One Night Stand (Jeverus/Snames/James x Severus)

The Day After

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Severus looked in the mirror to find hickeys all over his neck and upper body. He concealed it with a glamour and headed down to eat while reading. James went to shower but stopped as he saw his two bestfriends dishevelled. He laughed, he needed it after the morning he had. Remus and Sirius did not laugh though as they saw Severus leaving James's bed with a constellation of hickeys that was very noticeable. They were a bit awkward around him and tried their best to figure out how to approach the situation. James noticed this and frowned. He wanted to explain himself but he couldn't. The couple knew that their bestfriend was in distressed with the whole situation.

"So.... was he good in bed?" Sirius said to brighten up the mood but failed miserably. Remus slapped his head but pet it back to sooth the pain, "What he means is 'Do you like him?" James didn't even needed to think hard as the  words left his mouth, "I don't hate him." "That's good..... Umm..." Remus tried to think of something lessen the tension. "I am going to shower, you guys should probably too," James said leaving the two.

The three of them left for the Great Hall. They took the hangover potion that stood on the Seventh Years table. Lily and Peter finally joined in and noticed the tension. Even the Gryffindors near felt stiff seeing The Marauders not in their usual joking and happy setting. James didn't feel like looking at Lily and tried to find Severus at the Slytherin table. Severus wouldn't even look their way, he was reading a book as always.

Severus could hear the Gryffindors stopped laughing and felt James staring at him. He paid no mind to him and continued eating. He soon left to go back to the dorms but decided to walk around for fresh air seeing as it was Saturday. He decided to make sure to avoid James as far as possible. He read his book at his favourite place, just under the tree. Although it held a horrible memory of James and a crowd of Gryffindor bullying him, he still felt the spot was suitable for a good reading. Yes, James was his bully, he wasn't good for Severus. Both of them have nothing to do with each other except to be love rivals. Severus loves Lily. Always.

James kept trying to find Severus and was distancing himself from the others, especially Lily. Lily kept asking if she did anything wrong that night and was getting frustrated when no one could give her an answer. Remus and Sirius kept telling her that she didn't do anything wrong and Peter seemed clueless. She noticed even Severus was distancing himself from her and whenever she was near, he would be a few feet apart and could not even look at her. "What happened that night that both guys that were pining over me are ignoring me if I didn't even do anything? I only remember them throwing insults at each other and Mary helping me to our room so what is it?"

Lily asked the Gryffindors and found that Severus was leaving with hickeys covering his neck. He could be using a concealment charm. Lily decided to observe the two to get a good idea of the situation. The only thing she could come up was the both of them had a one night stand and are confused. "A drunken one night stand with your enemy would be confusing to me at least," Lily thought. Lily observed that Severus would flinch and look uneasy even when he looks the same but Lily knew him for years, he can't fool her. He would make sure to stay in the places nobody knew except the Lily and him.

She watched James, Remus and Sirius talking and although there were laughing as always, there's a weird air around them. When Sirius and Remus was alone, Lily cornered them, "I have a plan!" The couple looked confused. "I know why James and Severus is distant, they had a one night stand didn't they?" Lily asked. Remus remained calm but Sirius had panic written on his face. "Look, they are confused but I think they both like each other and if I am in the way of that, I'll never live with myself." Lily decided to devise a plan.

She spotted Severus in the halls and pushed Severus into an empty classroom and muttered, "Petrificus Totalus," to body bind Severus. She then sat in front of Severus. "Talk," she demanded. Severus was still in shock but finally collected himself, "About what?" She crossed her arms, "Why have you been avoiding me?" Severus scoffed, "I haven't, I have just been a bit busy." Lily sighed, "I know what happened." Severus could have been a great actor if Lily didn't know anything, "What ever do you mean?"

"Look, I am your best friend. When you called me a mudblood, I was angry because all I thought was that I know you think that I only need you, that I should be dependant on you just because I wasn't from a witching family. I knew you wanted to protect me and me trying to protect you that day was a far greater humiliation than whatever James has done. It was unfair because I felt that friends protect each other but I am not going to throw years of friendship because of that. I know you love me but I think you have mixed feelings over James. I trust and love you, just not romantically. As your friend, I want to put your happiness above mine as I know you would do for me even if you hated the fact that you are not the one making me happy. So please, Severus, please tell me what's wrong," Lily begged.

Severus sighed, "I don't know what to feel, Lily. I am supposed to hate him but I enjoyed that night. It wasn't even about the one night stand. I was pretty sober to think well and when we talked, first it was harsh words as always but then we were genuinely having fun. Talking to him, I didn't hate it, I really did enjoyed it. Then, that happened and I liked it but I also knew that he probably still hates me so, let's just blame it on the alcohol, right?" Severus chuckled trying not to frown.

"Oh," Lily frowned. "But what if he did like you back?" she asked. Severus laughed, "That would be impossible. Besides, I am a Slytherin, he would probably be ashamed to like me." Lily didn't know how to make her friend feel better. The spell wore off so Severus petted her head when he saw Lily thinking of how to comfort him. Lily gave him a small smile, "How about we brew some potions for your collection?" "Sure," Severus agreed. He was grateful that Lily was his friend, he still loved her but it felt a more different love than romantically.

Btw, thank you to ficreader88 for the encouraging words, never thought anyone else would read this but I cried when I saw the comment. I wanted the rest of the story to be more of a slower kind of story and to get you guys to know the characters more better in the story because I know I would like to have a deeper understanding of each individual. Anyway, there was this person that was talking about her opinion on Lily's and Snape's relationship that I wanted to write on.

(I think it was from Quora or something. The question was originally, "Was Lily Potter abused by James?" She was originally questioning Lily and James's relationship considering James did threaten Lily with Snape to go out with him. To Mary Lynch, it's basically James telling Lily to prostitute herself for Snape's safety)

Mary Lynch

I also think the reason behind Snape's unforgivable lapse in calling Lily a Mudblood is the humiliation he felt from her coming to his rescue. Snape's attitude towards Lily is rooted in chivalry. He wants to be her protector. When he finds himself in a situation where Lily becomes the protector, it's far worse humiliation than anything James Potter does. Lily's rejection of his apology comes from the realization that Snape doesn't see her as an equal. His love for her is partially rooted in her 'flaw' of being Muggle born. It's the flaw in her perfection that makes her need him — and it's intolerable for a friend to see one this way.