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Severus stretched out with a feline-like purr and turned his
head on the pillow to look out at the darkening spring sky. The bed was warm
and comfortable and he completely naked, Ron was beside him in the same
glorious natural state.

Looking back to the dozing redhead, Severus reached up and
rested his hands behind his head, sinking his fingers into his own inky black
hair and scratching. He groaned again.

�What?� Ron muttered sleepily.

�Nothing,� Severus whispered. �Go back to sleep.�

�Not if you�re going to keep waking me up with your best
bloody cat impressions,� Ron raised his head and blinked blearily at Severus
with a lopsided smile.

Severus rolled his eyes and looked up at the ceiling, not
surprised when he felt Ron shift into his side. Feeling totally relaxed and at
peace with the world, Ron pressed a kiss into the curling black fuzz in
Severus� exposed armpit.

�Time?� he yawned.

�Around half past seven, I�d guess.�

�I love having you around, who needs a watch when you�ve got your own personal
sundial?�

�I�m delighted you�ve found such a beneficial use for my
presence,� Severus told him wryly, his snark waking up along with his brain.

Ron smiled and reached up to kiss him, smoothing one hand
over his naked chest beneath the sheets. �You know I have plenty of other
beneficial uses for you�� He let the hand slide down over the trim stomach and
let his fingers entwine into the wiry curls providing a pillow for a rather
prominent morning erection. �Lots of uses, in fact��

Severus gave a derisive snort and kissed Ron again, enjoying
the feel of fingernails raking across his pubic mound. His spine shivered with
pleasure.

�Four months and you still nearly lose it when I touch you,�
Ron whispered, looking at Severus as he bent his head to place a kiss on his
stretched up arm. �I like that.�

�Has it really been so long?� Severus raised his eyebrows in
surprise.

After the first month had passed without trouble, they had
settled down into a life and routine which neither could call unpleasant. They
were lonely, and isolated, but living with each other became so much easier
than they ever could have imagined that they did not notice their solitude as
much as they should have. Ron knew not to expect decent conversation near the
time the dawn broke, or to allow Severus near alcohol when he was tired, and
Severus in turn knew that Ron needed to be woken up gently or a bad mood ensued
for the rest of the day and that onions made him ill.

�Yeah, yesterday,� Ron breathed softly, raising his index
finger to stroke part of the meaty erection still waiting for attention.

�Time has moved on fast,� Severus gave him a small smile. �For me, anyway.�

�And me,� Ron assured him with another kiss. �If I�d known life would be
as easy as bumming around a flat in Paris
living a charmed existence I�d never have bothered going back to school in the
first place.�

Ron ducked as Severus swiped for the side of his head and
laughed. He saw his opportunity and disappeared beneath the sheets, kissing his
way down the pale ribcage, shifting over to dip his tongue in Severus� navel,
then settling in between his legs.

�It�s not like you aren�t earning your keep,� Severus� low
voice travelled perfectly through the sheets and Ron laughed, causing hot
tendrils of breath to curl around the cock in front of him, which twitched
excitedly.

Quickly growing hot beneath the bedcovers, Ron immediately
slid Severus halfway into his mouth before dragging back off again to lick at
the tip. Four months had told him exactly how Severus liked to receive blow jobs
and it was with his advanced knowledge that Ron deftly had the man groaning in
mere minutes. He felt hands pressing onto his head through the bed covers and
grinned around his mouthful of cock, sucking a little harder to reward his
vampire for his precaution. In his hand he was gently rolling a heated pair of
balls and gave them a tug when he tasted pre-come on his tongue.

�Oh so that�s how you�re operating today?� Severus� hiss was
louder than usual.

Ron licked and tugged again as a very obvious answer and the
resultant growl made him burn with his own want, but he ignored it as he
continued to make dinner of his lover. Hands still pressed onto his head and
his breathing was ragged from the humidity in the tented space and when
Severus� thighs trembled in a tell-tale sign of approaching climax, Ron was
glad. His fringe was stuck to his forehead and his lips were stinging with
overuse.

Above the sheets, Severus hardly looked any more dignified.
His hands were firm on Ron�s head and his teeth were clenched in a tilted back
head as his redheaded assailant licked, sucked and nipped him towards an
evening orgasm which would be a perfect start to his day.

�Ffffuuuuck,� Severus growled loudly, jerking as he
tightened and spilled into Ron�s wanting mouth. �Take
it all down, slut.�

Ron groaned at the insult and swallowed diligently, licking
away every last morsel of come that pumped out of the older man. It was a taste
he�d come to love as much as the man it came from, though he�d never admitted
that to Severus �he�d always had the feeling he�d be laughed at for doing so.

Cleaning up the leftover mess, Ron lingered beneath the bed
sheets a while longer, kissing where he felt like before flopping over onto his
back and reaching for his own straining cock.

Severus saw him through the sheets and cruelly ripped them
off so the cool air of the room assaulted the hot nineteen-year-old.

�What are you doing?�

�Nothing,� Ron smiled serenely with his eyes closed.

Severus was kneeling over him on all fours in seconds and
murmured, �Well that doesn�t particularly look like �nothing��

�I�m not even allowed to touch myself any more?� Ron raised
an eyebrow and opened his eyes.

�Only when I am otherwise engaged,� Severus told him in a
whisper, before he engaged Ron in a kiss.

�I don�t think I like that rule,� Ron shook his head with an
apologetic hissing grimace.

�Tough,� Severus smirked, tracing one finger around a
nipple. �I make the rules, remember, Mr. Weasley?�

�Oh, I�ve not heard that for a while,� Ron scoffed with a laugh. �You think
you�re so bloody intimidating��

�Am I not?� Severus drawled.

�Absolutely not,� Ron giggled. �Not for a long time. I love
you too much to be intimidated by you��

�Then I think we�ll have to change that,� Severus dropped
and latched his mouth around the nipple instead, biting down into the puckered
flesh with fair pressure, making Ron gasp. �Yes� a little bit of pain always
makes you think differently,� Severus lapped at it a few times when he had
broken off the reddened nub. �You must remember that you are still my
submissive, even though we love one another��

�And what do you plan on doing to make sure the message is
firmly cemented in my brain?� Ron asked as Severus licked a trail down his
abdomen.

�Sadly for you, nothing at this moment,� Severus smirked.
�As you have plans in roughly half an hour.�

�I�ll cancel,� Ron muttered instantly. �I don�t need to go��

�You made plans and you will not cancel them merely to
receive sexual gratification.�

�Seeeev,� Ron whined, before he remembered that whining
would only cement his fate further. �I don�t want to go; I want to stay here
with you��

�And do what, hmm?� Severus teased him, gently tracing his
nose over the form of Ron�s.

�Fuck,� Ron pleaded with his eyes.

�As tempting as you are,� Severus kissed his lips gently,
�And as much as I would like nothing better than to flip you over, drench your
back with kisses and plunge into your backside, Bridge hates being stood up. So. You will go. I will be here when you get back. We have
all the time in the world to fuck one another senseless��

�I look forward to it,� Ron smiled up at him, bringing his
hands up to sink into Severus� sleep-tousled hair.

Groaning at the touch, Severus returned his smile and hummed
with contentment. �I need coffee. And food.�

�Get off me then and I�ll make you breakfast,� Ron rolled
his eyes.

�That was not a hint,� Severus got up off him anyway,
reaching for the bath robe draped precariously over the end of the bed, where
he�d left it the night before.

Ron smiled as he watched the thin man slip into the silk and
sat up, eyes sweeping up the slender form which had, he was pleased to note,
filled out slightly since they had arrived in Paris. Severus looked healthier in every
sense, his skin had a glow to it, his hair was thicker and shinier and he just
looked, in Ron�s eyes, the image of perfection.

�Stop it,� Severus chastised him feeling ever uncomfortable
under Ron�s adoring gaze, and pulled the belt of the robe shut. �And put some
bloody clothes on, whore.�

Ron gave a tut and heaved himself
off the bed, reaching for his clothes as Severus left he bedroom. Outside their
window the city was bustling in the dying embers of sunlight and Ron was quite
glad he had an excuse to take a walk.

When he was dressed, minus outerwear, he walked into the
living room and drooled at the scent of coffee wafting from the kitchenette.
Wandering over to wrap his arms around Severus from behind, he enjoyed the
shiver he evoked through his body and smoothed his hands over the silk.

�Are you trying to
make me lace your coffee with semen?� Severus grumbled, inwardly wishing he
could control himself more successfully when Ron touched him.

�It�d be interesting,� Ron gave a snort into his neck and
kissed it. �But no, I�ve had my fill for the morning. That reminds me, you need
a drink.�

�I�ll do it when you come back,� Severus dismissed. �It�d be rather cruel to
get you aroused again and then send you out into the city with a raging
hard-on� who knows what trouble you might meet there?�

�There�s that tasty brothel in the coven I thought I�d give
a visit,� Ron rolled his eyes at the very suggestion he�d go looking for
another partner.

There was a loud bang as Severus set down what he had been
holding and he whirled round, grabbing Ron tightly.

�How many times, my nature does not accept humour about such
a situation?�

�Your �nature� or your jealous
side?� Ron blinked.

�They are one and the same,� Severus raised an eyebrow. �As you well know. Do not try me.�

�You know I�m faithful to you,� Ron said with an angry bite
to his tone. �You know I would never cheat on you� those two creeps in the
coven cornered me and I couldn�t fight them, Sev, you know that��

Severus heaved a sigh and had to acknowledge that Ron was
right. His redhead seemed superbly loyal, and the two vampires that had set
upon him three months before had outnumbered him and pressed their advantage.
Ron had never given any hint that he enjoyed what they had done to him. Severus
recalled his scared wide eyes from that night and knew he was being ridiculous.

�I know,� he finally said, very quietly. �But I cannot
always fight down the natural impulses.�

�You�re doing brilliantly,� Ron gave him a soft smile. �I know I shouldn�t ask
you for more.�

�How do you mean?� Severus stepped away to return to the
breakfast preparation he�d begun.

�Well, you�re much more� you�re relaxed,� Ron said
carefully. �And you�re very protective of me but you�re getting better at
loosening the choke chain��

�Because you would undoubtedly grow to hate me, now you have
found your feet in the city, if I did not,� Severus reasoned. �I am not
completely inadaptable.�

�No, but the first month I could barely breathe� and now it�s comfortable, and
I feel sort of� blessed with the opportunity we were given.�

�Even though you almost had to give up your right arm to have
it?� Severus sliced open a croissant.

�Even so,� Ron murmured, turning to look out of the window.
�I don�t think I could ever go back to life in England now� not now I have you,
and my independence.�

�You mean you did not feel independent in England?�

�God, no. Between my mother and
Hermione� my life was being run for me. And I let them do it because I didn�t
know how to stop them. But here� I can get up when I
want. I could go out and get whatever job I wanted��

�As long as you stay out of the burlesque halls, lap dancing clubs and whoring
alleys,� Severus interrupted him.

Ron laughed. �I don�t think you�ve got anything to worry
about, like anyone would pay to see me wriggle about half dressed.�

�I�d pay,� Severus threw him a grin. �But I�m lucky enough to get it all for
free.�

He turned and handed Ron a mug and plate, which the redhead
took and sat at the dining table.

�So�� Severus tried to think of a way to sensitively put
what he wanted to ask. �Are you telling me that if we ever could, you wouldn�t
want to return to England?�

Ron chewed on his mouthful, thinking on his answer. �Not to
live there,� he said quietly. �And most definitely not without you��

�But your family?� Severus joined him at the table.

�My family�� Ron sighed. �Look. I�ve just woken up. Do we
have to talk about this now?�

�No,� Severus picked up his coffee mug. �You only give me
that answer every single time they�re brought up though, regardless of the time
of day��

�I do not,� Ron protested, but Severus just stared at him
and Ron slumped in the chair. �Alright, maybe I do. It�s hard to talk about
them because I can�t ever see being able to work my two separate lives
together.�

�Two separate lives?� Severus questioned with a frown.

�Yeah,� Ron shrugged. �My life with you and my old life with
them. Both are bound to be full of trouble and I don�t know how I could
cope with that��

�What troubles do you anticipate with me?�

Ron looked at him calculatingly. �Oh, well, for starters,
you�re a vampire, and immortal, and I am not. I�m not saying I want to be
changed, so don�t start,� he waved a finger when Severus opened his mouth to
speak. �But it will be an issue,
though probably not until I surpass you in age��

�Why only then?� Severus swallowed a mouthful of croissant,
wishing it was blood.

�Well as you kept on telling me, at some point I�m going to
want more, to be like you� and I don�t think you�d ever give me that, would
you?�

Severus looked at him. �Not now. Maybe when you were older,
when you�ve� lived life a little more...�

�A life with you,� Ron smiled softly.

�Not with your family?�

�If I can�t have you together, then Sev, I know what I�d choose,� Ron shrugged.
�And that�s you.�

Severus couldn�t fight the warm feeling those words imparted
on his soul, but he had to wonder if Ron truly meant what he said. When faced
with leaving his family again, if it came to it, would the redhead manage to
succeed?

�I know what you�re thinking,� Ron sighed, ripping a chunk
of the sweet pastry off and fiddling with it. �That I�m saying all this with no
real idea if I could actually do it or not?�

�You�ve got me,� Severus said with a shy smile.

�I didn�t know if I could do this, either,� Ron motioned
between them. �You told me I wouldn�t be able to handle you, or living with
you�� He dunked the pastry in his coffee and ate it before it could drip all
over the place.

�Merlin, please don�t do that in public,� Severus watched
him commit culinary blasphemy before continuing their conversation. �I know,
and I will be honest and admit you�ve never stopped surprising me with your
maturity and capability. Not to say you don�t act like a complete brat every
now and then.�

�If you�re going to bring up that night at Sacre Couer,
there were too many steps,� Ron protested.

�Yes but, if you notice, I
did not stamp my foot with frustration and fall over a pigeon during my juvenile
tantrum.�

�Well� look, that�s not what we were talking about,� he
huffed as Severus smirked.

�So would you just like to stay here in Paris? Or we could move on elsewhere?�
Severus mused, tapping the mug against his lips as he thought.

�I like it here,� Ron considered aloud. �And I�m getting
better with my French� and your friends are here.�

�Yes, but if you wanted to move on, I would not see them as an obstacle.�

�We have a life here,� Ron said simply. �I don�t want it
gone before it has to be.�

�Okay,� Severus conceded. �But if you ever feel the need to
spread your wings a bit, do not assume that I would say no. You are young; you
must be tempted with the idea of travelling?�

�Sort of, sort of not,� Ron shrugged. �Maybe Italy but it�ll
be too sunny and hot for you, you�ll be asleep all the time and that�s no fun.�

�Well, after a while blending into a magical community again
would be simple. I could brew my old potions and then we could revert to a
normal schedule.�

�It�d be weird to be out in daylight,� Ron laughed, drinking
his coffee. �Fuck, I�m late,� he caught sight of the clock. He got to his feet
and stuffed his remaining croissant inside his mouth whole.

�I am never sure whether to feel blessed or disgusted by the
size of your mouth,� Severus cocked his head to the side with a sultry smile.

�You sounded pretty blessed about half hour ago,� Ron jumped into his boots and
smirked.

�Well, quite,� Severus took another mouthful.

�And your cock was bigger than the croissant,� Ron added,
grabbing his jacket and watching as Severus spat his mouthful of coffee out
ungracefully as he laughed at the crude comment.

�Tut tut,� Ron leant over him, seeing coffee dripping off
the refined man�s chin. �And there was me thinking you were so very well
mannered� dribbling, Severus?�

With a wide smile he ducked and kissed the coffee tainted
lips, swiping his tongue against them and gently rubbing his nose to Severus�. �Back
later mon amour.�

Severus wiped the coffee off his chin with a nauseatingly
slushy grin on his face as the flat door closed behind Ron.

***

�You�re doing very well,� Bridgette grinned at him, closing
the cover of the book she was using to tutor him in French. �Much better than
when we started.�

�It�s easier now,� Ron took a mouthful of his drink, and
swept his blonde fringe out of his eyes.

�How�s Severus?� Bridgette smiled. �Haven�t
seen him for a few days. I must confess I love having him around again.
I have mentored many but he has always been a favourite.�

�Because he�s so challenging?� Ron smirked.

�I�m not going to deny that is part of his appeal,�
Bridgette laughed and signalled to the waiter for their bill. �But no� his
sarcasm is rather amusing and he is amazing at intellectual debating.�

�I wouldn�t know,� Ron shrugged. �I suppose I�m a bit of a
disappointment to him there��

�You seemed to be rather apt at intellectually debating the
pros and cons of paralytic stunning spells last week,� she rummaged in her
purse for change.

�Nah,� Ron shrugged. �Let me help you with that.� He pulled
out his wallet and cursed as it fell out of his hands, and landed open. He bent
to get it but a hand beat him there and picked it up.

The waiter looked at the identity card which sat in the
wallet, carrying a picture of him with red hair and his full name, age and eye
colour. They were another invention of the Ministry�s after the war �and the
card was tainted with his magical signature, as well as his physical one. He
did not comment but it set Ron�s heart pounding as the man handed it back to
him with a smile and put the bill down between them, before walking off.

�Have you got a ten? I�ve only got a twenty,� Bridgette was
still in her purse, not having noticed the way that the waiter had seen Ron�s
very magical proof of identification.

�Uh, yeah, sure,� Ron slipped out a ten euro note and set it
on the little folder. �It�s probably my turn to pay anyway.�

�Can�t have you boys running out of funds,� she shook her head. �I am
incredibly rich.�

�And so modest,� Ron threw her a smirk and pushed back his chair, forcing his
worry to the back of his mind and the wallet into his pocket. �Fancy a walk
along the river? It�s a nice night.�

�No, I�ve got to get back,� she said disappointedly. �We�re
going out tonight and I need to get ready. You�ll be okay by yourself, though?�

��Course,� Ron shrugged and got up. �Same
time next week?�

�As ever,� she rolled her eyes. �You�re a weird one, Ron.�

They walked outside and Ron was suddenly surprised when
Bridgette pulled him into a friendly embrace. His shock must have registered on
his face because when she pulled back, she coloured slightly and launched into
an explanation.

�I�m sorry,� she shifted her bag on her shoulder. �That�s
just how I say goodbye to my friends and I forgot who I was with for a moment.�

�You think of me as a friend?� Ron smiled at her, loving the way her cheeks
flushed even redder.

�You�re one of those horrible bastards that loves to see a pretty girl blush,
aren�t you?�

�The effect would be a lot nicer if I didn�t know what you were like on your
off days,� Ron winked.

�Are you asking for a slap?� her tinkling laughed danced
along the Parisian pavement.

Ron just laughed. �Take care, Bridgette.�

�And you. See you soon.�

They parted in opposite directions and Ron shoved his hands
in his pocket, enjoying the night air. They weren�t situated far from the river
and he turned down one of the alleyways to take him to the water. The little
lane was quiet and his footsteps echoed along the cobbled stones, which
reminded him of the streets of Magical London. The thought of England made
his stomach tense and he sped up, eager to get home to Severus for a night of
cuddling on the sofa in front of the television and hopefully the orgasm he�d
been denied before he left.

That thought made him smile as his prick twitched in his
underwear, ever ready for sex where Severus was concerned. Where it had once
felt new and awkward to be sexual with the raven haired man, Ron had grown to
find it the ultimate source of comfort. A bad mood could be chased away with
all manner of sins and he loved each and every one.

God� that night in the
bath� that was fucking amazing� He swallowed the sudden thickness in his
throat remembering the night that Severus had pounced on him in the middle of a
very bubbly and girly candle-lit bath and they had dirtied the bathwater at
least five times over.

At least he waited
until the next morning to take the piss out of me for being-

His mental train was abruptly cut off by the sound of loud
hurrying footsteps behind him. His shoulders tensed and then he saw someone
step out in front of him and he had to work hard to stop in time so that he did
not collide with the figure blocking his way. The footsteps behind him ceased
and he tried to remain calm, despite the fact it looked like he had been herded
into position.

�Take what you want,� he said loudly, knowing he had barely
anything of consequence for thieves to take, and his wand was concealed where it
always was, up the sleeve of his jacket.

Severus had decided that they should carry their wands
whilst out in the city for protection, even though using them was to be a last
resort. That night was the first time Ron had ever even had to consider it.

�We don�t want your money,� the voice was low and it chilled
Ron�s insides.

There was no time to react as the person from behind grabbed
him and threw him face first into a shadowed part of the alley, and pressed
into him. Ron�s cheek grazed painfully against the rough brick and he gasped as
his arm was bent up behind his back. And then, if he wasn�t terrified enough,
the man holding him uttered two words which made him nearly vomit with fear
then and there.

�Finite incantatem.�

The tickling on Ron�s neck told him is fake appearance was
completely gone and he was himself again in public for the first time since
leaving England.

�It�s him,� the other spoke, but as if they didn�t believe
their own eyes, Ron felt the back of his jacket and shirt lift up and knew his
only other distinguishing feature was on display �his tattoo of the Fire Imp.

Damn and fuck you to
hell, Harry, you�re the only fucking person that knew about that. How could
you?

�And, of course�� The man grabbed his unbent arm, roughly
poked up his sleeve, and dragged Ron�s wand out.

�Well fucking hell, we finally caught him,� the man holding
Ron breathed. �I can�t believe it.�

Ron cringed internally at his stupidity in leaving his
identity card in the wallet. He thought back to the way the waiter had looked
at him and wanted to moan. And then his brain flew into action.

Oh my God, what if
they�ve got Severus? He would have been a sitting duck,
he might not even have had his wand on him�

Strength unrivalled blossomed through him with the fear of
Severus being hurt whilst he was not there, and Ron managed to buck backwards,
dislodging the man�s grip on his arm. He whirled round and kneed the first thing
he could make contact with which was, unluckily for the man holding his wand, a
crotch. An uttered curse and a stumble was all Ron needed to lunge for his
wand, which he then turned on the other man, sending a deft stunning spell. He
tumbled to the cobbles and Ron sent the other wizard the same way.

Breaths rising in a panicked fashion, he stepped back,
thinking on his next move.

Severus. You have to
get to Severus. Ron instantly raised his wand to prepare for apparition
when a nasty thought struck him.

Severus would probably
tell me to run and get as far away as I possibly can� The thought was
abhorrent to Ron and he chased it away immediately, sickened with himself. No. If he has left me then I�ll deal with
that when it comes.

He focussed on the alleyway outside their flat and turned
into the spot, praying to Merlin that his magic was strong enough from being
pent up for four months to carry him all the way without splinching himself.

His feet slapped into the concrete again and he forced his
eyes open too early, stumbling into the bricked wall but all he recognised was
the horror of the light of the stairwell spilling out into the alley, the door
clearly having been blasted off it�s hinges. Not caring whether he was walking
into a trap or what he might find in their apartment, Ron threw himself at breakneck speed into climbing the stairs.

�Monsieur! Je
suis tr�s, tr�s d�sol�!� Claude floated
with him up the steps and began babbling in worried French that Ron didn�t have
the time to try and decipher as a painful stitch developed in his side.

He heard voices from above and gripped his wand as he raced
up the last flight of stairs and threw himself into their flat, looking wildly
about. There was a blur to his right and he nearly screamed and hexed the body
which slammed into him before he recognised Severus� scent.

�Thank God you�re alright,� the older man breathed and
wrapped his arms tightly around him.

�Sev, they�ve-�

�I know,� was the desperately whispered reply. �There was
nothing I could do��

�Let go of one another, now,� a hard voice commanded and Ron
was glad when Severus completely disobeyed the order. �Look,� it tried again.
�I have a warrant for your arrest if you do not co-operate, Snape, and an order
to bring him in for questioning.�

�What?� Ron frowned, stepping apart from Severus only to get
a better look at their assailant. �What do you mean, you can only arrest him if
he doesn�t co-operate?�

Ron had assumed that the abduction claim had been filed and
that was why they were chasing them. But if they could only arrest Severus if
he proved difficult, Ron didn�t understand what was going on.

�Believe me, it�s not what I wanted,� the auror snarled.
�But the Wizengamot didn�t seem to think an abduction claim stood up with the
evidence of your stupidity, Weasley. You left no trace but it was very obvious
you�d left willingly.�

�So� he hasn�t been charged with abducting me?� Ron blinked,
relief washing through him. Severus would be safe.

�No,� a second voice spoke up, and Ron whirled round to see
another auror leaning in the spot which was usually his, where he sipped on his
tea before he went to bed and looked at the glittering Tower. �Somehow in all
of this, Snape seems to have gotten off scot free. Amazing what being an
ex-Death Eater will do for you.�

�Shut up,� Ron snarled.

�Threatening me?� the auror laughed. �You�re certainly brave,
Weasley, I�ll give you that.�

Ron felt a spell wash over his body and turned to look at
the other auror again.

�Amazing,� he breathed. �He�s not changed you.�

�No, I am one hundred percent wizard,� Ron threw him a nasty glare. �Not that
it would be any of your damned business if I wasn�t.�

�Oh, it would most certainly be our business,� the aurors laughed together and
Ron bristled.

�If you have anything you want to bring with you, then you
might as well pack it now. We�ve alerted everyone of
your whereabouts, you cannot escape, so do not try. I�m just waiting for my
authorisation on the international portkey and then you�re coming back to England with
us. Get out of bloody French jurisdiction� bloody idiots, the lot of them.
They�ve got a vampire coven living under the city and yet they sit there and do
nothing because it keeps them �occupied�.�

Ron�s heart leapt into his mouth that they knew about the
coven.

�Oh yes,� the auror said softly. �Where else do you think we
found out about you? We have spies.�

�Spies?� Severus asked, and Ron
hated how weakened he sounded.

�Well, they came to us willingly�� one of the aurors
shrugged with a small mile. �You really should be more careful who you turn
down propositions from.�

�No!� Severus snarled suddenly and Ron jumped at the upturn
in ferocity from the man who had been unnervingly quiet up until that point.

Ron was nonplussed, he was still convinced the waiter had
snitched on him, but Severus� face was so angry and the auror had implied the
coven had given them away.

�The couple that had you up against the wall,� Severus
growled, and strode away to punch an angry fist into the sofa cushions. �Damn
and fucking blast, I knew I should
have finished them when I had the chance��

�I distracted you,� Ron said in a hollow voice. �It was me�
I� just needed to tell you I loved you.�

�Salazar�s balls, Weasley, you just keep rolling out the
punches, don�t you?�

�What?� Ron�s head snapped to look at the speaker.

�You told a vampire you loved them? Were you not already bound
to him enough?�

�I do love him,� Ron shrugged boldly. �And if you have a
problem with that then I suggest you wait outside.�

�How dare you talk to me like that?�

�You are in my flat,� Ron glared at the man. �You seem to be forgetting
that.�

�Except it isn�t yours, really, is it?�

Ron fell silent, sensing the danger he could place Bridgette
in if he kept speaking.

�No,� the voice grew dangerously soft. �So why don�t you
keep your troublemaking mouth shut until we get back to England where I can
record everything you say to hand other to the relevant authorities?�

�What do you mean, the relevant authorities?� Severus
demanded, but he did not receive an answer from the auror.

There was a red flash in the air and a mouldy looking boot
landed on the floor with a thump.

�That�s our portkey, time to go,� the auror near the window
announced. �It�ll activate when we touch it. Do you have items to collect?�

�Yes, Severus nodded, and turned to the bedroom. Ron made to
follow but found two wands trained on him.

�Do you really think we are that stupid?�

�Hoping,� Ron muttered, and threw his arms across his chest.

In the bedroom, Severus finally let his hands begin to shake
as he grabbed what he could, the rest of their money, his wand from the bedside
table and his jacket. There was no need to take anything else. He had a
horrible suspicion that they would not need
anything else where they were headed. With a deep breath which did nothing for
his nerves, he stepped back out into the living room, tucking his hair behind
his ears.

�Ready,� he muttered, stepping over beside Ron, who turned
away and walked to the window.

�Ron?� he called, wondering what on earth the redhead was doing, turning his
back on the two wand-drawn men.

�I�m just saying goodbye,� Ron sighed, sweeping his eyes out
over the darkened city, the twinkling lights looking as beautiful as they had
ever done, but their lustre had been snuffed out for him completely. �I�ve
looked at this view every night for four months��

Unwilling to bare his back to the men, Severus stayed put
but wanted nothing more than to grab Ron in his arms and comfort him, an action
so very out of character he wondered if they had performed spell work on him
without him noticing.

Or maybe that is part
of your character now? Four months and Ron�s very emotional� you needed to
change for him and you did.

�We really need to leave,� the taller auror said, and both
Ron and Severus thought they detected a slightly apologetic note in his tone.

�Come on,� Severus held out a hand to Ron. �We�ll� we�ll
come back.�

�Not likely,� Ron sighed, but picked up Severus� hand and
gave it a squeeze. �Somehow, Severus� I really, really doubt it.�

***

It felt odd to hear people converse in English again after
so many weeks of trying hard to decipher every French word. Ron shook his head
slightly, feeling dazed. They had already been in the Ministry for an hour and
were no closer to discovering the full details of how they�d been tracked or
what was going to happen next. In fact, their lack of information was beginning
to seriously hack Ron off.

�Stop it,� Severus pleaded, as his redheaded partner prowled
up and down the room they�d been locked in.

�I can�t help it,� Ron breathed, flinging his hands
nervously in front of him to try and shake the nervous tension from his body.
�They won�t tell us anything, they won�t let me talk
to anybody��

�Well wearing yourself out will do no good whatsoever,�
Severus snapped, his patience beginning to thin.

Ron threw him a contemptuous glance but threw himself down
on the sofa provided next to Severus, who took up his hand and held it tightly.

�I just don�t get why now� four months,� Ron whispered. �Why
didn�t they give up, Severus?�

�It depends what kind of tip off that scum gave them,� he
answered in a dark voice. �If they told them we were in the city but no more,
then it might have taken them the remaining three months to finally track us
down��

�There was� tonight in the bar, my wallet fell open and the
waiter saw my magical identity card,� Ron swallowed. �Do you think he�?�

�It is possible, if the aurors had been asking questions and
he remembered the details of your appearance, or a picture.�

�I was such an idiot,� Ron breathed, squeezing his eyes
shut. �I should have destroyed it.�

�The cards cannot be destroyed without magic,� Severus sighed. �And we lived
without that. Please, do not beat yourself up.�

�Do you believe them?� Ron asked hurriedly. �About the abduction? Do you really think you�re not in
danger?�

�I don�t believe a word they�ve said,� Severus shook his head despondently. �I
don�t understand why they wouldn�t have issued the claim. Even if you came
willingly, you were still on the run with a vampire and a vampire who was your
teacher at that� I should be penalised at every turn and I cannot understand
why I am apparently not being so.�

�I don�t either,� Ron swallowed, and then leant into
Severus� side. �Everything seemed so perfect this morning.�

�Too perfect,� Severus agreed and pressed a kiss into Ron�s hair.

�We should have known,� Ron scoffed lightly, letting his eyes fall down into
Severus� lap.

�Probably,� Severus agreed, bitterness swamping his tone.

�What do you think is going to happen to us?� Ron whispered
fearfully.

�I�m trying not to think about it.�

�That bad, huh?�

�I think we should come to terms with the fact that this
time tomorrow we might not have a relationship,� Severus murmured and Ron sat
up properly to look at him.

�What, you think that they�ll separate us?�

Severus opened his mouth to answer but was interrupted by a
sharp knock on the door which then opened. �Weasley, you�ve got visitors. Shall
I show them in?�

�Do I have a choice?� Ron asked, getting to his feet but leaving his hand
behind with Severus.

The auror looked at him with an expression that Ron couldn�t
quite work out before answering. �You can refuse if you like. Don�t you at
least want to know who it is?�

Ron thought about saying his refusal, but then if he
rejected his visitor he might lose their only chance to find out what the hell
was going on.

�I�ll see them,� Ron nodded quickly.

�Do you want me to get him out of here?� The auror pointed at Severus.

�No, and I�d prefer it if you�d muster the politeness to
call my partner by his name, if you don�t mind?� Ron glared pointedly. �After
all, manners cost nothing.�

God, I sounded like
Severus then, Ron thought.

Good God, that was
almost a perfect imitation of me, Severus tried not to laugh.

�Your choice,� the auror shrugged, and stepped back out,
closing the door behind him which sealed with hefty magic.

They still had their wands and it surprised them both they
had not been disarmed. But then the room they were being kept in had probably
been charmed to deaden any magic within it.

�Who do you think it is?� Severus asked him fervently, and
Ron shrugged.

�Could be anyone, could be my dad, I guess-�

The door opened mid-flow and there was a hoarse joint cry of
�Ron!� and then he was engulfed, by two sets of arms. His hand fell out of
Severus� as the arms tugged him into a dual embrace and Ron tried to fling out
to reach for him, but it was no use.

Unable to really see, Ron tried to discern from the scents
who on earth was mauling him. There was a subtle hint of chocolate chip cookie
and that told him that one of them, at least, was Harry �he had mocked his best
friend�s girlish taste in hair shampoo enough times to recognise it instantly
after so many years of friendship. The other scent was of tea and candle wax.

�Dad?� the power seemed to leave Ron�s voice as he stood in the embraces.

�Thank god you�re alive,� one of them said, and then there
was a welcome surge of fresh air as both of them stepped back to look at him.

Ron instantly felt guilty when we saw how tired both of them
looked and just how much greyer and thinner his father�s hair seemed.

�I�m alive,� Ron nodded softly, looking awkwardly between
them both.

Severus watched the scene as if he were underwater. The way
the two men had easily dragged Ron�s hand from his seemed a very clear symbol
of what he had always suspected �that the second they came back into his life
he would be second rate. Whilst he had expected it, it didn�t stop it from
hurting any less.

Until Ron stepped to the side and very
firmly picked his hand back up.

Fucking
hell. Severus� mind exploded with shock at what Ron had done and couldn�t
make himself squeeze back when Ron offered him the silent show of support which
had become their trademark.

�Do you have to?� Harry�s voice cut through the air and Ron
coloured instantly, snapping blue eyes onto his friend�s face.

�Yes, Harry, I do have to,� his voice was calm in contrast
to the anger in his eyes.

�Harry,� Arthur said quietly, as if begging him to behave.

Ron was surprised Harry obeyed �after all, Harry was only a
pseudo son and did not have to obey his pseudo father�s orders. But his
scrawny, specky best friend fell silent and instead chose to glower at the
wall.

�I expect you have questions?� Arthur said weightily. �As we have questions for you.�

�What�s going to happen?� Ron asked immediately. �We� take
full responsibility for this together, dad��

�I need to understand,� Arthur looked at his son
desperately. �I need to understand what happened and why, before we talk about
the future. You owe us that, Ron, for leaving as you did��

�I had to,� Ron sighed, and sat down next to Severus,
leaving the other two standing. �He was going to force me into the bonding and
there was no way-�

�Nobody was going to force you into anything,� Harry
interrupted, looking furious. �I knew it, Arthur, I told you. Ron, he lied to you!� Harry shoved a finger in Severus�
direction. �Dumbledore�s never said anything about forcing, that�s never been
an issue until the ministry got involved.�

Ron swallowed and shot a nervous glance at Severus, who had
been overcome with such blatant fury Ron knew he would not be able to speak. Which is probably a bloody
good thing.

�No,� Ron shook his head. �Severus has not lied to me.�

�The official line here is that Dumbledore suggested
that you undertake the spell,� Arthur looked wearily between his son and the
dark haired man boiling with rage next to him.

�No, I saw the paper,� Ron frowned. �We saw the copy from the day it hit the
headlines. It said forced. And that was exactly what Sev told me.�

�Sev?� Harry exploded again.
�Merlin�s fucking balls, Ron, are you right in the head?�

�I�m fine,� Ron snarled. �And, if you must know, Harry, Severus didn�t even
encourage me to run.�

�But he still went with you,� Arthur pointed out, fixing his eyes on Severus.

�Because I was bound to him by a Protection Lore,� Severus
finally spoke aloud, his voice hard and angry. �Or did Albus change that little
detail as well?�

The swift look between the two men told him that that was
indeed the case. �Oh, Albus, you really are a genius�� Severus muttered,
shaking his head with disgust. �I understand now. So I�m the villain this
piece, the doctored version for the British public? Preying on a schoolboy
against his will?�

Harry gave a terse nod and continued glaring.

�Well, the reason I followed your son,� Severus turned to Arthur, thinking he
would much rather waste his breath on someone who didn�t look he wanted to
murder him, �Was because I was bound by a Protection Lore. It made me choose to
follow Ron when he chose to leave the school and go into hiding and stay with
him ever since.�

�And you�re still human?� Arthur looked at his son.

�Completely and utterly,� Ron shrugged. �Severus has always
been adamant he would never change me and has stuck to that.�

�But he�s still drunk from you?� Harry burst out angrily. �Still brainwashed
you?�

�Shut up,� Ron said forcefully. �Harry, I�ve not been
brainwashed at all. I�ve just� t-taken a path which you cannot follow me down.�

�Answer me this,� Severus asked abruptly. �If I am the
villain, why was an abduction claim not filed?�

�Yes, Arthur, why hasn�t it been filed?�
Harry turned an angry red shade and Arthur looked at his son.

�It looked like you went willingly, Ron. That
you left the castle with him. So I refrained from registering it. I
wrote to you to explain that, but��

�I burnt your letter,� Ron whispered. �I had to, Dad, it
could have said anything� been laced with anything� you understand, don�t you?�

�What happened to Pig?� Arthur winced.

�We don�t talk about that,� Ron said with a shifty look to
Severus who had tinged green and looked at the floor.

�Not everyone agrees with my decision�� Arthur sighed.

�The aurors that found us mentioned the Wizengamot? They
said they ruled against?�

�That�s not exactly right,� Harry rubbed his eyes beneath his glasses. �They
ruled against but said that if your family wanted to, they could file the
claim.�

�And you didn�t�� Ron fought back hot tears.

�As I said� it seemed you wanted to leave with him,� Arthur
swallowed. �And if you wanted a new life��

Overcome with emotion, Ron couldn�t look anywhere but at his
knees. Severus recovered and pressed forth to find out what was happening.

�We�ve been living in Paris
since January,� he explained. �I have looked after your son in every way that I
could although I will not pretend it hasn�t been hard.�

�Oh yeah,� Harry laughed. �Really fucking hard, holed up in a flat in Paris doing fuck all
whilst the rest of us worry ourselves sick-�

�Harry, if you can�t keep your temper you can wait outside,�
Arthur flared up and Ron froze at the anger in his father�s voice, rarely seen
but worrying when it emerged.

�As you can see, I have not changed your son,� Severus
continued. �Because I did not wish to and he did not want me to.�

�I know about your kind,� Harry spat. �I�ve read the books,
the real books, not the ministry approved shit. I know just what kind of
relationship you�ve forced him into, Snape, and its fucking sick.�

�I wasn�t forced,� Ron raised his voice above Harry�s.

�You should be locked up for what you did,� the venom poured
out of the dark-haired boy, and although it was no less than Severus had
expected, he still wanted to slap Harry sideways.

�I WASN�T FORCED!� Ron yelled suddenly and leapt to his
feet.

Severus wasn�t surprised that Harry took a step backwards
�there was fury in Ron�s tone that was more than a little bit terrifying.

�I wasn�t forced,� Ron repeated, clenching his hands into
fists. �I forced myself on him. I
made the Invitation, I goaded him to the point where he snapped, then it was my blood which drove him insane. And then when
he tried to scare me off I was stupid enough to stay and it ended up in the
Protection Lore. When you fucked off and left me for Christmas, Harry, who do
you think I found comfort in, hmm? In that relationship you think is sordid
I�ve found something I didn�t know existed. And then I took off to Paris with him and then d�you want to know what I did Harry?�

�Ron, sit down,� Severus reached for his arm but had to stand up to do it. �Now
is not the time to get angry, do not say things you don�t mean. You�ve spent
four months missing Harry, do not drive him away�� As much as it killed him to
say those words, Severus knew they were necessary.

But they did not work. Ron took a deep breath but continued
on.

�And then, �holed up� as you put it, I fell in love. Call me brainwashed if you
like, Harry, but I know I am not, and Severus knows I am not, and that�s all
that really matters.�

Deafening silence followed his outburst and Harry looked
like he�d just swallowed a bottle of drain cleaner. Severus nervously moved to
stand behind Ron and put a gentle hand on his shoulder.

Then Arthur cleared his throat. �No, Ron� I�m afraid it�s
not all that matters.�

�What do you mean?�

A dark look passed between their visitors that immediately
sent fear shivering up and down Severus� spine.

�What do they plan to do?� he asked seriously.

�The Ministry is beyond annoyed that this became public, and that they had to
do such damage control to contain the truth, as proved by the fact that you had
an un-doctored version of the paper, but here they were all destroyed before
they were distributed.�

�Why though?� Ron breathed. �Why all the hush?�

�The Ministry wants to keep Dumbledore as Headmaster,� Harry
explained in a dead tone. �And had the truth got out about
his actions with someone nearly in their twenties, there might have been strong
call for his resignation, but they do not want that.�

�Why? He�s a bloody fruitcake who tried to force me into something which
might wreck me!� Ron cried.

�Exactly,� Arthur sighed. �They do not want him free; they
want him where they can see him� old wounds run deep. The man is a genius who
led us through two wars, but they do not forget his youthful associations to
darker magic. This is a Ministry running scared from anything that might
challenge their normality, Ron��

�But what about us?� Ron asked.
�What was the point of hounding us down?�

�Doctored or not, your story has been high profile. There has been a surge of
anti-dark creature riots in response and the Ministry has to be seen to act.�

�But he didn�t do anything?� Ron heard the desperation in his voice.

�It�s a very messy situation�� Arthur looked at them
worriedly.

�He�s pretty much free to go,� Harry snarled, making it very
clear what he thought of that fact, just like the aurors had in Paris.

�But why?� Ron frowned. �He�s a
vampire... surely he�s the one they should be prosecuting?�

�Glad to see we�re of the same mind, knew you�d come round eventually,� Harry
breathed.

�Hypothetically,� Ron growled. �I�m thrilled he�s off the
hook� but I�m guessing someone has to pay and that would be me, right?�

Arthur looked at his son wanly. �I have been hoping they
would never find you. I�ve been told that makes me a terrible father,� the
man�s face crumpled slightly. �I hoped they would not find you because I was
proud that you�d taken the initiative to run away from such a threat, Ron, to
save yourself from that fate.�

�But now� it�s coming for him anyway? Is that what you�re
saying, Mr. Weasley?� Severus asked, even though he had always known it would
be the way.

�They need to be seen to be acting. If they cannot banish
you then they need to remedy the cause, and that lies with Ron.�

�So what� they�ll force the spell on me like Dumbledore was going to?� Ron
whispered. �How, how is that fair?�

Harry let out a low, depressed chuckle. �They�re not going
to �force� you as such. They plan to make you the offer of walking into it
willingly� and if you refuse them, as they expect, they have a befuddlement
potion standing by to force down your throat right before they send a
psychiatrist in to assess your mental state, who will then declare you off your
rocker and say you have a history of mental health issues, and claim you were
never in your right mind and that the spell will be for the benefit of your own
health.�

Severus couldn�t believe what he was hearing. It was as
though his status as a political pawn had drained straight from his body and
been leeched into Ron�s, because that was basically all his poor beautiful
young man was becoming.

�If you had come back turned,� Arthur said quietly, �They
would not have been able to do this. You would have counted as a dark creature
and therefore different rules would have applied. They had the plan laid out
that you simply would have been banished from the country with your funds cut
off� �

�And we could have been together,� Severus� voice cracked as he spoke, and he
turned to hide his emotion from the room, one hand planted firmly over his
mouth, holding in the vitriol he wanted to scream at the walls.

Ron felt sick that if he had begged Severus to change him
then they would have been alright. He licked his dry lips and tried to control
his trembling fingers.

�And if he turns me now?� Ron whispered, seeing Severus�
head jerk out of the corner of his eye.

�Then he can be arrested for an attack on Ministry
property,� Arthur explained. �And there aren�t very many different sentences
for dark creatures.�

�Banishment, imprisonment or death,� Harry threw in viciously.

�Don�t you dare imply what I know you�re going to,� Ron shot
at him, and then turned, pressing his body into Severus� back and wrapping his
arms around him.

�Fucking sons of bitches,� he whispered to the dark-haired
man, and could see his face screwed up in the torment of their situation.

�You have no choice, Ron� we cannot run this time, refusing
will only see you lose your rights after the spell is performed��

�I know,� Ron breathed, the words bringing the reality
crashing down around his ears.

�Would you like us to give you a moment?� Arthur asked kindly, and Ron had
never felt more grateful to his father, but Severus answered for them.

�No,� he turned around, his face a pale mask of resignation.
�Stay. He is your son. And you deserve as much time as I do with him before
they ruin his life.�

Ron watched as Harry�s face seemed to fall with a strange
expression as he heard Severus� words.

�I should get everyone else,� Arthur gave a swift nod. �If you are decided?�

�What other option do I have?� Ron looked at the floor. �I�m
not going to be declared insane, dad. I�ve got more bloody balls than that.�

�And that�s why I�m proud you�re my son, and I�m proud you
lasted as long as you did,� Arthur stepped forward and embraced him again.
�I�ll go, and tell them your decision, they�ll probably send in an official
clerk for a signature��

�When will they do it?� Ron frowned.

�Well, it�s the middle of the night and important people
need to be notified, I shouldn�t think until lunchtime tomorrow��

�What will you do?� Ron turned instantly to Severus. �You� I can�t ask you to
watch it. And you�ll be asleep, anyway��

�No I won�t,� Severus shook his head. �We are in the Ministry. They have the
same sort of spells as� well. As we have seen others protected.�

�Ohhhh,� Ron immediately understood. �I get you.�

�And I can make sure they hold off? I�ll bring the family
back in the morning? You must be tired��

�Well, I�ve kind of been living by the night,� Ron gave
Severus a small smile. �Otherwise life would have been really lonely��

�Still,� Arthur calculated. �I think it�s best for me to
return in the morning to give your mother some time��

�To prepare herself for probably having a braindead son?
Yeah, probably best,� Ron shrugged, chewing on his lip.

�How are you so calm?� Harry asked, his voice cracking a
little as he spoke, for the first time since entering the room he did not sound
angry. �Why aren�t you more upset? He looks worse than you do,� he nodded
towards Severus, who really was very pale.

�I always figured if they found me it was what they�d do,
though I have to confess I thought it would be Dumbledore that did it, not the
Ministry� I�m just� at the minute I�m just relieved that Severus will be safe
when this is all over. That he can go and be safe.�

� In
Paris with
Bridgette, where he belongs. Ron finished the sentence mentally but
looked at Severus, hoping that he would understand. A hurting yet dead stare
was Ron�s confirmation.

�Dad,� Ron said suddenly. �You need to make sure that
whoever comes here understands I�m not leaving Severus� side until the very
last minute and I won�t waste my breath arguing my connection with him to
anybody.� Ron reached across and slid his hand into Severus�.

�I understand,� Arthur nodded. �I�ll see you again in the
morning, Ron� Severus,� he inclined his head slightly and turned from the room.

Harry remained behind. �You and your stupid big mouth,� he
breathed, looking desperately at Ron all of a sudden. �Why, why couldn�t you
have just gone out with Hermione? Then we wouldn�t be losing you, Ron��

Ron didn�t comment on Harry�s surety that the spell would be
detrimental to him. Instead he just said, �There are loads of different ways to
lose someone Harry. And to be honest, I think yours is the easiest.�

�What do you mean?� Harry demanded.

�Well� I would have lost myself in a relationship with her,
and now I will lose Severus, and he will lose me... I know it�s hard to
understand Harry, and I don�t even want you to try really� but we�re so close
now and giving this up,� he motioned between himself and Severus. �You say you
read the books� so you know vampires are monogamous and loyal� think of what
losing me is going to do to him? You, on the other hand, can just put me in a
home and forget about me if the spell hurts me badly enough� he cannot ever
forget me, not even an Obliviation would work...�

�I would never do
that,� Harry�s voice trembled on the emphasis. �No matter what you�ve done�
you�re still��

Severus turned away; the burgeoning moment of friendship was
not one he needed to see. He sank back down on the sofa and closed his eyes,
pressing his hands over his ears as his chin tilted downwards into his chest.

Ron saw him melt away and swallowed hard, fighting the
tremble out of his limbs.

�I should go,� Harry murmured.

�Thanks for coming,� Ron looked at him beatenly.

�I missed you,� he replied simply.

Ron chewed into his lip, not knowing what to say or do next.
But then a thought struck him.

�The aurors that cornered me� they knew about my tattoo,
Harry, they knew where to look to distinguish it was me.�

Colour flamed into Harry�s face and he looked at the floor.
�Yeah, mate, that was me� I�m sorry. Right at the beginning, when we were all
so shocked� I thought it would help. I just wanted you back. Looking back, I
wouldn�t tell them again��

Ron knew that was the closest to a confirmation of approval
as he was ever going to get from Harry, when Severus was involved in the
equation.

�It wasn�t about spiting you,� Ron said quietly. �This just�
happened. It wasn�t about-�

�I know,� Harry alleviated the tension.

Awkward silence fell between them that Ron had never really
felt before �the silence of missing words between two friends who had been
through hell and back together. He thought back on what he�d told Harry
earlier, about choosing a path which he could not follow him down and realised
just how very apt that description was. Nobody
would fucking want to follow me now.

�I really should go,� Harry took a step backwards, emotion
clouding his voice. �You should�� He gave a gesture towards Severus� form on
the couch and made a pained face at Ron.

�Harry?� Ron stepped forward.

�Yeah?�

Lost for words, Ron did the only thing feasible, and that
was wrapping his arms around his best friend, except that it was not a friendly
embrace at all. Harry was shorter than him so it wasn�t exactly the same as
what he had grown used to sharing with Severus, but the amount of contact, the
placing of his hands and the tightness with which he held were very close and
to his surprise Harry returned it all with the same intensity.

�I�ll-�

�Don�t,� Ron muttered. �Don�t say anything, Harry.�

Stumbling backwards out of Ron�s arms, Harry nodded and
turned to the door. He looked around once more, his green eyes lingering over
the dark haired man behind Ron who had not moved a muscle during their
conversation. Ron wondered if he was going to say anything and didn�t know
which outcome to hope for.

The best one happened, even though it hurt. Harry�s eyes
obviously shuttered and then he pulled open the door and was gone. The door, as
if adding insult to injury, also disappeared, and they were alone.

A shaky breath was all that Ron managed as his legs gave way
and he landed in a heap on the floor. Severus still did not move, but then Ron
could see he had his eyes closed, so maybe the man had not noticed.

His mind was blank and Ron didn�t know whether that was the
correct reaction or not. Should his life be flashing in front of his eyes, a
hideous montage of the memories he would likely not have by that time the next
day? Or should he be bursting with energy which he wanted to expend? Or should
he feel angry, distraught, wanting to rip his prosecutors
limb from limb? Or was the general feeling of numbness, emptiness and
indifference just right?

Idiot. There probably isn�t a textbook reaction to
�hey, dude, sorry about this but we�re going to fuck up your magical core good
and proper�� He snorted at his own badly placed humour and swallowed the
burn away that it caused in his throat.

The wall and floor were cold beneath his body and he
shivered, it took him flying back to the first night he�d ever donated to
Severus, locked in the walls of Hogwarts.

This is all Fred and George�s fault. Just one drink�
my fucking arse. And I�ll bet they�re reading the riot act right now about it
being Severus� they will never admit it�s their entire fault�

Ron looked at the wall opposite with a slight smile, and
wondered what the hell he was smiling about. He had nothing to smile about.

And it�s not really
their fault� you didn�t have to invite him and trap him into this mess.

The hurt swiftly manifested and he felt, oddly, better for
its presence �it felt a more normal way of coping with what was happening. He
couldn�t believe he�d been in Paris
just three hours before, waking up next to Severus purring like a cat.

Weird
bloody man. Everyone knows
that dogs are far superior�

But the thought of not hearing that sound again, of not
cuddling up into the warmth of that man brought the reality a lot closer to the
surface. He suddenly found himself questioning the fact that he was sat moping
alone on the floor, not talking to the man he loved, when the next day their
relationship would be in tatters.

As much as he wanted to get up, to go to Severus, he found
himself drained on the floor, looking aimlessly at the wall opposite.

He did not know that Severus had begun to watch him, and
unclamped his hands from his ears and was listening to the only sound in the
room, which was Ron�s breathing. Severus saw his haphazardly placed limbs and
knew Ron had simply fallen where he stood. He also knew that he should move,
get him up off the floor and keep him safe on the warm sofa, but the function
in his legs seemed to have deserted him.

Feeling defunct, he took a deep breath of his own. His oral
comforting skills had never been up to standard and his body was the only thing
he could use, yet it seemed that had failed him at the most crucial time.

One of us has to move.
One of us has to initiate what will essentially be the last night we spend
together� Channelling strength reserves he didn�t know existed Severus
pushed himself off the sofa and didn�t even wobble. Ron did not look up at him,
but stared at the opposite wall with a slightly dazed smile on his face.

I think they might
have managed to send him mad without the aid of a potion, the poor bastard.
Severus walked over and stopped in front of Ron�s form, and then with a quick
swooping motion, reached for his hands and pulled the redhead off the floor.

Ron was up before he knew it and he swayed in Severus� grip,
forcing his eyes to look into the onyx irises instead of at the wall, because
he could not put it off forever.

�Bonjour mon amour,� he tried softly, testing out his vocal
chords, which might have been severed for all he knew, for all the effort it
took him to force out the foreign words.

�All that effort learning your French verbs for nothing,�
Severus looked at him sadly.

�I know, I think I might be more annoyed about that than
anything else,� Ron gave a disbelieving scoff and roll of his eyes.

�Come on,� Severus led him over to the sofa and sat down on it.

Ron instantly reached to kick off his boots and then curled
up into Severus� side, as he was so well practiced at doing. But he did not
hide his face; he looked at the man with wide eyes and tried to drink in every
single line.

�I wouldn�t bother,� Severus gave him a wry smile. �There�s
no point committing me to memory.�

�I�ll bloody look if I want to,� Ron said grumpily, and made
a point of leaning closer and resting his forehead against Severus� so they
really were eye to eye. �And anyway, don�t you have anything you want to
remember?�

�I want to remember everything,� Severus murmured, and looked away into the
bare room.

�Then come on,� Ron frowned.

�I already have everything I need to know.�

Ron thought on that for a while and swallowed nervously,
wondering if Severus would permit his next question. �What do you want to
remember about me, Severus?�

�It is not your
attempt at carbonara, that much is for certain.�

�Yeah, that was bloody awful��

�You must remind me to buy Bridgette a new saucepan,�
Severus told him, momentarily forgetting quite why they were where they were.
�Oh. Strange how we have adapted so easily to living with one another, Ron� in
such a short space of time you�ve simply become
everything.�

�Going to get all soppy on me now?� Ron raised an eyebrow,
and was surprised that hearing such things from Severus made his stomach
squirm, as though something was quintessentially wrong in the world�s make-up.

�No,� Severus shook his head. �I am just commenting on how well
we did.�

�We were fucking great,� Ron rolled his eyes dramatically.
�And I enjoyed every single second.�

�I enjoyed evenings like earlier tonight,� Severus� mouth
twitched. �When we both woke up and thought we were winning.�

�That�s what happens when you get cocky,� Ron shrugged. �We should have
known.�

�That is pessimism worthy of myself,�
Severus flicked him a surprised glance. �I, on the other hand, believe we would
have been miserable had we lived in such a way. I am glad we had the happiness
we did.�

�Oh, don�t get me wrong,� Ron�s voice dropped to a whisper.
�I love you� and I wouldn�t change anything, and I would give everything except
my chance for more time with you to live it over again.�

They met in a soft kiss and Ron wondered why he still wasn�t
totally distraught. He licked against Severus� tongue and sank a hand into the
inky black hair, massaging the scalp he connected with. Passion injected into
his veins like he was so used to it doing and his body responded to Severus
with its usual fiery heat.

They broke apart but stayed close; each could feel the
breath of the other brushing over the skin of their face.

�Where will you go?� Ron asked quietly, picking up a few
strands of dark hair and smoothing it between his thumb and forefinger. �Back to Paris?�

�No,� Severus looked at the hair Ron was holding. �No, I�ll go
elsewhere. If I can live quietly here, I�ll probably stay in this country, to
be honest.�

�This is so fucking odd,� Ron breathed. �We�re sitting here
talking about the end of our relationship like it�s nothing more than throwing
away an old paper.�

�Except we both know it is far more than that. And
that this day might always have come. Maybe we have just made our peace with it
subconsciously?�

�It would have been nice if it could have told me,� Ron
muttered. �I feel like a right twat.�

�I must admit I am surprised at your calm.�

�I think I learned it from you,� Ron gave him a small smile
and continued. �Something to be said for your reserved nature��

�I am still capable of anger, though, and hurt. All the worst emotions are
within me as much as they ever were.�

�And those good ones you like to pretend don�t exist,� Ron added casually.
�Love and caring��

�I am neither of those things for anybody but you. And even
then I fall short of your expectations regularly.�

�Not as regularly as you think,� Ron played with the hair
again, wondering when Severus would get annoyed and tell him to stop. �You
wouldn�t be you if you were anything different��

�Well that was a load of twaddle. I wouldn�t be me if I were anything
different? God, you�ve not changed at all, I take it back.�

Ron snorted his laughter and dropped the hair. �I really
thought you would have killed me trapped in that flat together.�

�I�m thrilled to have impressed.�

�Actually, no, I�ve never been more shocked that you didn�t kill me that first
night you drank from me� I�m obnoxious when I�m pissed.�

�I know,� Severus� eyes glittered in the lights of the room.

Ron looked around them, then at the missing door. �So I take
it we�ve been left alone for the night?�

�I presume so,� Severus sighed. �They�re probably drafting
paperwork and alerting the right people��

�I hate how this is how my name�ll be remembered,� Ron said
with a dramatic sigh. �As the idiot forced into a spell which
ruined him.�

�Or, you might find the romantics in this world take up your name as a
new martyred hero�� Severus countered. �After all, I suppose your situation is
rather befitting of such a status.� His nose wrinkled as he said it.

�And you don�t approve?� Ron laughed.

�Unequivocally not,� Severus said with a bored flick of his
eyes. �I�ve never had time for hero worship. I prefer you much more as you are.
As you have always been.�

�And what�s that?� Ron asked teasingly, trying to goad
Severus into some praise.

�A terrible flirt, an awful cook, a worse singer and badly
behaved, of course,� Severus didn�t look at him when he said it and hoped his
voice didn�t give away the sudden burning in his throat.

�I am all those things,� Ron conceded. �But as for badly
behaved, I like to think it just kept your mind working through the long,
lonely nights of our desperate seclusion� hey, you�re right, you know� this
will make a brilliant book!�

�How much shall I sell the rights for?� Severus tried to
sound calculative but failed when emotion finally cracked into his voice.

Ron shifted so that he sat in Severus� lap.

�Get off, that makes me feel like a pervert,� Severus
muttered, and gave him a gentle shove, but Ron did not move.

�Bit late for that,� he whispered, and lifted Severus� chin with his fingers.
�It�s a bit late for any regrets, any wishes� we did what we did and I don�t
regret a second of it.�

Severus nearly said what was on his mind. I wish I�d fucking changed you.

�I don�t regret it either,� he shook his head instead. �And
I do love you, very much, despite our short time together.�

�More than some people get in a lifetime, right?� Ron tried
to sound positive.

�Yes, it�s just rather typical that having thought I would
be in that group for the rest of my life, I suddenly found myself shifted to the
other to find myself adrift again so shortly��

�I think that�s what I find shittiest about this whole
thing,� Ron told him.

�Even though even after tomorrow you won�t know anything of
the last nineteen years?�

Ron nodded. �What the fuck will I care, Severus, I�ll be
without but that only matters now.
I�m not the one that�s truly tortured in that case, am I? I�ll still have
breath and a clear memory� it�s everybody else that suffers. And that includes
you and I hate myself for it.�

Severus looked at him with assessing eyes, thinking of the
way Ron had been so blas� about being trapped with a vampire from the off in
November, and then sighed. �Do not hate yourself because of what you do to me,
I would say that the pleasure you�ve given me over the last four months
eclipses what will come.�

�You say that now,� Ron blinked away a few rebellious tears. �But
tomorrow night when you�re alone again? When you get up and remember I�m
gone, that it wasn�t some nasty dream? Then how will you
feel?�

�I�m trying not to dwell on that,� Severus murmured.

�Well, I already am,� Ron swallowed. �I don�t want you to be
alone. Please promise me you�ll go and find Bridgette. I know what the books
imply Severus, those upheavals in your life, in your emotions �they can tempt
back the Depression. And that tells me just how fucking bad it was.�

�You are as astute as ever,� Severus sighed, not wishing to
digress into the subject of his past.

�Tell me,� Ron pleaded. �What does it matter? Tomorrow night
I might not know what planet I�m on, let alone the deepest darkest corners of
your mind� where I�ve been trying to claw for five very long months, if you
think about our time at Hogwarts as well as Paris� Please��

�There is very little to tell you have not already guessed,�
Severus said darkly. �Nothing that you should taint your ears
with, anyway.�

�Don�t give me that bollocks,� Ron flared up, and Severus
was reminded with the fiery nature he had fought with so many times in their
month at Hogwarts. It was a stark souvenir of how Ron had changed during their
time in Paris.
Maybe there was another in how Severus chose to answer him.

�I think the worst part,� he said softly, focussing his eyes
on the neckline of the top Ron wore, �Was that I could not control it. You know
me, you know how I work and how I feel completely adrift if I do not have
control over my life, even down to the tiniest of tasks.�

�Yes, I do vaguely remember you folding tea towels,� Ron looked up at the
ceiling and smiled at the memory.

�The depression was incontrollable. My mind produced
thoughts I never consciously knew I could think, longing for what Bridgette
would not let me have��

�Which I imagine was wandering into the sunniest place you could find and
giving up?� Ron sighed.

�Yes.�

�Thank fuck for Bridgette��

�At the time I did not conclude the same as you. She was
nothing but an irritation in those early days� she exerted the same kind of
firmness as she does with me now. Waking up and finding myself restrained was a
real low point.�

�Why did she do that?� Ron gently traced his fingers up the
side of Severus� neck, feeling that, as horrible as the words he was hearing
were, they at least distracted him from the broom crash of his own broken life.

�Apparently gouging my nails through my skin is not the only
thing I have ever tried to do in my sleep,� he sighed. �But yes� you know what
happens when I�m down, and you yourself to that extent �we are very similar in
the way we brood and deal with depression.�

�You mean we drag up bad memories and look through them to
make it all worse?� Ron snorted.

�Quite. So as well as dealing with the depression and my
change, I found myself battling against memories from my childhood and my own
schooldays, and Voldemort the first time round� and they were not keepsakes
that I wished to peruse��

�But the depression wouldn�t let you stop��

Severus just nodded and did not speak any more. Ron leant
forward and kissed him on the forehead. �I hope for your sake this doesn�t
bring it back.�

�Would you think any less of me if I said I was reluctant to
go back to Bridgette and let nature take its course?� Severus whispered.

�I wouldn�t think less of you,� Ron answered carefully. �But
I would be distraught to think you would.�

�I�m not sure which option would be worse for you to accept,�
Severus closed his eyes.

�Life goes on, Severus, you will� well, I know you won�t
forget me, what you are won�t let that happen, but still� there is a very small
chance that I could go through the spell and come out normal.�

�A million to one, nobody has ever been normal,� Severus dismissed him.

�Still. I�m going to ask you this
�and I never ask for much, really. Promise me you�ll wait and see what I�m like
before you do anything stupid? And if you, or anybody else, thinks
there�s a chance� stick around. Stick around and teach me all over again.�

Severus nodded but didn�t know if he�d be able to stick to
his agreement. The idea of being confronted with a Ron who wouldn�t tell him he
was being pedantic, sarcastic and a bastard, but a bastard he loved, sent
chills down his spine.

�How did we end up like this?� He groaned and brought his
hands up to rub violently over his face, pressing his fingers into his shielded
eyeballs. �How did any of this happen?�

�Because I was a dickhead,� Ron whispered. �And you know I�m sorry.�

�I do not need your apologies now,� Severus muttered
bitterly. �As I did not need them at the beginning.�

�But you never said they didn�t help,� Ron chastised softly.

A stalemate met, they fell into silence, Ron still perched
on Severus� lap and the dark-haired man�s face covered completely by his hands.
He could have been crying his sorrow for all Ron knew, but it was lucky he knew
Severus better than that.

�So I guess that�s it,� Ron exhaled. �I�m surprised they
left us together.�

�I think your father might have had something to do with that,� Severus finally
emerged from his hands.

�Mm. I have him to thank for your freedom it seems.�

�It isn�t freedom,� Severus replied dourly. �Look. We should probably try and
get some rest. Tomorrow will be worse on you if you do not sleep.�

�You think I�m going to waste this time with you sleeping?�
Ron asked incredulously. �No fucking way, Severus.�

�Well what do you propose we do?� Severus asked him, one eyebrow rising.

�I know exactly what I�m going to do,� Ron got off his lap
and stood up, looking down at his partner.

�Which is?� Severus remained seated, hoping none of Ron�s
plans involved rash actions.

�Get you to fuck me one last time.�

And he expects me to
be able to perform like this? Locked up like animals facing a hideous day?
�You know me less than I would have hoped,� Severus sighed glumly. �And anyway,
we do not have any-�

�Lube?� Ron snorted, and Severus
jumped as something landed in his lap, which was a very small tube.

�Where� why�?� Severus didn�t bother to form a full sentence
with the exasperation flooding his mind.

�It was just in my pocket from ages ago. I think it might
have been through the washing machine, I�m not sure.�

�Well, I am sorry disappoint, but the answer is no,� Severus
looked up at him.

�I knew you�d say that,� Ron sagged and fell back down on
the sofa, leaning forward to hang his head with closed eyes. �I can�t catch a
fucking break tonight, it seems.�

Severus did not answer him and stayed silent, the tube still
in his lap.

�I know we�re in the middle of the Ministry,� Ron whispered
sideways. �And I know this goes against everything you are� but please?�

�No,� Severus swallowed, surprised he wasn�t even finding it
hard to resist.

�Don�t make me play the �don�t you love me at all?� card,
Severus. I don�t want to have to stoop so low��

�But you would?� Severus� mouth hitched up in a smile.

�Would it work?�

Severus sighed and reached for him, massaging light circles
on his upper back. �Probably not.�

�Alright then, I�ll play this card instead��

Ron turned and swung his leg over Severus� so that he
straddled him completely, very much evocative of the
way they had first kissed and moved against one another the previous November.
He kissed the man hotly and sank his fingers into his hair, holding his head in
place. Ron felt hands come up and rest on his hips but they did not push him
away. Taking advantage of that fact, he worked his tongue in deeper, caressing
against every part of Severus� mouth that he could reach, and groaned loudly
and appreciatively. He could feel the erection building in Severus� crotch and
grinned.

�You�re a swine,� Severus panted as Ron finally released
him.

�And don�t you forget it when you�re all sad,� Ron grinned. �Now. My card.�

�You mean giving me a thorough tongue-fucking like that wasn�t your
final playing card?�

Ron shook his head and lowered his lips to Severus� ear,
knowing that his next words would probably see him thrown onto the ground and
fucked roughly, like they generally always did.

�No, my card, Severus,� he made sure his hot breath washed
straight into the man�s ear canal. �My card is to ask you to let me fuck you for the first and last time.�

He braced himself to fall and was shocked when he remained
not only upright, but in the same position, sinfully pressed into Severus�
crotch and his lips at his ear.

Severus felt like he was burning alive with the fire from
those words. Never before had he been so utterly torn with indecision. Never before
had he ever let Ron push him that far, and certainly nobody before the redhead.
Nobody had even made him consider the possibility, not even other vampires.

He wasn�t quite sure what he was doing when he breathed the
words, �Do it.�

�W-what?� Ron�s voice had finally
taken on a tremor, and had he been coherent Severus would have commented on
how, as ever, it took the notion of him doing something sexually experimental
to make Ron terrified.

Lust took over and unlike before, Severus willingly gave
himself to it. He pressed his hands firmly into Ron�s hips and held him tight
before thrusting upward slightly and crushing their groins together.

�You heard,� he breathed. �Don�t make me say it again.�

Ron was frozen in place, heart rapidly accelerating to the
point where he thought it might conk out under the strain.

�But I thought you couldn�t��

�I would like to try� if it won�t be with you, then it will
never be with anybody. And you deserve to have a chance, Ron.�

�But I don�t want to hurt you,� the words blurted out and
sounded pathetic and childish, but Ron couldn�t help his worry.

�Either take this chance now or I
will never offer it again,� Severus screwed his eyes up at the harsh words.
�You have been hounding me for months for your chance to touch me and do what
you want and now I�m offering it.�

�But I didn�t want it like this, because you felt like you��

�I am not offering because I feel I owe you anything. I offer because it is
what you want��

�And what about you?�

�I will only know if I want it if we try.�

�Not good enough, Severus, I�m sorry,� Ron breathed, and pressed his face into
the man�s neck, screaming inwardly at what he was turning down.

Severus blinked in confusion at Ron�s refusal, and felt his
hand stroke at the man�s back comfortingly. �If I were to say I wanted you?�

�I wouldn�t believe you,� Ron�s voice was muffled.

�What could I do to show you the truth?�

Ron fell silent, thinking through all the times he�d ever
dreamt about having free reign with the Slytherin�s body, every time he�d
wanked imagining the feel of his cock stuffed tightly in the thin body� Why the fuck am I turning this down?

�I can�t do it and then leave you,� he whispered suddenly,
saying the words as he thought them. �That would be��

�A lasting memory I would like to have.�

Ron pulled back and looked at him, chest heaving with
emotion. �Are you� only if you promise me�� No sentence he tried to form would
end correctly, so Ron gave up.

Severus kissed him and gave a slight nod.

Things flowed easily then. Ron replaced his hands on either
side of Severus� head, and kissed him profoundly; making gentle moaning noises
which were nothing other than genuine, and unusually Severus returned them. His
legs were tingling from Ron�s weight pressing down on him, but he paid the
sensation no heed.

�How do you want me to do this?� Ron breathed, never fully
pulling away, leaving them joined at the lips. He knew for this to work he had
to hand as much control as possible over to Severus.

Tacking their lips together before speaking, Severus watched
Ron with glittering eyes. How he really
has come to understand and know me� �We do not have the means to be face to
face, though that is what I would prefer��

�Me too,� Ron whispered and kissed him again. �Your face is something I never thought
I�d love to look at in a million years, Sev� but I don�t want to live without
it.�

�We will do better if we remain silent, I think,� Severus
winced at the way Ron�s words lacerated through his chest like a knife. �Don�t
think about what we stand to lose.�

�Just what we have?�

�Yes.�

Resolutely taking a deep breath, Ron thought he would try
something. His wand was up his sleeve and he pulled it out. He pointed it at
his shoes at the floor and changed the laces yellow.

�Is really now the time for outlandish fashion choices?�
Severus asked.

�I can do magic,� Ron rolled his eyes. �So��

It felt good to finally repay Severus with the same sort of
crafty work which he�d been subject to for five months. He spelled away all of
the man�s clothes to the floor and left him sitting naked.

�If someone comes in�� Severus immediately squirmed beneath
Ron�s pinning position. �They�ll cop much more of an eyeful in a few minutes
than just you naked,� Ron kissed him, and spelled his own clothes. But then he
reached behind Severus� head and pulled the large blanket which rested on the
back and draped it around his shoulders, leaning forward so that the fabric
obscured all of Severus� body bar his shins and feet.

�Thank you,� he whispered shyly.

Shy?! Since when have
you ever been shy, Severus? The voice in his head sounded remarkably like
Bridgette then and he jerked.

�Okay?� Ron asked quietly.

�As much as I can be,� Severus snorted.

�Are you actually scared?� Ron imitated him.

�Weren�t you the first time?�

�Are you telling me that I am-�

�No talking rule,� Severus interrupted him quickly and
looked away, a dull blush colouring his cheeks.

�Guess we don�t need that little tube after all,� Ron handed
Severus his wand. �I think that you should�you should do that. I don�t want to
fuck this up and hurt you.�

Another wave of appreciation rolled over Severus as he held
his wand dumbly for a moment, before flicking it downwards and uttering the
spell to ensure he was suitably prepared. Ron watched with curious eyes as
Severus twitched and gasped beneath him, saw how his nipples hardened in
response to the sensations and how his cock swelled completely to jut proudly
between them. But it was the way the thin mouth curled up into a sensual variety
of smirk which fascinated Ron the most, the way the upper lip twitched with
desire when Severus gasped.

Since the first time they had slept together, Ron had not been
treated to the delight of watching Severus touch himself. He couldn�t tear his
eyes away from the spectacle as he saw the man wrap one hand around his
erection and stroke it lethargically, seemingly having cast off all inhibition
to give Ron what he had always wanted.

But Ron knocked the hand away and took over, gently
massaging with his thumb as he moved up and down, dragging the pliable skin to
create firm tension for his lover.

�That�s good,� Severus hissed, letting his head fall back
onto the sofa with his eyes closed, revelling in the sensation of being
stretched and massaged both internally and externally.

Growing hard himself, Ron reached for the tube, thinking it
might as well not be totally useless, and awkwardly worked off the cap, never
stilling his other hand on Severus� cock. He let out his own tiny gasp as the
cool gel graced his hot skin as he squeezed, and Severus was suddenly looking
at him.

�Let me, you�ve done it for me enough times��

Ron instantly pressed the tube into his hand and enjoyed the
sensation of being slathered in the substance, feeling Severus� hand glide over
his already soft skin with ease. He groaned his approval and thrust forward
into the nimble hand, keeping his own grip tight on Severus� shaft. �Fuck I
love you, Severus��

�And now you can finally show me how much,� Severus
whispered with indecently low eyelids and parted lips in response to Ron�s
touch in his groin.

�I hope you knew before this, though�� Ron smiled slightly,
eyes rolling back in his head.

�Of course��

Ron shifted off then and allowed Severus to creep forwards
slightly. He pointed his wand at one of his removed boots and managed to
shakily transfigure it into a pillow.

Why on earth did they
leave us with magic? He picked it up and turned back to Severus, who was
watching him with nervous eyes which looked so out of place on his usually
austere and powerful face. But then he lay down on his back stretching out with
feline grace and lifted his hips up for Ron to place the pillow beneath them,
which he did. Suppose we could only kill
each other and then what would they care? A problem solved for them. Fucking bastards.

He climbed back onto the sofa, making sure the blanket was still
draped over his shoulders. But he wasn�t going to waste his opportunity
completely. He ran his index finger against his cock and coated it a little,
before reaching forward and pressing without warning into his partner.

The hiss was music to his ears but the clenched fists and
tight jaw ruined the moment. It was very obvious that Severus was fighting hard
to control his dominate nature and as Ron pushed further, amazed by the heat,
he opened his mouth to ask.

�Don�t you dare pull out,� the words were a dangerous growl
and then he saw why.

Leaking pre-come onto his flat stomach, Severus was rock
hard and straining, just as much as Ron had ever hoped he would be. It was
clear that whilst he was fighting his nature, Severus enjoyed the touch.

�I�ve dreamt of this,� he whispered. �I have always wished I
could let you do this.�

Ron didn�t speak but slid backwards, the passage had already
been stretched by the spell so he didn�t have to work, but he wanted Severus to
understand the sensation which always sent him screaming. He pushed in with two
and tentatively groped inwards, searching out the part which, on his own body,
could produce stars in front of his eyes and that Severus knew how to play like
an old, cherished musical instrument.

Cursing his inexperience, Ron concentrated harder, enjoying
every gasp and moan which fell out of Severus� lips, drinking them all in and
committing them to memory, even though there was little point. The words �this
is criminal� floated into his mind rankling with the injustice of their
situation as Severus jerked and cried out in what anybody else might have
interpreted as pain. But knowing him as he did, Ron managed a smile and gently
flexed his fingers again, producing the same sexual approval.

�E-enough,� Severus choked, not knowing how he had managed
to survive the immense pleasure Ron�s fingers had produced scraping over his
prostate. �Fuck me.�

Ron obeyed and pushed apart Severus� legs, which then rose
slightly and he just knew as soon as he was inside they would wrap around his
waist in the way he had fantasised about. Just quite how much could ride on one
single moment, Ron had never been able to understand, but he felt like the
ability to breathe and function was riding on that one.

He didn�t waste time on entering slowly. It was blatant
Severus wanted him fast and he wasn�t going to taunt the man when it was
obviously a major ordeal for him to lie there and submit. But the tight heat
was something he had not been prepared for; he suddenly realised how very
different it was to be on the top end of their sexual encounters, and what
Severus meant about the power.

Gasping beneath him, Severus looked the perfect portrait of
desire, throat exposed, hair about his face, eyes
closed and lips parted. Even his hands had unclenched. Ron slid forwards a
little more, groaning at the sensation.

And then everything seemed to burst into life again. Severus
reached up and grabbed him, pulling him into a heated, panting kiss and Ron
couldn�t get their air in his lungs to survive. Legs snapped around his waist
and feet locked behind his backside, trapping his prick in the burning heat.

�Move,� the whispered command came and Ron felt nothing
other than the desire to comply, though he saw stars of his own when he did.

Moving back and forth within Severus felt better than Ron
could ever have thought. Being fucked by Ron was better than anything Severus
had ever dreamed to imagine. For a moment they moved together but could only
gasp dazedly, getting used to the sensations.

�I need to�� Severus breathed.

�What?� Ron assumed he meant climax and reached for his
erection, but Severus growled and grabbed his hair.

�Need to touch, occupy my hands�� Severus told him, kissing
him again and groaning as his body was plundered with every gentle thrust of
Ron�s hips. �Oh fuck� so good� you�re so good��

Ron closed his eyes and concentrated on trying to build a
rhythm, though he kept losing it when Severus clenched around him, making him
cry out to the room in rapture. �Stop it,� he pleaded, �Let me do this
properly��

�This is
properly,� Severus growled. �I want you to come in me.�

�I will,� Ron protested breathlessly, his hands finding
Severus� shoulders and gripping there, grunting as he slid deeper than he
thought his cock could ever be buried in another person.

If their positions had been reversed, Severus would have
been keeping up a steady stream of filth into Ron�s ear, licking at it as he
did so. With a swallow Ron leant forward and kissed the shell, rocking his hips
back and forth to keep up the motion as he spoke.

�I love having my cock in you.�

There was a groan and a hissed, �Fuck!�

Ron could feel a hard, trapped erection poking into his
belly as he leant forward and he took Severus� earlobe in between his teeth,
nipping gently and nearly coming when Severus let out the loudest cry yet.

His
neck. His neck is going to
make him come undone. The thought popped into Ron�s mind like someone had
flicked a light switch there, and all of his memories flew back to the first
night in the Room of Requirement, before Ron had lost too much blood and nearly
died. It was his kisses and nips at Severus� neck that had goaded him into that
lesson. But now it would serve as the final piece of their puzzle.

�I love you,� Ron whispered, and then ducked his neck to
place a sucking kiss just below Severus� jawline, sinking his teeth into the
skin.

Feeling those teeth grazing there sent Severus into a state
of frenzy. He gripped Ron tightly and growled, his instincts kicking in and he
wanted to be free. But then the slender hips snapped forward with more force
and he was lost in the motion, and his cock rubbed hard against Ron�s stretched
stomach, foreskin sliding about with pre-come anointing their creamy skin.

How he knew that, when he could not see it, Severus did not
know. But it felt divine imagining the sight. Ron had moved, biting down his
throat with gaining pressure, sucking hard. Severus bucked up to meet his next
thrust and groaned when his prostate was hit.

�More,� he rasped, and Ron repeated the action over and over
until he was gasping out a continuous approval. �Fuck yes, more,� he breathed urgently
and Ron somehow sped up the pace, crashing hard into the spot.

Ron watched as Severus unravelled in his arms, his face red
and sweaty, eyes closed, and how his nipples were hard and how very prominent
his erection was, squashed between them. He reached down between their sweating
bodies and gripped it tightly, milking the shaft as Severus had done so many
times to bring him off.

�That�s it,� he whispered softly up, �Come for me��

Being guided like an imbecile should have infuriated Severus
beyond reason but instead the words poured into his mind and made him gurgle an approval, wanting nothing more than to burst his
seed all over their bodies. He reached up for Ron�s head and guided him down
for a kiss, and the increased pressure on his cock did it.

Ron gasped as the muscles around his prick clenched and
gripped him tightly; he pulled back but Severus trapped him into the kiss,
which only made it better as Ron emptied out into the tight passage, at the
same time as Severus let out a desperate cry against his lips and lost control
of his cock.

�Oh fuck,� he breathed with all pretence of dignity gone.
�Ohohohohhhhhhhohhhhh shit yes! Ron��

His hips were still thrusting up with need as he tingled,
feeling the hot come on his stomach, squelching into Ron�s younger body.

Ron managed to still his hips and threw his hands up to
caress Severus� face, ready to soothe away any emotions which threatened to
hurt his lover. But Severus merely trembled and breathed, not opening his eyes
and Ron remained inside him.

They shared a kiss and murmured their love to one another,
but still neither moved. Ron had no idea what to say other than his love, and
Severus didn�t want to hear anything more. But he still had something to say of
his own.

�That was� perfect,� he whispered, making sure he was close
to Ron�s own lips, and then kissed them.
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