Shade (A Severus Snape Fanfiction)

|chapter nineteen|

^ I don't usually post videos or anything with my chapters.. I may go back later and do it.. But anyways, this song came on while I was writing this, and I think it's very fitting for this chapter. So here ya go.

They were speaking softly, and the grown up, mature part of me knew I should just walk away. Whatever they were saying wasn't any of my business, but instead I found myself placed just out of sight as Narcissa's hushed tone rose. I peeked around the doorway and could only see Severus' back. He seemed to be blocking her from coming in.

"You cannot be serious, Severus. You're not actually considering going through with what the Dark Lord ordered. It was one thing for you to agree to it in the moment, but then you moved the girl in? Is that it then? After everything, you're just going to end it and play house with that little whore?"

"Jealously doesn't suit you, Narcissa. Now, as I said before, you need to leave."

"How long have you been sleeping with her?"

"That's none of your concern."

"Actually, I think it is."

"You seem to be under the assumption that we are some sort of couple, but the last time I checked, you're married to Lucius. Go home to your husband, Narcissa. You aren't wanted here."

I hadn't even realized that I had stepped into the room until Severus turned quickly and paled at the sight of me. Narcissa peeked around him with a satisfied smirk before the door slammed shut in her face. She had wanted me to hear that conversation.

"Care to elaborate?"

"It's nothing of any importance."

"Really? Because it kind of sounded like you're fucking Narcissa Malfoy. I'm aware we haven't exactly laid out any terms regarding our relationship, and I'm not really a jealous person... but if you're sleeping with other people I would like to know."

"Kathryn..."

"Come on then. Out with it already."

He released a noise caught somewhere between an exasperated sigh and a growl of frustration. "There was a period of time that Narcissa and I were involved, but it's history now. There is no need to dwell on it, love."

"That's why she's so angry about me staying here..."

"It is."

"When's the last time you slept with her?"

"A while before we slept together for the first time. It was months ago."

"Okay, then," I said a nonchalant shrug, even though I was seething inside. I knew that was ridiculous. He had been honest with me, and it wasn't like he had slept with her since we had been together,but still the thought of them together made me livid. Apparently I was a jealous person now, and I was quickly finding that I did not like the way it made me feel.

Severus seemed to see right through my calm facade and closed the distance between our bodies, placing a feathery light kiss across my lips. "I can honestly say I haven't thought about her in that way, or anyone else, since I met you."

He was dangerously teetering on the edge of actually voicing his feelings, and I was suddenly finding it difficult to breath correctly as he ran a long, slender finger down the length of my neck.

"Ditto," I breathed out, instantly giving myself a good mental slap. What the fuck was wrong with me? Ditto? Really? Severus was actually trying to open up for the first time since we met, and I couldn't even form a sentence.

"And just to clarify, I'm not okay with you seeing other men. You are mine. I don't like sharing," he said as he tilted my head to the side and leaned down to place a kiss on my neck. I hummed appreciatively.