Wildest Dreams

Lover

"Ladies and gentlemen, will you please stand?
With every guitar string scar on my hand
I take this magnetic force of a man to be my lover
My heart's been borrowed and yours has been blue
All's well that ends well to end up with you"
-Taylor Swift "Lover"

Severus could not believe he was getting married today. Minerva had happily agreed to officiate and allowed them to use Hogwarts as their venue. Severus was pacing nervously in a corridor as he waited to marry the love of his second life. The last few days at Spinners End had been lonely since Hermione had been staying with Harry and Draco writing her vows and preparing for the ceremony. In regards to his own vows, he had not written a word. He had too many thoughts and could not organise them into coherent sentences which meant that he would have to make them up as he went along.

Severus was not paying much attention to his surroundings when Minerva startled him. She chuckled softly "Severus dear, it is nearly time. Hermione has arrived and is getting ready as we speak. Are you ready? Have you written your vows?"

Severus shook his head. "I can not think of what to say. I will have to just think of something while I am waiting for her to walk down the aisle to me."

Minerva smiled at him. "I am sure you will think of something. It is very unlike you to not be prepared."

Severus huffed in annoyance. "Well, it is not every day that you get brought back to life and find love."

Minerva smirked. "I suppose not. I am quite happy for you. You certainly deserve to live a happy life."

Severus was speechless for a moment. "Thank you, Minnie. I do not know how I got so lucky. I guess I should be thanking Dumbledore for his ingenious idea of creating a horcrux-like spell to store my essence into an object."


Minerva nodded thoughtfully. "Ah, yes. Dumbledore was always a sneaky bloke. He would always try to find a way to one up the magical system." She smiled fondly.

Severus thought for a moment until he spoke. "I think I know what my vows will be."

Minerva smiled. "Oh, lovely. I best be off to get myself and the Great Hall ready for the ceremony."

An hour later, the Great Hall was decorated for a wedding celebration. At the last minute, it had been agreed upon that James, Lily, Remus and Sirius would be attending much to Severus' chagrin. They had promised to behave themselves. Severus was not sure that it was possible for them to not ruin his day, considering their sordid history. Everyone was in their places in the Great Hall. Music was filling the hall. Severus, Minnie and Draco were waiting patiently for Harry to walk Hermione down the aisle. Everyone stood when the elegant music changed to David Bowie and Severus shot a glare at Sirius who was smirking at him. He heard sniggers coming from Narcissa and Lily. Surprisingly, Severus just rolled his eyes and let it go when he became distracted by Hermione and Harry walking down the aisle. Hermione had a simple white dress on and Severus was in awe of her beauty. He kept staring at her as Harry gave Hermione away to him and went to stand on the other side of Minnie. Everyone sat back down as Minnie gestured to do so.

Minnie cleared her throat before she started to speak. "Hello, everyone. Welcome to Hogwarts on this happy occasion. As you all know, I have known Severus since he was a kid. When he was a student here, he clashed with those mischievous Marauders. He had not been become the person I know now until Lily's tragic death." She paused looking at Lily. "He had a vicious tongue on him and spells to match it. It is hard to believe how things have changed. How Severus has changed for the good all because of the power of love. We are here to celebrate his new found love." She smiled at the witch in front of her. "Hermione here, like Lily is a muggle-born, is the brightest witch of her age. She always was trying to prove herself throughout her Hogwarts years because of where she came from. There was not one thing she could not figure out and we all know Harry and Ron benefited from it." She chuckled softly. "It only seems fitting that Severus found someone to match his intellect and cleverness. Now, Severus and Hermione have written some vows they would like to share with you all."