Stuck By Law *COMPLETE* | By : Talented_Mrs_Lupin Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Snape/Hermione Views: 56674 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 1 |
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Severus was sitting up against the headboard on a Sunday night. He liked to have a completely stress free day before having to go back to teaching, he lucked out because Hermione was the same way. Today however, she had been pretty sick and spent most of the day in bed, his potions didn’t seem to do anything for her so she stopped taking them. Now, she lay seemingly fine right next to him, she was awake but her eyes were closed. With a sigh he turned out the light and wiggled down until he was lying on side behind her. He put an arm around her waist and pulled her against him, when she wiggled a few times against him he smirked and trailed his hand up her shirt. Drawing circles on her skin while his hand made its way to her breast which he squeezed gently and ran his thumb over her nipple.
“Please” Hermione whined “Don’t touch my breasts, they hurt for some reason”
“Are you sure you’re okay?” He asked, sitting back up, turning on the light and pulling her gently to look at him “Hermione, you’ve been off for the last three weeks and you’ve been sick and now this?”
“Severus…” She bit her lip and looked at the roof again “I…my…I’m late” She shook her head and rolled her eyes “What I’m saying is that…I’m going to see a Healer tomorrow before work because I think…I think I’m pregnant”
Severus looked down at her but made no noise nor any movement. When the word ‘pregnant’ left her mouth a strange glazed look came over his eyes and while his mouth had dropped open a little no noise or words came out. He heard her and knew what the word ‘pregnant’ meant but for some reason it wasn’t making any sense to him. He knew the mechanics of sex, knew how to make a baby…he was an adult after all but for some reason he just thought that it wouldn’t happen to him. His head felt disconnected and there was a nauseas feeling in his stomach as thoughts of his own messed up childhood came back to him. His father had beaten him and his mother repeatedly for no reason, he felt alone growing up and if not for Lily he would have been alone. He had felt the need to prove himself and when it became apparent that people like Black and Potter wouldn’t let him have anything he learned dark magic. He’d never gone to his mothers funeral, he had joined the dark lord and cost people their lives. He was going to be a terrible father.
“Severus?” Hermione waved her hand in front of his face with a worried expression on her face “Severus, are you okay?”
“I think…” He said slowly “I think…we should…go to sleep”
“It’s not set in stone” Hermione told him as they laid back down and he shut the light off “I could just literally be sick, there’s probably a quick fix to whatever it is”
“Of course” He said, he made sure not to express a wish that it was an easy sickness to get rid of because he remembered what Remus said about that. Never let your wife know how you wish the opposite of what they want because then she’ll get scared or upset and nothing good can come of that.
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“Congratulations, Mrs. Snape” Healer Sharpe said with a smile “You are indeed pregnant, four weeks to be exact so you have about two months left in the first trimester” She pulled out some paperwork “I will fill these out for the Ministry to let them know that you and your husband have no fulfilled the expectations set upon you by them”
“I’m pregnant?” Hermione asked as her bottom lip started to quiver “This isn’t good. We were going to wait a full year before even considering having the child…most likely it wasn’t going to happen for another two years”
“Well” Healer Sharpe said with a sad smile “This baby wanted to be conceived and born before then. Judging by all I know about you and what we know about Severus Snape I imagine there would have been no stopping the baby”
“But…” Hermione looked at her miserably “I don’t think he wants to be a father yet”
“I understand” She said “My husband didn’t want to be a father right off the bat either and when I got pregnant it was hard for him to come to grips with but he loves being a father now and we have three kids”
“Thank you” Hermione told her “Well, there’s no turning back now anyway, I guess. Even if I were the type to even consider terminating a pregnancy it’s against the law with this marriage law in place”
“You will love being a mother” The older woman assured her and then shook herself slightly “Here” She gave her a list “This is a list of baby-safe potions, a safe and extremely mild potion that will alleviate the pain in your breasts and a potion to get rid of the morning sickness because it sounds like it’s hit you pretty hard”
“Thank you again” Hermione said taking the list from her.
“This is a book that will tell you all about what is happening every week of your pregnancy” She gave her a small but thick book “And this is a list I had made just for you…” Hermione looked shocked “I knew that sooner or later you’d be pregnant and as strange as it sounds, I am a fan of yours and know that you like to read” She handed her another list “This is a list of books about magical pregnancy, magical births and raising magical children along with where you can find these books”
“Thank you so much” Hermione said “This will help immensely, thank you”
“I will need to see you next month on the tenth, does that work for you, it’s a Wednesday?” She asked.
“Yes, okay” She smiled “That works and hopefully I can bring Severus with me”
“I would love to meet him” She answered.
Hermione left the office feeling nervous, scared and if she could really put a name to the other emotion she would say that she was excited. She laid her hand against her flat belly and smiled to herself, she was going to have a baby. Ginny and Tonks’s babies were only going to be like five months older than her baby which meant that they were likely to attend Hogwarts together. She was lost in the possibilities of mommy-hood for the rest of the day, giving no thought to the fact that she still needed to tell Severus. When she got back to the castle she went straight to their private chambers and started to set it up for a good dinner. She sent a note to the headmaster telling him that Severus would not be coming to dinner tonight.
Snape had been distracted all day, he thought that maybe he should have gone to the doctors with Hermione but she didn’t ask him to come along. He had spoken briefly with Remus about the matter but all the other man did was smile that annoying kind smile and tell him fatherhood was great. Snape assumed otherwise, getting puked on all the time, changing nappies, listening to the screaming and crying, having to cut evenings short because the babysitter needed to go home. Nothing sounded so “Amazing” about that and what if he was like his own father? He shuddered at the thought of what his father had been like, maybe his dad had been normal before he showed up. Maybe it was his fault his father had been such an abusive dick, his father had to have been pretty awesome to attract his mother. Sure his mum hadn’t been a babe by any means (he saw the pictures of her in Hogwarts) but she was from a dark pureblooded family, which meant that she’d have been married off to someone. But she chose a muggle man that turned out to be abusive, he must have changed and the only thing that could have changed him was Severus’s birth.
“Welcome home” Hermione said when he walked in to the sitting room after an excruciatingly long day with a glass of fire whiskey, which was not a good sign, right?
“I’ve had dinner bought up” She told him “Let’s eat. You look like you’ve had a rough day and I know that I have so…come on” She took his hand and led him to the table the often ate their breakfast at.
“How was your day?” He asked as he took off his outer robe and sat down across from her “Work hard?”
“As hard as I ever do” She smiled “Narcissa had been talking about a ‘girl’s night party’ so I spent almost the whole afternoon at the manor going through food lists, gift bags, activities and anything else that she may want”
“Why do you have to do that?” He asked.
“So I know what kind of budget I can put her on” Hermione said “She still hates that by the way, claims that she feels like a child with an allowance. I understand that and sympathize with her but she likes to spend money”
“And has always been like that” Severus said with a laugh “You should have seen her reception, had to have spent at least a thousand galleons on just one night” He tilted his head to the side slightly “Then again that was her parents money, so does it really count?”
“She was rich” Hermione said “She married rich and therefor she doesn’t understand what it’s like to have to limit ones spending” She shrugged “It’s a handicap, really”
“That it is” He agreed and watched as she sipped her tea “How was your appointment with the Healer?”
“It went well” Hermione said, she took a deep soothing breath “Severus, I…I am indeed pregnant, about four weeks along and I have a list of potions that I can make unless you want to or I can buy them…”
“No” He said “I will make them if you like”
“I would appreciate that” She answered, she noted that he had yet to say anything about the actual pregnancy “Severus…did you hear me at all. I’m going to be having a baby, do you have any thoughts about this?”
“Many” He answered “I just don’t know what to say” He leaned back in his chair “I’m not going to lie and say that I am completely happy because I am not, but then again I have no right to be angry either because you didn’t get yourself pregnant”
“But are you excited at all?” She asked.
“No” He answered honestly “Not really, I’m worried”
“About you turning in to your father?” She asked and his eyes flashed dangerously at her.
“Yes” He snapped at her “Drop it” With that he stood up and started walking to the bedroom but she got his attention again.
“Severus!” She said “Don’t walk away from me. This isn’t just happening to you its happening to me too and I am excited as well as terrified…I need you to support me and help me as much as possible”
“Merlin Hermione” He said pinching the bridge of his nose “You make it sound as if I am threatening to divorce for being pregnant, stop being so overdramatic”
“Overdramatic?” She repeated and pulled her head back as he had slapped her “Well, excuse me for wanting the father of my child to be part of this pregnancy”
“You are only four weeks, Hermione!” He growled “And you’ve only just told me, give me time to absorb this”
“Fine” She sniffed, there were tears streaming down her face and even though they’d had a worse fight this one seemed to be ripping apart her very soul “Take all the time you need, I will be sleeping over at Remus and Tonks’s chambers tonight”
“Hermione” He called walking over to her before she could leave the sitting room “Please, I’m sorry. Don’t leave…let’s go have a bath and then we can cuddle and…try to talk this out and figure out what we’re going to do”
“What we’re going to do?” She repeated with a laugh “Like there is anything other than having this baby that we can do”
“I meant planning out the baby’s life” He told her calmly while kissing her lips softly “Where it’s going to go to school and all that”
“You are a little excited” She pointed out with a smile “Admit it!”
“There is a certain amount of excitement” He said “I will have to let it sink in”
“Let’s go have that bath” She said taking his hand and dragging him away. He allowed her excitement to fill him as much as possible but he was still worrying about having to be a father.
A/N: Sorry, still writing the Ghost Story. Hope you like this, I was going to have it be a little more drawn out but then why do that when I can make it be much more fun.
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