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Gooey Melting Hearts	By : Blackkitten23 Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male Views: 24973 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 6
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With that Gill returned to Lyall’s home. In the morning he’d talk to Lyall and Lily’s family about using a different security system …
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Regulus’ eyes widened, “Your grades improved?! You can’t be my brother! Who are you really?!” He exclaimed in the most over dramatic way possible.
Sirius playfully shoved his brother, “Smart ass!” He muttered as his brother laughed.
“Can’t blame me for being shocked. You never cared about grades before.” Regulus commented as he laid back on the grass with his brother.
It was a break after classes where the two brothers had a chance to meet up. The spot they picked was a nice shady spot along the edge of Black lake. Of course, they weren’t alone. Remus and James were in the water and not for a relaxing swim. James slipped and Remus was trying to drag him out.
Regulus chuckled when he heard another splash, “James slipped again?”
“Yeah.” Sirius snickered.
“Are you going to make a move on your crush now that James is going for Severus? It would be cute to see you all dating.” Regulus said with a cheeky grin.
Sirius chuckled, “Very funny. Who do you think I’m-“
“Remus.” Regulus said bluntly. The sudden silence made him turn his head to look at his older brother and he had to cover his own mouth to muffle his laughter. “Thought so. You’re not as obvious as James, but I noticed you stopped flirting with other people a while ago.” He explained between snickers, which wasn’t easy because Sirius’ dumbfounded, jaw on the ground expression was way too funny.
“Hey, Sirius! Can you help me? James' foot is stuck on something.” Remus called out from the water where he was trying to keep James from sinking.
Sirius blinked and finally shut his jaw, “Coming!”
“I bet you’ve said that to Remus in your dreams.” Regulus commented suggestively as his brother stood up. The second he saw that his comment made Sirius freeze and that there was a light blush on his brother’s cheeks, Regulus started laughing again. “I knew it!”
“Sh-shut up.” Sirius hissed at his snickering brother before heading towards Remus and James. “I’m com- … I’ll be right there.” He said, quickly correcting himself simply because he couldn’t hear it after what Regulus said. “Where’s he stuck?” Sirius asked after wading into the water.
James twitched, “Something is pulling my foot.” He said right before wincing in pain.
Remus pulled to keep James from being pulled under the water, “I think that’s the current.”
“I’ll check.” Sirius commented and dunked his head under the water.
While holding onto James’ body he pulled right to the troublemaker. To say it was a shock was an understatement. In fact, Sirius immediately pulled out his wand and shot out a spell at the thing holding James hostage. The second James was free Sirius resurfaced and grabbed James’ arm.
“It was a pissed off mermaid! Get him out of the water!” Sirius exclaimed urgently.
Remus immediately grabbed James’ other arm and dragged, “What’d you do to piss off the mermaids?” Remus snapped as the three of them scrambled out of the water.
Regulus heard the commotion and was already on the shore, “Are you guys ok?” He asked worriedly as he made sure they were on land.
Sirius flopped onto the ground completely exhausted, “i think … we’re fine.” He said after looking at the two teens on the ground with him.
Regulus noticed that Sirius deliberately avoided looking directly at Remus’ wet shirt and scoffed, “Yeah, you’re fine. Now what happened?”
“I’m still waiting for an answer to that question.” Remus grumbled as he sat up and gave James a sharp nudge to his side.
James grunted when the nudge connected, but he quickly forgot about it, “Do I still have it?” He exclaimed as he bolted upright and started searching his pockets. After a second he pulled out a shiny thing and smiled. “It’s safe!”
Regulus’ eyes narrowed to get a good look at the item and then his eyes widened in shock, “James … is that pearl?”
“Yep! These can be good for healing, right? I wanted to give it to Severus when he gets back.” James said happily only to sulk when Sirius got up and bopped him on the head. “Hey! What was-“
“You were nearly dragged underwater by a pissed off mermaid just for a pearl!” Remus exclaimed and sighed when James, at least, looked sheepish. “I bet that mermaid took a liking to the pearl.”
James stood up and looked at the pearl, “It was just lying in the shallows so I didn’t think much of it. Should I throw it back?”
“Probably not.” Regulus commented thoughtfully. “If it was really mad it might have bitten you instead of just dragging you in a little. It didn’t even seem to pull that hard.”
Remus frowned, “I was doing everything I could to keep his head above the water so it was trying. Now that I think of it the mermaid might have tried to claw at me. I felt something tug my robes for a second.” He commented as he tugged at his damp robes and examined them. If he knew he was going to end up deeper in the water he wouldn’t have worn the baggy robes, but maybe that’s why he got away with only a gash in his robes.
“I should’ve used a stronger hex. I say keep the pearl.” Sirius muttered, clearly mad that the mermaid could’ve hurt Remus. When Regulus let out a snicker Sirius coughed sheepishly. “I mean the mermaid was rude and Severus could use it more, right?” He said to cover up his real reason for being angry even though his brother clearly knew he was mad that Remus was nearly attacked.
James nodded, “Good point.” He said and happily put the pearl away.
Remus chuckled, “I hope Severus comes back soon. It’d be safer for everyone if you would be focused on him and not going on dangerous quests to get him gifts.”
James blushed, “I’m sorry.”
“Oh I forgot to mention.” Regulus exclaimed while looking a little apologetic. “Severus is coming back tonight.”
James’ eyes lit up, “Lucius didn’t say anything! Is Severus ok? Has he had enough time to recover?” The worried Potter asked.
Regulus chuckled, “To be fair Lucius only learned about it a little while ago. In fact, he told me right before my potion class started.”
“The makes sense. He is helping Professor Slughorn.” Remus mused absentmindedly as he used his wand to dry them all off.
“Yep!” Regulus said cheerfully, but then frowned nervously. “Now to keep everything straight he isn’t having potions until dinner and since they couldn’t find a solution to heal him he will look bruised.” He said carefully while watching James, who he bet would have the strongest reaction.
James paled heavily as he rushed over and grabbed Regulus by the shoulders, “Is he in pain? Why are they waiting?”
Remus gently pulled James by the shoulder so he would let go of Regulus, “James, he just said it was best to wait so Lucius could know exactly what was done and when in order to keep the timing right.”
“Yes. Now Lily’s potion did leave a nasty residue. The checkup Severus had today showed that it was gone so now he can have potions. While his grandfathers couldn’t find something magical to help the pain they did find that muggle painkillers help the pain … just not the bruises.”
The three Gryffindors, especially James, were very concerned. It was strange that Regulus was stressing the bruise fact. However, they knew they’d find out soon. In fact, dinner wasn’t far away.
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Nicholas came into the living room where Severus and Sebastian were talking, “Ok. Lucius already responded to my letter. He’ll have everything ready and nothing new was discussed in your classes so you won’t even feel like a week went by. That is, of course, if you feel like going back.” He said, sounding worried and rightfully so.
“It’s true.” Sebastian commented looking at his grandson’s bruised face. “We can give you potions and ointment now and wait another day.” The Lord of the Prince family said reassuringly. Sebastian was willing to do whatever necessary to help Severus feel safe. Even if Severus said he didn’t want to go back to Hogwarts he was prepared to make the arrangements.
“I know.” Severus said with a soft smile. It felt so nice knowing how much his grandfathers cared for him. “In any other case I might consider taking a little more time, but I don’t really want Lucius to be alone. Regulus and I are aware of what he’s doing behind the background and I just feel like I should be there with him.”
Nicholas’ eyes softened, “He does need more support and comfort. Hopefully the ministry can end this war quickly.” He said, feeling concerned for the young Malfoy’s safety.
“They better.” Sebastian said, sounding slightly harsh about the topic. When he noticed his grandson and husband gave him a pair of similar confused looks and he sighed. “I have a feeling that Lily and her partner in crime aren’t caught because of the investigation on a certain dark wizard.”
Severus’ eyes widened, “Lily and Peter are … Death Eaters?” He pondered out loud. “How do you know?” He asked his grandfather curiously. Even though Lily has done some dark things he found it hard to believe she’d go so far as to work for the dark lord. She gave him more than enough hate for being friends with Lucius, who Lily only assumed was a Death Eater. Severus just couldn’t imagine her accepting such a role.
“Not Lily per say. I am only guessing.” Sebastian said, clarifying what he meant. “However, I know Gringotts doesn’t make anything that will fail easily and Lily got out of her monitor far too easily no matter how smart she thinks she is.”
Nicholas groaned and ran a hand through his hair as he realized what his husband was talking about, “The artifact that broke the ankle monitor. I didn’t even think about that… there’s no way a student could get that and they would’ve found it when she was arrested meaning Peter might be a Death Eater.”
“Most likely, yes.” Sebastian said and noticed the confusion in Severus’ eyes. “There’s no reason for her to know about Voldemort’s involvement. She’s by no means innocent, but I don’t think she knew. However, because she’s with a Death Eater that might be why she hasn’t been brought in yet.”
“I see. The ministry wants a clean fast ambush. Taking out Lily and Peter might alert everyone and just make everything more difficult.” Nicholas summed up and sighed. “I thought it was strange that the two of them lost the Aurors so easily. Even if there is a plan and they’re probably being watched please be careful and don’t leave Hogwarts until they’re arrested, ok?” Nicholas pleaded with his grandson.
Severus nodded seriously, “I won’t leave the grounds or Lucius … I’m sure that drama queen healer thought of a few things to prevent anything from happening.” Severus commented and snorted in amusement when he thought of his overprotective friend. Unfortunately, the bruising made a sharp pain go through his nose and got revenge for Lucius, who never even knew about the teasing.
Nicholas winced as he watched Severus gently touch the bruised nose, “Muggle medicine has too many limitations. Don’t worry. You’ll be back and Lucius will administer the bruising ointment soon enough.” He said and caught a glimpse of Sebastian’s face.
The Lord of the Prince family definitely felt guilty. No one wanted Severus in pain and it hurt that they couldn’t help more. Sebastian especially felt bad at not being able to protect Severus from the very thing he specialized in.
Nicholas put a comforting hand on his husband’s shoulder, “Lily is the one at fault here. You did everything you could to help and not make things worse. A means to get around her potion was too risky. Muggle medicine may not be perfect, but it was the safest course.” He said firmly refusing to let Sebastian feel even remotely bad about what happened.
Sebastian felt a hand take his other hand and saw that Severus had the same stubborn look as his husband, “That’s even more of a reason to want Lily in prison.” He commented as he firmly held his grandson’s hand. “Now are you ready to go back to school?” He asked calmly, not betraying any of his worry.
“Yes.” Severus said, but was slightly surprised when his grandfathers went through the floo with him and waited in the infirmary with him. They didn’t want to leave his side for a second until Lucius came and he couldn’t help but feel loved.
“I’m glad to see you’re back.” Severus immediately looked over and saw Lucius coming towards them. “Potter will be even more fun to tease now that you’re here.” He commented far too casually effectively making Severus’ heart skip a beat.
Nicholas chuckled, noticing his grandson’s eyes light up slightly at the mention of James, “Make sure to take it easy and I mean both of you.” He said making sure the spy got the message too as he hugged Severus goodbye.
Lucius nodded with a rare smile, “We’ll be more careful than before.” He said and watched the older wizards floo away. “Let’s try and get seated before James catches you.”
“Catches me? What do you mean?” Severus asked, wondering how James would even know he was back.
“Oh he’s been begging me for updates on you everyday. I had no choice but to give him the information and Regulus let slip some things too.” Lucius said not exactly sounding sorry about it as they walked towards the Great Hall.
Severus ignored the flutter in his chest and shot Lucius a skeptical look, “You had no choice?” He muttered not believing it and how could he when Lucius was smiling cheekily. Of course, Lucius didn’t respond so they kept walking in silence.
“Severus!” The Prince heir felt his heart skip a beat when he heard that voice and turned around to find James not just right in front of him, but also reaching for his face. “Are you ok? That looks painful.” James said gently and his fingers stroked Severus' cheeks as he looked at the dark bruises around the Slytherin’s nose.
“I … I’m feeling better.” Severus said softly as he tried to stop his heart racing and hid his own light blush.
His mind has been reeling since he learned about James’ feelings towards him. The more he thought about it the more he started feeling the desire to be closer to James. There was still a part of him that was a bit reluctant, however. Of course, he could trust Lucius’ sharp eyes and judgment, but was James really being sincere?
Lucius put on his more intimidating expression and stared at James, “He’ll feel even better once I give him the bruising ointment.”
James flinched, “Right!” James exclaimed, but he didn’t let go of Severus’ hand. Instead he held Severus’ hand while following them all the way to the Great Hall. “Oh! I found this for you.”
Severus tried to ignore the slightly sad feeling he felt when James let go to pull something out of his pocket and he looked at the item that James put in his hand, “is this … a pearl? Thank you.” He said feeling so shy that he kept looking at the pretty pearl because he couldn’t make eye contact with James.
“You’re welc-Hey!” The Potter yelped as he was pulled away by someone.
Remus chuckled as he held James’ collar, “Our table is over here. Let Severus have a moment alone.” The werewolf chuckled at his friend’s attempts to get away. He smiled at Severus, but realized Severus almost looked disappointed at losing James. “We’ll catch up after dinner. Be careful. This one is getting harder to control every day. I might not be able to pull him away next time.” Remus said with a wink. He was pleased to see that Severus gave a small smile.
There may be some romance in the air …
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