Bound by Blood (and Faith) | By : wlkellogg Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Snape Views: 20386 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 4 |
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Chapter 16
Snape pulled the unconscious Harry into his arms and looked around the room. Of course, there was no one there to help him, and he didn't intend to carry the boy all the way to the infirmary. Tenderly, he pressed a hand to Harry's face and was more than troubled to feel how hot he was. Frantically, he considered his options. The only place with a proper bed that was anywhere close was his room. He was pretty sure he could carry Harry that far. Gathering him close, Snape lifted him into his arms and staggered under the boy's weight. “Hang on, Harry.”
It wasn't far to Snape's room from the Potions class room, but, while carrying the sick Gryffindor, it seemed to take forever. He reached his bedroom and carefully lay Harry down. He was actively shivering now. Snape reached down to brush some hair from Harry's face and the heat of the boy's fever burned his fingers. Snape had to take a step back from the bed and close his eyes in order to concentrate on what he could do to help him. The most important thing he could think of was to get the fever down. Walking away from Harry was much harder than he anticipated, but he forced himself to do it so that he could gather some potions that would help lower the fever.
He came back at a run, potions in hand, to find Harry delirious. Snape couldn't figure out what the boy was saying. His mumblings didn't make any sense. Gently lifting his head, Snape unstoppered a vial with his teeth and pressed it to Harry's lips. “Open up, Harry. It will help you. Please drink it.”
Harry's jaw relaxed, allowing Snape to feed him the potion, but it didn't stay down long enough to help. Harry vomited it back up almost immediately, getting a generous amount of it all over Snape and his bed. The mess registered, but Snape couldn't bring himself to care much about it. Come on, Severus, think! If he can't keep the potions down, what else will lower his temperature... He reached down and started undressing Harry, hoping that the cool air of the dungeons would help him. When he carefully removed Harry's shirt, the mark looked ill and was pulsing weakly. He held his hand over it and the heat radiating off of it was even worse than from the rest of Harry's body. Another moment of frantic thought came up with another idea. Scooping Harry up in his arms again, Snape hurried to his bathroom and gently laid him down on the floor. He quickly stripped down to his underthings and turned on the shower to as cool as he could stand.
“Come on, Harry. This probably won't be comfortable for you, but we have to get your fever down.” Snape was glad that the two of them were alone, his voice was dangerously close to cooing at the boy. Carefully, he picked Harry up again and transferred them both to the shower. Harry moaned as the cool water rained down on his arid skin. Snape slid down to the floor and sat there with Harry in his arms. “You will be alright, Harry, I promise. Just stay with me here a little longer. This will help.”
Amazingly, Snape realized that his voice seemed to be calming Harry more than the water. So he kept talking. At first, it felt awkward to talk at Harry about nothing at all, but the longer Snape did it, the easier it became. Then came the words that stopped Snape's heart.
“Love you, Sev'rus...”
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