blame, and I do not want to hurt them like I have hurt you. As I said, you may not want anything to do with me, I understand and do not blame you in the slightest. I just wanted you to know why I have failed you as a father."
Cade sat watching his father the whole time he was speaking. Remorse, sadness, pain and disparity mixing and swirling together in his eyes. "I would never think of cutting off contact with Papa and Draco, they are family. Despite what has happened between us, I love them a great deal, and it shall hurt not just them, but also me, if I never spoke to them again. You have nothing to worry about there." He replied, watching Marvolo's shoulders droop in relief as he sighed.
"Thank you." His father replied hoarsely. He shuffled forward slightly on the sofa, leaned forward and clasped his hands together, and let them dangle between his legs. He has never seen Marvolo like this, with no ounce of aristocracy and Pureblood etiquette in his stature. He sat up straighter and concentrated all his attention on his father, alarmed. He shook his head as he chuckled, sounding broken. "That night." Was all he said.
"Father? What night?" Cade would dare to even admit that his father's behaviour was even starting to scare him now. He glanced over to Severus to see that he was alert and held his wand tightly in his hand, just in case. He turned back to face his father at the same time he raised his head to look him dead in the eye. Marvolo's eyes were completely black, dead and empty.
"When I failed you for the first time." He held one of his hands out towards Cade, and in his hand were three vials filled with a swirling silver-blue substance.
Memories.
Cade took them vials with shaking hands, and pull them towards himself, to cradle them against his stomach to both hide and protect them.
"Watch them, dispose of them, or just leave them hidden somewhere. I do not care anymore. I carry my sins with me always, and shall do forever." Marvolo stood up, walked away from Cade and Severus, and out the front door.
They both just sat there, staring at the door, expecting his father to walk through the door any moment. After half an hour and no sign of him, Severus stood and cleared his throat. "I shall go and fetch my pensieve, you do not have to use it if you do not wish to. After that, I think I shall floo call Lucius and see if your father made it home, and if not, then to warn him what kind of mood he may be in." With the said, Severus strode off, leaving Cade to sit and think.
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