I woke up in the middle of the night with my arms wrapped around Severus' torso and my head on his chest. I looked up and saw that he was still asleep and smiled to myself. This man had been through so much in his life, I could tell by the fact that even in sleep, the pain never left his features. I scooted closer to him and tightened my grip on him before happily falling back to sleep.
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I felt a gentle yet stern force moving me, causing for me to groggily attempt to open my eyes. When I finally convinced myself to wake up, Severus was standing over me and smiled slightly. "Good morning," my voice was super raspy seeing as I had just woken up.
"It's almost 10. We need to get up." I rolled my eyes at him.
"10 is too early. You're crazy if you think I'm getting up right now." I rolled over in an attempt to find dream land once more.
Apparently Severus wasn't giving up without a fight as he grabbed my shoulder and started shaking me in an attempt to wake me up. I just groaned and pushed his hand off of my arm. He, being the stubborn ass he is, wouldn't give up that easily. He started jabbing my sides with his fingers and I squirmed and squealed in surprise.
My eyes shot open and I sat up immediately and half glared half smiled at him. "Did you just tickle me?" I said in an attempt to sound angry but my smile eventually won over and I started laughing. I looked over at him to find that he too found the situation funny and was almost smiling. That's when I got an idea.
I stood up and slowly made my way towards him as he stood firmly in place. "Two can play at that game," I sprang forward and started tickling him. Well, I attempted to. He stood in place still unfaltering even the slightest. "You've got to be kidding... You're not ticklish?" He shook his head, unamused.
I tried one more time, a little more adamant about making him laugh. I quickly found a spot in between his under arm and hips and tickled it. He cracked a smile and squirmed away. "I FOUND IT!" I jumped up and down and started towards him, he quickly walked away and I chased after him, feeling accomplished.
Eventually I had cornered him in his office and backed him up against the wall before tickling him briefly and not letting him get away. Once he was full blown smiling I stopped and looked at him happily. I made Severus Snape smile.
I didn't realize how close to each other we actually were until that moment, and the look on his face notified me that he had just realized it as well and was looking at my lips shyly. I had never felt more of an urge to kiss someone in my entire life. Our faces were getting closer together and our heartbeats were pounding faster by the second. I had just begun closing my eyes, my soft lips brushed against his slightly chapped ones.
"It seems like the two of you have been having a good time while I was gone," Dumbledore.
