The Assistant || Severus Snape x Reader ||

Chapter 47: The Assistant

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"Just how you grew fond of me?"

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For the first time in Severus Snape's life, he didn't have a single worry in the world.

Every aspect of his life was exactly how he wanted it. Things had finally fallen into place the way that he always wanted them to. Everything was perfect.

After The Ministry's decision, things went much smoother than either of you could've ever anticipated. The support given to the both of you was overwhelming. Now that the rumors had been confirmed, the two of you had originally worried that you'd be shunned by students and professors alike. You were both pleasantly surprised that everyone was so accepting, and quite honestly excited for the both of you.

Severus was a changed man in the eyes of the students and his colleagues, and you were happier than you had ever been. It wasn't hurting anyone, and there wasn't anything wrong with it. How could anyone be against it?

Things continued on as they had before. You continued to assist Severus in all of his Potions duties, tutoring and grading papers with all the love that you had grown for doing so. The only real difference was that you weren't sneaking around the castle at late hours of the night and almost getting caught every other day. Your relationship was general knowledge now, so there wasn't any real need to fly under the radar.

Of course, you didn't exactly flaunt it out in the open. You and Severus weren't much for PDA outside of the occasional hand holding down the hall or MAYBE a quick kiss on the cheek when no one was really around. Despite how much Severus had changed, he still liked to have things to himself. He adored showing you off to the world, letting everyone know that you were his. But at the same time, he liked keeping you to himself. It had become a fine balance.

The school year finished out for everyone else, and everybody was thrilled to be able to have a well deserved break from classes to enjoy their summer vacation. You, however, decided to stick to your plan to take summer classes to give you the opportunity to graduate by Christmas of the new school year. Originally, the whole summer classes thing was your attempt to graduate faster so The Ministry couldn't really do anything if they did find out. But when things worked out the way they did, you were presented with a choice.

You could either resume schooling at a normal pace and graduate at the end of the second term, or take summer classes and graduate at the end of the first term. After a thorough discussion with Severus, you decided to stick with your plan and graduate early. That way you could have school behind you and focus more on your life with Severus.

He had been adamant that he wouldn't be marrying you until you had graduated and the two of you had moved in comfortably together. He had told you this around the middle of spring, just a few weeks out from the end of the school year. You had protested and complained that was far too long to wait for something that you knew you both wanted, but he had persisted.

Much to your delight, the summer and fall passed by much quicker than you had expected. You stayed at Hogwarts over the summer, practically the only student aside from the few that had to retake failed classes. You and Severus basically had the entire castle to yourselves, especially at night when the other professors went to their personal homes at the end of each day. You and Severus spent all hours of the day and night taking advantage of your alone time together.

When students returned in the fall, you were roughly three months out from graduating, finishing your classes with ease and success. Christmas came VERY quickly, Dumbledore giving you an unofficial graduation ceremony, and the time came where you had to pack all of your things from your dorm to take your leave from Hogwarts...for now.