geek6 (geek6) wrote in lupin_snape, @ 2009-01-09 07:57:00 |
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Snapes Birthday Ficlet: Blow.
Title: Blow
Author: Geek6
Pairing: Remus/Severus
Prompt: Alan Rickman
Word count: 866
Rated: PG for a few swear words
A/N: Didn't get any mention of the actual birthday in there I'm afraid.
“Remus? What on earth are you watching?” Severus had emerged from his lab to find Remus sitting in front of the flat screen TV he’d persuaded Severus they needed when they’d moved to a neighbourhood that was mostly Muggle. Remus had fully embraced Muggle technology, from the TV and DVD player to the food processor that stood proudly on the otherwise pristine kitchen worktop.
Remus turned to look at him. “I’m not exactly sure. I thought it was some new porn you’d bought, but...,“ he frowned, “it appears to be about hairdressers.”
“Hairdressers? Why would I buy a DVD about hairdressers?” Severus scoffed.
“Well I don’t know, do I? But I know I didn’t buy it, so it must have been you. You’ve been bulk buying off the internet again, haven’t you? We’ve talked about this before, Severus, and you know it has to stop.” Remus gave him a disappointed look.
It was debatable who was most responsible for the huge collection of gay porn they now owned. Remus tended to buy it in person from adult shops. At heart he was a rummager, and he simply couldn’t help it. Whereas Severus, having discovered the delights of the internet (the computer being another thing that Remus had insisted they buy), had been ecstatic to discover Amazon and Play.com, and Remus was forever going to the post office to collect parcels.
Severus looked decidedly guilty. “I may have done.”
“You know you bloody well did! You got so carried away, as usual, that you just looked at the titles and not the content, didn’t you?”
“Possibly.”
Severus was not going to admit it outright and Remus knew it.
“Yes, you did, judging by the fact that this is called 'Blow Dry',“ Remus sighed. “At least this one has someone worth looking at in it.” He gave Severus a long thoughtful glance. “...hmm, I wonder.”
Before Severus knew what’d hit him he found himself on the receiving end of Remus’s wand. “What in the name of Merlin are you doing? It’s just a bloody DVD. There’s no need to overreact!”
“Just stand still and be quiet. I’m seeing if I’m right.”
Severus felt the shiver of a spell cast over him. “A glamour? You cast a bloody glamour on me?” He rushed to the mirror; his hair had shortened and become dark blonde and his nose had straightened somewhat. “Alan Rickman? You made me look like bloody Alan Rickman!” He scowled. “You’re obsessed with him, and frankly I’m worried. It can’t be healthy.”
“No, Severus, I just changed your hair. You already look like him. I can’t think how I didn’t notice it before. I don’t know how many times I’ve ogled my way through films because of him,” Remus leered.
Severus gave a huge sigh and sat down on the sofa, burying his face in his hands. “I suppose I’d better tell you the truth. I hadn’t planned on ever telling anyone - my mother swore me to secrecy.”
Concerned, Remus sat next to him. “Tell me what? It’s okay, Severus. Whatever it is, you know I won’t judge you.” He pulled Severus' hands away from his face. “Tell me. Please.”
Severus looked at him uncertainly. “Well, I.... There’s no easy way to put this. It’s all rather sordid.”
Remus took his hand and squeezed it. “I’m here, Sev. I’m not going anywhere. Ever.”
Taking a deep breath, Severus spoke. “He’s my twin. He’s a squib. My grandparents made my mother get rid of him, and erased him from the family records.”
Remus’s mouth dropped open in shock. “But... surely... I mean....”
“You see? I told you it was sordid.” Severus stared down at his lap.
“When?” Remus asked. “I mean, how old were you both?”
“Five. I showed signs of magic and he didn’t, so my grandfather had him magically tested.” Severus kept his face down as he spoke. “It showed he had next to no magic at all. My mother became estranged from my grandparents over it, and then she refused to ask for help when her marriage fell apart. It destroyed my father, losing a son like that, and he took it out on the both of us.”
“Severus, I’m so sorry. I have no words. Tthere’s nothing I can say to make it better. What you must have gone through, I can barely begin to understand.” Remus took him in his arms and held him close, horrified that Severus appeared to be falling apart as he held him. It was then that he realised Severus wasn’t sobbing, he was laughing. Remus leaned back to look at his face.
Remus grabbed a cushion and began hitting him with it. “You bastard! You complete and utter wanker! How could you do that to me?”
“You fell for it hook, line and sinker! You are so bloody gullible I just couldn’t resist.” Severus laughed. “Typical Gryffindor.”
Remus glared. “Laugh all you like - you’re sleeping on the sofa tonight.”
Still quietly chuckling, Severus stood up, picking up the DVD case and waving it at Remus he grinned. “That’s okay; I’ve got Alan to keep me company.”
The cushion thrown at him only made him laugh louder.