severus' tale ( snapetober 2021 )

xxviii. it's all coming back to me now

"FLASHBACKS"

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you had been doing some spring cleaning around the house whilst  your husband severus had been away. he had been at hogwarts, it was the start of the school season and undoubtedly the first day was always the longest.

you had deep cleaned the kitchen and bathroom over the past 3 hours and now it was time to sort the living room and bedroom. you figured that you start big and then go small. so you started on the living room. you took down all the books and wiped down the bookshelves clear of dust. you then took care of the books, they were all pretty easy to clean considering they were all leatherbound.

as you placed all the books on the clean shelves, you found a box, it was a small one and fit around your hand. putting the books down, you opened the box and saw a necklace in there.

at the top of the box it had engraved: 'to my newly beloved.' you tilted your head, keeping the box to one side and continued to clean.

you put the box in your pocket and you finished the living room, eventually going to the bedroom to clean away, you changed the duvet covers and pillow cases and swept the floors.

you looked over at the box from time to time, you could have sworn you had another box somewhere.

you looked through your drawers and found another box, only this time with the words: 'to my newly wedded wife on it.' another necklace appeared inside the box.

you couldn't help but let yourself smile, it had been tradition for severus to get you a necklace for every milestone you both reached in your relationships. so once you finished cleaning the bedroom, you looked through everything that reminded you of your first date with severus.

you picked up bits and pieces here and there as you eventually remembered what your date consisted of. putting it all together was probably the best part of your day.

you couldn't wait to surprise him.

***

it had been six years ago where you met severus.

as the hogwarts librarian, you wanted to make sure the books around them were more than accessible to everyone, whether it be through the school's loaning system or to support those who weren't able to get specific books for their classes, you knew you were just as important as any other member of hogwarts.

"professor l/n?" a student called, a hufflepuff student.

"oh there's no need to call me professor, i'm just a simple librarian." you said.

"but everyone here is a professor, you should be one too." the student admitted.

"well...perhaps in the near future." you suggested.

"now you're here to see me, no doubt." as you changed the subject with the student.

severus had been strolling by, he watched over your interactions with the hufflepuff.

"so you're unable to afford the textbook for potions since your parents are out the country and they are the one's funding your third year?" you asked, making yourself clear of the situation she was in.

the student nodded in shame, ready for you to scald her for such a thing but you didn't you turned to the other room, eventually you found what you were looking for, you took out the exact potions textbook they needed and handed it to them.

"but but i'll have to return it-"

"there's no need, i want to make sure students such as yourselves make sure they are getting the best education there is...so it is yours to keep." you said.