Innocence | Severus Snape x Reader

23 - Dementor

I was sitting at the Teachers Table in the Great Hall during dinner. I looked down the taBle briefly and saw Severus, who kept glancing at Lupin. I looked away and ate, still with mild curiosity as to what Severus' kept worrying about. Perhaps I'd do some investigating myself. 

Once we were done eating I walked out of the Great Hall beside Severus inconspicuously. We didn't talk until we were separated from the students. 

"Do you think anyone knows about us?" I asked, looking up to him. 

"No, except perhaps Dumbledore. He knew you were with me and he is far from blind." Severus said. 

"That is true. If he does know I doubt he minds, then." I reached down and held his hand gently, and he reciprocated the act. "Would you like to spend the night with me, Sev?" I asked him politely. 

"I would love to Darling, and you know that, but I have a lot of work to do." He said as we stopped outside the Potions room door. He then reached up, letting go of my hand, and held my face in his hands. He looked at me longingly. "Because I truly do miss this." 

"I miss it too." I put my hand up to his chest as he used his thumb to caress my cheek as he always liked to do. This time felt different though. His thumb moved down and slid across my lips softly, slightly pully down on my bottom lip before letting go. We both recognized as a sensual act and a slightly sexual one. I couldn't help but wonder what was going through his mind as he looked down at me like that. But I knew what was going through mine. 

I thought of all the possible ways it could go from here. And they were not friendly thoughts. Things that might make even him blush. 

"You should control your thoughts, little dove. Unless you're expecting them to become a reality." His hand trailed down to my neck, and he lightly touched the side of it, then grabbed it with his hand, but very softly. As if to imitate the act of choking, which I had only recently learned can be used for sexual gratification as well. All I could feel was the heat in my chest and the one between my legs. "Excited?" 

"H-How did you?" 

"Legilimency. I've never read your mind before now but I couldn't help but want to peek into your thoughts if I did this to you. Now I know." I saw what I knew could have only been a smirk on his face as he said this. 

"W-well it's very considerate of you to not read my thoughts up until now..." I Stammered out, I hadn't realized how flustered I was until now. "But it seems I may need to learn occlumency." He finally let go of his hold on my neck and held my face as normal. 

"Perhaps you should if you don't want me finding thoughts like that again." He leaned in and whispered this in my ear, which caused me to shiver. 

"I've always been awfully good at payback, Severus," I said quietly. 

"Is that so, little Dove?" He pulled away from my ear and kept his face close to mine. I nodded my response just before finally kissing him, in what felt like a form of release from this tension. I pulled away and slipped out of his arms. 

"Goodnight Severus." I walked down the hall towards my quarters before stopping in realisation. 

I set my book down and my key on top of it, I walked in front of the class and clasped my hands together. 

"Today we will be learning about Diricawls. Diricawls are known to the muggles as, and don't laugh, Dodo birds." A few of the students chuckled, mostly the Slytherins. "Now the Diricawls use a form of apparation to escape danger, quite smart eh?" 

I rolled my head back and sighed as I started to make my way back through the castle so I could go outside to get my book and keys, assuming they were still there. 

When I came out of the castle I noticed that the autumn air felt extra cold. I walked down to the forest and my keys and book were still there. As I grabbed them I felt off, at first I thought perhaps someone cursed my belongings but this was an entirely different feeling. 

I turn around and see a black floating mass moving towards me, and I quickly recognize it as a dementor. They had been relatively unproblematic for students I almost had forgotten they were here, until now. 

As I retrieved my wand the dementor approached and began its "kiss". The act in which a dementor begins to suck out your would, and it wasn't a nice feeling. The very presence of a dementor brought dread and fear. 

I pointed my wand at the dementor and said the words. "Epecto patronum!" I cast, and for a second there was a light, but nothing came of it. I had only learned the spell, and never cast it. So the fact it fell short was worrying.

Before I could cast the spell again I felt my head feel light. As I collapsed to the floor I heard galloping beside me and then a screech. 

I awoke to something aggressively nuzzling my face. As I opened my eyes I saw Buckbeak staring down at me, and then he licked my face. 

"Aww, Buckbeak." I wiped his saliva off my face as I sat up. I then stood, collecting my things off the ground. 

Buckbeak stuck near me until I left the forest, and from there I made it back to the castle in one piece.