[HP] Can you be gentle with me

Severus Snape opened his eyes.

The first thing he saw was his wife who was still sleeping in his arms. At such a close distance, he could clearly see the faint freckles on her nose, but Snape felt that the freckles were spread perfectly.

Smiling closer, he placed a kiss on her forehead.

"Good morning, Tahlia."

The black-haired woman in front of her moved her eyelids, then opened them, looking a little dazed.

"Well... Sev, good morning." She blinked, stretched out her hand and rubbed it lightly, and said in a sleepy tone.

"You don't want to sleep anymore?"

This morning Snape woke up more than a little earlier than usual, and this time is not even Tahlia's wake up time, he didn't want to deprive her of sleep because of him.

Tahlia shook her head. "I'm awake," she said.

Snape didn't say much, just sat up on the bed and put his arms around Tahlia.

"Hey, Sev—"

Tahlia cried out in embarrassment, although it had been so many years, she was still not used to the Snape who doted on her very much.

"You have to shower when you wake up," Snape said seriously, unfazed by Tahlia's discomfort.

He owes her too much.

So Tahlia, who couldn't resist, was half pushed and half pulled into the bathroom by Snape.

"Give."

While Tahlia was still in a daze, Snape had already handed her a toothbrush filled with toothpaste and a mouthwash cup, and she took it in a daze.

"You..." She opened her mouth, hesitated for a moment, and then continued. "Is today a special day?"

"Why do you ask?"

Tahlia looked away. "You are very kind to me today..."

"Don't I usually treat you badly?" Snape said angrily, but the corners of his mouth curled up, and he leaned closer to Tahlia's ear. "I can do better for you—"

Kuang Dang dropped the mouthwash cup directly on the sink.

"Severus!"

Tahlia blushed and shouted.

"Ok?"

Tahlia turned her head and saw Snape standing behind her smiling slightly, and didn't know what to say again. "...Don't do this suddenly next time..." In the end, that was all he said.

"Suddenly?" Snape was still smiling.

"Suddenly lean on me..." Tahlia's voice became softer as Snape leaned forward again, exhaling into her ear, and her heart seemed to stop suddenly. "...so close... Sev!" Pushing Snape away in shame, he grabbed the toothbrush. "Let me concentrate on brushing my teeth..."

Smiling playfully, Snape didn't do anything else, but picked up his own toothbrush too, and stood beside Tahlia.

Soon, both of them finished washing.

"You haven't answered my question yet, Sev!" Tahlia sat on the bed, watching Snape take off his nightgown and get ready to change into out clothes. "Wait, where are you going to change your clothes so early? Are you changing into Muggle clothes?"

"You have to change, too."

"Why?" Tahlia asked suspiciously.

Snape spoke with a blank face. "We're going out today."

"why?"

"Don't ask so much, just change it." Snape didn't answer, but directly threw a light-colored long dress that Tahlia usually wore on her body.

Tahlia pulled down the skirt that was thrown over her face, stood up angrily, and muttered. "Change it... why are you so mysterious..."

Seeing Tahlia muttering like this, Snape's heart skipped a beat, why didn't his previous self find Tahlia very cute like this?

Thinking in my heart, my mouth opened unconsciously.

"It's summer vacation."

Hearing Snape's incoherent narration, Tahlia stopped changing clothes and looked at Snape suspiciously.

"No students."

Tahlia raised one eyebrow. "We're at home right now, without students of course."

"That stupid dog is traveling again."

"uh-huh?"

"Nigel holds book-signing events in various places, and will not go home for a short time."

Tahlia started to get dressed again, not noticing that Snape's gaze was on her from behind, and finally put the long skirt on, and asked back. "Sev, what exactly are you trying to express?"

"It means that we are the only ones at home now."

"so?"

Taking a deep breath, Snape spoke quickly. "So I have to take you out, it's... about, about—"

"Dating?" Tahlia exclaimed. "Are you going on a date? With me?"

Snape looked stiff. "Yes, I'm going on a date, with you."

"But…but—" Tahlia was momentarily incoherent. "We never...you never—"

"There is now."

Stared at Snape in astonishment. "Sev, you always amaze me, I thought we were both past the age where we wanted to date..."

Neck flushed, Snape turned his head slightly. "If you don't want to, even—"

"Yes!" Tahlia said hastily. "Of course I would!" He said, walking up to Snape and pecking his lips lightly. "As long as you're here, I'll do anything."

Snape froze for a moment, then lowered his head, deepening the kiss.

After a while, the two separated panting.

"Me too." He said softly.

"Oh!"

Tahlia squinted her eyes, shielding her hands from the harsh sunlight as the two of them Apparated into the street.

Although it was only past seven o'clock in the morning, the sun had already fully risen at this time. Tahlia had been blind for a long time. Although she finally regained the light, she became very sensitive to the light. In her eyes, the morning light that ordinary people think is warm Like the scorching sun.

Seeing this, Snape casually transformed into a pair of sunglasses and put them on Tahlia's face, annoyed that he hadn't noticed the condition of her eyes now.

"Thank you." Tahlia smiled. "This is much better." Taking Snape's hand, he looked around casually. "So, what are we doing here?" she asked.

Snape didn't speak, but pointed to a London landmark not far away──the large Ferris wheel commonly known as the London Eye. "This is the beginning."

Naturally, Tahlia knew what Snape meant, and felt her eyes fill with tears. "Sev, I—"

"Don't cry all day today." Snape said flatly, forcefully stopping Tahlia's tears that were about to fall and rolling in the sockets of her eyes, making her eyes seem to glisten in the morning sun. "Silly girl." She reached out and wiped away those tears.

Tahlia sniffled. "I'm not stupid, and I'm not a girl anymore." She turned her face and said, but her heart was deeply moved.

The Ferris wheel was where the two of them really got to know each other, and Snape still remembered it.

But this moving atmosphere was immediately destroyed by Tahlia.

"Are you saying it's possible we could see Cokeworth from above?" Tahlia asked enthusiastically.

"........."

They settled for lunch in a small but elegantly furnished small restaurant. Although Tahlia felt that the waiters were a little afraid of Snape, it was just right, and she didn't want her husband to be liked by other girls anyway.

Tahlia ate almost all of the food, and she wondered.

"Aren't you going to eat?" she asked, forking a bite of pasta into her mouth.

Snape shook his head.

"You are the most important thing today," he said.

Tahlia felt her face start to heat up again, and to hide her embarrassment, she quickly lowered her head and pretended to be eating quickly.

despise yourself!

After so many years, Nigel even has a lovely girlfriend who is talking about marriage, she still blushes and heartbeats every now and then just because of Snape's words, it must be because Snape's voice is so touching, it's definitely not her own question!

Snape looked at Tahlia, who was pretending to eat, with amused expression. She was usually smart in everything, except that she was insensitive to emotional matters, but he was not qualified to speak out against her. He didn't know how much he had to pay to understand his emotions. He almost lost her, and he will never let her go in the future.

but……

A little disappointed.

Today is the wedding anniversary of the two of them, and obviously the person in front of him who is only focused on eating noodles has completely forgotten about it.

"Sev?"

After regaining consciousness, Snape pretended to be calm, picked up the wine glass on the table and put it to his mouth. "Ahem!" But he didn't notice that the restaurant served not ordinary red wine, but a type with higher alcohol concentration. If he didn't pay attention, he would be coughed by the sudden burning sensation.

"Drink slowly!" Tahlia smiled and stood up, patting Snape on the back.

"Sorry." He said dryly.

After that, Snape also temporarily forgot that Tahlia forgot their wedding anniversary, sat silently, and planned to continue today's schedule as soon as Tahlia finished eating, after all, he had been planning for a few weeks .

"Sev, what's wrong with you today?" The two walked down the street holding hands, Snape carrying a few bags. "Why would you want to come to the Muggle world?"

"You don't like it?" Snape frowned.

Damn, trying to surprise Tahlia and forgetting to take her wishes into account.

Tahlia shook her head. "I don't dislike it, but I think as long as you accompany me to walk in the garden and read a book, I will be very happy." She looked around. "It doesn't have to be here."

"I see." After thinking for a while, he resolutely gave up on the next trip, and he held Tahlia's hand even tighter. "Then let's go home."

"Ah."

The two reached an unobtrusive corner of the alley, and Apparated.

In a blink of an eye, they returned to their house.

"What would you like to do today?" Snape asked. "I will accompany you."

Tahlia shook her head. "It's just to read some books. You can make potions. I like to watch you make potions."

"Oh?" Snape chuckled. "Why?"

"Well, because you look so focused on making potions—Sev!" Tahlia exclaimed suddenly, as Snape suddenly hugged her from behind and nibbled on her neck. "You—ah!"

Snape lifted Tahlia straight across.

"Sev! Put me down!" Tahlia yelled, squirming and struggling in extreme embarrassment.

"No." Snape said flatly. "I can make potions with you in my arms."

"What are you talking about—huh?" Seeing that Snape was really moving slowly towards the potions room, she was surprised that Snape meant it. "Are you really going to do this potion?"

"I said, I will accompany you whatever you do today."

He punched Snape in the chest angrily. "Accompanying me is not the way to accompany──"

And no matter how you look at this situation, you are accompanying the other party.

Reaching out to touch Snape's forehead, he found it was a little hot.

"Are you drunk again?" She remembered the highly alcoholic drink that Snape accidentally downed in the restaurant just now, but it had been several hours, how could it be possible to be drunk now...

"Of course not." Snape replied flatly, at this time he had already carried Tahlia to the workbench, put her down gently, let her feet touch the ground, but still put one arm around her waist, let her stand on his own in front of you.

"Then why do you feel like you have a fever?" Tahlia asked worriedly, still holding out her hand, so she didn't notice that she was trapped in the small space between Snape and the table.

Snape narrowed his eyes.

"I think this question should be asked of you, Tahlia." He spoke slowly, his already magnetic voice sounded more...criminal because of the slowed down. "How could I—" Taking another step forward, Tahlia finally realized that she had nowhere to run. "─Fever?"

I swallowed my saliva. "Uh... isn't it?" Her eyes wandered, but she didn't dare to look into Snape's face.

There was no answer, only a chuckle was heard.

Snape took a small step back, turning Tahlia to face the workbench, and wrapping his arms around her from behind. "What kind of potion do you think we are making now?"

"I, how would I know?" Tahlia said, blushing.She hadn't touched potions since she graduated from school, and now she could only name a few medicinal ingredients on the workbench, so how could she know what kind of potion was boiling in the pot. "But—er, Sev, you can back off—"

"No." He refused directly. "You have to help me with the medicinal materials."

"Being around can help you too—" Tahlia protested, only to be interrupted by Snape again immediately.

"This potion can only be made in this way."

"...you lied to me, didn't you?" Tahlia turned and glared at Snape. "I remember you said you wouldn't lie to me again—"

Snape raised an eyebrow. "I thought—I was the potions master in this house?"

"But what you said doesn't make sense at all." Tahlia said angrily. "How could there be such a way of handling it!"

Snape spread a piece of parchment directly in front of Tahlia.

half an hour.

"How is that possible!" Tahlia exclaimed.

The treatment of this medicinal material is complicated, and the easiest way is for two people to cooperate to handle it correctly──

"Where did this recipe come from..." Tahlia was speechless.

"Extremely rare." Snape said flatly. "I will assist you in grabbing these medicinal materials. You can cut them. Can you do it?"

"Why didn't I come to assist you──" Seeing that Snape raised his eyebrows again, he quickly turned back to face the herbs. "Well, I don't think I've forgotten how to cut the herbs..." murmured.

The corners of Snape's mouth curled up slightly. "So, here we go."

It was really like what Snape said, this medicine really needs two people to work together to process it.If it weren't for Snape tightly suppressing them behind her, Tahlia could be sure that she would never be able to cut them neatly. Naturally, she ignored the ambiguous posture of the two of them at the moment. If Nigel I will definitely laugh at them when I see it.

What Tahlia didn't know was that although the parchment said it was a combination of two people, it didn't say it was only in this position. In other words, Snape wasn't lying to her, but he wasn't telling her the whole truth either.

Sometimes Tahlia could clearly feel that Snape's cheeks and even lips brushed against her neck, but when she looked back suspiciously, she only saw Snape staring at her with the same suspicion, thinking that maybe he was careless, so afterward I don't mind much, but I just feel that it's quite weird to be tickled like this all the time.

Finally, the medicinal ingredients were processed, and Snape took a few steps back, turning his gaze to the pot of potion that was still heating up.

"So what are you doing?" Tahlia stepped forward with great interest, completely forgetting that she was trapped by Snape not long ago, and approached him proactively.

"Not so important."

Said plainly, after looking at the color of the potion, he threw in the medicinal materials that the two of them had just handled, and the liquid in the pot instantly turned back to a clear light blue.

"It's beautiful!" Tahlia exclaimed.

"The finished product won't be this color," Snape corrected seriously.

He glanced at Snape with a raised eyebrow. "You're so perplexed, aren't you?"

Snape narrowed his eyes again, Tahlia felt a sense of crisis instantly, and wanted to take a few steps back, but Snape moved faster than her, took a step ahead and put his arms around her waist.

"I think—people who don't understand style today," he said slowly, whispering in Tahlia's ear. "not me."

Trying to stay calm, Tahlia swallowed. "Uh... who is that?"

As soon as the sound in the ear came out, it would be accompanied by a gust of hot air, and Tahlia felt that the temperature in the potion room seemed to have risen a lot.

"Today's date?"

Instead of answering Tahlia's question, Snape threw another question straight away, without any intention of leaving Tahlia.

After several pushes to no avail, Tahlia resolutely gave up and stretched out her hand to grab Snape as well to stabilize herself.

"Today... NO.18?"

Tahlia is also a little uncertain. It seems that the letter she received from Nigel a few days ago has a date written on it. If she is at home on vacation, she often forgets the date accidentally. She often only knows about it after Snape reminds her. It's time to start school.

chuckle. "You also know that NO.18 is today, Tahlia."

The arms around her waist tightened, forcing Tahlia to fall even further into Snape's arms.She looked up, looking at Snape suspiciously.

Snape spoke angrily. "July 2000, 7, Tahlia, what happened that day?"

"2000...eight years ago?" Tahlia's expression was still confused. "Did anything happen eight years ago today?"

Snape scowled. "What do you think?" He stretched out his hand and pinched Tahlia's cheek punitively. "Let me say we've been married eight years."

"Ah!" Only then did Tahlia realize that she forgot.

"Finally remembered?" Snape raised an eyebrow.

"I…" Tahlia faltered. "Sorry, I—wait, let me just say that you are acting very strange today. I asked you what day it is today, why didn't you tell me then!" Snape.

Snape was dumbfounded by the stare.

"So you think it's my fault?" he said slowly. "Now when you forgot our wedding anniversary?"

"That's right." Tahlia said confidently, her cheeks puffed up with anger.

The corners of his mouth curled up, he lowered his head and blocked the mouth that was about to say something──

"Well……"

Originally her eyes were wide open, but after Snape's tongue also attacked, Tahlia felt that all her strength suddenly disappeared. If it wasn't for Snape's hands clasping her tightly, she would have been limp on the ground.

Eyes closed slowly, all senses were focused on the lips they touched.

It may be unbelievable to say that this time is the most passionate time between the two of them. They have lived together for so many years, but they have not made any progress...the reason for the progress between husband and wife, the two of them know very well.

Maybe it will be different this time──

Thinking about it, Snape lowered his hand quietly, lifted Tahlia's skirt, and then slowly moved up, the speed of his movement was almost undetectable to the other party, especially now that Tahlia was confused, and she didn't know how to respond at all. At the time, Snape's hand had already touched the spot between Tahlia's legs—

Pushing himself away with a force, Snape took a few steps back to stabilize his body. When he came back to his senses, he found Tahlia in front of him staring at him with wide eyes, with a look of horror on his face.

"You—" Tahlia began, her voice trembling.

"I'm sorry, I—" Snape paused for a moment before he said, and stepped forward, but Tahlia backed away even more frightened, then turned and ran away quickly.

Damn!

He cursed anxiously in his heart, and then stepped forward to catch up.