[HP] Can you be gentle with me

"Mr. Black, are you willing to marry this woman, whether poor, sick, difficult, painful, rich, healthy, happy, happy, never leave Miss Snape, and love her for the rest of your life?"

"I am willing."

"Miss Snape, are you willing to marry this man, no matter poverty, disease, difficulty, pain, wealth, health, happiness, or happiness, you will never leave Mr. Black, and love him for the rest of your life?"

"I am willing."

"Now I, Remus Lupin, with Merlin as my witness, announce that you are officially husband and wife—you can exchange rings."

Watching the young Albus Potter step forward to hand over a small box, Lynx Black, who couldn't hide the smile on his face, took it calmly, gently put on the shining silver ring in the box and stood in front of him, his eyes wide open. Tahlia's vision suddenly blurred from the front row of the auditorium on Joanne Snape's teary finger.

"Oh..." She blinked, raised her hand to wipe away the tears overflowing from her eyes, and turned her head only to find that her husband was looking at her worriedly. "What's wrong?"

"You're crying." Snape moved closer, lowering his voice. "what happened?"

Tahlia smiles. "It's okay, it's just the kids—they're really grown up." Chucked. "Hey, don't be nervous, I'm not the kind of woman who will cry for no reason."

Snape was slightly embarrassed, coughed lightly and said. "That's right..." He turned his head and looked at the newlyweds who were happily hugging and kissing on the front stage. "That's right, they are indeed all grown up." After a pause. "And we're old too..."

"Oh, Sev…" Tahlia chuckled. "Don't be so sentimental. Our days are long!"

"...You're not wrong." Snape held Tahlia's hand unconsciously, lowered his voice, and whispered in Tahlia's ear almost in a whisper. "However... if I remember correctly, I wasn't the one who was sad first."

"Sev!" Tahlia growled.The hand that was being held was squeezed back hard, as if doing so could give a warning to the husband who had just lost him by his side.

...I also know that it is impossible.

Snape only raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and exerted a slight force on his hand, but not the kind that would make the other person feel pain, but a tight grip. "It's okay..." he said. "Anyway, we should all be happy today, it's Joanne's wedding."

"I know." Tahlia smiled.Looking back to the front, he nodded slightly. "Look how happy they are..."

Snape's mouth twitched.

That's right, he looks happy, but he still has doubts about his daughter's vision──

"I guess you're determined to speak ill of Lynx in your heart right now." Tahlia's voice drifted into her ears faintly.

A brief silence.

No, strictly speaking, what Snape had just said was bad about his own daughter, but he was wise not to say it out of his mouth. "I just need some time to come to terms with the frustrating truth."

"Lynx has exactly the same personality as her mother, Sev..." Tahlia said slightly accusingly. "I know you have a good impression of Natalie." She paused. "Apart from us, Lynx is the person who loves Joanne the most in the world, and the only one who embraces her from beginning to end."

"Of course I do." Snape sighed. "Just to say..."

Of course he knew that LynxBlack had silently taken care of Joanne since she was a child, and this devotion was not inferior to Sirius Black's care for Tahlia back then. No matter how unreasonable Joanne was, he had never seen that young man lose his temper with her even once, even he The few people who could calm Joanne's awkwardness smoothly, as far as he knew, apart from Tahlia, the only one who possessed this skill was Nigel, and even he himself couldn't do it.

The only downside, no, the only downside to Snape, was that Lynx looked too much like old Black.

But he still didn't say that, he wasn't naive enough to still be fighting with Tahlia because of it.

"I know he looks a lot like Sirius..."

Snape froze.

"I mean, even I admit my mistakes from time to time." Tahlia smiled. "You must think so too?"

Snape wisely chose not to speak again.

"Remember the iron box I gave you in the first place?" Tahlia continued as if she didn't notice Snape's reaction. "I'll tell you a secret, I once found a wooden box in Joanne's room—"

Snape opened his mouth slightly involuntarily. "You mean—"

"I didn't open it." Tahlia smiled. "But that box has Lynx's name on it, Severus... what do you think?"

Snape's long-lost hemming and hawing failed to utter a complete sentence for a long time, and finally, he finally expressed his meaning. "I don't think . . . I've never felt it was wrong to marry the two of them."

"That's right..." Tahlia was still smiling. "I know how you're feeling right now, Sev...remember how you got Josh to agree to come to our wedding?"

Snape closed his mouth again.

But this time it wasn't because he had nothing to say, but because the experience at that time made him never want to experience it even once again.

I have to admit that the men of the Watson family are definitely the top four in the rankings that he would never provoke in this world anyway, and No. 5 is without any suspense the women of the Watson family.

Snape felt really old for an instant.

"Oh, look at them..." Tahlia's sudden exclamation pulled Snape from his thoughts back to reality, followed his gaze to look forward, and found a man and a woman on both sides of Lupin in front of him, already amidst the cheers of the crowd Hug and kiss. "I'm really... so happy, Sev..."

Snape turned his eyes back to the woman sitting next to him, thinking about all the obstacles along the way, thinking about all the misunderstandings along the way, but she was always the same, she was always waiting for him.

That's right... Tahlia was right.

Everything is so ─ ─ happy.

And now, at the wedding venue, the costumes, the guests, the decorations...all reminded Snape of when he put the ring on Tahlia himself...

Snape closed his eyes slightly.

"Take a deep breath, Severus."

What?

Snape opened his eyes, and what he saw was a head of brilliant golden hair.

"What are you talking about?" Snape asked slightly annoyed, raising an eyebrow.

"I want you to take a deep breath and relax." The blond man with long hair said frivolously. "See what your bow tie looks like?"

Snape lowered his head, embarrassed to realize that his attire was indeed not very tidy, he pursed his lips and looked in the mirror to fix his bow tie again. "I'm not nervous, though, and I'm very relaxed now, Lucius."

"Really?" The blond man with long hair, no, it should be said that Lucius Malfoy raised one corner of his mouth. "But when I just entered the door, I clearly heard you whispering to calm yourself down, and convincing yourself that Tahlia would not run away today... something like that."

"You heard me wrong," Snape said coldly. "Now that I think about it, I start to think about whether I should borrow a time machine and kill myself who asked you to be the best man."

"Who made you have no friends?" Lucius still maintained his usual calm attitude and shrugged. "Don't tell me you're going after that Lupine guy."

"I mean Black—"

"Sirius Black?" Lucius exclaimed with feigned surprise. "Ah, I didn't know you guys were so close—"

"The little one! Lucius!" Snape growled. "You know I'm not talking about that stupid Gryffindor!."

"Who knows?" Lucius laughed. "Speaking so unclearly like you, I'm afraid only Merlin can understand what you mean—"

"Please contact the Ministry of Magic for me, I think I do need a time machine..."

"Okay, Severus." Lucius coughed softly. "It's important. Even though I'm your best man, I'm not free to come here to disturb your preparations."

"Then please tell me, Mr. Malfoy, what exactly is your business here?"

Lucius' smile stiffened slightly. "Like I said before, take a deep breath, Severus—"

"You know I'm never very patient, Lucius, hurry—"

"Tahlia's gone."

Time seemed to freeze.

"──And you just said so much nonsense and didn't tell me until now?" Snape's eyes widened, and the temperature around him seemed to drop several degrees in an instant. "Where did she go?"

"That's why I asked you to calm down first." Lucius coughed again. "We don't know, she's not in the room, Cici just told me—"

"I'll go find her," Snape said quickly, trying to run for the door.

"No no no...you stay here." Lucius blocked Snape with his hand. "It's almost time. Originally, I couldn't tell you about this matter. I was worried that you would leave too. When the time comes, the bride and groom will not be there at the wedding. Can it be done?"

"It's as if I'm the only one who can make this wedding happen." Snape gave Lucius a nasty look.

"You can rest assured that Cici has already looked for it, and we both know that Tahlia is not the kind of woman who would run away before the wedding." Lucius said, paused for a moment, then added maliciously. "If you want to run, are there few chances before?"

Snape glared at Lucius a second time.

"So you just stay here and go to the venue when the time comes, and you'll find Tahlia next to you in a while."

Damn.

Seeing the relaxed look of Lucius beside him, Snape couldn't relax his mood no matter what.

Lucius was right, he was indeed worried all the time, what Lucius heard himself say when he entered the door was true, he was indeed afraid of Tahlia leaving──

And now, she really left?

Snape had a whole new emotion at the moment, helplessness.

He didn't know what to do, and kept telling himself that Lucius had a point, that Tahlia wasn't the type to leave without a trace before the wedding, she just wasn't in the room.

Besides, everything was normal yesterday, and Tahlia didn't do anything unusual... No—

──She suddenly asked herself yesterday, if she really chose to leave forever and never come back, what would happen now...

damn...

How did he answer last night?

Snape was horrified to realize that he couldn't think of an answer to that question.

"It's almost time, Seveurs."

Until being dragged by Lucius to stand in front of the wedding venue, Snape was still dazed, feeling inexplicably uneasy that Tahlia might not show up.

"She'll show up…" Snape said to Lucius, somewhat dazedly. "Right?"

"Of course." Lucius said as if trying to comfort a child. "What's more, look, all the guests are already seated, even Nigel is here, do you think Tahlia will leave without telling Nigel?"

Snape finally got to the rock in his heart and let some of it go.

will appear...

The wedding music started suddenly, and Snape looked at the entrance, but there was no one there, and couldn't help feeling nervous again.

will appear...

He kept telling himself.

will appear...

Finally, Tahlia in white gauze came into his eyes. At this moment, Snape suddenly felt that only he and the other were left in the whole space, and Tahlia was smiling, and slowly approaching him step by step, everything around him seemed to be Almost gone, just Tahlia...

Tahlia, whom he intends to protect for the rest of his life.

Snape took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

That's right...for a lifetime.

"Sev?"

Opening his eyes again, Tahlia's voice came from his ear. "Um?"

"What are you thinking? In a daze?" Tahlia asked, if you don't come back to your senses, Lynx and the others will leave directly..."

Snape raised one corner of his mouth. "It's okay, I was just thinking about the truth of what young Mr. Black just said—"

"Severus—"

"Just kidding, Tahlia." Snape actually laughed out loud this time, turning around and speaking to the young man in front of him holding his daughter's hand. "Lynx, I want you to say it carefully again."

Lynx froze for a second, then gave Joanne Snape a reassuring smile and said. "Severus, you can trust Joanne to me, I will love her forever."

Forever... eh?

Snape squeezed Tahlia's hand tightly and pulled her to her feet before speaking. "Very good..." He paused. "I believe you." He said, making a move that LynxBlack had never seen him do to anyone in his life.

"You're a nice young man, and I think you'll make her happy." Snape continued, placing one hand on the top of Lynx's head, ruffling his hair slightly. "Go, there is a banquet waiting for us—"

Lynx stared wide-eyed, with a flattered expression on his face, and was taken away by Joanne with a smile after being stunned for a while.

"You scared him..." Tahlia chuckled.

Snape frowned, too, and turned around to burn a kiss on Tahlia's cheek. "If he is so unbearable to be frightened, it is impossible for our daughter to like him—"

"Don't say that, Sev... people get nervous." A slight blush appeared on Tahlia's face. "Sirius also told me yesterday that Lynx couldn't sleep all night because she was afraid that Joanne would run away at the wedding, cute, isn't it?"

"Speaking of running away at the wedding..." Snape suddenly remembered something. "The day we got married, Lucius said you disappeared—"

"Huh?" Tahlia blinked. "when?"

"Before entering the wedding venue."

"No, I was in the room all the time," Tahlia said. "Narcissa didn't even let me leave the room and said she was going to give me the most beautiful hairstyle in the world, and then we went straight to the venue!"

"Fine." Snape gritted his teeth.

Really very good.

"What's wrong?"

"It's fine," Snape said through gritted teeth.

"I was just thinking, maybe I really need to ask the Ministry for a Timer to use."