alisanne (alisanne) wrote in snarry100, @ 2006-10-08 20:44:00 |
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Three Promises
Original poster: lesyeuxverts00
Title: Three Promises
Author: lesyeuxverts00
Word Count: (3)(100)
Rating: R
Challenge: 26 - Promises
Warnings: Character death
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Shadows flit across Severus Snape’s face with the flickers of candlelight. Twitchy, restless, Harry watches each shadow.
“You’re certain that this will work?”
A flicker of candlelight is reflected in Snape’s eyes and he says, “I swear it on my soul and freedom.”
Snape’s fingers dance across Harry’s knuckles, a reminder that Harry is his only chance of freedom.
Taking a deep breath, Harry drops the golden cup into the potion, watches it dissolve.
There is no hint of surprise or relief in Snape’s expression – only the stolid acceptance of his fate that is always there, that always anchors Harry.
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A moist breath against his skin, a sharp nibble, kisses lingering in a path from his skull to his tailbone, and Harry is distracted. Thoughts of tomorrow fall away, the pinch of hunger in his belly is ignored, and he writhes in Severus’s arms.
Sleepy, cradled against Severus’s bony chest, Harry can’t relax. “Tomorrow …”
“Hush. I’ll be with you the entire time, I swear.” Severus massages Harry’s scalp, soothes him to sleep.
Severus is holding him when Harry wakes, all bony angles and elbows in the tangled sheets, not comfortable but safe. Harry clings to him, steals a last kiss.
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After it’s over, Harry blinks away the stinging backlash from the green light. There’s a moment, a heartbeat of uncertainty, but then Severus steps across a corpse to clasp Harry’s hands in his.
The contact is warm, alive, reassuring. Harry smells Severus’s sweat, his rancid fear, but Severus enfolds him, wraps him up in those bony arms and he’s safe.
Kisses are pressed along his cheekbones, along his jaw, down the line of his nose, on his eyelids. “Reckless brat,” Severus says between kisses. “If you ever try a foolish stunt like that again, I swear I’ll kill you myself.”