Secret Snarry Swap: FIC: Best Kept Secret Title: Best Kept Secret Author:HNWitt15 Other pairings/threesome: None Rating: Soft R Word count: 2,628 Content/Warning(s): Slight sexual content, fluff Prompter/Prompt: No. 3 from coconutice22: Harry and Severus think they're being really sneaky with their new relationship. The reality is - everybody knows! Summary: Harry and Severus have been together secretly for two years or so they think. A/N: Enjoy! :)
“You know no one can know right, Potter?” Severus kept his head down as he ate, black silk hiding his face. Harry placed his hand on Severus’s thigh under the table and gently squeezed. He heard the quiet hitch in Severus’s breath. “No one will know, Sev. It’s us. The last people anyone will expect to be together.” Severus looked up into emerald green eyes through his hair and felt his heart speed up.
He’d loved Harry for a long time, these last two years were amazing. He would never know how he got so lucky all those years ago. He was slightly worried with Molly Weasley’s constant nagging on them finding lovers every holiday season. They’d wanted to keep out of the paper.
Everyone knew all about the issues between Golden boy Harry Potter and Ex-Death Eater Severus Snape. They’d think Severus had given him a potion or something. They loved their very private life. No one knew, not Ronald Weasley, Hermione Weasley or even Minerva McGonagall and they were the closest to family either had.
“Assistant Headmaster Potter?” Harry swiped his hand off of Severus’s thigh with another squeeze and looked up at the Potions professor. Ross Wicks took over nearly six years ago when Severus decided to take up the Headmaster position after getting out of a year-long coma. He’d started a year before Harry had as the assistant Headmaster. Severus hated him once Harry started. Always trying to get his Harry alone. He sneered at Wicks.
“Yes, Professor Wicks?” Harry twined his hands together on the table and looked up. Wicks looked at him and at Severus who was now strumming his fingers on his glass while glaring at him and turned red from his ears down to his neck. “I... uh... never mind.” He scurried off and Harry beamed as he heard Severus chuckle softly.
Harry knew Ross had some kind of feelings for him. He couldn’t care less, he was all Severus’s. He’d loved Severus for as long as he could remember and it took A LOT to have him how he is today. He wasn’t letting anyone take what they had.
The perks of being assistant Headmaster was Harry had his own room near Severus so no one would know he didn’t sleep there at all. He had put strong wards up to alert him if someone was on the way and floo in before the first knock.
Harry and Severus lay entwined in bed. Harry’s head was comfortably on Severus’s chest listening to his heartbeat. “Sev?” “Yes, Ry?” “Would you come to the Weasleys with me for Yule tomorrow? I was going to ask sooner but we were so busy and I didn’t know if you’d still want to come.” Severus ran his hand through Harry’s hair.
“Darling, you’ll find I will do anything you ask of me.” Harry looked up, his eyes bright and glazed with tears. Severus nuzzled his nose in Harry’s mane and kissed his temple. “I love you, Severus.” “I love you, Harry.”
Yule at the Burrow was just what you’d expect, loud and red. Harry had first brought Severus back before they were more than friends. Harry felt bad Severus had to spend it alone with Minerva at her sister’s and dragged him along. Now nearly six years later no one batted an eye at seeing them together on holidays.
Harry and Severus sat side by side on the smaller couch as the kids cleaned up from opening gifts. Teddy walked over to Harry and sat in his lap. Teddy lived with Harry during the summer holidays and with Molly during the school days and came to Hogwarts on weekends. He’d been adopted by Harry about five years ago when Andromeda unexpectedly passed. “Broken heart,” the doctor had told them.
That was a huge step for Harry. That was his biggest worry when he got with Severus, would he want to be a father figure so soon? Teddy and Severus were the cutest together, they bonded almost instantly. Teddy always wanted to be around Severus. Would even ask for him if it was only Harry home. With how the trials went and Severus losing his house, Harry had asked him to move in during his first year back. Severus was against it at first, given his feelings and they just started becoming friends. Harry wore him down though with his beautiful face and pouty lips.
Even now, five years later everyone just assumed Severus and Harry were friends. They lived together and Harry knew for sure that Teddy knew about them. He even slept with him in Severus’s rooms on the weekends. He’d seen them kissing and hugging and cuddling on the couch more times than just friends would allow.
“Harry! Severus! I told you last time you were both here I’d look at flyers for the speed dating coming up next month.” Molly came bustling over in her matching jumper with everyone else. Severus had seen everyone including himself get one, except her. She never made herself one. Harry was surprised the first time he came downstairs to Severus knitting a jumper with an M on it. Molly had cried all afternoon after that and kept hugging Severus. Ever since then, he’d made her one for every holiday that she did.
“Mum, I’m okay. I don’t need to do speed dating. I’m perfectly happy how I am now,” Harry whined as he tried to get Severus to intervene. “I’m fine as well, Molly.” Molly had looked up at the flyers and then at them with narrow eyes. She’d given them a twice over and her eyes slightly widened. “I...understand...sorry for pushing.” Harry got up and hugged her. “It’s okay, you worry but I’m fine and Severus says he’s fine too.”
Molly started crying as Harry and now Severus hugged her. Harry’s fingers were lightly brushing Severus’s arm. They were so in love. Every time they found themselves with Molly crying between them on Yule it brought Harry back to their first kiss.
Yule of 2003 It was his fourth Yule Tide with Severus coming along. Living together was amazing. Harry knew maybe he should start dating as Molly suggested, but he was too in love with Severus to want to find someone else. Harry and Severus bid their goodbyes as Molly started crying. They both went to her and held her. Fourth Yule without Fred hit her worse than first for some reason. Harry and Severus locked eyes over Molly and he felt his heart thumping in his chest. Merlin, Severus was gorgeous. After Molly calmed down they both kissed her cheek and floo’d home. Severus stepped out first and held out his hand for Harry to grab. They were both way more drunk than they should be. Harry bumped into Severus on his way out. Harry looked up into Severus’s dravite colored eyes. With emerald on dravite they both leaned forward. Severus held Harry’s chin softly as he leaned down and kissed him.
Severus smirked at Harry. He didn’t even need to read his mind to know what he was thinking. After bidding farewell they left in a green flash. Harry had barely made it out of the fireplace before Severus had him pinned to the wall of his private office.
He had his main office with the portraits and a private one to work quietly and do exactly what he was doing now. “I love you, darling.” He sucked onto Harry’s neck. “Sev!” Harry’s pants instantly tightened. Even though they’d been together two years, they’d only started being intimate three months ago.
Harry leaned over the desk, back arched as Severus spelled their clothes off. “My, my, Harry. Are we eager?” Harry whimpered as he wiggled his hips. “Yes, it’s been awhile.” Severus placed his hand gently on Harry’s arse. “I had you just the other day, insatiable brat.” He chucked. “Get on with it old man.” That earned him a hard smack on his arse and a kiss on his nape.
Severus laid with Harry in his arms as they came down, breathing hard and heart thumping. “I love you, Ry.” “I love you, Sev.” His brat kissed his chest softly. They both fell into a deep sleep tangled together.
Harry had woken up early the day of Severus’s birthday. Easing himself from their entanglement he went to make breakfast for his old man. Coming back into the bedroom with their tea and full English breakfast he drunk in his fill of a sleeping Severus.
After their activities the night before Severus laid naked, the swell of his arse covered by a sheer white sheet. Hair long and wild over the green pillow. With the way his head was turned only one eye was visible. Brown lashes laid softly on porcelain skin. His lush mouth slightly open. Harry felt his heart swell, he was smitten more than he thought possible.
Severus felt himself being watched by the younger man and opened his eye. Harry smiled as he saw the sleepy far away look in Severus’s eyes. “Good morning, birthday boy!” Severus sat up against the headboard yawning. “Thank you, darling.”
Harry sat beside him in bed and brought the tray down on Severus’s lap. “Breakfast in bed?” Severus lifted his elegant brow. “Of course! Gotta spoil you somehow.” Severus kissed his cheek. “Thank you, darling.”
After getting dressed in jeans and their Weasley jumpers Harry and Severus made their way to the lake for a walk. Walking close enough to brush hands they talked about the any and everything. “You were so frustrating in class.” Severus murmured. “Ha! Only because I had a crush on you, had to get you to talk to me in some way!” Severus pushed against Harry’s shoulder. “Likewise actually, you were infuriatingly handsome.”
They stood close together as they looked out in the lake. The squid came up and started splashing Severus as a hello. Harry started laughing making Severus smile. He loved Harry’s laugh, especially aimed towards him. Severus scowled jokingly and picked up his giggly lover and went towards the lake. “Sev, no!” Severus tossed him in the freezing water and Harry grabbed him last minute pulling him along. Both came up gasping for air and laughing.
Harry grabbed Severus and kissed him lightly and swam away. Severus swam after him trying to grab him while they both laughed. “Boys!” Both jumped and looked up. Minerva stood there with a slight smile and her hands on her hips. “Minerva!” They both gasped and started laughing harder. They swam to the shore and Minerva shot off a drying and warming spell. “Much appreciated,” Severus said, blushing from being caught like that with Harry.
Minerva looked them both over. Severus knew that look in her eye. She knew something. Harry seemed oblivious looking anywhere but at them. “Why were you both swimming in freezing temperatures!?” “Uhh... fell in.. ?” Harry mumbled. Minerva pressed her lips in a straight line and looked over them again. “Okay… Well, there are visitors here for you both in Harry’s rooms.”
Both their eyes widened. All of Harry’s belongs were in Severus’s rooms, his were bare. They both hurried to Harry’s quarters and walked in. “Surprise!” Someone had thrown Severus a birthday party. Harry’s heart filled more as Severus looked anxious. Harry knew he hated parties, especially surprise ones. The fact his family loved Severus so much was warming.
Ron walked towards them both. “Happy Birthday, Snape!” He handed them both a glass of firewhiskey, Severus looked content. “Thank you, Mr. Weasley.” Hermione came up next and hugged them both. “Happy Birthday, Severus.” They had gotten friendly over the years, always discussing potion theories and the history of dark arts. “Thank you, Hermione, I’m assuming the party was your idea?” “Yes sir. We would’ve had it in your room if we knew Harry’s was so…bare.” Harry choked on his drink and turned red. Severus wanted to lick the red skin.
“I… uh... like to stay at the house… more… familiar….” Harry stammered out. Severus and Hermione looked at him, Severus smirking slightly and Hermione confused and curious. “Harry! Severus!” Molly and Arthur to the rescue. They both excused themselves and walked over. They were both engulfed in hugs from both.
“Happy Birthday, Severus!” they both exclaimed handing Severus a Slytherin green wrapped box. Severus opened it up and his breath caught in his throat. Harry looked over and choked yet again on his drink. Staring at them both was a picture of them kissing.
New Years 2004 “Come on, Sev! It’s our first New Years as a couple!” Harry tugging his arm heading outside. They’d only been dating a few days. Severus followed him outside, snow covering everything. The fairy lights twinkling against the snow, making it look magical. Severus cast a strong warming spell over them as they walked further into the gardens.
“Harry! Your family is not that far away. We agreed to not let anyone know for awhile,” Severus said looking around for any stray Weasleys. “They’re all drunk or too caught up in their dates, Sev. I just wanted couple time with you.” Harry blushed. Severus looked at him. “Of course, my love. Just don’t want them seeing, it hasn’t been long at all. Relationships are still very new to me.” “I know, Sev.”
They stood far from the house under the twinkling lights but close enough they could hear the count down. 5 4 3 2 1 Severus cupped Harry’s chin softly, and leaned down pulling him into a soft but breathtaking kiss. Harry grinned into it but kissed back.
Both Severus and Harry stood with wide eyes and hearts banging against their chests. “You...knew?” Severus stuttered. Severus only ever stuttered while nervous. Everyone watched them smiling, even Minerva who snuck in before the gift was opened. “Yes. We all saw you then we didn’t know if it was serious or just a passing thing. Until we saw your bracelets on Yule.”
Harry and Severus looked down. “Oh shit!” Harry laughed. Severus started laughing. “What?” Harry asked. “That’s why Ross Wicks was nervous that day after looking at your hands.” Harry started laughing then too.
Severus set down his box on Harry’s bare table. “As it seems everyone knew about this, I can do this in front of your family.” Harry cocked his head at Severus as he heard Hermione gasp. Severus reached into his pocket and got on one knee.
Harry’s eyes filled with tears and widened. “Harry James Potter, my love, my Ry, my brat would you make this, as you say, old man the happiest man in the universe and marry me?” Severus looked at him unguarded. Eyes filled with anxiety and love. Harry squeezed and jumped forward pulling Severus into a soft kiss. “Yes, Sev!” Everyone started clapping and whistling.
Harry looked down at the ring Severus slipped onto his finger. Dravite and emerald gems on either side of the word always. Harry leaned forward, tears streaming down his cheeks. Severus wiped them off and kissed him softly.
“I love you, Ry.” “I love you, Sev.” Teddy barrelled forward into their legs, wrapping one leg each in a hug. “Will Sev’rus be my other daddy?” he asked timidly. Severus looked down, a tear sliding down his cheek then back at Harry. “Harry?” Harry smiled at them both lovingly. “If he wants to be,” he answered with a beaming smile.
Severus felt at a loss for words so he scooped Teddy up in his arms. “I’d be honoured to be your daddy, Teddy.” Teddy kissed his cheek and then turned and kissed Harry’s.
They were both content with how their life led to this moment. They both had a family who loved and supported them.