HP: Embrace the Darkness

After everyone expressed their gratitude, the screen changed again, and the previously disconnected fragments became a whole day's daily routine.

Daily life on the first day after Voldemort's resurrection.

Dumbledore immediately abandoned the idea of ​​exploring the relationship between the boy and Severus and focused on studying his old rival.

Grindelwald was dissatisfied with his attention to another person, and while flipping through the love book he also made some small moves to disturb him.

Dumbledore was busy dealing with Grindelwald and observing Voldemort and had no time to pay attention to the situation on the other side. The boy turned himself into a single sofa and sat next to Severus.

Severus' eyes were still fixed on the screen, so focused that he seemed completely unaware of the approaching person.

The young man was not annoyed by his intentional or unintentional neglect. He stroked his cane, completely emptied his mind, and closed his eyes to rest.

His situation was different from that of the Hogwarts faculty and staff, as he did not learn about the other world through seeing it on a screen, but through dreaming about it.

Because of this long and real dream, he hadn't had a good rest for a while, and sitting down was based on physical instinct.

His intuition told him that sitting next to this strange yet familiar man might help him sleep a little.

If it was verified that he could really help, he wouldn't mind paying a little compensation to stay at Hogwarts.

A little reward in exchange for a good night's sleep.

Well worth it.

Listening to the steady, gentle breathing sounds beside his ears, Severus' eyes, which were fixed on the screen, gradually became unfocused and unconsciously drifted to the side.

After a few times, he couldn't stand it anymore.

The presence of the young man beside him was too strong, and he was completely unable to concentrate. His mind was filled with Dumbledore's teasing eyes and the other professors' gratified looks.

These looks usually appear when he is interacting closely with that person in another world.

Severus snorted coldly and planned to drive the man away using the old method.

But when he turned around, he saw a young, defenseless sleeping face.

The curse stopped in his throat again, not because of softness or excitement, but because of disbelief.

Even if we count the screen, this was only the second time they met. This person dared to sleep in front of him the second time they met. He was so reckless. Was he really someone that even Dumbledore was afraid of?

Sensing the approaching gaze, the young man opened his eyes, with a mixture of lingering confusion and unconscious cruelty, and pounced towards Severus, but finally retracted all his eyes.

"Sorry."

The boy stood straight with his back straight and his eyes straight ahead, as if the brief casualness and laziness just revealed was just Severus's illusion.

But they both knew it wasn't.

Severus observed Dumbledore calmly, then looked at the dark circles under the boy's eyes which could only be seen at a close distance, and said nothing, continuing to look at the screen.

Today's broadcast seemed to be particularly caring for Dumbledore, and most of the things he was curious about were answered in the video.

For example, Horcruxes and Voldemort.

Dumbledore compared the information revealed on the screen with the letter he saw yesterday, but he still felt uneasy. So after a brief hesitation, he decided to go there this afternoon.

Before that, he had to arrange for a troublesome person first. "Mr. Cavendish, do you have any other arrangements?"

The young man understood the meaning of the music and shook his head calmly, "I am just a guest, and I should follow the host's wishes."

"Okay." Dumbledore looked around, ignored Flitwick who was standing on tiptoe and raising his hand, and pointed at the absent-minded big bat: "Severus, you entertain Mr. Cavendish on my behalf."

The Potions Master was about to explode upon hearing this.