Loving Lily: A Snily Story

Chapter 10 - Sharing the News

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Severus stayed right beside Lily, determined to watch over her.

He cradled the baby and made certain that Lily had a good view of the new life she had just brought into the world while Madam Pomfrey finished her work.

Once Lily was settled comfortably in bed, Severus handed the newborn to the healer so that she could clean and tend the little one.

He was a bit startled by the initial impulse of primal reluctance that he felt as Madam Pomfrey reached for the babe in his arms, but his attention was called back to Lily as soon as Madam Pomfrey walked away with the infant.

Severus swept over to sit on Lily's bedside as he stared down at her with a frown of sympathetic worry.

She smiled up at him while he raised a hand and gently brushed her damp, crimson hair out of her face.

"I'm alright, Sev." Lily said with an exhausted but happy sigh.

Despite her ordeal, her face was radiant and her emerald eyes glowed with the bright spark of a new mother's joyful pride.

As Severus gazed at Lily, he was in awe of the stunning beauty and resilience that she displayed.

"Madam Pomfrey approved me to give you a bit more pain potion shortly.....to ease the cramping." Severus informed Lily in hopes of reassuring her.

Severus certainly wasn't a woman, but from the books he had read, he understood enough about female anatomy and the process of childbirth to know that there was a recovery period involved afterwards.

As he had with the birth, Severus sought to aid Lily in her recovery as much as possible.

"Thank you, Severus." Lily said as she kept her brilliant smile. She took one of his hands and squeezed it tightly as she whispered, "Thank you so much....."

"Lily, I......" Severus began, but he was interrupted by a small squeal as Madam Pomfrey walked back over towards the bed and handed Lily her squirming bundle.

Severus couldn't help the slight twinge of jealousy he felt as Lily's eyes widened when they moved off of him and onto her baby after she let go of his hand and reached out for her daughter.

"There we are, Lily!" Madam Pomfrey said with a pleased smile as she watched one of Hogwarts' former students beam down at her newborn, "You've got a fine little lady there. A bit hungry, but that's nothing that mother can't remedy."

Lily watched her new baby turn and whine impatiently as she nuzzled against her chest.

Lily seemed to forget that anyone was watching as she freed her breasts from the confines of the loose nightdress she wore.

She held her little one closer and carefully helped her daughter find her nipple until the baby latched on properly.

Lily let out a breath and looked up at Severus with an expression of awed wonder as she felt her baby begin to take her first meal.

Severus's mouth was open slightly as he gazed back at Lily, enraptured by the ethereal glow in her flushed cheeks.

Severus wished that he had a way to capture that moment forever, Lily's look of untainted purity as she cradled her child with all of the loving tenderness that he had ever hoped to receive.

As the baby's snuffling little grunts filled the room, Severus promised himself silently that he would store his memory of that instant for later replay.