The Half Lord {Severus Snape x Reader}

Back Again

The rest of Christmas break was mainly spent sitting around the house with Severus. Occasionally sitting curled up in bed together with a good cup of tea.
Once the two of you had to return you hadn't seen much of him except for in class and on the occasion that he would ask you to stay behind just to give you a smirk before you left.

Thankfully Umbridge didn't give you a problem, but one day you had heard that Potter and his friends had gotten in trouble for making some sort of club for learning Defense Against the Dark Arts. Quite frankly, you didn't blame them.

The snow on the ground had just started melting and as always with your school work, you were bored. It was all too simple, you had no clue as to why you got work at all. Granted only a select amount of people actually knew that you were The Half Lord and all. But still.

You were sitting in the common room one evening talking with Asher when he mentioned a topic you wished no one would bring up.

"Why aren't you security anymore?"

You began to feel an uneasiness in your stomach as you answered. "Why do you ask?"

"Well, you were Hogwarts security for a year but then you disappeared for seven. Since you returned you've been a fifth year when you should be in my year."

Sighing, you stand up from your seat by the fire and glance at Asher sadly.

"In a way, I'm still doing my job. Just not in a way that I could tell anyone. Goodnight, Asher."

Before he could respond you left and went to your dorm, shutting the door and letting Alec out of his cage to visit.

"Hey, bud. How's it going?" The only response you got was a hoot. What else could you expect from an owl?

"Yeah, I know the feel. Do you want some food?" Alec gave out two very shrill hoots in response, hopping up and down on his stand in excitement.

"Well you're in luck, I've got your favourite. Rotisserie chicken." You pulled the still warm chicken out from a pocket in your robe. "Sorry, there may be some lint." But as always, Alec didn't care and just scarfed down the whole thing anyways. You made it a habit to bring him some food from the great hall every day. Even if it meant sneaking in before the end of breakfast or lunch just to feed him. He was always hungry.

You looked over to the empty beds around you. Ever since you came back you had this room to yourself. Sometimes you enjoyed it, other times you didn't. On the bright side, you could talk to Alec in peace.

Glancing over at Alec you pulled out the wand that the real Alec made with you. You ran your thumb over the engraving on it and sighed.

"I wish he was here, Alec. He'd be great to talk to right about now, you know. You've never met him but I'm sure you'd get along great."

Once again, all Alec did was hoot. Never anything different. He was an owl after all.

You got changed and slid into bed, never bothering to close the curtains since you were always alone. Setting your wand on the nightstand, you bid Alec goodnight before falling into a deep sleep.

~in dream~

"Welcome to dream land, little bird."

Great, the last voice you wanted to hear, Vince. When would he ever go away?

"Shut up. Go away. Hasta la vista el estupido."

"Well, that's not very nice now is it?"

"It wasn't meant to be." You muttered.

"Now. Let's get down to business. You're stuck here until I let you go, and who knows when that'll be."