Loving Lily: A Snily Story

Chapter 27 - Looking for Respite

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Early one morning, Severus rustled around in bed while he gradually returned to consciousness.

He opened his dark eyes to watch Lily roll onto her side and face him.

She smiled as he gladly took the opportunity to snuggle his darling against him.

"Good morning, my love." Severus murmured to her in a purr that rumbled from deep inside his chest.

"Good morning, Sev." Lily replied as she yawned and stretched.

Severus opened his arms and Lily curled towards him.

The delightful warmth of the blankets combined with the soft heat of her body felt lovely as he lay with his wife.

Severus closed his eyes again while he tried to ignore the weight of Lily's breasts that pressed against his chest and sent his arousal curiously wandering towards her thigh.

"Someone's awake~." She chuckled.

He cracked one eye open as he frowned at her in embarrassment.

Severus let one of his elegant hands snake down to drift over the curve of her belly in hopes of distracting himself, but distraction didn't seem to be on Lily's mind that morning.

Intent on more than simple cuddling, Lily raised her head until her lips met her husband's.

Their kiss was slow, passionate, and intimate as they kept the morning chill at bay by clinging to each other.

Severus worried about exhausting his wife, but it was Lily who took his hands and laid them on her breasts.

It was Lily who grasped his arousal and coaxed the growl from his throat as she touched him.

Severus raised himself up and let Lily guide him to hover over her, but all the while, their kiss never ended.

Their fingers intertwined, their breathing became laboured......

As Severus rolled his hips, Mr. and Mrs. Snape gave each other a proper morning greeting.

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There were few witches as well cared for as Lily and few wizards as loved by their wives as Severus.

Despite the fatigue and challenges that came with her advancing condition, Lily saw her husband off to work each morning and waited for him to come home every evening, with her arms open and a warm meal on the table.

Professor Snape ate in the Great Hall very infrequently since his marriage to Laima.

Harriet was usually still asleep when her Daddy left for Hogwarts, but she charged in front of Lily each afternoon to greet Severus as soon as he came home.

As the days passed, Severus went with Lily to all of her appointments with the midwife.

The two began to decorate their unborn child's nursery after a few shopping trips to Diagon Alley.

One Saturday afternoon, Harriet played with a stuffed toy on the floor of the room, while Lily sat in the wooden rocking chair and watched her daughter.

"Are you alright, my love?" A velvet voice asked from the doorway.

The weather outside that day was rainy and cold.

As she sat there, Lily had to consciously resist  the urge to close her eyes and sleep.

"Mmm, yeah, Sev, I'm fine." She groggily replied, "I'm just a bit drowsy, that's all."