Severus Snape was a few months from graduating from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardary, which also meant a few months away from him getting married to the love of his life.
He never thought that he would be wed to someone who was known to...
Severus was sitting in the Great Hall eating dinner with the rest of the Slytherin house. His friends were making conversations round him, but he wasn't paying attention to any of them. One of them seemed to take notice.
A hand waved in front of his face, "Severus?".
He shakes his head, "Sorry, what?".
Regulus leans over, "You ok? You've been staring into space for quite some time now".
He sighs, "Yeah, sorry. I've just been thinking".
"About what?".
"About Dumbledore. About Lucius. About Tom, our wedding coming up in a few months and not knowing whether I will actually be there".
Regulus nods, "It'll all be ok, Severus. Tom will figure something out. Have you heard from Lucius yet?".
He shakes his head, "I'm not going to fuss to much on it. Lucius and Narcissa need all the time they need to recover. Merlin knows what they're going through".
Regulus sighs, "That's true. Anyway, Rabastand and I were talking yestersay and he told me that-".
He was interrupted by an owl flying into the hall. Everyone was confused as normally owls deliver mail in the morning during breakfast. Severus recognised that owl just in time for it to land on the table in front of him.
He gave the owl a treat and took the small package from it's talons, "Thank you, Glyfie".
Glyfie hoots and flys out of the hall. Severus picks up the note attached to the package and opens it. He smiles as he immediatley recognised the handwriting.
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Regulus leans over and notices something, "Hey, there's written on the back as well".
Turning over the note, there was a letter.
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Severus smiles wide at the note Tom had sent him. It definitely made his day better.
Regulus smirks, "Well isn't that just precious".
He smacks his arm with the card, "Shut up".
He starts to open the small package, not at all knowing what to expect. Removing the string, he starts to carefully remove the parchment around it. It reveals a small black velvet box. Opening the box, he gasped and placed his hand over his mouth.
In the box sat a ring. It had a gold band, sitting on top was a matte black stone with the deadly hallows carved into it. It was the Gaunt Family ring.
When Tom first proposed, he didn't do it with a ring. Mainly because it was a spur of the moment decision during one of their courting dates. Severus didn't mind that he wasn't given a ring straight away, but Tom knew it was important to him.
Regulus turns to him in shock, "Is that...". He leans in and whispers, "...is that Tom's ring?".
Severus nods slowly, shocked as to the present he just recieved, "He gave me his family ring. I can't believe he gave this to me".
"Well, you are getting married. Based on the note, I would guess that this is considered your engagment ring".
Severus, still in shock, takes the ring and places it on his ring finger. He holds it up and moves it around, making the gold sparkle in the light. He smiles sheepishly, completley in love with the ring and even more in love with Tom.
He looks towards the teacher's table, especifically at a certain Headmaster. If this wasn't viable proof that he was getting married, than nothing was.
