He was bound, by neither cords nor conjuration, but by the command of his lover and his own word.
and
Thus far the worst part of his ordeal was having to listen to Lucius Malfoy pontificating instead of getting on with the task at hand.
Inspired because the first was so gorgeous and sexy and Severus, and the second was just splendid and entertaining. I love the way you go between those points.
But earlier there were these lines:
He was bound, by neither cords nor conjuration, but by the command of his lover and his own word.
and
Thus far the worst part of his ordeal was having to listen to Lucius Malfoy pontificating instead of getting on with the task at hand.
Inspired because the first was so gorgeous and sexy and Severus, and the second was just splendid and entertaining. I love the way you go between those points.