𝙷𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚝𝚜

𝚜𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚞𝚜 𝚜 - 𝚋𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚍𝚊𝚢

Ummmm so heyyyy been a minute. I wrote this one a year or so ago and it's been sitting in my drafts so I thought I'd share it even though it's a little blurb. I know I'm not active here as much anymore but I am on my tumblr which is Rosaline-black

Anywho hope you're all doing good <3 with love Rosaline...

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Severus had tried to warm up to his students in recent years, mainly because of you. Hearing the way you spoke of them, the potential they held, well it inspired him to do the same. That was until today. It was the ninth of January, also known as his birthday. Instead of being sat on the sofa, drinking wine, and watching a film with his beautiful wife sitting beside him, Severus was watching over detention.

Now he could have easily resigned the rule of, no homework, no free evening, but Severus was far too stubborn. So instead of being with his wife, he would be spending it with the snotty-nosed rats who thought they were too good to hand in their essays on time like the rest of their class.

The room was dead silent, just the scribbling of quills on paper and Severus's bored sighs filling the air. That was until a pair of heels could be heard getting closer. By now Severus had memorised that sound, your feet approaching. In your youth the footsteps weren't as delicate, usually more rushed, and chaotic. He loved the sound because he knew soon thereafter he'd get to hear the sound of your wonderful voice.

For as long as you'd been friends, he had always been greeted on his birthday with some sort of treat, a small candle, and your beautiful smile. Usually, it was the highlight of the day, but today he couldn't help but feel mortified at the idea of you showering him in love in front of the students. I mean him, the teacher feared by all being called some ridiculously tender pet name, it would not do well for his reputation or yours for that matter.

Before he could stop the impending explosion of embarrassment, you busted into the room, party horn in your mouth and large cake in your hands.

"Happy birthday love-"

You cut yourself off, the large toothy grin being wiped from your face as the seven students sat in detention all turned around, they were gobsmacked. There was at least a ten-second period of aimless staring and silence before you placed the cake down and removed the whistle from your mouth to speak clearer.

"Oh gosh, I... sorry professor snape had no idea you were holding detention I'll... see you tomorrow... yes tomorrow not later... bye students..."

Now to be fair you could have covered that up better, Severus was mortified but, surprisingly he didn't care as much as he thought he would. There was no way he could stay mad at that adorable smile.

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Later on that evening, Severus had finally managed to get back to your shared quarters. As he cracked open the door he heard you bundle over, your brow furrowed in concern as you began to ramble out apologies.

"Sev I'm so sorry... I had no idea you were running detention I would have waited if I knew-"

Severus silenced your panicked babbling, simply bending down to gently kiss you, his large hands cupping your cheeks. With a soft hum, you separated, your mouth curving upwards.

"Really darling it's fine... it was bound to be found out eventually... I guess it's just a birthday surprise I didn't really account for..."

His dry wit made you giggle, placing a chaste kiss on his cheek before pulling him to your lounge area. You practically sat him down, shoving a glass of red in one hand and in the other a plate with a slice of cake on it.

"It's vanilla and lemon... your favourite..."

Severus could only smile softly humming a soft thank you. What in the world did he do to deserve you.