not enough water to wash it away (RP for professor_snark)

[patchdandshabby]

Teddy, for the few minutes he was awake, didn't ask any of the questions Remus worried about.  He didn't say much at all, other then to reassure them that he was feeling better.  And that he loved them.  After watching his sleeping son for a few minutes Remus slipped out to the room he shared with Severus.  Uncharacteristically he shed his clothes

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[professor_snark]

After Remus left Teddy's room, Severus spent a few more minutes casting diagnostic spells on Teddy, ensuring that he didn't miss anything.

Going to their room, he saw Remus' strewn clothing and frowned. The man was normally so meticulous about things like that.

He went into the bathroom, staring at an oblivious Remus. Sighing, he stripped out of his clothes and stepped into the shower behind him, wrapping his arms around his waist and kissing his shoulder.

[patchdandshabby]

Like Sleeping Beauty, that kiss pulled Remus at least partway out of his own thoughts and into consciousness. he didn't realize how tense he was until he felt his muscles relax against Snape, his posture changing to fit against the other man's chest. Somehow the skin against his own felt warmer then the water.

[professor_snark]

Snape's hands moved to Remus' shoulders, gently massaging away his tension before sliding his arms around him again.

"Feeling better?" His voice was a low, throaty rumble.

[patchdandshabby]

"I'm feeling..." But he paused, at a loss for words. He wasn't sure how he felt, other then cold and drained. Too many emotions, or not enough. "A little warmer."

[professor_snark]

Who was Snape to argue?

"Turn around, love, and spread your legs for me."

Snape was trembling with barely suppressed need when he aligned himself with Remus' opening. With a soft moan, he slowly pushed himself inside until he was buried to the root.

He kissed a path alone Remus' shoulder, licking across one of his scars, as if he could heal with his mouth alone. He kissed and licked every scar he could reach, needing Remus to know that scars weren't the end of the world for Teddy. He could still have this, could still have perfectly normal family one day.

Snape needed Remus to know that he was still beautiful, and still absolutely perfect in his eyes.

Your tag made me go melty. And laugh. 'Perfectly normal family?'

[patchdandshabby]

Remus would never consider himself beautiful or perfect, but each kiss did warm him, comfort him. The lips against his skin were gentle and a much needed reminder that not everything in the world was harsh and cruel. Not everything was death and pain.

He reached back, seeking one of Snape's hands, entangling their fingers together. "When you're inside of me there's not room for anything else."

As normal as they'll ever get! ROFL

[professor_snark]

Snape squeezed Remus' fingers, smiling against the back of his neck. "Good, I don't want you to think of anything but me." His hips began to move, his pace slow and even. He wasn't in a hurry, Snape just wanted to take his time. Snape wanted Remus to remember that he was nothing like the monster they put down today. Remus was kind, and gentle, and Snape's whole world.

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[patchdandshabby]

He'd almost forgotten what it was like, after so much time on his own, to have people who mattered. People who worried about him, who wanted what was in his best interest. But even when he'd had his friends he'd never been the center of anyone's desires. Never had anyone lavish the intense attention on him that Snape did.

Sometimes in the middle of the night he would lie awake and wonder what would happen to him when this all went away, when he didn't have Sev to make him feel more whole then he had in years. It was a frightening prospect. Now, though, he didn't worry about any of that. He just felt.

You tell 'em wolf!!!

[professor_snark]

"I suppose I can just continue on as I am and keep referring to you as My, Remus. Since there are so many of you about this place."

And he couldn't deny, he liked the possessive note of calling Remus his.

[patchdandshabby]

"Rather strange seeing so many of them. Especially the young ones." Remus returned his empty tea cup to the tray and twisted around to rest his head on Snape's shoulder. His eyes were closed, his open hand resting on his chest. "I suppose 'mate' would be silly. People might think it just meant friend."

[professor_snark]

Snape's hand reached up, his arm curling to run his fingers through Remus' hair.

"Mate?" Snape's lip curled into an odd smile. "Is that a wolf thing? Are we now mated for life?"

He asked the question lightheartedly, but as soon as the words were out of his mouth, he realized that's what he wanted. To be tied to Remus for life.

[patchdandshabby]

"I don't know why I even said that." Except that he did. Ever since the night in the woods the word had been there, in his mind.