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Going On	By : Relevant_Peach Category: Harry Potter > Slash - Male/Male > Harry/Snape Views: 6816 -:- Recommendations : 2 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Severus spent a pleasant half hour or so unpacking his equipment, setting it into place with an idle flick of his wand. Shortly thereafter, his ingredients stores were similarly unpacked and organized, and by one, he’d already begun brewing. He ascended the stairs from his lab and made his way to the kitchen, only to find that it looked like a bomb had exploded there. Large cartons littered the floor surface, and it seemed that Harry had opened every cupboard and drawer. The man in question was in one of the cupboards below the sink, presenting Severus with a not-unwelcome view of an admittedly fine arse. There was a noise within the cupboard, followed by a curse and Harry emerged rubbing his forehead. Embarrassed that he’d been staring at the man, Severus grumbled “What is the meaning of this mess?”

Harry grinned “It’s unpacking, Sir. You should have seen the place an hour ago! I should be nearly finished the kitchen by dinnertime. In the meantime, though, you must be starving. Hold on til I call Teddy” Harry bounced out of the kitchen, and Severus could hear him calling the child and an excited voice calling back. As they entered the kitchen, the boy continued to chatter away to Harry and Severus wanted to shout at the child to stop talking.

Before he had a chance though, Harry said, “Teddy, remember I told you that we’d have a special houseguest staying with us to help out? This is Professor Snape, and I want you to be on your very best behaviour. Don’t forget that it’s rude to monopolize the conversation, and make sure that you’re greeting a guest as we practiced”

The boy’s eyes widened “Professor Snape, sir, it’s a pleasure to meet you” It was obvious that he and Harry had practiced the greeting, because when he got it correct, he sent a beaming grin at his Godfather, who nodded encouragingly.

“Mister Lupin, I’m pleased to meet you as well” Snape said to the boy, who, despite his enthusiasm, at least displayed nice manners. Although, he hadn’t seen the child handle a knife and fork yet. If his Godfather’s table manners were any indication, this child would also eat as though he’d never been fed.

They sat at the table, and Harry produced a huge salad laden with fruits and vegetables, as well as hearty tomato soup and freshly baked bread. Severus tucked in immediately, and was impressed to find that the food was delicious. “Who produced this meal?” he asked.

Harry answered “Teddy helped with the salad, but I made the soup and bread. I’m sorry it’s not much, sir. I’ll provide something heartier tomorrow. I just haven’t unpacked all of the kitchen yet, so we had to make do”

“This is adequate” Severus allowed.

“Professor Snape?” the child was gazing at him eagerly.

“I haven’t been a professor for some time. You may call me Mister Snape”

“Mister Snape, is it true that you were the youngest potions master in all of Europe?”

“Yes. Who told you that?”

A blush lit up Harry’s cheeks. “Sorry sir, that would be me. Teddy has a fascination with potions, and we were learning about potions masters. He hasn’t quite forgiven me for squandering the six years of education I received from the finest potions master in Britain.”

“Mister Snape, was Uncle Harry really as terrible as Uncle Draco says he was at brewing?” Teddy was casting him an arch look. “Uncle Draco lets me help him sometimes, but Uncle Harry doesn’t even try anymore”

Harry laughed “It’s not like I could brew a potion now anyhow, Teddy. You need magic for potions. But you’re right. I didn’t properly appreciate my educational opportunities when I had them.”

“You were…somewhat distracted by your extracurriculars” Severus allowed. Harry rewarded him with another grin. Severus found himself wanting to smile back, before he restored his normal features and cleared his throat. “I must go continue brewing”

Severus was at a tricky stage of a rather complicated experimental potion when an enormous crash from overhead startled him. Instead of adding four drops of Runespoor venom, he added six, botching the potion completely. With an irritated flick of his wand, he banished the entire useless mess and stomped up the stairs.

As he was rounding the corner, he ran into Theodore, whose eyes were big with fright. “Professor Snape, sir, it’s Uncle Harry! Please come!” The boy turned on his heel and sped up the stairs to his bedroom. Severus followed, only to find Harry underneath a huge bookcase.

“Potter!” Severus snapped. “What on earth do you think you’re doing?”

Harry laughed from underneath the bookcase. “Sorry, sir! I imagine I’m being quite loud. Just a little mishap with a bookcase.” Before Severus could raise his wand to levitate the bookcase off of the imbecile, Harry was lifting the bookcase with strong arms and placing it in its spot between the windows. As he raised the bookcase, his t-shirt raised with his arms, revealing a flat stomach and an enticing trail of dark hair that disappeared into his jeans. “Teddy, I told you not to get Mister Snape. I was fine”

Mister Snape was currently trying to retain an impassive face while coping with the inconvenient tightening of his pants that hd resulted from the unexpected sight of Potter’s flat stomach. “Foolish boy” he seethed. “You could have been injured”

“I’m awfully sorry to have disturbed you, sir. Feel free to place some silencing charms on the upper floor if you prefer. I expect to have most of the furniture in place by this evening”

“Why wouldn’t you have waited for help?” Severus asked, pinching the bridge of his nose in annoyance.

“Because I didn’t need help, sir. I’m perfectly capable of moving a bit of furniture around. I’m quite strong, you see.”

“Why am I here, if not to help you?” Severus wanted to know.

“You’re here, sir, because my friends are overprotective, and they’ve placed limitations on how I interact with my godchildren. You’re here because Draco has the skills of Merlin when it comes to manipulation.” Harry had been polite all day, but his patience was beginning to fray a little. “I’ll be honest with you, sir. I’m not any more thrilled with the situation than you are, especially when I realized how you’d been coerced into agreeing to it. I’m hoping to trouble you as little as possible.”

“But you’re being immeasurably stubborn, Potter. Why didn’t you ask me to unpack the kitchen using magic? What took you all morning would have taken about ten minutes if I’d helped you”

“Because” Harry’s voice took on a hint of steeliness. “I enjoy being self-sufficient. I realize that doing things without magic takes longer, but I have plenty of time. I don’t currently have a full time job, and I think it’s important for Teddy to see that we all have adversity in our lives that we need to overcome.” A glint appeared in those tortuous damned eyes that filled Severus with disquiet. “Besides. You’ve made it abundantly clear that you wish to be disrupted as little as possible, and I’d rather save your efforts for something more worthwhile of your…talents” Severus felt his brow furrow. On the surface, the words were innocuous enough. But there was a hint of mischief somewhere there that led Severus to believe that the whelp were teasing him.

“Very well” Severus sniffed, his defences locking into place more firmly than the doors of Hogwarts. “If there’s nothing further”

“Nope. We’re fine, aren’t we, Ted?”

“I guess so, Uncle Harry, but I don’t know why you wouldn’t take the help that’s being offered.”

“Ah, it’s quite the puzzle, but nobody said your Uncle Harry was uncomplicated” with a little smile, Harry cracked open another carton and began unpacking Teddy’s books into the bookshelf.

As Severus returned to the lab and began rebuilding the potion, he seethed. Ungrateful brat. How dare he mock the one man who stood to prevent him from difficulty? But when had Potter been any different? Smashing his cauldron onto the flame, Snape growled and set about recreating his experiment.
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