Harriet Potter and the Alpha in the Dungeon

Chapter 53 - Little Sev

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After hours of pleasant, deep sleep, Harriet finally woke and blinked her eyes open.

As the bedroom she shared with her husband slowly came into focus, she heard his low, velvet voice ask in a tone barely above a whisper, ".......My love?"

"......Sev?" Harriet croaked groggily.

She turned her head in the direction of his voice and smiled as she found Severus staring down at her, his dark eyes soft with worry.

"Hey, Sev." Harriet smiled as she lifted a hand and gently touched his cheek.

Severus intended to inquire about his wife's health, but as soon as he saw Harriet try to raise herself towards him, he bent down and obliged her by placing a tender kiss against her lips.

As soon as they had exchanged that gentle show of affection, Harriet sighed as she settled back against the pillows for a moment.

"How are you feeling today, my love?" Severus asked hesitantly.

"Much better than I remember feeling after the birth." Harriet smiled. Severus watched her happy expression fade as she thought back, "It was an odd sort of sensation really.....like I was....somewhere else or...I...."

"Don't exhaust yourself." Severus whispered to Harriet as he placed another kiss on her forehead, "You've endured quite an ordeal......Your body and mind need rest."

He had barely finished speaking when an angry little grunt rang out that almost instantly erupted into a furious wail.

"WWWWWAAA!"

"WWWWWAAA!"

"I'm unlikely to get any." Harriet chuckled as a bright smile curled her lips while she sat up in bed as Severus hurriedly glided over to the bassinet and retrieved their crying son.

"How's he been getting on without me?" Harriet asked.

As Severus handed their newborn to his mate, he noticed the hand she kept clamped over her uncomfortably full breasts.

He quelled his own curiosity about her milk as he cleared his throat and admitted, "I've let him nurse while you've slept."

"I didn't wake when he cried?" Harriet asked incredulously while their tiny baby began to impatiently root against her chest.

Severus watched his son wriggle and squirm as Harriet exposed her breasts and guided the baby towards his target while he explained, "Truthfully.....A large portion of your sleep was magically induced."

"Induced?" Harriet asked as their newborn whimpered while he ate, "....By you?"

"No.......by Ingrid." Severus replied. He watched Harriet blink as he explained, "There were.....apparently....several causes to your unfortunate malady yesterday after our son's arrival......I believe she's remedied them all...based on how you're behaving today."

Harriet furrowed her brow just as their little one furrowed his while he focused on getting his meal from his mother.

"Did she say why?......Or how?.....What happened to me?" Harriet asked.

"I'll discuss the matter with you later." Severus nodded, "We have more pressing issues....Our son needs a name, for one."

He watched as a bright smile lit up his wife's radiant face as she asked, "Well, that should be plain, shouldn't it?"

Severus narrowed his eyes at Harriet.

"I think he should be named after his father." She said proudly as she bent down and placed a gentle kiss against her newborn's fluffy tufts of dark hair.