Set during the Goblet of Fire, we follow the TRUE hero of the Harry Potter series - Severus Snape. Severus meets a healer from the Beauxbatons who came to aid Madam Poppy Pomfrey during the tournament. It is lust at first sight but will Severus ever...
Authors note: I won't do this at the start of every chapter, but wanted to remind everyone that I do not own anything that is familiar. If you think you've read it, it likely came from the books. I did a bit of hybrid writing - book and movie depending on personal preference. This is my first Snape fic and I'm just utterly in love with what's in my head and I hope you all are too. Please vote and comment!!
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Late August 1994
Lecherous students... probably roving about the castle hoping for a snog or a quick shag. Severus Snape plopped down in his office chair and accioed his glass of deep, red wine. He was in his office, deep in the Hogwarts dungeons, the need to tie up some loose ends with his curriculum and potion stores before the start of term in a few days kept him awake.
The usually irascible wizard was enjoying his last few days of blissful quiet before the dunderheads returned. This year would be the worst by far. Albus Dumbledore had just held the usual start of term staff meeting the other day, during which time the plans for the Triwizard Tournament were laid out. In addition to his usual professorial duties, he now had extra supervisory duties and night patrols thanks to the Beauxbatons and Durmstrang visitors.
He hated that he felt so out of control of his own life. Severus was a highly intelligent and powerful wizard. Why he was still teaching, he didn't know. His brilliance was wasted on the youth, and he was unable to ever have a truly fresh start, as no doubt, every year his reputation preceded him.
Sallow-faced, hook-nosed, greasy-haired dungeon bat. He was well aware of how students, and likely staff viewed him. He was quite spiteful, but who wouldn't turn out that way after suffering the way he had, for as long as he had. It's amazing he had any social skills at all! But potions were a passion of his. He could deal with the inconvenience of the young students because by the time they were ready to take their OWLs or NEWTs, it was obvious who would be successful and who held a similar passion for the subject. Severus was able to take some pride in that at least.
The professor was lost in thought before he was abruptly pulled out of his own mind with a tingle to his left forearm. At first, he felt like there was something crawling on him, beneath his sleeve. He swatted at his forearm but when no relief came, he wanted to take a look. He had an overwhelming sense of doom and was beginning to tremble from the angst he was feeling. His usually nimble fingers struggled to pop the numerous black, cloth covered buttons through their slits. When he was finally able to pull up his sleeve, all the blood drained from his face, and he could taste the bile threatening to spill from his mouth. His dormant Dark Mark was awakening.
Well, shit.
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Olivia Wright was excitedly unpacking her belongings in her chambers deep in the Pyrénèes. The young witch was getting ready to start her 4th year as a Mediwitch for the Beauxbatons. The school year would start on the first of September, and she would be second in command of the hospital wing. However, this term would be short for her and about a dozen others because soon they would be traveling to the Scottish Highlands to participate in the Triwizard Tournament at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. This would be exciting, indeed, because the Beauxbatons were only one win behind Hogwarts' record. Olivia was granted permission from Madame Maxime to travel with them, in the off chance any of the students would need medical care. She was sure, of course, that the hosting castle would have more than adequate medical care, but she wasn't about to let an opportunity to go to Scotland pass her by.
