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A/N: Hello all. This has driven me mad yesterday and this
morning. Trying to figure out if I�ve left any holes.
I probably have, but � this is why I don�t post progressively, I�m all anxious
and worried. *shame* I�ll leave another A/N at the end of the chapter to
discuss some things I don�t want to spoil before you read it.

Thank you for your reviews:

Sheree
�No, Ron will not lose himself completely. But he is certainly lost in what�s
happening.

Anon person
�Hello! I like that they reconciled too, but Ron�s not the only one at fault, I
suppose. Thanks for reading x.

DaVinci �Unexpected that he knew in a good or
bad way? *worries* I hope this chapter is what you were hoping for.

Talley �Thank you
for explaining, I was a little worried I was coming up short somewhere. But I
understand what you meant now. *tries to bat away image of Ron doing James Bond
impression up the side of Hogwarts* I�m not sure Ron really knows what he is
�after all, he admits to looking at both men and women but hasn�t acted on it
until now. I think it just adds to his confusion, and fear. But, as for Ron
loving� it comes, but not from the quarter you�ve asked for.

Kai �thank you ;)
And, wait no more for the you-know-what *whistle*

Just a quick general note: two of you picked up on Severus�
�yet� thought, which was never meant to be a massive clue, just a smutty little
aside. You will see in this chapter how� handy� *snort* Severus is with his wandwork. And so he can put Ron through a lot, but alas,
the man �damn, vampire- cannot duplicate himself. Sorry to disappoint. xx

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�It is wonderful to have you here again.�

Severus looked up from the paper he was trying to read �it
was all in French, so he wasn�t getting particularly far.

The person talking to him was someone who had been invaluable
to him in his first year as a vampire. Why that striking female had ever
alighted upon him as a saviour, Severus had never quite figured out, but it had
only taken a matter of days before he had been immensely grateful for her
friendship and guidance.

�It�s nice to be here,� Severus gave her a small smile and
raised his wine glass in honour.

�Merry Christmas,� Bridgette looked at the clock, as it
chimed midnight. �How are you holding up with the potions these days?�

�They�re as effective as ever, thankfully.�

�Severus, forgive me,� Bridgette said. �You�ve been here
almost a week and you haven�t been yourself. Last night when we were out for
drinks with Christos and the lads you barely even finished your second pint.
Has something changed? Have you� slipped back into difficulty?�

�No,� he answered her honestly. �I promise you, those dark
times are gone. And I did not finish my pint because it tasted like the dregs
of the barrel.�

�Good. I don�t like having so much distance between us, Severus, where I cannot
watch over you like I once did.�

�I would come back to you if I felt myself heading back��

She gave him a gentle smile and flicked her platinum blonde
hair over her shoulder. �Then what�s different? If you�re not suicidally depressed, Severus, what�s got you so quiet?�

Severus nervously shifted in his seat. He knew the time
would have to arrive when he talked to his mentor about everything that was
happening back in England
with Ron, but he thought he would never be ready for it. As gentle as she was,
she had a temper and, as Severus had learnt many times to his cost, a sting in
the slap of her hand and a quick wand.

She had been turned at least a hundred years before him,
when she was just twenty-two. So her youthful face was utterly deceiving of her
power. Severus would never get over just how much she reminded him of the Malfoys. A lot bloody nicer though.

�I have someone waiting for me in England,� Severus said delicately,
looking at his wine.

�Oh, what�s this? The Dark Prince of The Scary Dungeons has
found love at last?� She asked with a definite note of teasing in her tone.

He sighed and looked at her wearily.

�I sense a tale coming on,� she dropped down into her seat
and looked at him. �Don�t keep me waiting; I�m enraged you kept this from me
for nearly a week, Severus! You know how much I feel this would be easier on
you if you were not alone. So� Who is it?�

�He is� uh�� Severus hated the way he fumbled over the
words. He was not an idiot and he could hold his own in conversation perfectly
well, but talking to his mentor he felt like a disobedient child. �He is a
mortal. Eighteen. One of my
students.�

�What a thrilling start,� she stared at him. �What happened
to your scrupulous morals, Severus, not feeding on your so beautifully placed
supply of fresh blood?�

�It�s not what you think,� Severus said firmly. �He is
actually nearly nineteen, and only an honorary student. His exams were
interrupted by outside forces and he is merely taking them a second time round.
He is not really bound like the other students.�

�So how on earth did this happen?� Severus could tell from
the tone of her voice she was displeased.

He detailed the first night they had spent together, and
what Ron had issued, and how his chance to Obliviate him
had been taken away.

�And what is his name?� Bridgette asked.

�Ron.�

�Ugly,� she made a face. �Find a sexier nickname.�

Severus cracked a smile before he could stop himself.

�Ah, so you already have� Well, Severus. I�m not going to congratulate you. You
seem to have landed yourself deep in the quagmire with this one. When do you plan to turn him?�

�I don�t,� Severus answered stonily.

�Then you are a fool,� she told him frankly. �Nothing good
can come of this redhead remaining mortal, Severus. You will half-kill him one
day and then you will never trust yourself again.�

Severus couldn�t find the words to say he had already done
such a thing, but then he knew she would glean as much from his silence.

�Dear Merlin, Severus. And this is
all in what, three weeks? And you�re usually so slow and methodical.�

�It has developed with a speed I could not have
anticipated.�

�You should have killed him when you had the chance,�
Bridgette said softly, her eyes glittering.

�No!� Severus exclaimed, and he glared at her.

She looked at him with assessing eyes and leaned back in her
chair. �And now, Severus, how are you coping without him? Do you miss your new
little toy?�

The burn in Severus� arms was there, but it was tolerable.
It even died a little when Severus took the time to think of Ron, imagine them
together and know that Ron was waiting for him to return. He was glad to have
been proved right on his estimation.

�You miss him,� she filled the silence for him with a
patronising nod. �Oh, Severus, what have you gone and done�� she finished on a
sigh. �Really, you should have killed him, drained him of his blood and then
you would have been free.�

�I am not sure that I would have been,� Severus braced
himself to raise the next topic. �I� We seem to be drawn to each other in ways
which the basic Invitation Lore, as I know it, cannot explain. And I don�t
really think it�s explained by the Protection Lore, either��

�Protection lore?� There was a
dangerous tang in her voice.

Severus sighed. �When I nearly killed him� we were in such a
setting that I was able to heal him and nurse him.�

�It just gets worse,� the blonde waved an angry hand.
�Severus, for the love of Merlin �do you remember nothing of what I�ve taught
you? This is unbelievable!�

�I know,� Severus growled. �I know I�ve been foolish. But
there feels like there is more, and for the love of me I can�t place what. With
him I feel so� alive.�

�Happy?� Bridgette supplied.

�Yes.�

�You still have so much to learn,� she sighed. �You�ve bound
yourself to him now. This can only go downhill.�

�Why?� Severus found himself annoyed with her pessimism, even though it was
usually the reason he liked her.

�Oh, only all the
reasons why vampires should never fall in love with a mortal they don�t intend
to turn,� she shot sarcastically. �Severus, please. You are an intelligent
man.�

�I have explained all this to him and more,� Severus shrugged. �And he knows
the risks, and so do I. But there is something more between us and it stops us
from ceasing contact. When I do not drink from him, I am submitted to torment
in my arms.�

�What kind of torment?� She asked, grey eyes flickering to his covered limbs.

�Thousands of tiny knives scraping away at my flesh,�
Severus tried to accurately describe it. �And when I drink from him, it
disappears. The first time, when I was in denial of all of this, I physically
hurt myself in my slumber to get it to stop. Nothing makes it stop, except
him.�

Bridgette frowned at him. �You are right. That is not normal.�

�So I am right in thinking there is more to this than the Invitation
and Protection Lores?�

She sighed. �The Invitation was the beginning, yes. Offering
an open-ended Invitation, that foolish little boy of yours has bonded himself
to you indefinitely, just because he has done the most basic thing in saying
�drink from me�. You know the Lore does not permit you to ignore such an
invitation. Impudent little brat� this is why we are condemned by so many,
Severus, people play with fire and then they are burned when they realise their
mistake.�

�Less of the insults, if you please,� Severus was consumed
with surprising fiery anger as she insulted Ron.

�The protection�� she ignored him. �Your own doing and I am
thoroughly ashamed at you, Severus. Honestly. But yes. In saving the boy from
the injuries you inflicted upon him, you will have invoked magic which strengthens
your need to care for him, and the way that you are driven to protect him. It
is very old, very powerful� and I imagine, if I were to call him a foolish
little boy many more times you would be pushed into a rage.�

Severus was surprised that the protection lore applied to
something as simple as a few insults, and Bridgette shook her head at him.

�You see, you have so much to learn, Severus. Why on earth
didn�t you come to me sooner?�

�I did not want to leave him,� Severus answered truthfully.

�And now? What about the pain in
your arms now, Severus?�

�It�s there but bearable. I assume that is because I have
stopped mentally denying him.�

�Probably, though it gives me great comfort to hear you once
retained a shred of sensibility over the matter, even if it is now gone.�

She rose to her feet and paced up and down her living room,
throwing Severus filthy glances every few steps.

�You do not know the inane complications the Invitation Lore
can throw up,� she said finally, stopping facing him.

�Such as?�

She heaved a sigh and turned to a bookcase on the side,
fingers trailing over the spines of the books until she found what she was
looking for. Pulling out a mouldy old volume, she turned back to Severus.

He looked at the title. �God, �The Love Affairs of the
Immortal�� do you think your trashy vampire porn is going to help?�

�Do not try me,�
Bridgette hissed and resumed her seat, where she began flicking through the
pages; Severus watched the thin set of her mouth and knew that she was, as he
had expected, truly livid with him for his actions.

Someone has to be.
Because you�ve failed to be angry at yourself!

�Ah, here we are. Let me read it to you:

�The world of
Invitation Lore is murky when it comes to the unpredictable nature of the
mortal heart. With great reason, the two races rarely mix. Mortals stumble
unknowingly into binding which they cannot control, and factors are critical
which they may have no discernable
knowledge about�.�

�Well, yes,� Severus frowned. �I knew that much.�

�Tell me about your Ron,� She said the name disdainfully.
�Tell me about him, and his temperament.�

�He�s a cocky little sod,� Severus couldn�t help his small
smile. �Tenacious, one would certainly say.�

�Is it teenage bravado?� Bridgette asked, closing the book but keeping her
finger in the page.

�To an extent, I suppose,� Severus gave a little shrug. �But
he is also very unique, very accepting� he is very forgiving when he should not
be, though he does have issues with jealousy.�

�How so?�

�Well, he was rather concerned as to what type of �friend�
you might be to me, and did not take kindly to being abandoned for two weeks.�

She smiled at Severus then. �Friendships change, I suppose.�
The hint of suggestion was in her tone and Severus rolled his eyes.

�Don�t you have enough boyfriends?�

�I like to regard you as the one that got away,� she
laughed. �And you do know how I like a challenge��

�Try as much as you like,� Severus told her. �You will never
succeed. And remember that it was your penchant for older men that saw you
sitting as you are today.�

�A fair point,� Bridgette conceded. �But where will your penchant for this
redhead see you sitting in a hundred years? Certainly not
with him. He will probably be dead.�

�Do not talk of such things,� Severus asked of her.

She shook her head at his attachment. �Anyway.
Back to him. Tell me about him, what are his family
like? Does he have many friends?�

�Where are you going with this?� Severus frowned.

�Just tell me, please.�

�He is from a big family, seven children, and he is the
second-youngest, and the last boy. His friends are� somewhat� well. I was going
to keep this from you, because it will only serve to make you angrier� but his
best friend is Harry Potter.�

�You�re right, that does make me angrier. Severus, have you
lost your mind?! This young man has to still be high profile. I know him now; I
remember the pictures from the papers.�

�Do you approve?� Severus tried to waylay her.

�No, I don�t like redheads,� she glared at him. �So, anyway, would you say that
Ron might feel in anyway� hard done by? Would you say he has self-esteem
issues?�

Severus thought on that. It was plain to see that beneath
Ron�s tough exterior he was insecure. Severus had told him time and time again
he didn�t have time for such insecurity.

�He is insecure,� Severus told her. �But then what teenager is not?�

�Do you feel that it could run a little more deeply than the usual, though?
Think about it, Severus. Big family, important friends� if that self-esteem problem
and any kind of resentment lingered deep in his heart��

�Are you implying what I think you�re implying?� Severus�
eyes flew wide.

Bridgette took that moment to flick the book open and find
another passage.

�Although rarely
documented due to the sporadic nature of such relationships, there are cases of
deep emotions causing an overlay to the most basic of Invitation Lores. Should the mortal in question feel deeply enough,
their issues will uniquely shape the Lore for their bonded pair.�

�So, Severus, would you say that your little beau has those deep-seated
emotional issues?�

�It�s been three weeks, Bridge, how should I know the inner workings of his
mind?�

�Think, Severus, this is beyond consequential.�

Severus desperately thought for an answer.

�Oh, wake up, you idiot!� She finally snapped, her patience
vanishing, and she threw the book at him, which missed and landed on the
carpet. �Think about it. He comes from a family of seven kids; he�s got friends
who have done big things. Maybe it�s because I�m looking at this from the
outside, I can see how he might feel, I don�t know. But have you ever thought
that maybe this kid just wants someone who wants him and not the rest? That his need to be wanted might well have laced into the
Lore?�

Severus looked at her, gaping unbecomingly like a fish.

Sweet Salazar�he�

�Yes, I think I�m right,� Bridgette muttered. �You are a
complete fool, Severus. I�d slap you but there�s a fat lot of good it�ll do
now. This boy�s want is burned into you. He wants you to want him, and so the
Lore has made it so if you ever try to not
want him, or try to deny yourself him, you are physically punished and
therefore driven to him. This, Severus, THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD HAVE FOUND
YOURSELF A NICE BLOODY VAMPIRE!�

Her shouting made him cringe but he watched as she flew to
her feet and resumed her pacing. To occupy himself he levitated the book she�d
thrown onto the nearest table whilst he thought about the revelation of what
exactly had happened between them.

�Do you think�� Severus asked, and
had to clear his throat. �Do you think that he wanted me specifically?�

�Not necessarily. But he was drunk when you were first
together� alcohol opens up the mortal soul in a way which is entirely too free.
His feelings must have been at the surface when you had him. The magic in the
lore would have still been mutating at the time you continued acting after
drinking. I think it is more likely that he just wanted someone, anyone.�

�And there I was,� Severus breathed, and closed his eyes.

�Preposterously so, yes.�

�I was just��

�There is no justification that you can make to me for
landing yourself in this mess, gods above, Severus, why on earth did you ever
even open your mouth? Your immortality is not a joke or a toy with which to
scare truant students!� she scorned him coldly. Then she sighed yet again and
said, �So come on. Do you love him yet?�

�No,� Severus murmured. �Though I know it will come.�

�And does he love you?�

�He has not said if he does.�

�How are you playing this?� She asked, walking closer. �How
are you dealing with your dominant nature� you are one of the most prevailing I
have ever seen� you know what they say, if the person was a dom
before they were turned, Merlin help them when they�re turned� It is just what
we are. We outrank the humans with our enhanced senses, it is only natural we
should act dominantly� but your redhead probably doesn�t know what�s hit him.�

�I am mainly keeping it to the bedroom,� Severus said
quietly. �I do not feel the need to control him out of it.�

�Yet,� Bridgette said airily. �You will want him to bend to your will
eventually.�

�Never,� Severus glared at her. �I will not stop him from
having a life, just as I do not intend to stop this� relationship from letting
me have one.�

�Which, of course, is why you came all the way here, instead of owling me and cancelling,� she winked.

�You confuse me,� Severus shook his head. �One minute you�re
treating me like the village dunce and the next you imply I should not have
left him.�

�Well, you are a
dunce, but no, you should not have left him. Go home to him, Severus. Why make
this harder than it already is? I have had your company for nearly a week but
you are not yourself. You are really with him, I know it.�

�The Lore� it�s making us want each other mutually, in a way
which is not necessarily tied to drinking?�

�God knows what the bloody Lore is doing, Severus,� she
placed her hand on his shoulder. �Probably, old magic is old magic and will do
what it does. With his dodgy Invitation, and your blasted Protection, I�d say anything�s just about possible.�

Severus rose to his feet. �I�ll go, if you are sure you do
not mind?�

�Just don�t leave it so long next time? I miss you.� She
gave him a familial embrace. �And you will need me through this. Do not
hesitate if you need help, Severus. I do not want to hold your hand through
another depression if you make the mistake of hurting him beyond your repair,
so use me before you make such an error. The circumstances are different now,
you are used to your condition, but I doubt you would hurt any less should
there be major upheaval so soon after your change� and losing him, Severus, I
think it would rather count as that.�

�Of course,� Severus returned her embrace, guiltily
wondering what Ron would think if he could see them.

�Have you had him yet?� She asked conversationally.
�Properly I mean?�

�No,� Severus pulled back, cheeks colouring.

�You old-fashioned lunatic,� she sighed. �I think you should
go home and give him a Christmas present, personally.�

He rolled his eyes and made to leave the room, but she
stopped him.

�Severus� old magic can be countered with old magic.�

�In what ways? I researched but-�

�Ways which I would not chance to put an eighteen-year-old
though,� she said sadly. �Be discreet. If you are in danger, you must come to
me.�

***

Ron thought there was only one word with which he could
describe spending Christmas alone at Hogwarts �awful. Fucking awful.

He had never been more bored in his entire life. He had
cleared all of his holiday homework within the first three days, and had made
such headway into his specialist NEWT project that he could do no more until he
was able to meet with McGonagall to discuss it further. So he really had
nothing to do. Normally he would have loved the free time, and spent it playing
chess, or flying with Harry. But Harry was not there.

There were only two other Gryffindors staying in the tower
and they were both second years and shy around him. He hadn�t spoken an actual
word to anyone in what felt like days until lunchtime, and he had wondered if
his voice would disappear without use.

That particular moment saw him looking out at the snowy
Hogwarts grounds. He was full from Christmas dinner and the four rounds of
chocolate log that McGonagall seemed to think he needed.

Bloody
woman. At
the sherry again. She had definitely wobbled when she finally left
the Christmas lunch table clutching her cracker hat to her head. Ron smiled
slightly as he thought back over what Dumbledore had said.

�It�s not the same
without Severus here snarling at us all for wearing these. I shall never let
him have another Christmas off again, I don�t think.�

Ron walked down the castle steps and started making a trench
through the snow. He�d tucked his jeans into his boots and waterproofed them,
but it didn�t really stop the cold, and his feet were soon numb. He headed
towards the lake and stopped beneath one of the large trees which lined the
shore nearest the castle.

Just doesn�t seem
right without a million snowballs in the air and Harry making his usual jokes
about yellow snow.

Determined that his loneliness would not get the better of
him, Ron dropped to his knees and started making the body of a snowman. Flakes
started to fall from the sky again as he worked, gently building up the ball so
he could roll it over the snow. Soon it was big enough thanks to the abundance
of white powder that he could work on the mid-section.

Too
fast. I�m going to be back
inside bored out of my head before I know it.

And fifteen minutes later he was finished. His snowman had
stones for eyes, mouth and coat buttons, twigs for arms and a transfigured
carrot for a nose.

Ron stood back to admire his work, thinking on how he needed
a scarf and a hat for the snow creation to be complete. He�ll just have to be indecently naked. Sorry mate.

Snow was still falling and Ron brushed some absentmindedly
off his eyelashes, it annoyed him clogging his peripheral vision.

�Doesn�t he need a scarf?�

Ron yelled in fright at the low voice which came out of thin
air next to him and he lost his footing in the chunky snow. He was on his back
before he knew it, snow falling into his face as he blinked up at his company.
Ron was too shocked to reprimand the person for sneaking up on him.

Again.

�Severus?� Ron frowned, the cold permeating his coat and jeans and making his
hips ache. �What are� you�re meant��

�Do you need a hand?� Severus smirked, reaching out a
leather-gloved hand to hoist Ron off the floor.

Upright again, his back completely covered in snow, Ron was
gaping at Severus, barely able to believe it.

�But you� you�re meant to be in Paris!�

�Paris
was without,� Severus informed him.

�Without what?� Ron frowned,
confused.

Severus did not drop the hand he had used to pull Ron off
the floor. �You.�

Ron wanted to throw his arms around the man and hug him
senseless, but even he could see that doing so in the middle of the school
grounds would be a stupid move.

�I want you to give me half an hour, and then I want you to
come to my rooms,� Severus said. �Wait until I get in the castle, then follow,
but make sure you do a detour once you�re in, do not let it look like you are
coming to me. I need to alert the Headmaster of my return and secure our
privacy for the� evening. I will of course be feigning the need for rest after
travelling.�

Ron gave him an excited smirk and nodded. �I�ll make him a
wife before coming in,� he jerked his head at the snowman.

�It wouldn�t do for him to be lonely,� Severus agreed, and
turned and strode away.

***

Severus was fully unpacked and had the fire roaring when he
heard the gentle tap on his door. He flew to it and pulled it open; glad to see
it was Ron and nobody else. The redhead entered, the door was shut, and then
they faced one another.

If someone had observed them, they would have been hard
pushed to decide on who pounced first. The only thing that would have been
crystal clear was that suddenly the two men were wrapped around one another,
kissing ferociously.

Ron growled in relief to Severus� mouth, wrapping his arms
tightly around the man�s torso, whilst Severus settled locked fingers at the
base of Ron�s spine, holding him close. Ron gave a cheeky suck at Severus�
tongue and found himself lowered backwards for his nerve, suspended in the arms
of the man who had seemingly cut short his holiday just for him.

�Gods I�ve missed those lips,� Severus broke off, eyes
drinking in the way he had caused pink to turn assaulted red, and the way the
lips pouted slightly, missing the presence of his own.

�And I�ve missed yours�� Ron smiled.

�I have a lot to tell you,� Severus whispered down to him,
and pulled Ron upright again. �But first� I think there is something that we
should do.�

�How was it?� Ron asked instantly, face falling. �Did you
hurt yourself again, Severus? Did you go loopy?�

�No, I did not go mad. But I wasn�t talking about drinking
from you,� Severus reached up and brushed Ron�s hair away from his eyes. �No.
There is something else we can indulge in for a lazy Christmas afternoon, don�t
you think?�

Ron looked at the one quirked eyebrow and nearly wet himself
with excitement. �You mean we can finally�?�

Severus didn�t answer that. He turned and placed an extra
lot of protection spells on the door to his rooms, and cast more silencing
spells. Then, he took Ron�s hand and led him to the corner of his office and
into his bedroom.

Ron had never been in there before and he was surprised by
what he found. It was thickly carpeted and warm, despite the fact they were
stuck beneath a stone castle. The bed was the main feature.

�Why do you have such a nice bed if you barely sleep?� Ron
wondered aloud.

�I wasn�t always a vampire,� Severus reminded him with a
smile, and dropped Ron�s hand.

�I guess,� Ron�s eyes trailed over the bed again. It was large;
a four-poster like it seemed all beds within the castle were. But instead of
being dark, it was made of a honey coloured oak wood, and the curtains were of
a champagne gold, the cover matched and the sheets were cream and as smooth as
those in the Room of Requirement had been.

�I take it that your open mouth indicates your approval?� Severus snorted,
moving to the side of the magnificent bed.

�If I had a bed like that I wouldn�t bother getting up of a
morning,� Ron grinned broadly.

�I always felt the same way,� Severus leant against one of
the bed posts. �I have a question for you.�

�Yeah?� Ron looked back from where he�d been peering
around the room.

�Why are you still dressed?� Severus cocked his head and
enjoyed Ron�s blush. �No matter. There are spells.�

He flicked his wand and Ron found himself all of a sudden
exposed to the room, and although it was warm both his nipples and his groin
reacted to the loss of his thick jumper and coat. �Happy now?� he asked.

�Undoubtedly so,� Severus smirked.

�So come on then, going to spell yourself?�
Ron asked pointedly �it felt like he had been waiting forever for this. �Or are
you going to be really cruel and fuck me fully dressed? You�re beginning to
make me wonder what you�re hiding��

�I�m not hiding anything. I merely thought you might like to
have the pleasure of doing it, but if you�d rather I-�

�Nonononono!�
Ron backtracked, and bounded across the room, ignoring the way his freely
hanging genitalia bounced. �I�ll do it.�

Ron did not waste any more time. It felt like forever they�d
been dancing around one another, the final conclusion lingering just out of
reach. He started at Severus� neck, unbuttoning the collar of his robes with
slow fingers �if he rushed he would just mess up and cause himself
more delay.

Severus stood and let him slowly release his body, impressed
by Ron�s patience though he knew it was a front, because the redhead�s breath
was quick and his eyes were eager.

�Why do you wear such bloody difficult robes?� Ron muttered,
and finally managed to reach Severus� waist. He pushed open the breast of the
robe and was met with a pale chest, which housed two deep pink nipples, a heavy
smattering of hair as black as that on Severus� head, and led to a surprisingly
flat stomach. Another line of dark hair ran down from the man�s navel into the
robe left to be unbuttoned. Ron tentatively touched a hand to defined
collarbones and traced them with his fingers.

�Christ, don�t come yet, you�ve got a lot more to uncover,�
Severus needled him, and Ron shook his head slightly.

�I know,� he grinned, and returned his hands to releasing
Severus from this cloth prison.

By the time the robe was gone, and Severus� arms were free,
Ron was completely hard and with every touch of his fingertips of bare flesh,
he felt like he got even more so.

�What, no comment?� Severus asked. �Unlike you��

�I�m not finished,� Ron said through gritted teeth and popped open the button
on Severus� waistband with one finger.

�You�re going to have to teach me how to do that,� Severus laughed.

�It�s easy, and trust me, I�ve not
exactly had my fair share of button-popping moments, have I?� He grinned and
eased his fingers inside the material, before sliding them back out and sending
them sailing to the floor. Severus stepped out of them.

Ron looked him in the eye and sent the man�s underwear the
same way, and then, with a racing heart, took a step back to take in the
finally fully naked form of his lover.

�Well, what you expected?� Severus asked of him.

�Turn around,� Ron smirked, remembering the way that he
always had to parade for Severus. �Seeing as this is the first time and all,
you owe me��

�I suppose I do, having kept you in the dark long enough,� Severus side, and
slowly turned, kicking away his fallen clothes as he did so.

Ron watched and saw the thin form turn, appreciating the wiry
strength in the arms and legs; manly hips with obvious narrowness and defined
inwardly curving skin off the hipbones; the small but pert backside; hairy
legs, somewhat skinny, but had they been anything other they would have looked ridiculous.
The proportions of the man�s legs were fascinating -they seemed to go on
forever. Never thought I�d describe
Severus Snape as leggy, but Merlin�s balls, he is. Long feet attached at
the ankle and completed the line up.

�I�ve never been much to look at,� Severus finally seemed to
be a little uncomfortable at his scrutiny.

�Nobody thinks they�re much to look at,� Ron dismissed him.
�But what their partners think is a completely different story.�

�And what does my partner think?� Severus sat down on the bed.

Ron walked close to him and lifted Severus� chin so he could
kiss him. �That it was worth the wait.�

�You�re learning,� Severus winked, and in one swift movement leapt forward and
threw Ron down on the bed, and crawled over him.

There was a moment, as their bare bodies brushed together,
that they both fought down gasps. They caught each other�s eyes and smiled.

�I suppose now�s not the time to be all shy and virginal,�
Ron whispered, as Severus lowered down on him and completely covered Ron�s body
with his own.

�You can be that if you need to be, it won�t change what I
plan to do to you�� Severus told him with a soft kiss to his lips. �This will
be strange, the first time, and it will hurt.�

�I know that,� Ron murmured.

�Are you scared?�

�If I said yes, would you think less of me?�

�No,� Severus laughed gently, and reached up to stroke Ron�s
hair.

�I have a�� Ron trailed off and looked away.

�What?� Severus frowned.

�Don�t drink from me,� Ron requested, and looked back, his
eyes full of pleading.

Severus looked at him for a moment. �Why
not?�

�Because then� this is about more than blood, and
invitations,� Ron whispered.

�Okay,� Severus gave a swift nod. �Now.
I�ve waited long enough and so have you. Do you mind if I play with you a
little first?�

Ron pretended to think about it and Severus growled his
annoyance whilst he rolled off the younger man.

�Come here,� he commanded, and mostly effortlessly managed
to arrange Ron so that he was in one end corner of the bed, kneeling with his
back to the bedpost. Severus reached for his wand and knew Ron watched every
movement of his body, drinking it in, like a hungry man forced to watch another
eat.

�When I said play with you,� Severus told him, running his
wand down Ron�s bare chest. �I meant it subjectively, of course.� He flicked
the wand and watched with a satisfied smirk as Ron�s arms were drawn together
behind him and tied to the bedpost. Another flick and his ankles were secured
in the same way, trapping his lithe body in the kneeling position.

�Do I need to bind this up as well?� Severus gave a small
tap at Ron�s cock.

�That depends what you�re going to do,� Ron somehow managed
to stop his voice from wobbling.

�Oh, not very much� but it�s more than you�ll have seen
before, and you do seem so very, very eager��

�Fine,� Ron spat, hating the way his cock betrayed him by
leaking his first drops of pre-come when Severus had barely touched him.

�Oh no, you think you can handle it, be my guest,� Severus
changed tack and moved away from Ron to lie in the centre of the large bed.

He positioned a pillow beneath his hips and bent his knees,
keeping his feet flat on the bed. His back and head were supported by the many
pillows up by the headboard. And Ron had an absolutely scorching view of
everything �Severus could tell that from the way he was staring.

�I did not mean this to turn into a lesson in self control,
but you seem to think you don�t need one,� Severus told him. He summoned a jar
of lubricant from the bedside table and caught it.

�Oh Merlin are you going to�� Ron
watched as two long fingers, fingers that he was used to assaulting him, dipped into the gel-like substance
and were coated.

Severus didn�t answer him. He took his uncoated hand and wrapped it around his
half interested cock. He kept his eyes on Ron�s form, tied to his bedpost, cock
hard and prominent before him. That sight alone was enough to make him fill up,
but he stroked languidly because the point of his show was not for him to get
off, but for Ron to lose control. And his inhibitions.

Ron watched him stroking at his cock, which was longer but
thinner than Ron�s own, set in a deep thatch of black curls with heavy balls
trailing down in between Severus� spread legs. It was tantalising him even
further than he already had been tantalised, and the thought of breaking free
to touch and taste that beautiful body made him yank against his restraints and
groan.

�Patience,� Severus snapped at him with a smirk. He reached
down with his lubricated fingers and traced his own entrance with them. Long
arms meant he was able to reach without much difficulty, though the pillow
raising his hips made it easier. Wrangling his cock
upright, he pumped it a few times, threw in a gasp for Ron�s benefit, and then
pressed into himself with one finger.

Ron gulped as he watched that finger sink into the tight
heat, all the way up to the second knuckle.

�What does it feel like?� The whisper escaped him before he
could help it; he was so desperate to touch Severus.

Severus hissed and arched upwards, clenching around his own
finger. �Why, do you want me to finger you? Instead of fucking you...�

�No!� Ron blurted. �I just� I can never touch you and now you�re whoring
yourself in front of me and it�s driving me��

�Mad? It�s meant to,� Severus was rendered speechless after
that as he located his own prostate and had a merry few minutes scraping over
it, making his cock leak with excitement.

Only when he heard the strangled groan from the end of the
bed did he slide out his finger, and then re-entered himself with two, which
made him moan out at the tightness.

�Please, Severus�� Ron begged. �Let me out of this� I can�t
watch you do this and not��

�Do not come,� Severus instructed him, plunging his fingers
back and forth in his arse. �I will not fuck you if you do.�

�What?� Ron choked.

�You heard me,� Severus� mouth stayed open when he caressed
the nerve bundle within him once more, that time with the pressure of two
fingers. �I usually do this with three fingers,� he said in a rasping voice.
�I�ve done it thinking about you. I imagined they were yours.�

�Please,� there was more of a shout in the word and Ron
groaned, watching the purple tip of Severus� cock slide into view as his hand
descended downwards for another pump. �Release me, let
me suck you off� I need to��

�What? Taste me?�

�Yes�� Ron panted, wishing there was something, anything he
could rub his dick on.

Severus let go of his erection and reached for his wand, the
thought of what he was about to unleash on the redhead nearly driving him over
the edge. �This will prepare you for me,� he flicked the wand and uttered the
spell, and waited for the scream.

It was more of a gurgled choke, but Ron�s breath seemed
sucked out of his lungs when he felt the intrusion behind him, just like
Severus was fingering him. �Oh fuck� fuck��

�Keep quiet,� Severus flicked his wand again and knew his
next spell would make it almost entirely impossible for Ron to do so �but it
would be delicious to watch him fail.

Ron bucked forward when he felt the wetness on his cock. His
eyes immediately searched out the source but there was nothing there, and he
was suddenly panting, as that wetness licked against him unrelentingly,
constantly laving over the tip. He saw fluid dribble from his slit and it stung
as it went. He opened his mouth to cry out, as the licking and the stretching
seemed to fall into a rhythm together, working him to a state of ecstasy within
seconds. Eyes open but dazed, he wasn�t really sure where he was looking, but
then he noticed Severus looking back at him, his hand wrapped around his dick
again, stroking, cock hard and glistening, watching what he was putting Ron
through.

�Still think you can handle it?� There was a definite jeer
in Severus� voice and Ron realised his torment was completely down to his own
actions. Had he not protested at the cock ring then he would just have been
left tied to the post to watch Severus touch himself. �You need to learn to
obey me.�

Severus bit into his lip and watched as Ron writhed against
his binding, mouth open in a scream he had yet to release. Whichever spell it
was, however, one seemed to undo Ron�s control as he bucked forward and cursed
out loud to the bed.

�Oh dear,� Severus caught his gaze. �For every time you
scream out loud, you add to your total of the spanks you will receive when you
have come.�

Unfortunately for Ron, at that moment the spell making
dinner out of his cock seemed to move into overdrive, because he found himself
unable to stop screaming. In his slit, washing round the head, lapping at the
underside �the invisible tongue seemed to be absolutely everywhere and he could
not reign in his vocal chords.

�No� no� god no� Severus make it
stop,� he babbled, hips thrusting involuntarily. �Sev please oh god and fuck
it�s� no,� he whimpered slightly with a mix of shame and desire. He cried out
again as the spell in his back passage pressed over his prostate.

Severus watched as slowly his cocky, brave redhead was
reduced to a whimpering, mewling wreck against the bedpost, and delighted in
it.

�Oh god�I can�t stop it, need to come�� the shouts and
grunts grew louder, Severus gave up counting.

He let go of his own erection and stilled his hand before
removing his fingers. This was not his undoing, it was Ron�s. He sat up, legs still spread, and saw the way Ron�s skin was heated
in a full body blush, his trim stomach heaving with the desperate control he
was trying to retain.

Severus knew he could cut the spells then and there and save
Ron the embarrassment. But then where
would be the fun in that?

Ron had finally had enough and he knew his climax was
coming; it was urged by the fact that Severus was watching him so closely. The
spell on his cock refused to let up and was licking in fast strokes across his
foreskin and slit, like a persistent animal at something it really, truly
wanted.

That thought, as disturbing as it was, pushed Ron too far,
and he screamed, arms tensing as he thrust forward and spurted his orgasm onto
the bed cover between him and Severus. It was like no orgasm he�d ever had
before. The spell licked him through it and his cock seemed unwilling to
deflate.

�Severus please, stop,� he panted, head tilted back as his
cock spasmed and made him shudder, stinging with
pleasure.

Severus had to recover himself from the depraved show before
his eyes to reach for his wand, utter �finite incantatem�
and listen to Ron�s relieved groans. His hard gasps were the only sound in the
bedroom and there, watching Ron be filthy, sweaty and
completely broken, Severus knew he would never give up the chance to take that
body again.

He vanished the restraints and Ron
slumped forward, his face landing in the midst of the mess he�d created on the
coverlet, his backside up to the room. Severus moved alongside him and groped
it for a moment, pinching the sweaty skin sporadically before massaging.

�You disobeyed my orders,� Severus told him quietly. �You
were vocal, and then you ruined my favourite bedspread.�

�No, I couldn�t help it-� Ron groaned. �It was too much,
Severus, please... don�t take this away. Next time I�ll� be better.�

Oh God no, never stop
doing what you just did, Ron, please.

�I will still fuck you,� Severus forced hardness into his
tone. �As I did not get the chance to finish pleasuring
myself. But first you have to be punished for your rulebreaking.�

Ron gulped and stayed quiet. His orgasm had been like
nothing he had experienced before, and he suddenly understood the reasons why Severus
had slowly taught him. Probably would
have just fucking passed out if he�d done this that first night.

�FUCK!� Ron screamed, as a sharp crack on his arse dragged
him out of his thoughts, and he inwardly groaned, remembering the threat of
spanking which had been issued during his incontrollable stint against the
bedpost. Another smack had him gasping. I
suppose I shouldn�t be getting hard from this�

And yet he was. No matter how bone-melting his orgasm had
been, Ron felt his cock stirring in his groin. There
was a third smack, that time further down, at the tops of the back of his
thighs, and it clipped his balls ever-so-slightly. He groaned but then the hand
was gone.

�Don�t make me do that again,� Severus panted at him, his
hand stinging. �I enjoy it thoroughly too much and I can get carried away.�

Ron flicked his eyes to the dark groin and could have gaped
at how much harder the man seemed.

�On your back,� Severus pointed. �Arse over that pillow. Now.�

Ron scrambled to comply and with shaking limbs dropped down
into position, knees throbbing with the way blood rushed back into them.

�It seems that I was not the only one to enjoy spanking,� Severus raised an
eyebrow as he dipped his fingers into the jar again.

�What are you doing?� Ron asked, watching him. �I thought
that spell��

�Will have done enough, but this is your first time, and I
want to be sure. There is a difference between enjoying pain from a few slaps
to your backside to the feeling of being ripped apart,� Severus said, in a tone
much softer than the previous few times he had spoken.

Ron nodded and let his legs fall apart. His cock was enticed
back to full hardness as Severus played around his puckered, greased hole, and
slid in. The second joined it instantly and Ron felt then the feeling of being
full. The fingers scissored within him but he stayed
oddly quiet, and he wondered if he had spent his vocal contributions.

Severus noticed and paused, looking down into his face. �Are
you alright?�

Ron nodded sincerely. �Just��

�I know,� Severus gave him a knowing smirk. �We�re not
finished yet though; I�d hate to think you�ve used up all those beautiful
screams you can make.�

�I�m sure I�ll manage,� Ron said hoarsely, and closed his
eyes at the feeling of the third finger pushing into him. �Jesus��

�Off again already, we needn�t have worried,� Severus
commented, and thrust the fingers in and out a few times before withdrawing
them. �That�s enough.�

�Sit up and rub this over me,� Ron felt the cool jar pressed
into his hand.

Stroking the silky substance over Severus� groin felt a lot
more erotic than he thought it would have, and he watched as his fingers slid
and slipped with every scoop of the lube.

�That�s enough,� Severus whispered, and Ron dropped the jar.

Their eyes met and Ron suddenly found himself more nervous
than he could remember being in a long time. Too scared to lie back down
without assurance, he reached forward and lightly looped his arms around
Severus� neck and kissed him.

�Just relax,� Severus soothed him, and lowered them both
down onto the bed. �And trust me.�

�I trust you,� Ron repeated back instantly, because it was
the truth. Severus kissed him once more.

Heart racing, Ron let his legs fall wide again, unsure as to
how his lover would take him, but Severus just settled in between his legs and
reached down between them, lining himself up.

�Close your eyes,� he instructed, and Ron obeyed, wondering
why but never receiving an explanation.

He felt the heat of Severus pushing against him, and then
gasped when he broke through the ring of muscle and slid in at a slow pace. Ron�s
gasps were too fast but then he didn�t see how he could react any other way to
being filled up. The pain wasn�t the problem, because it wasn�t as bad as he
had been expecting, though he wasn�t quite sure what that had been.

Severus dropped a kiss onto his cheek and stayed close, one
hand stroking Ron�s hair, ready to murmur any words of needed encouragement.
But his Fire Imp stayed remarkably quiet, and the only way Severus knew he was
reacting were the gasps, and it was with shock that Severus found himself fully
sheathed within the redhead.

�Ron, are you alright��

�I�m fine,� Ron finally opened his eyes, bright and sparkling. �It�s just� I
feel like if you move, you�re going to split me open, and I�m going to do
something embarrassing.�

�It�s meant to feel like that,� Severus kissed him and
dismissed the doubts. �Ready for me to move yet?�

�Never know until you try,� Ron�s breath caught with fear.

�I knew you were being too brave,� Severus said in his ear,
shifting his hips enough for Ron to feel the difference within him, �And I hope
you understand now why I made you wait.�

Ron nodded with a definite gulp, and gripped Severus� hips
with his hands.

�Move,� he breathed.

�As you wish,� Severus licked at his ear briefly before
levering himself up onto his hands and gently working his hips into a back and
forth motion, never completely leaving Ron�s passage.

�Urghgod,� Ron choked, as the pain
transmuted into something he was sure he wanted more of. �Severus that�s so�
good,� he let his head tilt back.

�I�m glad, ready for a notch up in speed? You�re testing my
ability to hold off here,� Severus swallowed.

�Go for it,� Ron�s mouth was open in a strange smirk, and it
widened as Severus snapped his hips more quickly. Inside a fire seemed to stoke
in his belly, and crept up his chest, through his lungs and out of his mouth,
and then caution seemed to sweep him up into the wind. Somehow his legs flew up
and locked around Severus� waist, and his hands gripped the man�s back with
bruising strength.

Severus saw the change in his partner and groaned his
approval, knowing that the worst was over, and Ron pressed him down for a wet
kiss. He sucked on Severus� lower lip as they broke apart and the raven haired
man groaned again.

�Gods yes, you�re so fucking tight�� Severus breathed,
letting his eyes flutter shut. �So� so tight�ah��

Ron met him on his next thrust and it had both of them
growling to the room, and after that it seemed to unlock them both. There
wasn�t really any way to tell who was making what sound, which grunt slipped
from which throat as they slammed into one another, Severus picking up speed,
pounding into Ron�s body with every thrust of his hips.

Lost in the sensation, Ron smoothed one hand up into
Severus� hair and pushed downwards, bringing their faces together once more for
a kiss as the pounding grew erratic and Ron knew he was finally going to feel
his lover climax inside of him.

�Harder,� he encouraged, before letting his tongue slip out
to duel with Severus� slightly. �Come on, Sev� let go� let go and fill me up
with your come. You know that�s what you want, that�s what you�ve been waiting
for��

Severus growled at the taunting words, they were drawing him
closer with every syllable. Breathing heavily he lowered his face so that he
was level with Ron�s ear and whispered, �Yes, and you�re going to lie there and
take it all� because you�re mine.�

�Y-yours,� Ron stammered, the hot breath driving him mad as
Severus plunged deep within him.

�Whose are you?� Severus repeated, and bit down on his
earlobe.

�Yours!� Ron yelped, and arched as
another orgasm caught him by surprise, and he cried it out in hoarse babble.

It was too much for Severus. He levered up again and gave
two final hard shoves, and howled his climax into the air, eyes closed, hair
sweaty and stuck to his neck. Thick rushes of come left him and he growled aloud
at the thought of Ron�s tight passage awash with his semen.

Ron�s legs remained tightly wrapped around Severus� waist
and he did not let go. He pulled the raven-haired man back down and kissed him
hotly, still gasping his approval with little cries escaping his throat every
now and then.

Severus found himself unusually
trembling in the aftermath, and was glad Ron had pulled him down to hold him,
because he wasn�t sure he could have held himself up.

�Are you okay?� Ron�s whisper filtered through the sex haze
and Severus had to chuckle that the redhead would think to ask, when it was he
who had just gone through his first anal penetration.

�I am� just� fine�� Severus managed to bring his breathing
into line and smiled at Ron. �And yourself?�

�Too fucked to answer,� Ron let his head fall flat on the
bed. �And so�sleepy��

�Then sleep,� Severus kissed his chest before resting his
cheek on it.

He felt one of Ron�s hands massage into his hair and groaned
at the touch.

�Kiss me,� Ron asked.

�If you insist,� Severus tried to sound normal but his voice
had degenerated into a croak, and they joined at the lips.

�I don�t know what to say now,� Ron admitted, as they broke
apart.

�You don�t have to say anything, I understand,� and Severus
kissed him again, a little deeper, and Ron moaned appreciatively into his
mouth.

***

Ron awoke sprawled on his front, one of his arms draped over
Severus� back. Surprisingly, Severus was next to him, conked out with his head
flat on the mattress, hair in disarray from the sex and sleep. He was even
snoring a little. Ron blinked sleepily and pushed himself up, letting out a
groan at the ache deep within him.

Totally worth it
though.

�Where are you going?� Severus asked him groggily.

�Sorry, I didn�t mean to wake you,� Ron whispered.

�I�m a very light sleeper, always have been,� Severus shook
his head in explanation. �Are you alright, do you hurt?�

�A bit. But then I�ve not tried
walking yet, so it might be a lot�� Ron grinned. �Can I use your bathroom
please?�

�It�s that door there,� Severus waved a lazy hand. �Make
yourself at home.�

Ron rolled sideways off the bed and stood up tentatively,
surprised that his whole body seemed to want to join in the aching party. He
yawned with his stretch. �Back in a minute,� he called over his shoulder.

Severus watched him leave, the inked Fire Imp on his back
looking as stunning as ever. When Ron disappeared from view, Severus rolled
onto his back, aided by the smooth surface of the sheets. Ron needn�t know he�d
changed them purposefully. Severus heard the toilet flush, then the sink tap
running, and then Ron was back, moving slowly as he climbed back into the bed.

�So�� Ron turned to him, propping his head up on his elbow
as he lay stretched out on his side. �That was great. When can we do that
again?�

Severus looked at him with wondering eyes and then snorted.
�You�ll need a while to recover.�

�I don�t doubt that,� Ron exhaled, and rolled his neck
around in a circle. �So Severus� am I� allowed to �
you know��

�No, I don�t know,� Severus frowned.

Ron dropped his hand and shifted closer to cuddle into
Severus� body, resting his head on his shoulder. �Is this allowed?�

�Not normally� not with anyone
else�� Severus admitted. �I�m not a particularly cuddly person.�

�Oh,� Ron murmured, and pulled back. �Okay.�

�Let a man finish,� Severus growled. �But if you would like
that, then I�m sure I could get used to it.�

Ron moved forward again and was wrapped around Severus
quickly. �Good. Because I do like it.�

They lay together in peaceful silence for a while, each
marvelling at how nice it felt to do so. And then Ron had to ask, because his
curiosity got the better of him.

�Why did you come back, Sev?�

�Because I was only there to prove a point, and my friend
thought it was foolish to drag it out for longer than need be.�

�Did you tell your friend about us?� Ron set his focus on
one of Severus� nipples.

�Yes, we talked about you this morning.�

�Somehow I get the impression that it didn�t go down well?�

�Not exactly,� Severus murmured. �But our talk was very
beneficial.�

�In what way?�

�In that we think we may have figured out the last connection between
you and I.�

�Oh?� Ron still focussed on the pink nub; it was safer, in
case he saw something in Severus� face that he did not want to see.

�It�s a bit heavy to discuss now, however,� Severus laced a
hand into Ron�s hair. �We can talk about it another time.�

�No, now,� Ron decided. �I�m guessing it�s something bad��

�Not necessarily� it�s just� what you need to understand,
Ron, about magic, and our magic especially� it is subjective. It can change, it
has many hidden quirks.�

�Yes, nearly getting killed by your own exploding stunning
spell will teach a man that, Sev,� Ron thought back to a particularly
embarrassing moment during the war.

Severus paused before continuing, and had to remind himself
that Ron had had his own colourful exploits before they were brought together.

�That first night after I drank from you� can you remember,
at any point, thinking about your feelings? That maybe, you
liked the way I made you feel?�

�I remember you made me feel wanted,� Ron answered
instantly. �And that I liked it.�

Severus sighed at just how bang on Bridgette had been, but
then he wasn�t particularly sure why he was surprised �she normally was.

�Well� in that case� the Invitation Lore you invoked was
still mutating and forming when you felt and thought that, and it has been�
infused into the way the Lore works between us. Because you liked the way I
made you feel wanted, and you wanted to be wanted� the magic works to stop me
from ever denying you� seemingly ever stopping wanting you. Hence the burning
arms.�

�So� it�s my fault again then,� Ron gave a small laugh and
still did not look up.

�Do not blame yourself,� Severus
said softly. �There is no point in placing blame. Now we just live with what we
have and make the best of it.�

�And are you happy with that?� Ron narrowed his eyes. �Are
you happy being lumbered with me like that?�

�Look at me,� Severus commanded, and was not surprised when
Ron did not obey. So he reached up and grabbed hold of his chin and tilted his
face up for him. Ron then closed his eyes and Severus groaned. �Stop being so difficult. If you�d just let me say what I
have to say then you�d know you don�t have to feel this way.�

Ron reluctantly cracked his eyelids open and waited for the
blow to fall. But all that came was a soft kiss.

�I am not lumbered with you, Ron. I certainly do not see it
that way. I hope that you do not feel that you have been lumbered with me,
either. Because we are woven together now and we cannot change that. And you
are a very attractive young man �why would I feel hard done by with someone
such as yourself?�

�I don�t feel lumbered with you,� Ron told him. �I mean�
this isn�t what I would have chosen for myself. I don�t want� I didn�t want to
be tied down to anybody.�

�Neither did I,� Severus assured
him. �Why do you think I was still single?�

�So we�re two free spirits bound together� is it me or does
that sound like a barney waiting to happen?� Ron�s
face creased into a smile.

�I have no doubt it will be,� Severus kissed him.

�And we hide this? From everyone?�
Ron asked.

�Yes. Until you leave here and even then, if we could keep
it a secret, I�d prefer it.�

�Okay,� Ron nodded, eyes serious.

�Ron?�

�Mmm?�

�Is your neck free at the moment?�

�Let me check its diary.�

Severus laughed. �Did you have a good week here without me?�

�Oh, very funny,� Ron reached out and flicked gently at the
nipple he�d been staring at. �I was ready to chew my own arm off for something
to do. Did you have a good week?�

�It was nice, to see Bridgette again.�

�You never said your friend was a woman��

�Were you expecting a man?� Severus asked, bemused. �There are as many female
vampires as male ones, Ron.�

�I just assumed� you don�t seem like one for female company,
I suppose.�

�Bridgette helped me after I was first changed, like I
explained.�

�Sev?�

�Mm?�

�Was she the one that changed you?�

�No, I do not think so.�

�What do you mean you don�t think so?� Ron frowned. �Do you
not know?�

Severus remained quiet.

�Severus, seriously, you don�t know who changed you?�

�I know it was not Bridgette. She cared for me in those
first weeks� it was very fortunate that it happened when school was not in
session. I was able to be well enough for teaching when term started.�

�What do you mean, well enough? Does the change make you ill?�

Severus cursed his lack of thought and Ron�s inquisitive
mind. �Look, today is not the time to discuss this. Can we drop it, please?�

�Sorry,� Ron said immediately, sensing the tone and for
once, he chose to heed it. �Being nosy...� He kissed what he could reach with
soft lips.

Severus lay very quietly; glad the conversation had been abandoned,
marvelling at how serene it felt to hold Ron in his arms.

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A/N: *waves* It seemed there was a fair bit of expectation
riding on this chapter and I�m sort of nervous because I don�t know if it was
good enough or not. I think it might be because the plan I have for this
probably is not what you�re expecting and you�re all guessing now and it�s hard
not to wonder if that�s what I should be doing. I don�t want to give out too
many hints and ruin the surprises I have in store. I know I work to a quick
schedule which doesn�t help, but I am one of those people who has to set myself
targets and make myself meet them, and when I do, I want the task gone� which
is how you get all these so quickly ;) But I should warn you, I am away this
coming weekend fri-mon, and so there�ll be a gap in
service.

I am also having issues with Severus� dominance, I don�t
know why. But that is what he is, I don�t find it
feasible that he�d be anything other than dominant in this sort of situation.
Hmm. Your thoughts? Do you like him that way, or
should I subtly tone him down?

I have gone into detail about the Lores
here, so you know just what is driving Severus and Ron. But as for Severus�
past, you only have hints, and I�m sorry if that�s driving you all mad. But you
will learn it when Ron learns it, in two chapter�s time. Severus isn�t ready to
divulge it yet. But he will.

As for the next chapter�. Hmm. Who thinks things have been a
little too easy for our wizards? Heat�s about to step up. ;) *shuts up and
stumbles off for caffeine*
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