The Elephant In The Room

When Harry woke the next morning, he felt warmth behind him and barely noticed the arms holding him in place. His groggy mind he remembered some snippets of what happened the night before. Had he fallen asleep in Severus's room? He didn't remember walking back to his rooms at all, so that must mean he was in fact still in Severus's room.

Slowly Harry opened his eyes and blinked as all he saw was a fuzzy room. Crap! Where are my glasses! They must have fallen off over night. Harry thought as he reached down and tried to feel where his glasses went. He found them and placed them on his nose, giving it a second for his vision to adjust before he turned over and froze as he saw Severus sleeping peacefully.

He looks completely different when he's asleep... I can't believe he is mine! Harry smiled and cuddled further into Severus's front, blushing as he felt arms unconsciously wrap tighter around him in a protective manner.

They lay together on the couch, Severus sleeping while Harry thought of everything he had to do later that day. But Harry decided enough was enough when his stomach grumbled hungrily. He didn't want to leave the couch but he couldn't ignore the demands of his stomach.

"Severus..." whispered Harry, reaching up and moving the fallen hair behind Severus's ear. "Sev... It's time to wake up."

Black eyes slowly opened to find two bright coloured eyes staring back. Harry didn't move his hand, smiling softly at the dazed look in the eyes before him.

"I'm hungry," Harry smiled.

"Good morning to you to," Severus said sarcastically as he laid back down further into the couch and closed his eyes, ignoring Harry completely.

"Severus, get up!" Harry wined, lightly hitting Severus on the chest as he got up from the couch and went and found a bathroom to use. "I mean it. If you aren't up by the time I get back, you are getting punished."

"Ooooo... Kinky," Severus chuckled as he sat up still with his eyes closed.

"Shut up," Harry responded as he closed the bathroom door behind him.

When Harry got out of the bathroom he found Severus sitting on the couch with a coffee in his hand, reading a book. He was completely unaware that Harry was back in the room, so he walked behind the couch and slide both of his hands down the front of Severus chest, electing a sigh and successfully getting Severus to put the book down.

"Now that I've got your attention, let's go to breakfast," Harry said as he walked out of the room and made his way up to the Great Hall. He didn't even bother to check if Severus was behind him because his full attention was on getting to the place where he would be served food.

As he strode into the hall, he found three other professors already sitting at the Teacher's table enjoying their own breakfast, none of them interacting with each other as they had their head stuck in their copies of the Daily Prophet.

Harry took his seat and dug into a plate full of sausages, eggs, toast, bacon and a cup of pumpkin juice. Severus joined him a few minutes later, looking fresher after his first cup of coffee. They sat in a comfortable silence before Harry got up and left to go back to his rooms, wanting to shower before his big day ahead.

After he showered, he walked into his lounge area and floo called Severus to see if he was back in his rooms yet.

"Severus?" Harry called out once he could see the contents of Severus's lounge room.

Severus came into view and came closer before kneeling down in front of the fireplace.

"Do you know if my class will still be taught in the old Defense classroom? Or has it changed since the war?" Harry asked, rushing because he was eager to start working.

"Yes you'll still be teaching in the same class as when you were a student, why?" Severus answered.

"Oh, I just wasn't sure so I wanted to double check before I walked off to find nothing in the classroom," Harry answered before quickly saying goodbye and practically running to the defense classroom on the third floor.