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I grunted and let out a shaky exhale while Snape cleaned my fingers, eventually picking me up and walking us out to the living room and laying me on the couch. I looked down, avoiding eye contact with him as he went and got me a glass of water and a rag to wipe off my mouth.
"Lunar.." he finally spoke again and knelt down beside me as he placed the glass of water on the table In front of me and rubbed my hand a bit, I looked up and he wiped some of the puke off my mouth before sighing. "Lunar, do you happen to have an eating disorder?.. is that why you, yk?.." I nodded in response and shifted myself a bit before taking the glass of water and drinking it slowly.
"That's why I didn't wanna eat, professor.." he stood up and sighed, thought for a bit, and then walked to the kitchen and rinsed off the rag. "Well, lets start slowly ok? Just some baby bites and lun, try not to force it up ok? I know it won't be easy, it never is." He turned around and looked at me. "But I can help you if you let me." I finally looked at him, he had a soft look on his face. I know he meant it, obviously, but I still had trouble trusting him.
Snape walked over to me and rubbed my head. "Well supper is done, it's meatloaf." He knelt down beside me and switched his tone to a bit more stubborn one. "Can you try and eat a bit?" I nodded and sat up. "If you can't or don't wanna eat anymore just let me know ok? Try not to throw it up this time please, your body needs a bit of food." He looked at me and noticed I was a bit tensed up. "Can I just have a granola bar or beef jerky stick?.." i leaned against the couch and looked up at him, he sighed before going into the kitchen and shuffled through his cabinets.
I took this opportunity to grab my bag of blades off the table and stuffed the bag under my shirt before he came back and handed me a yogurt granola bar. "This is what I have, is that ok?" I nodded and took the bar before looking at it and then slowly started to eat it. Snape sat down beside me and rubbed my back. He always knew how to comfort me correctly hm?..
I finished the bar eventually and he held me close to him, probably to stop me from throwing it up i suppose. "Do you like books?" I nodded. "I have some, would you like to look at them?" I nodded again, so he lead me to his office which had bookshelves completely filled with books. My eyes lit up and I looked around. "Woah.." he chuckled before leaning against the wall.
"Whenever you feel uncomfortable, sad, or if I'm not here or you wake up in the middle of the night, you can come here and read, or just sit" I nodded and walked into the office and looked at some of the books he had. Snape watched me and noticed a couple of scars on the back of my neck, he asked to see my back. I hesitated a bit, but eventually pulled off my shirt and revealed scars all across my back.
He asked me who did it, and I told him that my father did with a couple of beer bottles he broke. Snape stepped closer to me and pulled out his wand before pointing it to my back. "Episey.." and the scars magically disappeared, and I pulled my shirt back on. Snape looked out his office window before looking at me. "Would you like to stay here for a bit or go to bed? Its getting a bit late." I turned around and shifted a bit. "Actually I was wondering if I could take a shower?.."
Snape nodded and led me to the bathroom, he showed me the towels that were under the sink and apologized for not having shampoo and conditioner for girls, I thanked him for allowing me to use the shower and he asked me if I took the blades off the table. I nodded as he asked if he could keep them until I got out of the shower, to which I obliged and handed him the bag. He smiled and let me know that he would be in his office labeling potion bottles if I needed him, before walking off and I shut the door, turning the water on and staring at it fall.
The shower was clean, well kept and the water felt warm against my skin. His house was nice, it felt comforting to be somewhere were I was welcomed.. I washed my hair and turned the water off, drying my hair off and body, I noticed a clean pile of clothes on the counter, I figured Snape left them and started putting them on.
As time went on, me and Snape grew closer and closer to each other. I viewed him as my father figure, and I was sure to let nobody ruin it..
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Snape Comfort Fic
General Fiction16 year old lunar has been struggling with an eating disorder and self harm for 5 years, and it got worse when she moved to Hogwarts, with her eating being non managed, and alone most of the time, lunar's mental health went down hill.