Too Young To Know | By : tbird1965 Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Snape/Lucius Views: 7879 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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"Come in, come in." Poppy smiled happily when Severus knocked softly on her office door. "Have a seat." She indicated to the chair across from her desk. "I'm so glad you volunteered. I was hoping you would. I think you are really going to enjoy this project."
Severus sat down in the chair and folded his hands in his lap. "What is the project?"
"Well I don't know if you are aware, but there has been an outbreak of Swine flu in America."
"H1N1." He said, sitting up straighter. "I read about it."
"Did you also read about the failed attempt at a vaccine by the Muggle researchers?"
"The vaccine has been linked to 500 cases of Guillain Barre Syndrome, a disorder affecting the peripheral nervous system causing Polyneuropathy. It's been alleged that the vaccine actually caused more deaths then the virus."
Poppy smiled proudly at the intense look that came over the teenager's face as he recited the facts. "I knew you were the right man for the job."
Severus blushed and stared at his hands. "But why is the Ministry concerned with this? It seems more like a Muggle issue."
"The Ministry wants to be pro active in a developing a successful vaccine to protect the magical community should a pandemic develop in Europe. They've asked several Wizards and Witches in the medical and potions field to work independently on the research. It's a great honor to have been asked to work on this project."
"When do we start?"
"I'd like to set up a schedule for after school and weekends, as long as it doesn't interfere with any of your extra curricular activities or your classwork. Keep in mind, I am still responsible for keeping the potions stores here at Hogwarts stocked as well, so you will be helping me with that along with the research."
"I am currently ahead in all my classwork and I'm not involved in any extra curricular activities, so I am free to start any time.
"Wonderful. Let me work up a schedule and I will give it to you sometime next week. I'm really excited to work with you, Severus." She said, leaning over her desk to smile at him.
"Thank you Madam Pomfrey." He stood and nodded his head formerly. "I'm looking forward to the challenge."
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Severus made his way down the darken corridor. As promised, Poppy Pomfrey had delivered a work schedule and their first session was scheduled for Friday evening after dinner. As he walked, his mind was focused on the task ahead and Madam Pomfrey's breasts and not his surroundings. He stopped short when three figures stepped out of the shadows, blocking his path.
"Where are you headed in such a hurry, Snivillus?" Sirius Black sneered at the tall boy as he circled him ominously.
Yeah, where you going, Snivillus?" Peter Pettigrew repeated sycophantically.
Snape stared straight ahead and remained silent, refusing to look at the three Gryffindors.
"Are you deaf?" James asked, shoving him hard in the chest. "Answer him when he speaks to you. He asked where you were going."
Severus' jaw clenched and his eyes darkened with fury, but still he didn't respond.
"I think he's going to the Hospital wing. What do you think, James?"
"I think you're right, Sirius." James said, a disgusted look on his face. "You don't think she could actually likes you do you Snivillus? No woman could every like an ugly, greasy git like you. That includes Madam Pomfrey and Lily Evans."
"Let me pass." Snape's voice shook with anger. "I do not wish to be late."
"Oh I don't think so." Sirius said, his voice threatening. "I don't think we are going to let you go anywhere. Bind his arms, Peter."
"Expelliarmus." Severus yelled, disarming the short boy before he'd even drawn his wand.
"Grab him." Sirius yelled when Severus turned to run down the hall. James reached out and caught hold of the tall boy's robes, pulling him back roughly, he physically restrained his arms behind his back.
"Well now I'm going to have to teach you a lesson, Snivillus." Sirius said, back handing him hard across the face.
"'ere now." Hagrid's voice boomed as his large form filled the corridor. "What's goin' on 'ere."
"Run." James hissed, pushing at Peter's back as the three boys took off down the hallway.
Snape ran his hand across his lip, wincing at the sharp pain.
"Are ya' alright there, Severus?" Hagrid peered down at him, concern written all over his face."
"I'm fine."
"No yer nawt. Yer lip's bleedin'" Hagrid said gruffly. "Bloody bullies. Well come on. I spect you were headin' to the Hospital Wing, same as me. Come on and will 'ave the Madam patch you up."
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"You're here!" Poppy cried happily as Severus pushed through the door. Her face crumpled with concern when she saw his swollen lip and the blood dripping down his chin. "What happened" She looked from Severus to Hagrid and back again."
"I tripped." The boy said sullenly, his eyes locked on his shoes.
"That's a lie." Hagrid said, setting a bucket of eggs on a work station. "Three boys attacked him in the corridor."
"I can imagine which three." Poppy muttered. "Thank you for the eggs, Hagrid. I'll take it from here. Have a seat Severus, let me look at your lip."
"It's fine, really."
"Sit." She ordered, pointing to a chair.
A shiver ran through him as she gently touched his chin, raising his head. Touching her wand to his lip, she whispered softly and Severus felt an intense heat before the pain and swollen feeling vanished. "There." She smiled, running her thumb over his bottom lip. "All better."
Severus sat frozen as his mind imagined what it would be like to pull her thumb into his mouth, licking and sucking on it gently. He jumped slightly when she spoke again.
"Are you ready to start?"
He nodded his head and moved to the table, where she had set up a cauldron and several vials.
"The ministry has provided us with 3 vials of the failed vaccine. We will need to..."
"Decant and isolated the individual ingredients." He finished her sentence for her, while lighting a small fire under the cauldron." "What are the eggs for?"
Poppy grinned happily at the confident and intense look that had come over the normally reserved teenager's face. "Once we isolate the virus, we will need to grow both live and inert influenza antigens in the eggs."
"Mmmm." Severus grunted, opening one of the vials and pouring the contents into the caldron.
3 hours later...
Poppy Pomfrey and Severus Snape sat back and reviewed the carefully labeled vials they had lined up on the table; squalene, H1N1 virus, glycoprotein, mercury and a vial labeled unknown.
"I think that's enough for tonight." Poppy yawned. "Why don't you go on back to your dorm and get some rest. We're going to have to do some research on these elements before we go any further."
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Severus Snape hurried down the corridor towards the Hospital wing. He had been working with Poppy for over 3 weeks on the flu vaccine with very little progress. They had identified that the extra ingredients were being used as an adjuvant to enhance the recipients immune response to the supplied antigen, but they had had little result in identifying the unknown element and the properties of squalene. Snape had just returned from a visit to Muggle London and was sure he had the answers.
"Madam? Madam?" He called as he pushed through the door.
"It's Poppy, Severus. How many times to I have to tell you, call me Poppy when we're working together." She sighed heavily.
"I'm sorry, Poppy, but I think I've identified the unknown element, it's cancer cells." He stopped talking as Poppy waved her hand wearily at him. "What's wrong?"
"It's over." She said sadly, staring down at the table that held all their notes and research. "The researchers at Durmstrang beat us to it. I just got an owl from the Ministry. Durmstrang has developed and successfully tested a vaccine."
"Oh." The teenager's face darkened as he lowered himself onto a stool. "Well that fucking sucks." He blushed when he realized what he had said. "I'm sorry."
Poppy smiled at him and laughed softy. "No need to apologize, it does fucking suck."
Severus' heart sank as he realized she would probably no longer need him as an assistant. He had come to look forward to the time he spent with her and found he truly enjoyed her company. Besides Lucius, he had no other friends he felt he could open up too and he found he could talk freely to Poppy Pomfrey.
"Where were you last night and this morning." She asked him suddenly, trying to move the subject away from the disappointing news.
"Oh. I was in London, staying at the Malfoy's. Lucius took me to a Muggle library so I could do some research."
Poppy raised her eyes to his and frowned. "Be careful around the Malfoy's Severus. I've heard rumors that they are involved in some pretty dark stuff. Abraxos has been talking about supporting some dark wizard, Voldeman or something."
"Lord Voldemort." Severus corrected her softly. "And Lucius says it's nothing. Just a lot of talk and supposition."
"Just be careful. I wouldn't want you to get involved in something you couldn't get out of."
"I will." He said, standing up slowly. "Well I guess I'll be going now, since our project is over. I really enjoyed working with you."
"Wait Severus." She stood up and grabbed his arm. "I'm way behind in the potion production for the school. I could still use an assistant, that is if you don't mind the work."
Severus face brightened and a large smile crossed his face. "I don't mind at all. When do you want to start?"
"Well it's late now." Poppy said, glancing at her watch. "How do you feel about an all day session tomorrow? We'll have to use the dungeons for a project this large."
"I'll see you in the dungeons after breakfast tomorrow."
"It's a date." Poppy smiled happily. "Be prepared to work hard."
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