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Seraphim Beneath The Christmas Tree	By : starstruck86 Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Snape/Ron Views: 8943 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
- 11
- 12
- 13
A/N: *waves* Happy Sunday, all. Thanks for all your reviews
on the last chapter and the positive reaction to the content. I hope this one
serves you just as well ;)

Seraphime �I�ll see what I can do about
George ;) He most definitely does deserve some loving, you�re right. As for the
other thing, read on!

Kai �Glad you liked it, I did notice as I wrote that it
seemed to have all the elements you�d asked for, bar one� which might be in
this chapter!

Sheree �Vicious indeed, it hurt me
to write! But all was well in the end. Wind Tunnel Warning for this chapter.

Morganabythesea �Glad that their
resolution made you feel better, it did me, too. And this chapter made me feel
even happier!

Davinci �I couldn�t resist random
dude in toilet. More on Severus� aura in the last (next)
chapter.

Tambrathegreat �glad you enjoyed
the hot making. There might be more� ;)

Abbi cee
�I might print that comment off about Disneyland
and frame it, that�s fab, thank you! :D LOL. It was Moulin Rouge because I found the deluxe OST on Spotify which has some gut wrenching instrumentals on the
second disk which were perfect for the sort of angst coming in Chapter 11.

hairsprayX12 �Just keep reading� *whistle* As for my next R/S, no clue, but yours is an interesting
idea. But I am so bad at writing children in I would shy away from it, I think.
My next fic is probably going to involve neither of
these two!

Talley �oh bless, don�t stay up reading! But I am honoured
that you�ve been reading like that *blush*

This chapter nearly sent me into good meltdown last night.
Named after the song by The Beautiful South, which was also the song sung on
Ron�s last night in Scotland, the lyrics are apt for Severus� situation and
just about right for Ron�s coarse language (well, the uncensored version is,
anyway *snort*).

�Let�s just say that
something happens and Severus gets over-excited which is good for everyone me,
you and Ron especially. LOL. One more chapter left and
it should be with you tomorrow. Enjoy. xx

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�Oh yes!� Ron
threw his arms up in jubilation. �Fuck yeah baby, limited edition me!�

Severus looked at him with one eyebrow rising in disdain.
�You are such a child.�

�But it�s all pretty and sparkly,� Ron grinned widely, flashing
the chocolate frog card around in the dim lighting of the living room. �I love getting myself in these things.�

�Mr I-Don�t-Like-The-Fame-At-All.�

�I never denied that I loved my chocolate frog card,
Severus,� Ron winked at him. �I wonder how many I�ll have to eat before I find
a sparkly you?�

�Sparkles are not benefitting to my complexion, darling��
Severus sighed snottily. �Not to anyone's.�

October 31^st had rolled around quickly and Ron
was enjoying himself ploughing through the sweets he had got in for no reason
other than it was Halloween and he wanted them. He pulled a long jelly sour
worm out of the box and lifted it up above him, lowering it into his mouth
slowly and filled up the space with delicious sugary goodness.

�You know, the size of your mouth is astonishing,� Severus
watched him with a slight frown.

��Us� �ealous �cos �oo can� �ave.�
Ron chewed through the tough sweet with difficultly, wincing at the way the
sourness assaulted his tongue. �Ow.�

�I�m sure at twenty-seven you are meant to have learnt your
lesson regarding those by now,� Severus smirked and snatched the bar of
chocolate Ron had been withholding whilst the redhead was too busy panting to
stop.

�No! Bad Severus!� Ron growled at
him when he�d finally cleared his mouth.

�If you say that one more time I�ll thwack you round the
blasted head with it,� Severus warned him, waving the bar threateningly.

�Nah, don�t waste good chocolate by getting blood on it, Severus,� Ron snorted. �Sheesh, I�m not made of money.�

�I paid for this,� Severus reminded him.

It felt good to say that, that he
had paid for something that they were eating.

�Only made possible because of the fact that Kingsley
transferred the money which was transferred into your Gringotts account at the
end of the war in case your family ever claimed your payout for dying, and
don�t eat that now or you�ll be too full for dinner and then I�ll die of
starvation��

�I do feel as though I am a winner, cheating the system and
spending my own compensation for death,� Severus smiled at him as he hovered
near the window.

�Well there has to be some perks to coming back from the
dead, right?� Ron laughed.

�Ah, see, now is this where you are tricking me again and I
should answer with a ghastly comment about �I already have the biggest one, you��?�

�Oh no, you�re onto me,� Ron said with mock horror. �Anyway,
are you buggering off to get dinner any time soon, I�m hungry if you haven�t
noticed?�

�Not rotted your gut completely on this junk then?�

�Not yet,� Ron replied sweetly with narrowed eyes.

Severus sauntered over to him and grabbed Ron from behind
where he sat on the sofa. He kissed into his hair and hid his smile.

�You�re a happy bunny today, who�s slipped you something?�
Ron teased quietly, reaching up and wrapping his hands over Severus�.

Wonder if I�ll get
those talented hands to give me a fondle later on�mmm.

�You know, it hardly encourages such cheerful moods when you
comment on them like they resemble natural phenomena.�

�Well, yeah �Northern Lights, Severus Snape not moody� it
kind of is, Severus.�

�You are extremely lucky you�re a respectable fuck,
Weasley.�

�There you are,
welcome back.�

�Oh do be quiet, slut.�

Ron sniggered and then his mind went back to thinking of the
possibilities about what they could do later. They were spending Halloween
night alone together with a pile of bad muggle horror films and alcohol.

Hearing a loud grumble from Ron�s stomach Severus sighed. �I
swear to Merlin your entire salary must go on feeding yourself.� He straightened
and reached for his jacket, eager to get out for a walk now he actually could
without the need for an escort. �I�ll be back soon.�

�Go to the good one, not the one that looks dodgy,� Ron
barked his instructions. �And don�t you dare order anything bad for yourself,
Severus. I�m not spending three days nursing you back to full health again
because something �seemed like a good idea at the time�.�

�Well, you know what the answer is, don�t you?� Severus
zipped up his coat. �Get off your idle rear and get dinner yourself if you want
to control what I eat.�

Ron tossed him a v-sign in the air and muttered playfully
under his breath, he heard Severus� laugh and then the door swing open and
close. The room fell to silence and he looked peacefully around it. The fire
was crackling and the room was beautifully warm. It took him a while to
recognise that he was randomly smiling for no reason, and he only did that
because his face began to ache.

Fucking love my life.
He stretched his arms up to rest them behind his head. Love him, love this place� clearly it�s all too good to be true.

As if on cue the Floo dinged and he jumped, but it was only
Harry, whom he accepted.

�C�mon, Teddy,� Harry�s voice preceded him.

A second later there was a very sooty nine-year-old on his
hearth and Ron flew out of his seat.

�Teddy, Godric�s balls it�s been
ages since I saw you! You just keep growing!�

The smiling boy leapt off the fireplace and bundled himself
at Ron. Harry arrived a second later and looked at them both.

��Kay, Tedster,
why is your Uncle Harry dressed like that?�

�Don�t call me that!� Teddy griped and threw himself
backwards, scowling, before turning and bounding to the rat cage.

�What d�you think of my costume
then, hmm?� Harry threw his arms out.

�What are you?� Ron screwed up his face in contemplation.

�That guy that tap dances from Chicago� you should see Gin, she�s all dolled
up in this little sexy glimmering sheath thing and fishnets��

�That�s my sister,�
Ron snorted and got to his feet.

�Where�s our resident grumpy bastard?� Harry looked around
for Severus. �Thought for sure he�d have something to say about this.�

�Can I have sweets?� Teddy spotted the open box of goodies
on the table.

�Yeah, go for it Tedster,� Ron
smirked. �Don�t tell your Gran that it was me though or she�ll be chasing my
backside again for getting you all hyper.�

�He�s staying at over at ours anyway,� Harry shrugged, his
hat slipping slightly over his eyes. �For the party.
Ron, are you absolutely positively sure I can�t entice you out of here for the
night?�

�Don�t have a costume,� Ron grimaced.

�We could make you one.�

�Oh, yeah, no way am I going to be the tool in the makeshift last minute
costume,� Ron snorted indignantly. �No, Harry, we�re fine here.�

�Pleaaaaaase?� Harry whined.

�No.�

�Alright, I didn�t want to have to do this,� Harry sighed.
�Teddy.�

�No!� Ron threw his hands up to cover his eyes. �Not going
to work Teddy!�

�Pleeeeeeeeeease come to the party?�
the begging was there and Ron just knew what Teddy�s chocolate eyes would be
doing. Whether it was because of Remus� wolf, Ron didn�t know, but Teddy�s
begging skills were legendary �he just looked like the most adorable puppy in
the world. It was something which they all knew was going to keep him in full
supply of girlfriends when he got to Hogwarts.

�Mwahaha, you cannot reach me
through the wall of hands,� Ron laughed.

�But I haven�t seen you in ages,� Teddy�s voice lowered
which meant he had probably thrust his lower lip out into a pout.

�Well that�s because Uncle Harry�s a bad man who doesn�t
bring you round enough, he likes to keep you all to himself so you don�t end up
supporting the Cannons like me.�

�Liar,� Harry muttered airily. �Y�know,
Ted, I think we�re fighting a lost cause here. Let�s go home and leave him to
his loneliness� all alone� lonely��

The front door opened then and Ron snapped his head round to
see Severus returning.

�Christ, did you bribe them to cook the food faster?� Ron
snorted, extending his hand for the bag.

Severus� eyes fell on the child in the living room and bit
down his retort about offering sexual favours. His breath caught in his throat
when he realised quite who�s child he was looking at. The nose, the forehead,
the eyes and mouth were all so very similar to the placid features of the boy
who had been his Potions lab partner at school.

�Is this� Remus� boy?� Severus
looked between Harry and Ron.

�Yeah,� Harry clapped his hands on Teddy�s shoulders. �I�m
his Godfather, I don�t know if Ron told you that?�

�Who�s that?� Teddy asked interestedly. �He looks like that
man in the Hogwarts book.�

�Well, that�s because he is,� Harry shot Ron a furtive
glance, who shrugged. �But you can�t go around shouting that you�ve seen him,
alright, Teddy? It�s a secret.�

�But you said he died.�

�Well, we thought he did. And then Ron, being the superb
Auror slash treasure hunter slash cowboy slash
Quidditch star that he is, found him.�

�And now he lives here?� Teddy looked around with a frown on
his face. �With him?� he pointed at Ron.

�Yeah,� Ron grinned at him. �That sit alright with you,
dude?�

Teddy shrugged. �How�d he come back from the dead?�

�Magic,� all three of the men in the room answered and then
snorted their laughter away.

�God he�� Severus took a step closer, blinking a few times.
�Anybody care to explain the turquoise hair?�

�Takes after his mum, and you remember that Tonks was a-�

�I can change it, want to see?� Teddy cut in excitedly and
Harry groaned.

�You shouldn�t show off, Teddy.�

�But it�s wicked,� Teddy protested and turned his hair to
match the same shade as Ron�s.

�Very impressive,� Severus gave him a nod and Teddy beamed
at him.

It was like looking at a tiny Remus and it really threw
Severus off balance to see him. �You look very much like your dad,� he said
quietly, knowing it might be totally the wrong thing to say but he was unable
to keep the words in.

�Everyone says that,� Teddy smiled, flashing his teeth.

They all fell quiet, Severus still staring in a slightly
shocked manner at the nine-year-old until Harry spoke.

�Okay, well, we�d best get back. Have a good night and don�t
scare the crap out of yourselves��

�As if,� Ron rolled his eyes.

�Is �Arachnophobia� anywhere in that pile?� Harry asked
Severus casually, who chuckled and threw Ron a smirk.

�Get out of my flat!� Ron shuddered. �Tedster
dude, come and give me a hug goodbye. How about we go flying soon?�

�Yeah!� Teddy gave him an
enthusiastic squeeze and then bounded back to Harry, slipping his hand into the
sweet box again as he went. �Bye,� he waved at Severus.

�Nice to meet you,� Severus managed a small smile for him.

�Have a good night,� Harry called back, his hat slipping
lopsided.

�Potter, you look ridiculous,� Severus recovered himself.

�Yeah, Snape, but at least I can change out of it at the end
of the night, you�re stuck like that.�

�Oh!� Ron cried playfully. �In the nightly game of cheap
shots we�re at one nil to the faux tap dancer.�

Harry snorted and left.

�You alright?� Ron asked instantly.
�You�ve gone all pale.�

�Yes, of course, I just� he really looks so very much like
Lupin it was a shock, is all.�

�Mm,� Ron turned into the kitchen and flicked on the light.
�He�s a nice kid though, very gentle and sweet, good with animals.�

�So he really does take after his father, then,� Severus
commented, reaching into the fridge for some wine when Ron�s back was turned.

�He�s got a lot of Tonks in him too, he�s dead clumsy.
Always in and out of St. Mungo�s for broken bones and fractured whatever. I�d
be having harpies if he were my kid, I�m telling you.�

Severus leant against the worktop and pressed his wine glass
to his lips, taking a deep sip before Ron could turn around and yank it away from
him. �He�ll be off to Hogwarts soon, won�t he?�

�Yeah not long now,� Ron sucked some juice off his finger. �Oh, Godric, food. I�m so fucking hungry.�

�I swear you have worms.�

�You think that�s the first time I�ve heard that?� Ron
snorted and turned to him, eyes alighting on the wine. �Oh
you sneaky bastard, Severus.�

�This is the biggest feast day in our calendar; I�m not
allowed a little celebratory drink?� Severus raised his eyebrows in challenge.

Severus was operating much more healthily, there was no
denying that. He could eat more foods, move more, deal with more emotionally,
but there was no doubt that Ron was still protective, too.

Ron glared at him for a while before sighing. �Fine, but if
you�ve got a headache in the morning, Severus, it�s your own damn fault, and
don�t bitch at me when you start about mornings and�� Severus cut him off with
a kiss. �And I�m not making you breakfast in bed�� Ron groaned as he pressed up
against Severus� body. �Mmmphfuckit.
Not now, the food�s getting cold.�

�You are so dull,� Severus sighed dramatically.

�Only when I�m hungry,� Ron growled, and picked up his plate
and a fork. �C�mon. Blood, gore and stupid big breasted women remaining in the
house when they should be getting out awaits us.�

***

�Oh, God, I can�t watch.� Ron was hidden firmly behind one
of the scatter cushions normally resting against the arm of the sofa.

�Look at the big brave Auror now,� Severus remarked, taking
a sip of wine. He was going to pay for it in the morning and he felt slightly
tipsy after just one and a half glasses �whatever Ron had healed within him he
had not upped his alcohol tolerance.

Ron shuddered as there were ominous footsteps sounding on
the television screen. �HE�S BEHIND YOU, YOU STUPID COW!�

Severus cracked up into snorting laughter and Ron threw the
scatter cushion sideways at him, where it hit him in the gut.

�Stop laughing at me!� Ron growled.

�Come on, you have lived through far worse than this, seen people commit far
hideous atrocities��

�That doesn�t mean that isn�t horrible,� Ron jabbed his
finger at the screen. �Fuck it, no way,� he threw himself off the sofa and
walked to the kitchen, his eyes darting around the room only lit by screen.

Yeah, fine, I�ve creeped myself out. He shuddered and threw his arms about
his chest. No need for him to be such a
bastard about it.

Ron reached into the fridge and pulled out the wine bottle,
raising it to his lips. As the liquid filled his mouth, he heard a jerky scream
from Severus and spat it all over himself, laughing.

�Oh, oh, Mr. Ex-Death Eater�s scared?� Ron threw himself back into the living
room.

�Shut up!� Severus hissed dabbing at the wine he�d spilled
all over himself. �Your Floo dinged.�

�You were scared by the Floo dinging?� Ron raised an disbelieving eyebrow.

�It is somewhat atmospheric in here,� Severus growled sulkily. �Answer the damn
thing so I can get back to giving you nightmares with this drivel and act all
manly when you are cowering into my side in the darkness in bed.�

Ron flicked on the overhead light and winced as his eyes
reacted. He frowned as the Floo dinged again �whoever it was wasn�t announcing
their presence, they just wanted access. Pointing his wand, Ron asked, �Hello,
who is it?�

�Ron?� A female voice came back. �It�s me, Hermione. C-can I
come in please?�

Ron turned to look at Severus, his jaw falling open as he
went. Severus made a face at him and shrugged, taking a sip of his wine which
was meant to say he didn�t care, but Ron could see the tension in his frame.

�Should be good for a laugh, at least,� Ron turned back.
�Accept.�

Ron pocketed his wand and stepped back, folding his arms
over his chest waiting for her to appear. When she finally did, he could tell
immediately that she was drunk.

She was always the
most god-awful drunk� could never stay on her own two feet� the amount of
fucking piggy back rides I gave I�m surprised I don�t have severe back damage.

Her face shone with tears, her eyes were red raw and her
hair was somewhat messy. She looked first at Ron and took a step towards him
but then caught sight of Severus on the sofa, who
looked back at her with a glare of distinct dislike.

�Can I talk to you alone please?� she gave a little hiccough
at the end of her sentence and Ron frowned.

�Why?�

�Because I want to,� she sniffed.

�About what?�

�Us,� she motioned between them.

�What d�you mean, �us�?� Ron
snorted. ��Mione, there�s not been an �us� for�oh,
wait, yeah, it�s a year at the end of November, isn�t it?�

�And Ron I� I made a mistake,� she sprung forward and
grabbed the front of the jumper he was wearing, dragging him to her with
surprising strength. Her breath smelt akin to a hundred percent proof alcohol
and Ron couldn�t help his wince.

�First of all, let go,� He seized her wrists and pushed them
away. �And second of all, if you have anything to say to me you can say it in
front of Severus. He is, after all, my partner.�

�Oh, don�t be ridiculous,� she shrieked. �You�re not gay,
Ron! You�re not! I know you snogged
Harry that time during Truth or Dare but you�d had half a bottle of Tequila!
That doesn�t make you gay!�

Ron flushed red, having never imparted that bit of knowledge
to Severus, primarily because up until the damning words fell from Hermione�s
lips he had completely and utterly forgotten about it. But images flooded back
of a dusty floor, being completely off his face and Harry�s warm tongue in his
mouth.

Fuck. I�m going to be
in the doghouse later.

�Alright, no, that wouldn�t make me gay, but the things I�ve
been doing since Christmas would,� he raised an eyebrow.

�No, Ron, this is� we�re meant to be together, I know it,�
she sobbed.

Ron was distracted from her by Severus getting to his feet.
�I�ll be in the kitchen if you need me,� he said quietly, and whether it was to
rub it in Hermione�s face, or to show Ron some support, or to remind Ron of
what they had now he was presented with a possible choice, he leant over and
kissed him softly on the cheek.

Severus then swept out of the room without another word and
Ron raised his hand to touch the slightly stubbly cheek where his lips had
pressed to it.

�You can�t be with him,� she burst out, gesticulating
wildly. �Ron, we were good together, we were� happy!�

�Until you told me to fuck off three hours before the wedding,�
he reminded her angrily. �Which was a pretty damning end to the �happy� part.�

�I�m sorry,� she wailed, putting one hand to her forehead. �I didn�t� I didn�t
know what to do, I didn�t want to hurt you and I kept putting it off, changing
my mind, telling myself it would be alright and then I just couldn�t do it,
Ron, I�m sorry, I�m sorry that I hurt you so badly.�

�So why are you here, Hermione?� He asked her in a low
voice. �What�s changed, hmm? Aren�t you getting married soon?�

�Tomorrow,� she whispered and Ron let out a growl of
outrage.

�For fuck�s sake, Hermione, you�re getting married tomorrow and you�re in front
of me asking me to what?�

�Get back together with me,� she slurred. �I was stupid, Ron, so stupid. You�re
all I�ve ever wanted since I was eleven and I just� I got itchy feet��

�Oh, well, fine,� Ron threw his arms open, scowling. �All is
forgiven.�

�Really?� she gasped.

�NO, YOU STUPID BITCH!� Ron cried. �How can you think
I�d take you back after what you did to me? How much you hurt me?�

�I�m sorry Ron,� she sobbed. �I�m so sorry, I love you, and I�ve always loved
you -I just got stupid thinking I didn�t� that I could� that I could do better.
But you�re all I�ll ever need, Ron.�

�Hermione,� he took a deep breath and closed his eyes. �It
was me that could do better. I�m not
being a bastard and I�m not saying it to hurt you �but come on. We weren�t
working. I don�t know about you, but since I�ve been with another person
everything has fallen into place which tells me that between us, it was� well
it was pretty shit, Hermione! We�re not right for one another!�

�No!� She yelled. �We are! We�re perfect for one another!�

�What about your new bloke, huh?� Ron changed tack.
�What about him and his feelings, you want to run out on him like you did me?
Do you have any damn idea how much it hurts, Hermione?�

�I�M SORRY!� She screamed at him. �What more can I say to
get you to take me back, Ron?�

Ron frowned in dismay. �Hermione, what the fuck�s gotten
into you? You said on the day of the wedding, when you left me,
that you felt like you were �escaping�. That I was so useless to live
with that you were happy to be shot of me. What�s changed?�

Hermione gave herself away by shooting a filthy look at the
kitchen, and Ron�s mouth fell open slightly as realisation dawned.

�Oh I see! You
don�t want me, but you don�t like seeing me with Severus. You don�t want me, but nobody else can have
me either. Christ, Hermione. And when
we were going out I prided my taste on the fact that you didn�t cut in for all
that bitchy crap.�

�YOU�RE NOT GAY!� She yelled. �You�re not, I made you come,
Ron, I tied you up, we did so much good stuff together� do you remember the
time in Greece in the Jacuzzi?�

She launched herself at him and threw her arms around his neck,
her breath almost making him lightheaded.

�I remember it, Hermione. I remember you getting off and leaving me hard in the
water whilst you went to get more ouzo to give yourself the fucking courage to
suck me off and then you fell asleep when you were inside!�

�It wouldn�t be like that this time,� she whispered. �Ron, I
really do love you. Please, please��

�No, Hermione,� he pushed her gently away and swallowed at
the angry redness that flooded her face.

�You can�t be with him forever,� she spat harshly. �He�ll
leave you, he�s just fucking you.�

And that�s how I know
she�s really off her face, Hermione never swears like that.

�Yeah, Ron, come on remember how much you like pussy,� she
laughed at him. �You seemed to like mine enough.�

�Because I didn�t know any better,� he shot back. �I�ve had enough of this
conversation, Hermione. Get out of my flat and don�t come back. I don�t give a
damn how you feel now, or if you�re just in a strop because it looks like you
turned me gay. Get out.�

She swayed where she stood and Ron was seriously beginning
to feel sorry for her, she looked such a state and she was obviously desperate.

�And what if I were to go to the papers, hmm?� she asked him suddenly, her eyes
contracting with malice. �If I were to drop by and see dear old Rita tomorrow
and just happened to let slip the ex-Death Eater hiding in your kitchen?�

Ron sucked in a sharp gust of air and made to reply but
suddenly Severus was by his side, with his wand drawn.

�How dare you
blackmail him?� he hissed, face contorted with anger, and Hermione staggered
backwards. �How dare you use me as blackmail to get him back?�

�It wouldn�t have worked,� Ron shrugged casually. �Because,
Hermione, if you were so much as to even think about blabbing, I could get you
fired, evicted and possibly arrested all in the space of about fifteen minutes
with my knowledge of the spells you perform on the sly.�

Her mouth fell open in horror. �Y-you wouldn�t,� she raised
a threatening finger.

�So, those spells you use on the House Elves that refuse to be freed,� Ron
ticked off one finger. �Mind control is illegal under the new laws, Hermione,
for everybody, even you, even if it�s for �their own good�. Then there are the
forbidden dark wards you constructed around the flat in case any Death Eaters
fancied a go� also illegal and against the flat contract,� he ticked off his
middle finger, �And then if I really wanted to stick the knife in your back I�d
tell them all about the fact you actively practice illegal dark protection
magic involving prohibited ingredients including human blood, outlawed three
years after the battle� by you.� He
hit what should have been his ring finger.

�Please� I�d lose everything.�

Ron looked at her before sliding his arm around Severus�
waist and pulling him close. �And you go to the papers, Hermione, and I might
lose everything too.�

�He can�t be your everything,� she
whimpered. �He just can�t. It�s meant to be me.�

�You threw him away,� Severus said scornfully, and Ron
practically felt the man�s bone structure elongate as he drew himself up to his
imposing full height. �You left him alone and he was a wreck when I found him.
You don�t shatter a person�s soul like that and then have the gall to come
crawling back, woman!�

Silence followed his words and Hermione swayed again, and
then she swallowed hard. �Ron, choose, me or him. You know it�s me you want,
Ron.�

For the love of God
girl give it up!

�Hermione,� Ron breathed. �Get a fucking grip. Go home.
Sober up. Marry the man you loved enough to leave me for. And fuck off and let
me live in peace with the man I
love.� He pointed at the fire place with a hard look on his face.

Her only answer was to burst into tears and grab a handful
of Floo powder. �I love you, Ron!�

�No, you don�t,� Ron assured her genially. �Nor do I love
you.�

�Well then can I at least have my bottle of Prada back?� she
whispered drunkenly.

�No, because I exploded it into nothing,� Ron said frankly. �And after every
slice of hurt you caused me, I don�t think losing a �38 bottle of perfume you
didn�t pay for really makes a fair comparison in terms of suffering.�

With a last lingering look at Ron, she left, and when the
flames turned orange, Ron didn�t know what to do or say, he barely even
remembered how to breathe.

He was vaguely aware of Severus taking him by the hand,
leading him somewhere.

�Open up,� Severus tapped the stunned redhead�s lips with
his index finger. �Head back.�

Ron complied and groaned when he realised that Severus was
helpfully, oh-so-beautifully, pouring wine straight down his throat from the
bottle.

�There we are,� Severus set it down on the worktop and Ron
gasped, shaking his head slightly.

�Did that really just happen?� Ron breathed, looking wildly
around at the room. �Did she just come crawling back to me and I told her where
to stick it?�

�Yes, that is exactly what happened,� Severus cocked his
head to the side and reached out to stroke away Ron�s fringe from his eyes.

�You� you stood up for me,� Ron swept sapphire eyes over Severus�
pale face. �You� for me��

�Well, Ron, you were standing there doing the same for me,�
Severus reminded him gently. �Relationships are a two way road, remember.�

�Takes two to tango,� Ron smiled suddenly.

�And one to start the fall,� Severus captured his lips with
a hand sunk into his hair.

Ron groaned and leaned up against Severus, inhaling the heady jasmine scent
pouring off his dark tresses.

�Fuck, love you, Severus.�

�Good, otherwise I�d say you�d really finally blown your
chances with her,� Severus smirked at him.

�I hope she was just bluffing pissed about going to the
papers,� Ron bit into his lip.

�I assure you she won�t,� Severus kissed his forehead.

�How do you know?� Ron frowned.

�Because I may have slipped into her mind and removed the part
where she even threatened to do it in the first place��

Ron�s mouth fell open in shock. �W-what?
But you� your magic. You�ve been trying to get into my
brain for weeks and you�ve not managed?�

�I managed it yesterday,� Severus blushed slightly across
his cheekbones and Ron loved it when he looked that way, like he�d been caught
doing something like a naughty schoolboy. �I know that yesterday afternoon you
dropped one of the chicken breasts on the floor, washed it under the tap and
used it anyway.�

�Meat is expensive!� Ron shot into defence mode and blushed his own embarrassment.

Severus laughed and wrapped his arms around him a little
tighter. �I know that. I wasn�t passing judgement� merely saying I had been in
your mind to unearth your dirty little culinary mishap.�

�What else did you see when you were in there?� Ron narrowed
his eyes.

�I pulled out immediately, I did not wish to invade your
privacy,� Severus said quietly.

�Oh, big of you,� Ron winked lecherously at him. �And you
managed to wipe out her memory of it without saying a single word? Impressive.�

�I have been known to be in the past,� Severus gave him a wolfish grin
and kissed him again. �Now, Weasley, you�ve got some explaining to do��

Ron swallowed nervously. �Ah, look, about that-�

He felt himself be shoved against the wall, a thigh between
his legs, his chin caught in an iron grip and a hand gripping his jumper hard.
�What did you do with him, hmm?�

�I had totally forgotten,� Ron breathed.

�You are in trouble,� Severus whispered near his ear. �So
much trouble you will find yourself incapable of walking correctly for three
days.�

�Oh,� Ron moaned as the thigh asserted pressure �he very
much liked the sound of this particular kind of trouble.

�Now, again, what did you do with him?�

�Christ, Severus, you must have made a seriously fucking
imposing Death Eater.�

�Well, admittedly I never strove to drag out sexual history
from anybody then, but it may well have served its purpose�� he bit down hard
on Ron�s neck, making him jerk.

�We were drunk,� Ron fought for the memories, growing
embarrassingly hard in his pants. �Really drunk, Tequila �the one thing I truly
can�t handle. And we were playing truth or dare, you know what that-�

�My adolescence was not so desolate that I refrained from partaking
in the same games as you played, Weasley.�

His last name being spoken with such delicious contempt had
Ron shivering from head to toe in the man�s arms. �Well someone dared us to
kiss and I started to refuse and then he pounced on me��

�And you allowed him to?�

�It was a dare! And I was trashed, flat on my back and he�s surprisingly
fucking heavy� it lasted about a minute and his breath stank of absinthe.�

�Did you get hard?� Severus whispered hotly.

�No!� Ron burst out. �He�s Harry!�

Severus gave him a smirk and pulled back, reaching to grab
Ron�s hands. He tapped them with his wand and Ron nearly wet himself with
excitement when he saw heavy manacles pop out of thin air and incarcerate his pale wrists into metal.

Yeah
not the time to piss yourself, Ron, even if it is with excitement.

With anticipation so heavy he was jangling all over, Ron
felt his body be jerked away from the wall and then he was shoved forward so
his view was of the kitchen floor and his own feet. Cool but determined hands
reached around to unbutton his jeans and then they were yanked unceremoniously
to pool at his ankles, his underwear buried within them.� One finger rested at the top of his cleft and
then dragged straight down the centre through the heat. Ron wobbled when it
passed over his hole and let out a gasp.

�What was that?� The steel in Severus� tone was sizzling.

�Nothing.�

�Nothing what?�

Ron faltered. �Nothing Sir?�

There was a dark little laugh and then a hard slap over his
backside, followed sharply by another, and more and more until Ron was gasping
hard and begging for it to stop, the pain causing his eyes to water.

�I thought you enjoyed being spanked?� Severus asked him,
his voice calm but he stilled his hand.

�I do� I didn�t mean stop really,� Ron flushed hideously and
looked at his straining cock.

Severus said nothing and the next sound was a resounding
crack and Ron fell to moaning, wishing something, anything, was touching his
dick.

�I think that was suitable enough punishment, don�t you?� Severus
leant down and blew over the abused skin and smirked when that alone drew
another moan out of the redhead.

�Yes Sir.�

�You know, if you�re going to call me that, it would at
least be prudent if you were in some form of school uniform.�

�I have my Hogwarts ties in the wardrobe,� Ron gasped at the
thought of what Severus planned to do with them.

He couldn�t contemplate further, though, because he was
yanked upright and smothered with a kiss, Severus� tongue delving deep into his
mouth and raking over his teeth.

�Mine,� the dark haired man hissed dangerously and then he
grabbed hold of the bound wrists and forced Ron to walk with his trousers
around his ankles hindering his movements.

Ron staggered and crashed into the wall and Severus gave tut
and turned around. He pushed the awkward body against the wall.

�Can�t even walk properly, Weasley,
honestly.� His wand was back out and he secured the manacles to the wall
above Ron�s head, and then nudged his feet further apart. �Do not move those,
do you understand me?�

Ron gave nought but a squeak in reply and watched as the
older man sank fluidly to his knees and sucked his leaking cock straight to the
back of his throat.

It was possibly the fastest orgasm Ron had ever achieved in
his life. Tied up against the wall, shamefully naked in his own kitchen, cock
sheathed against a sinful tongue furiously writhing against the underside, he
was gone before he could even get the words out to warn Severus.

He released with an animalistic shout and he thrust hard
into Severus� mouth, shooting come down the waiting throat as his orgasm ripped
through his body and was cruelly gone as fast as it had arrived. He panted,
sweat forming on his brow and let his head loll back against the wall.

�Fuck, Severusmph-�

He was cut off by the fact that Severus had summoned his
school ties from the wardrobe, and one of them had gagged him efficiently. The
other was looped properly around his neck and he wore it like a tie without a
shirt because his jumper had mysteriously vanished. Severus had the third in
his hands, running it between his fingers, dark eyes sweeping up and down Ron�s
body.

�Hmmmmm,� he made a show of
pondering. �And where should I put this one, I wonder? Where
on earth is left on your statuesque
form to put this?�

Ron bit around the gag and groaned when his eyes dipped down
and saw what Severus was looking at, his miraculously already re-grouping
erection.

�Marvellous idea, Weasley,� he smirked, and reached out to
loop the tie into a fairly tight bow at the base of Ron�s cock.

�There�s something wrong here,� he tapped his chin with a
taunting finger, and then the wand made a re-appearance. �Ah,
of course. Can�t have Gryffindor colours at a moment like this� the fact
that you have been caught so wanting against a wall screams excessive Slytherin
cunning��

Severus flicked his wand and Ron watched as the ties morphed
green and silver and the lion became the snake of the Slytherin house. He
groaned as Severus reached forward and grabbed the tie around his neck. �Much
better, Weasley. The green suits you��

Deft fingertips held his cockhead and worked the foreskin.

�Wait here,� Severus instructed and then disappeared into the living room,
which Ron could not see from his position.

Where the fuck am I
going to go? I�m trapped, and I�m half naked, I�m fucking gagging for it, and
my arse is killing me and� Memories of the spanking flooded back and he
groaned, seeing a puddle forming at the tip of his bobbing cock as he
remembered the hard feel of the hand slamming into his arse.

Severus was back in the doorway and looked down at his cock.
�Tut tut, so impatient.�

He bent and swiped it off with his tongue, causing Ron to
moan with want. His arms fell forward as the manacles came away from the wall and
then he was being manhandled through to the bedroom, which had been drastically
changed. Floating candles hovered in the air and sent eerie shadows everywhere.
The duvet and pillows were missing from the bed and all that remained was a
stunningly silky black sheet over the mattress. It was onto that which Ron
found himself careening, and his skin glided over the material.

�On your back,� Severus instructed. �Arms
up over your head.�

Ron complied and groaned when he felt the manacles connect
to the headboard, tugging him upwards. He felt his jeans and pants dragged off
his feet and then his ankles were flung far apart. He felt the cool metal
enclose around his skin and then they too were secured onto the bed.

Trapped, naked, gagged and leaking heavily, Ron thought he
might actually have died and gone to heaven. His eyes followed Severus as he
moved to the side of the bed and began to strip off his clothes, letting them
lay where they fell as the pale body was revealed to the amber candlelight.

�You loof fuffing
amafing,� Ron breathed through the gag, his eyes
falling on the erection demanding all of his attention span.

�I would say the same to you if you did not already know how
positively delicious you look tied there,� Severus slid onto the bed and was
over Ron�s body before the redhead had said a word. He ran his hands over his
ribs and held them tightly.

�Ohgodmph,� Ron arched up as
Severus� thumbs brushed over his nipples causing them to harden.

�Trust me, nobody, especially not them, will help you now,�
Severus smirked, then slid back and set to licking Ron all over again, dragging
the flat of his tongue up the parts of his shaft not covered by the tie, and
sharpening the tip to flick over the once again sopping head. �You really
should control this, it could get you in an awful amount of trouble should you
ever be instructed to withhold your excitement� I can charm this to get
tighter�� he gave a prod at the material encasing the meaty shaft.

Ron groaned and arched up again, his body on sensory overload
once more as it often was when Severus set upon him.

�When I think how I found you,� Severus sat up on his heels and reached into
the air, curling his fingers around one of the candles floating there. �So
scared, so fragile, so desperate to feel and not knowing if you were �allowed�.
It was seeing you break those boundaries,� he moved the candle up so it was
over Ron�s stomach, �That allured you to me the most.�

Ron�s eyes did not leave the candle, he knew what was coming
but he couldn�t quite believe that it was happening to him. Severus caught his
gaze and gave him a cruel little smirk. �Scared?�

Shaking his head defiantly, Ron was still coherent enough to
notice a distinct lack of pain in his ears as he did so.

Another improvement�
well that�s good �OHOHOHOHOHOHMYGOD SEVERUS�

Without warning Severus had tipped the candle and the
scorching wax landed in a sexual dribble just above his navel and Ron�s stomach
immediately bounced with his gasping breath at the pain.

�More?� the word floated in the air.

Communicating with his eyes Ron closed his eyes and let his
head fall back, lifting his body into the air as much as he could to get the
delicious pain back quicker. Severus tipped it again on the other side of the indent.
Ron�s cry was muffled by the gag but it was louder and more desperate than the
first.

�Where do you want it next?� Severus raised an eyebrow,
surprised at the redhead�s willingness for pain. He had done candle wax a
thousand times over, knew the raw sting it left in the skin. In all honesty he
was incredibly surprised that Ron had taken to it.

Ron shrugged as much as he could with his arms tied above
him and Severus laughed at him openly. �You should never leave such a dangerous
decision up to someone as cruel as I am,� Severus advised him. �And this is
your own fault��

With a quick dash of his hand he sent the remaining wax in a
thin trail horizontally across the bound shaft and Ron lost himself in his own
screams and the pain.

It shouldn�t feel this
good, someone hurting me? It shouldn�t� oh�

�I know it is confusing to hurt and yet want more,� Severus
returned the candle to its elevated position then settled on his side next to
the sweating, writhing body. �That is half the point of this, Ron, to not
understand what makes you feel good but to simply enjoy it. Of course the other
half is comprehending
it, but not in the middle of sex.�

Whilst he spoke he wrapped his hand around Ron�s cock and
stroked it almost lovingly, in a way that had Ron groaning continually behind
the gag which was growing soggy from the amount of times he had randomly licked
it.

And I have no idea why
licking it is making me feel hot and sexy but fuck it is� I don�t get anything�
fuck�

�Stop thinking,� Severus caught the pensive look on his face
and abandoned his erection in favour of pinching down hard on a nipple.

�I know you feel out of shape because you have been unable
to run,� Severus smoothed a hand over the wax adorned belly. �But I assure you
that you are every bit as lithe and toned and mind blowing as ever, Ron. You
are almost Olympian� so tall� I remember you being very gangly at Hogwarts� you
filled out remarkably and perfectly in proportion��

Ron muttered something indecipherable which provoked Severus
to reach up and tug the gag out so he could speak.

�Severus I don�t need adoration, I need to be fucked,� Ron
breathed hard, his mouth completely dry. �Please��

Severus crawled up so he was on all fours above him and
looked down, hair falling forward over his shoulders.

�Are you seriously telling me that if you were lucky enough
to capture me in such a submissive
manner you would not have your fun?�

�Let me up and we�ll find out,� Ron smirked up at him.

�Not a chocolate cauldron�s chance in hell,� Severus shook
his head, eyes narrowing with teasing malice. �I should flip you over and spank
the hell out of your backside for such impertinence. And much longer and you�d
be crying Weasley.�

Ron shuddered at the very thought, his cock giving a prominent
leap upwards.

�Very much the pain slut, aren�t we?� Severus raised an
eyebrow in shock. �You really are surprising me, sexy little whore��

�Call me more stuff,� Ron growled.

�Stuff?�

�Call me a whore!� Ron threw his head back, grinning at the
absurdity of his plea.

Severus was on fire inside that he had found someone so
suited to his needs and he grabbed Ron�s body with impassioned hands, lowering
his lips to devour the redhead�s mouth.

�I will call you a whore when you have earned such an attribute,�
he hissed hotly into the shell of his ear.

The next thing Ron knew his arms and legs were free and he
sprang to life, throwing both sets of limbs round the thin form to grapple
Severus closer, all but flattening the man to his body. Immediately Severus
ground his cock forward into Ron�s and they fell into a rhythm of rutting hard
against one another, the heat spurring them to keep thrusting despite the lack
of lubrication.

�I want to suck you,� Ron moaned loudly, the words carrying
up into the bedroom and Severus groaned in response at the thought of hot wet
lips wrapping around him. He rolled onto his back onto the satin sheet and
spread his legs.

�Idiot,� Ron laughed, grabbed Severus� wand and in two
flicks had his hands bound and tied to the headboard. �I can�t believe you fell for that.�

Severus� eyes flew wide at the treachery and he growled out
his next words. �Untie me, now!�

�No can do,� Ron licked the edge of his teeth and then dove
with the speed of a swooping bird of prey and sucked Severus into his mouth.

He licked in short movements, never quite pulling his tongue
away from the heated flesh and nibbled his way up to the tip where he was met
with wet saltiness which contradicted the threats tumbling out of Severus�
mouth.

�If you don�t let me out of this right this second, Weasley,
there will be hell to pay and I will take every.single.inch of imbursement
from your already glowing backside.�

Ron ignored him and flicked along his slit, breathing
heavily to send hot air all the way down the throbbing shaft.

�If you don�t release me right now you will�. Ah!... learn the hard way why I�m dark and, fuck it, twisted!�

Ron sent fingers down to playfully jostle hanging balls and
then kept them going to stroke over rippled skin which clenched to his touch.
He moved suddenly, ducking his head and slackening his jaw to take Severus�
entire length in his mouth and the man arched upward and yelled his pleasure to
the candles.

That�s got to be what,
eight, eight and half inches? Jesus.

And then because he wanted to see what Severus would take
from him, he bared his teeth and dragged them up the cock as he pulled upwards,
snagging skin as he did so.

The howling from above him was more than satisfactory. He
gave a wet French kiss to the tip of the cock and then sat up, wiping his mouth
with a raised eyebrow.

�Let me up,� Severus growled.

�Or what?� Ron reached for the
fallen gag and tugged it off his head. �You know, you�re far too mouthy,
Severus. Good thing you gave me the ammunition with which to do something about
that little problem��

�You dare put that thing on me!� Severus threw his head to the side but his
arms were strung so tightly he could barely move and Ron had the material in
his mouth in an indecently short amount of time. He reached for the wand again.

�So. Hmmmmm.
A Gryffindor lion caught a Slytherin snake�� He tapped the wand against his
lips, which were curved into a smirk every bit as devilish as Severus� had
been; he changed the tie back to its original hue. He left the others on his
body. �You look so hot lying there, Severus, so fuckable��
he trailed the wand down the man�s chest and produced a hot trail of
lubrication down the shaft when it reached it. He let it dribble everywhere and
lubed up the man�s balls for no reason other than it
would feel good. �But I think sometimes the tables have to be turned, right?�

He grabbed Severus� legs and threw them deftly up over his
shoulder, dragging the thin body half off the bed. He reached out and grabbed a
handful of arse in each of his palms and dug his nails in, separating and
kneading the cheeks.

�I�m not the only whore in the room, Severus� will you be a
good little whore for me and come all over your belly when I spank you?�

There was a muffled whimper and Ron threw his head back and
kissed along an ankle bone and dripped down beneath the arch of foot. He gave
it a few teasing licks before he shifted sideways, pushing Severus� legs down
to his body and keeping them bent tight enough at the knee to keep him slightly
lifted, exposing enough of his arse.

Running a large, smooth hand over his intended target, Ron
turned back to look at Severus� face and the man�s eyes widened with desire and
shock realising that Ron wanted to see his facial expressions when he was
struck, something that Ron had not had to suffer.

Cruel, clever sadistic
redheaded bastard� Severus was nearly out of his mind with lust at the way
Ron had taken control over him and, as a man who had come from far less than
spanking in his time, knew he�d be dripping in his own come in possibly mere
seconds.

Ron felt the power surge through his arm and he slapped his
palm down hard, listening to the resounding crack, feeling the sting in his own
skin and watching the way Severus� face contorted in pleasure and he begged for
more behind his gag.

�What was that?� Ron asked him in a low baritone. He smacked
again and the shout was higher, more desperate. He saw the reddened, straining
state of Severus� erection and was caught breathless by the desperation.

He aimed his next strike dangerously close to clipping
Severus� balls and the man howled behind the tie-gag, tensed all of his muscles
and spurted come up over his stomach and chest, almost sobbing at the release
Ron had brought crashing down upon him.

Ron fell back on the bed, his mouth open in shock and his
own heavy and unsated erection dipping down to leave
a wet trail on the satin sheet. Severus was still gasping and mewling, his
entire body shuddering. Reaching forward with a slightly shaking �not to mention stinging!-
hand, Ron freed up Severus� mouth.

�You�d better know how to run fast, Weasley,� he spat
ferociously. �And I mean fast. When I get my hands on you I�m going to bugger
you so hard you�ll see stars and I fucking mean it��

Ron couldn�t resist the provocation and he threw himself off
the bed, nearly crashing headfirst into the wall in his clumsiness when the
glossed sheets propelled him a little faster than he had intended. Grabbing the
wand he made sure he was out of the doorway before he even raised it and then
he dispelled all of the charms and legged it.

This place is too
fucking small! Fuck!

Not that Ron really wanted to escape the promised fuck. He
didn�t try very hard and Severus� hands were on him in seconds, rough and
demanding, forcing him to move under their will and the tie was yanked from his
cock. He found himself thrown into the bathroom and over the sink where he was
faced with the ugly reality of his sweaty red face in the mirror.

�I want to see yourself as you�re fucked, whore,� Severus
hissed in his ear as two fingers, wonderfully slick, stabbed into his passage.

Oh my sweet gods he�s
never been this rough ever, oh god more� fuck!

�More!� Ron choked out, grabbing hold of the sink and
letting his head drop to look at the basin and there were immediately bites at
the nape of his neck.

The fingers were plunging in and out of him without care or
attention and soon they were gone and he felt the much blunter sensation of
Severus� cock pushing apart his arse cheeks and then he was breached, every bit
as roughly as the fingers had moved.

His hips were encased in fingers cutting into his skin,
surely bruising and he felt sore and abused already �but he didn�t care.
Severus plunged the rest of the way into him with one more thrust and they both
gasped, Ron doubly to the point because the movement made his weeping cock
smack into the icy cold porcelain of the sink. Severus immediately latched onto
the fact and held the sensitive skin to the glazed finish, rubbing it back and
forth until Ron could take no more.

�Stop gods Severus please fucking stop�. Ohh.. ohhh
fuck fuck fuck yes!�

Severus did stop
making him rub against the fittings but he replaced the sensation with an
ungodly pounding which snatched every last particle of oxygen from Ron�s lungs
and he caught sight of himself in the mirror, face twisted in lust, hair flying
everywhere and he groaned in embarrassment.

�Look at yourself, whore,� Severus whispered. �Look at your
eyes, look at your mouth, look how every single part of you begs for my cock to
fuck you��

�Fuck I can�t,� Ron looked away but somehow his eyes were
drawn back to the mirror and he found himself fascinated in a grotesque way
with the look on his face, the look which said �I am being thoroughly fucked
senseless and loving every single second�. Sweat matted his fringe and he saw
Severus behind him, equally red faced and dripping.

�What are you?� Severus asked him, prising one hand off his
hip to grab hold of Ron�s erection again.

Ron couldn�t answer; there was no breath with which to do so
in his lungs.

�Tell me what you are!�

�A whore,� Ron threw his head back as Severus found a new
angle and thrashed his prostrate like a drum.

�Whose whore?� the words were low and dangerous and Ron knew
then that everything had been Severus� way of expressing his jubilation of
Ron�s rejection of his ex.

There was no stopping the orgasm unfurling in the pit of his
belly and Ron fought to get the words out as he was pounded from behind and he tried
to gain control of his cock.

�Come for me,� Severus instructed. �Whose whore are you?�

�I�m your fucking whore!� he screamed in desperation, threw his head back and
came for all he was worth, bucking his hips and holding his breath so that it
came out in choked gasps when Severus continued to pound into him and he could
no longer hold onto the air.

�Oh god,� Severus jerked off rhythm and then manically
thrust into Ron�s body, losing his tightly held control at the animalistic
grunts Ron had released.

Severus gripped tighter than he had ever gripped Ron before,
unleashing the terrifying strength that he had always retained within his
muscles which only ever rarely saw the light of day. Ron thought he felt a bone
crack as the man thrust into him five more times, choking out his own words of
shock and filth.

Ron locked his arms straight against the sink and knew he
was right to have done so when Severus suddenly sagged against him, burying his
face in sweaty red hair and breathing hard.

�Oh god,� he muttered. �Oh � you��

�I am calling a new tradition,� Ron panted, closing his
eyes. �Halloween Night is a night for that.
I am going to be fucking bruised all over in the morning, Severus, and I don�t
give a damn!�

He gave a hoarse cry of joy and fell to panting again. He
pushed back and Severus clung tightly to his body and Ron knew what he was
going to have to do. It was lucky he was in good shape, not that Severus
particularly weighed much with not an ounce of fat on him. But he was tall and
bones had to weigh something, Ron grabbed him around the waist as Severus flung
an arm around his shoulders.

Pleased with how easily he lifted the weight on shaking
legs, Ron carried Severus to the bedroom and let him tumble gently onto the
silk sheets, where he instantly spread out and flung his limbs wide, still
groaning in the aftermath. Ron curled up alongside him, one of his hands
resting on Severus� stomach and the other snaking beneath his neck.

They met in a tentative kiss.

�I need a lie down,� Severus whispered wheezily.

�Ungh,� Ron moaned, letting his
eyelids flutter shut.

When Ron awoke, he was alone in the flickering light of the
candles, still floating high up in the room. The smooth sheet was wrapped
around him like a cocoon and he stretched languidly, throwing his arms out in
front of him and his legs behind, really feeling the stretch in his midsection.

Then he rolled sideways and set his feet on the floor,
pulling the sheet with him to wrap around his body, tucking it beneath his arms
as he stumbled sleepily into the living room, which was dark.

�Severus?� he called out blearily, looking into the kitchen.

He froze seeing the beautiful sight in front of him. The
light was off and the back door open, and Severus sat with his back to him on the
doorstep, seemingly wrapped in an identical sheet, wine glass in hand, looking
up at the sky, lit only by two floating candles. He didn�t appear to have heard
Ron�s call.

Padding into the kitchen Ron shivered in the cool air. �What
are you doing, Severus? You�ll get ill,� he said worriedly.

�There�s some wine on the side for you,� Severus said in
quiet, content tone which filled Ron with glowing warmth.

He picked up his glass and moved to stand behind Severus who
instantly shifted up and patted the space next to him, never dragging his eyes
from the sky. Ron sat with the cold creeping up his bare shins. Taking a sip of
wine he peered upward.

�You do get that it�s cloudy, right?� Ron whispered sideways
and Severus� dark laugh rumbled out of the little passageway
and up into the garden.

�I wasn�t really looking at anything in particular,� Severus
turned to him with a smile. �Just looking.�

�And thinking about�?� Ron smiled into the red liquid.

�You, of course,� Severus licked his lips.

�Must get boring thinking of the same person�� Ron nudged
him with his shoulder.

�I was thinking how� what we just did. How it set me alight,
Ron��

�Mm, me too,� images flashed through Ron�s mind in a
pornographic replay. �This cold step is really good for my arse, by the way.�

�Does it hurt much?� Severus turned to him, grimacing.

�I�ve had worse,� Ron winked. �But not from spanking, I�ll
admit.�

�Can I ask you something?� Severus murmured.

�Anything you want.�

�Why was it okay for me to call you a whore in the bedroom,
Ron, but�last month when we fought it most definitely was not?�

�Because in the bedroom I don�t mind being a whore because
it�s just bullshit, really, isn�t it? Just sex talk?� Ron answered truthfully.
�We get carried away on how good it feels and being called that there make me
feel sexy. But when you accused me of it and meant it� that was very different. That hurt. It never hurts in the
bedroom, it just spurs me on. Time and a place and all that.�

�You�re beautiful provoked,� Severus gave him a small smirk.

�And so are you,� Ron waggled his eyebrows suggestively.

They fell silent, listening to the sounds of the night
garden settling in. The air was crisp and cool to Ron�s lungs and it purged him
of the scents of sex and sweat which he had fallen asleep lovingly wrapped up
in.

�How come we�re not still both asleep after such a marathon
session?� Ron asked, taking another mouthful.

�I woke up, rolled over and you were lying there, looking borderline angelic� I was too awake then to stay in bed.�

�I missed you,� Ron looked down at the concrete step
freezing his feet. �I can always tell when you�re not beside me in the bed and
that woke me up.�

�Does it feel the same for you� that we have only shared a
bed for the past few months and yet it feels like we have done so forever? I
cannot imagine my bed without you in it now.�

Ron reached out and laced their fingers together, squeezing
tightly. He took another slurp of wine and thought about the evening which had
transpired.

�I can�t believe she came back like that,� he laughed
suddenly. �I honestly can�t� or that she expected me to just take her back.
Just proves that she really did think I was just a stupid prick, eh?�

�Thankfully I will not make the same mistake,� Severus took
a mouthful of his own drink and looked purposefully up into the garden.

�She would have killed me if she knew what I plan to do
tomorrow,� Ron exhaled.

�Oh?� Severus frowned.

�I�m going to go and see Kingsley and resign,� Ron said
thoughtfully.

Severus looked at him, Ron was surprised
at the lack of shock on the pale face. �This has been a long time coming� even
at Christmas, the very first night we spent together, you were considering
quitting��

�I figure if, nine months later, I still want out, I should
listen, right?� Ron swallowed hard. �I know I�m restless because I�m not
patrolling but it started before that� I suppose I don�t want to fight for a
living any more, if that makes sense?�

�Perfect sense�� Severus nodded. �Just
like I could never go back to teaching.

Ron nodded his understanding and fell silent, enjoying the
brisk air.

�What will we do for money?� Severus� voice was so quiet Ron
had to strain to hear it.

�Well� George is always begging me to go and work with him.
I figure whilst I�m finding my feet, hunting out something I really want to do, he can use the help�
it fits, you know? I know I can do it because I�ve done it before. His main
assistant told him this week she�s leaving because she�s pregnant. And in the
run up to Christmas it�ll be full on��

�If that is what you want, then I will support you,� Severus
assured him. �There are so many talents you harbour, Ron, you could do anything
you wanted. Having seen you with Victoire at your parents� I am tempted to tell
you to take the teaching route� I doubt many men could keep a giggling seven
year old safely upright on a broomstick without broken limbs ensuing��

�See, I could do that� or I could go and offer my services
to the Auror training programme, put them through the wringer like we were��

�A world of possibilities at your feet,� Severus agreed.

�But if you don�t think I should resign, please say,
Severus. We are a unit now, after all.�

�I will not be the burden, Ron, that stops you from
following your mind to what you want, so do not ask me to be. This is your
decision, and whichever you make I will be there.�

�I�m quitting,� Ron smiled up at the garden, with very
little pause.

�Time to move on,� Severus reassuringly squeezed his hand.
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