Chapter 3. The next morning and day.

I know I haven't done P.O.V yet but I'll do it for this chappy and it'll go back to being a third person P.O.V. Enjoy.

Harry's P.O.V.

Usually when I wake up from sleep, I can sense where I am and what is around. I've been able to do it since I was little because I was always afraid of the Dursley's being up before me, so it became a habit.

I still had my eyes closed and I was on my side facing a wall. I turned over to lie flat on my back and focus on my surroundings. It was dark and cold and I was in a double bed. I sensed someone next to me and last nights happenings came back in a flash.

Snape. Injured. Limping badly. Snape's private chambers. Me healing Snape. Snape taking shower. Falling asleep on a comfortable looking armchair.

I sat up with speed faster than a Golden Snitch and tried to be one with the cold stone wall. Well, as much as I could. I stared at the onyx eyes that were staring back with an amused glint in them and a raised eyebrow.

"Morning," was the first thing that was said from that deep, silky voice.

That was so strange coming from Snape's mouth. I would have never thought in a million years that I would one day wake up and here that from his mouth.

Actually, scratch that. I thought I would never get to see, let alone be, in Snape's own bed. Even that thought gave me shivers and goose bumps.

"M-Morning," I said back nervously, not knowing what was to happen next.

Snape held out his hands and with one lazily raised eyebrow and shifted slightly towards me.

"Come back under the covers. You have goose bumps because you're cold. I don't want someone I like," Snape put the emphasis on those two words, "getting a cold after they healed me and I so kindly allowed them to stay in my bed." Snape had finished and was watching me with those stunning onyx coloured eyes.

"Um... Um... O-Okay," I nervously stuttered while I removed myself from the wall and accepted Snape's hand. I slid back under the covers, still holding his hand and loved the feeling of being warm again.

The hand lured me towards the heat that was seemingly seeping from his body. I couldn't resist and went with the hand, turning over so I was facing the wall again, back pressed against the smooth, hard, reassuring warm chest.

"Is that better," his husky voice whispered in my ear from where his chin was resting on my shoulder. And all I could do in response was shudder and nod my head quite dumbly.

"H-ho... Why are you doing this to me? It's not like you actually like me. Do you?" I asked because I wasn't sure how or why he was doing this and knew that questioning him would be the right way to go about it.

"Last night you told me you liked me. I was so happy because I like you too, Harry. No matter what you think, I do return the same feelings," Snape snaked his arms around my waist and brought me back against him as if he was trying to make us one person.

"I-I told you? I don't remember that part of our conversation," I turned my head so I could look him in the eyes but was distracted by the set of slightly pink lips right there in front of my eyes.

"You sort of may have been half asleep when you told me?" Snape turned it into a question to see if I would approve of his choice and see my reaction to it.

"So you took advantage of my sleepy state to find out who I liked. Then you found out it was yourself. You then took me to your bed, un-dressed yourself until you were in your boxers and then climbed in next to me. That's it. You didn't fumble under the covers?" I said not sure if I could trust him. but I knew if I wanted this to become a relationship I knew trust would have to start somewhere.

"That's actually exactly what happened. And I swear on my heart that I didn't touch you in any way sexually," Snape said, nuzzling my neck with his chin and placing a soft kiss on it.

I moaned and pressed back into his warmth. How come I could never find any one until now who new how to hold me, make me feel right and loved, knew how to handle me with softness and care, offering nothing but love in return for love back.

But how could I be so sure that this was love? How could I know that this isn't just some set up to make me look like a idiot for falling for a professor. That will always end in complete and utter embarrassment when rumours are spread.

I pushed away from him, he let go, and I climbed over him quickly to get to the other side and went to the bathroom, locking myself in there until I had calmed down enough not to shake.

When I finally emerged from the bathroom five minuets later, there was no Snape in the bedroom so I went out through the door and cautiously made my way into the room outside.

There was Snape, still without a shirt on, sitting at the four seated table, drinking a coffee and reading the Daily Prophet. But as I came out and more into the open, he must have detected my movements because his eyes snapped up and stared hard into mine.

"Are you okay?" Snape whispered so softly that I thought I had imagined it. But when he placed his paper down and started getting up was when I was brought back to reality and started walking cautiously towards the table, taking a seat on the other side of the table, diagonally across from him so we weren't facing each other exactly.

"I'm sorry. I-I have never done this before. I-I have never let anyone treat me like this, they would be very angry if they found out I broke there number one rule," I stared at my hands so my hair fell forwards, covering my eyes which were a bit glazed over.

"Harry, who are they?" Snape asked, reaching over and brushing my hair aside. I flinched at the contact and he immediately pulled his hand away. "Harry?" he asked with a little more force in his voice. "Who are they and what have they done to you?"

"You called me Harry," I glanced up at him, a sad smile on my face, and then looked back down at my hands.

I started shaking and tears slipped down my face and fell onto my hands in my lap. I heard a chair scrap back and a moment later strong arms were around me and pulling me over to a couch. I was placed on a lap and held against a strong chest, one arm around my waist holding me there and the other cradling the back of my neck and sometimes carding fingers comfortably through my hair.

As I relived some of the memories that popped up, I muttered things like "Yes, sir" and "Sorry, sir. I will be better". After a few minuets of muttering I snapped out of the trance and turned to Sna- Severus. I will call him Severus in my mind.

"My relatives. They had rules for me and I have broken almost every single one," I told him with a sigh. "But the three biggest were: You will never let anyone love or care for you in any way, If you turn out to be a gay you will be kicked out of our home and show any disrespect and you will get a beating and loss of food," I laughed very darkly at this and rested my head on Severus's shoulder.

"I broke those three while I was staying with them. I broke the second one just after I battled with Voldemort last year," here I felt Severus flinch, "and I need somewhere to stay while Hogwarts was being rebuilt. Dudley - my cousin - caught me with my summer fling," once again I chuckled darkly as I remembered what happened.

"Dudley walked up to us and ripped me from my fling, Jai, and started beating me in front of him. Of course, Jai being a karate master, came to my defence and protected me. But then later on, he left me for his ex. I was just used to make his ex boyfriend jealous," Severus seemed to be shocked as I told him that little bit of information with such an empty voice.

I closed my eyes and enjoyed the feeling of being held by those strong arms. I loved the way I felt protected and that sound of that racing heart - oh, it made me so joyful to hear something... So alive. So fragile. So... mouth watering. Something I haven't felt in ages.

Severus and I sat there together, making no noise or movement. I almost fell asleep because I was so warm and felt so safe sitting in those strong arms. He stayed silent and placed a few light kisses on my hair before I snuggled in and almost fell asleep.

A/N: Sorry that I haven't updated in a while, you know what it is like for teenagers on school holidays? I have started writing the next chapter so hopefully that will be up soon. Anyway. It is nice to see that some people have stuck around and wanted me to continue this story. Alright that's it! Don't forget to leave a comment about how it is!