"May I ask why you are here?"

"No, so don't, please."

sigh "Hermione, what are you doing here?"

"Sev, I just want to be alone."

Snape looked down at Hermione as she looked out at the ocean as they sat on the sea shore.

"Why do you come here?" he cautiously asked her.

Hermione shrugged and sighed. "I guess because this was the last place that I saw my parents alive."

"Oh, I'll leave you alone for a moment then," Severus said turning to leave.

"Wait, would you stay with me for a moment?" Hermione asked, looking up at him.

"Sure."

Severus sat back down and slipped an arm around her waist, letting her head rest on his shoulder.

"You know what?" Hermione said quietly, out of the blue.

"What?"

"This is exactly why I love you, exactly why I married you. You're always there for me," she said.

"You don't have to get sentimental on me, you know," he said, but all the same, leaned down and captured his wife's lips in a gentle kiss...