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violet-knox · 5 years ago

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Familiarity

Year 7 - Chapter 53

Summary: Heading to the Dark Arts section of the library, you make a pit stop to look for a Herbology book when you encounter a rather curious sight.

Word count: 2154

A/N: Oh man, last chapter of 2019! Happy New Years everyone!

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Pulling back the curtain around your bed, you let your body flop back down against the soft pillow, the rays of the last bit of summer sun grazing your dorm. You’d been back two weeks already, and yet you still felt estranged from the school you’d spent almost half your life in. This castle had given you a sense of home and belonging, but sitting amongst your Gryffindor peers in the common room after lights out, catching up on your summers had you realizing your home could no longer be found within the magic that ran through the walls of the school, on a broom or the words in a book. Your chest only filled with warmth when you were with Severus and it never matter what you were doing together, so long as he was with you, you were home. He’d been your home for quite some time now and you just hadn’t realized it until you’d gotten used to his company only to have it stripped away. His presence was what gave you that same sensation you felt the first time you stepped into Hogwarts, the first time you’d ridden a broom or successfully completed your first spell, brewed your first potion. Severus was your everything. He was your world.

Closing your eyes, you took in a deep breath through your nose, letting it slowly escape between your lips before pushing yourself off the bed, taking a quick peek at the clock before reaching for your uniform. It took less than a day for you and Severus to get back into the habit of meeting one another before class, dinner and lights out. Unfortunately for you both, you were also rather quick to realize how completely incompetent the new Defense Professor was.

You’d had your fair share of horrible teachers in the past, but this man-child had to take the cake. You would have been better off having Mrs. Norris teaching the class than this oaf. Sufficient to say, Severus was not happy one bit and had asked to meet you in the library to search for some new material so you’d actually learn something about the Dark Arts this year. You were hesitant at first, remembering the catastrophe in fifth year, but of course, Severus had reassured you and even struck a deal allowing you to take any Dark Arts books back to your dorm when you weren’t studying together so he’d resist any ‘temptations’.

The plan was to meet in the Defense section of the library, take out as many books as you could and study them back at the Astronomy tower. But since you’d woken up early, you decided to prowl the Herbology section before meeting him since it was the next row over anyways.

There usually weren’t many students in the library this early in the morning, so it surprised you to find someone pulling multiple books from their shelves and setting them to join the mountain he’d been creating around him when you turned the corner into the aisle you were looking for.

He looked so focused, so awake at such an hour, the sun peering through the window creating a little box of light around him. His hazel eyes desperately scanning over the top few shelves of books, one popping out from its spot every now and then to join the rest on the floor.

“Trying to start your own private library?” you gently teased as you approached him. Startled by your voice, you saw the books he was levitating shack in the air as he abruptly brought his attention to you. “Sorry, didn’t mean to startle you.”

“Oh, it’s okay,” he politely smiled, quickly swiping away the few curls that jumped over his forehead when he spun round to face you. “I’m starting my N.E.W.Ts this year and was hoping to read up on Herbology before the class picked up. I barely managed to scrape an E last year.”

“A Ravenclaw struggling in their studies?” you joked, noticing the eagle crest and blue lining on his robe, “Didn’t know that was possible.”

He chuckled as he set his books down, taking a small step away from the shelves. “Were you looking for a book?” he asked.

You peered over at the stack of books on the floor and raised an eyebrow at him before turning to the side and bringing your attention to the shelves. “Not looking for anything in particular. I was just hoping to find something with some new material,” you picked out two heavy books and stacked them on top of each other as you handed them to him. “Here, these should help you get through the year and catch you up on anything you missed in your O.W.Ls”

He looked at you in awe, his eyes widening, brows shooting up before he hesitantly took them from you. “Thanks.”

“No worries,” you smiled and when you saw the curiosity in his eyes, you thought it best you explain yourself a little. “I’m studying Herbology as well. Seventh year.”

“Ah, I see. So I take it you received an O no problem in your O.W.Ls if you knew which books are best to study from?”

“Yeah,” you giggled, “I did. But I’m sure you’ll be fine for your N.E.W.Ts if you just apply yourself.” You felt bad for him, being where he was not long ago, frantically studying for your O.W.Ls, stressing like mad not one week into your N.E.W.Ts classes. Truth be told, if you hadn’t had Severus by your side, you weren’t sure you’d be as successful in as many classes as you were now. “If you ever need some help, I’d be happy to look over your homework,” you offered.

His eyes immediately lit up at your words and you were glad to see you’d managed to provide some aid to at least one student before your time at Hogwarts came to an end.

“I’d really appreciate that. None of my friends are very profound in Herbology. Most of them didn’t want to continue it after their O.W.Ls.” He shifted his books to one hand and stretched out the other to you, “My name’s Connor, Connor Adams.”

“(Y/N) (Y/L/N),” you said as you shook his hand. “So, have you found anything interesting in that mountain of books you’ve created?” You pointed at the stack of books behind him, the tan colour of his cheeks tinting pink at your words.

“Not really. Most of them are books I studied last year, and the rest are books that Professor Sprout mentioned could prove extra guidance this year. I should probably put some of these back,” he said, flicking his wand and watched as most of them returned to their rightful place on the shelves.

You completely lost track of time as you continued talking to Connor, sharing with him your own experiences from your studies last year as you browsed the shelves, finding a new book that you had yet to read. You got so lost in your conversation, you neglected to notice the time to meet your boyfriend had inched closer.

Severus could hear chatter and laughter as he approached the Dark Arts section, rolling his eyes at the students that dare disturb the quiet aura of the library. As he drew nearer, the voices got louder and he suddenly stopped in his tracks, recognizing one of them as your voice. He couldn’t place the other, but he could tell it belonged to a boy. Who is she talking to?

He slowly crept around the corner and peered over to see you speaking with a Ravenclaw he couldn’t place. Inching closer, he tryed to listen in on your conversation without being seen and heard you speaking about the classes you took last year. You both looked like you had been friends for a long while, reunited after years of separation, exchanging stories, sharing tips for Herbology, but surely you would have mentioned this boy to him if you were friends.

“Sev?”

Severus jumped when he heard his name coming out of your mouth and saw you squinting in his direction. Straightening his back, he stepped forward and began walking over to you, keeping his gaze split between you and Connor. “Hey, hope you haven’t been here too long,” you said, “I’m sorry, I got distracted.” You shot him a soft smile in apology as you tried to explain your absence. “This is Connor,” you gestured, encouraging Severus to shake the hand he offered.

“Connor Adams,” he introduced himself for the second time in front of you today.

“Severus Snape.” His name lagged out of his mouth, his hand hesitantly slipping into Conner’s, barely grabbing it before quickly retreating back as if to show his disinterest.

Your lips parted, a breath escaping your lips as you watched an expression you’d completely forgotten existed settle into Severus’ face. He’d been so loving, so happy around you lately, you’d completely forgotten how his nose wrinkled and his eyes sharpened when he was irritated.

Stepping a little closer, you smiled, trying to ease the tension growing in the air before Severus broke the silence.

“We should get going,” he said, peeling his eyes from Connor, looking at you with such a commanding glare.

You nodded your head in agreement as you pressed your lips together, grabbing Severus’ arm to pull him away from your new friend. “I’ll see you later Connor.”

“Bye (Y/N). It was nice meeting you,” he shouted back as he watched you both round the corner.

You paused and waited for Connor to pick up his things and head to the exit before turning your attention back to Severus. “You okay?” you asked.

“Fine,” he said flatly. You rolled your eyes, unconvinced and took his hand to try and ease the tension swimming in his shoulders.

“Are you jealous?” You couldn’t help the small giggle that escaped your lips, the thought of your boyfriend displaying envy for a boy you’d just met completely absurd to you, something you thought you’d only ever see on the telly.

“No,” he replied abruptly, his eyes quickly darting to the side as he turned his body away from you and pretended to sift through the books on the shelves.

“You are!” you giggled once more as you placed a hand on his shoulder, bringing his attention back to you. Severus let you guide his body back towards you but kept his eyes fixed to the ground in embarrassment.

He didn’t want to seem overbearing or overprotective. He knew you were your own person, that just because you were dating, that didn’t give him the right to tell you who to talk to or befriend. But he just couldn’t help but feel a sudden rush of familiarity as he listened to you speak to Connor. He was reminded of Lily’s ignorance towards Potter, of how he’d once tried to tell her about the stunts he pulled behind her back only to be shut down and thrown out of her life. He was reminded of how he once spoke to you when he’d realized his feelings towards you. The kindness in Connor’s voice made him uneasy and he couldn’t help but assume the Ravenclaw boy had some hidden agenda. Severus wanted to be special, to be the only one you talked to so kindly, but he knew such a demand was an inappropriate one to make.

“Love, you have nothing to be jealous about,” you reached to cup his cheek, peering into his eyes with nothing but genuinity.

You weren’t sure whether to sigh in defeat or joke about the situation. He couldn’t seriously be jealous of some random guy simply because he struck up a conversation with you? He had to know you valued him too much to abandon him for someone you’d just met. That your relationship was strong enough to withstand anything thrown your way. After everything you’d gone through, after building that bridge of trust, one that Severus had smashed to pieces twice before, he had to know you loved him.

Severus’ eyes shifted with guilt and though you could see your words knocked some of his senses back into place, you could tell he was still unconvinced. “I promise,” you said as you leaned in to wrap your free arm around his shoulder, “You are the only one for me.”

Ah, there was that smile you found so adoring. Giggling, you playfully nudged a little until you felt Severus crash his lips into yours, any doubt of his inability to trust you melting away. The grin on his face remained apparent as you parted, your own lips twitched into a smile in adoration. You were confident enough to state that you were an inseparable couple and you were proud of it. Nothing, no one could come between you and you couldn’t imagine a single challenge thrown your way you two couldn’t concur together.

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