Chamber Change

Health and Safety

"Narcissa!" Severus squeaked as she barged into the room and he jumped in shock, still holding Harry. This set Harry himself to laughing where as Tom had summoned his wand, thinking it an attack, and Bailey snarked at her in parseltongue.

"Severus Tobias Snape! You know better than to miss such powerful healing potions," Narcissa snapped in an annoyed and aggrieved tone, stalking towards them with barely a pause at the yew wand aimed for her.

"Simply because you are a certified healer..." Severus grumbled discontentedly as he looked away from her in embarrassment that bleed through to the bond in his distraction. This set Tom at ease and made Harry shift to giggles as he tried to stifle his laughter. Bailey simply observed, not deeming the woman to be a threat after her earlier foray and cooing.

"That's right. I am a certified healer and a mother so don't you dare try to pull your scary potions master routine, it won't work if you'll recall," Narcissa said stoutly. She set the various potions she was carrying on the side table to sort through for her three patients in obvious annoyance.

"We would have taken them once we managed to get past our new familiar and came down for breakfast," Severus pouted.

"Severus, this is the first time I've gotten a proper look at your medical history, no thanks to your stubbornness. You've let me heal you before but always you wouldn't let me take a history scan. After what I found, I can see why and Mr. Potter's medical history is no less extensive or potentially dangerous than your own. My lord's history is pristine, which I can only put down to whatever magics brought him into this situation in the first place. He is a little on the thin side but out of the three of you is not only the most healthy but has no problems in his history at all. Its so perfect I can only assume that some powerful magic removed any trace of previous illness or injury. Unfortunately, that also removed any immunities that he had built up including any immunizations he had received," Narcissa responded in exasperated irritation. "After how many times I've had to patch you back together because of one thing or another and this latest upset did you honestly think I'd let you continue to hide?"

"One can hope," Severus said resignedly.

"Be glad that whatever happened cleared out your system overnight, leaving enough traces that I could identify what you were being dosed with," Narcissa snarked.

"I wasn't taking anything," Severus said, his eyebrows furrowed in concern. Narcissa paused for a moment to process that before starting to curse vehemently.

It took a moment for Tom to piece it together, making him scowl and fight not to curse something. He wouldn't tolerate such things for his bondmates. First chance he got the three of them were getting the really good yet expensive potion/poison detection jewelry and wearing it at all times.

"What about Harry?" Tom asked sharply as the idea occurred to him. After all if someone went out of their way to dose Severus with unknown/unwanted potions then they most certainly would have done it to Harry as the Chosen One.

"He was also receiving potions. I was going to speak to Severus separately about the ones that the two of them wouldn't obviously have taken willingly but I also wouldn't put it past him to be using something to keep up with his ridiculous workload. That old goat badly needs to learn that monopolizing everyone's resources, time, and energy as he sees fit is not only bad form but detrimental," Narcissa scowled, aggrieved on her friend's behalf.

"I'm fairly certain he knows but doesn't care," Severus said in a resigned sigh as he took the potions that she handed to him.

A moment of careful examination to double check what it was and that it was properly made passed before Severus swallowed the potion with a grimace, handing off the other two to his bondmates. The woman knew him far too well, he'd never have let them take the potion without it being examined even if it was one of his own brewings. This process repeated several more times as they took their morning medicines.