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Finding Someone Who Cares by avisnight40
Books » Harry Potter Rated: T, English, Hurt/Comfort & Family, Harry P., Severus S., Words: 14k, Favs: 223, Follows: 300, Published: Aug 3, 2015 Updated: Nov 30, 2016
31Chapter 5: A Little Freedom
As Harry was eating breakfast, Healer Williams and Snape were in the next room talking about Harry's health.

"Charlie, please tell me what you learned about Harry." Severus demanded.

"Harry had a panic attack that much is clear, but somehow his panic attack triggered an asthma attack. The calming draught you gave him helped, but he was too hyped up that he needed a higher dose to put him asleep or a healer. I'm glad you called me." The healer explained while giving Severus a smile.

"What concerns me is his emotional scars. As I was calming him down, I did a brief mental check on him. Harry was hurt very badly. The abuse he suffered is as bad as yours." The healer said in a serious voice. He was very concern for the child.

He knew how long it took Severus to trust people around him to help him heal. It took almost 7 years for the man to finally heal. Sometimes Severus still regresses back and tries to prove he doesn't need help. The healer just hope that Harry isn't as difficult as Severus was. Harry is fairly young maybe it will be easier.

Severus nod absentmindedly at the healer. Snape agreed a hundred percent. Snape knew the boy was one of the worst abuse cases he had seen in his career at Hogwarts. Snape also knew the boy's childhood was very much the same as his, but worst. At least Snape had some form of a parent's love when he was young. Harry had no concept of anyone loving him.

"Harry's abuse is worse. I never got raped. I also had some form of love from a parent. Harry never had that." Snape stated. The healer was slightly surprised, but he didn't show it. That was part of his training. The healer had to show emotion later.

"I would like to have him under my care. I'm sure Poppy patched Harry up beautifully, but we both know Poppy is great for physical wounds not emotional ones. She simply does not have the training for this." The healer explained.

"I agree with you. Harry would heal better under your care." Snape responded.

"Now before we check on Harry. I have to stress to you the importance of giving Harry the lung infection potion every hour. Somehow from the panic attack his lung infection became worse. We need to stay on top of this before it gets even worse." The healer said seriously. Snape nod telling the healer he understood.

"Good, now I have been far too serious for the day. Let's go check on Harry.

The two men walked to Harry's room to see if he was done with his breakfast. They found Harry done with most of breakfast and he was sound asleep across his bed. The healer immediately spelled another lung infection potion to Harry's stomach since he was due for his next dose.

"He also needs to take a nutrition potion, fever reducer, the pneumonia potion, and a pain potion." Snape rattled off while he picked up the salve to rub onto his scars. The healer continue spelling potions into Harry. The healer knew not to respond, he knew Severus was focused on taking care of the child and did not need his reassurances.

Over the week, Harry slowly got better. It was a step-by-step process. By the end of the week Harry was anxious to get out of bed.

"Snaaapppeee, can I get out of bed already," Harry whined.

Harry was slowly coming out of his shell too. Every once in a while like right now Harry would act like a typical teenager.

"Not yet, I need to check your temperature." Snape said.

"But Madame Pomfrey said I could get out of bed today." Harry replied back.

"She did, but remember what Charlie told you. Only if your temperature was normal and after he check you over." Snape said while walking over to Harry's bed.

"Now make some room for me." Harry scooted over and made room for Snape. They just finished eating breakfast together in Harry's room. Harry was so excited he wanted to show Snape he was all better and ate everything on his plate. Harry was extremely full and felt a little sick.

Snape took the thermometer out and placed it underneath Harry's tongue. He waited only a couple of minutes and pulled it out.

"What is it?" Harry asked as soon as the thermometer came out.

"37 degrees." (98.7 degrees) Snape answered back.

"That means I can get out of bed now," Harry exclaimed.

"Not yet." The healer spoke as he came walking in the room.

"You know my rules. If you break them then it's another day." The healer teased.

"Do you really believe I would let him break any rules?" Snape joked with the healer.

"No, I don't believe you would, but we have a troublemaker sitting in here." The healer turned to Harry. The healer effortlessly picked him up as the healer sat on the bed and positioned Harry between his legs.

"I'm not a troublemaker. Somehow trouble finds me." Harry retorted back.

"Yes, I know. You do nothing wrong. What was his temperature, Severus?" The healer asked.

"37 degrees. Nice and healthy." Snape said satisfied by his good work.

"We'll see, Harry you know the drill." Harry was prepared. The healer put his hand on Harry's chest and forehead and started slowly sending healer magic into Harry. Harry felt so calm he instantly felt like going to sleep. After a few minutes, the healing magic changed and Harry felt this renewed energy.

"No falling asleep on me, Harry. Everything seems to be good. His pneumonia and lung infection are almost gone. He will only need a few more doses of the potions, Severus. I would still give him the pain potion since his muscles are still achy. I think we can start physical therapy soon." The healer explained to Snape.

"Now Harry, does your stomach feel a little sick?" The healer knew the answer right away, but he wanted Harry to answer.

"Yes," the child replied shyly.

"Why is that?" The healer asked.

"I ate too much." The child answered while his face turned a nice shade of red.

"We talked about this Harry. Eating more does not mean you are healthy. You only eat the portion of food that is right for your body. We know what happens when we eat too much." The healer admonished Harry.

"He'll need a stomach soother. His stomach is a bit upset today." The healer directed to Snape.

The potion master quickly stepped out of the room to gather the necessary potions. The healer once again turned to Harry.

"Did Severus put your salve on today?" The healer asked. Harry immediately turned red and silently shook his head. Harry hated this part. Harry felt so embarrassed that the men still had to put the salve on three times a day.

"Alright Harry, I'm going to put the salve on right now. Why don't you take your shirt off?" The healer said calmly while putting a hand on the child's shoulder and releasing some calming magic.

Both men had to put salve on Harry's scars. Harry still had panic attacks over the men touching him. It was better to give Harry calming draughts before putting the salve on. That way Harry would not freak out as much. It didn't take long to put the salve on. The healer sent calming magic to Harry every time Harry started panicking.

"All done, Harry." The healer said joyfully.

"Severus, you may come in now." The healer knew Snape was outside the closed door. Harry put his shirt on quickly and waited patiently for his potions. One by one Snape gave potions to Harry, which Harry swallowed as fast as Snape gave it to him.

"Alright, here are my rules. You are allowed out of bed for half a day. After two in the afternoon you better be in this bed resting. When you are out of the bed you are allowed to do light activities like reading a book. If you feel unwell you will tell Severus right away and get into bed. Do you understand?"

The healer explained the rules. Harry was slightly upset. He thought he could be out of bed all day, not half a day. At least it was better than nothing.

"Yes, sir." Harry said as he jumped out of bed. Harry wasn't sure what he wanted to do, but he ran straight to the living room. Both of the men started laughing when they witness Harry's excitement.

"I think he hates being confined to his bed as much as you do." The healer laughed.

"I believe so," Snape responded back. Snape started walking to the living room. He was greeted with a bouncing boy on his couch. Potter was so full of life, full of energy.

"Can you play chess with me?" Harry asked both men. Harry didn't care who played with him. He just wanted to play with someone.

"I think I can play a short game with you, Harry." Healer Williams answered.

"Don't you have other patients?" Snape said trying to push him out.

"My next appointment isn't for another hour. Besides I work too much. I need some fun in my life." Charlie responded.

"From what I heard around the halls, Harry is horrible at chess." Snape said giving Charlie some advice.

A few hours later, it was lunch time. Charlie left not too long after the chess game. Charlie did in fact win the game. He also gave Harry advice for the next game they would play together.

"Potter, it's time for lunch." Snape called from the kitchen. Harry didn't respond, so Snape went to check on him. Snape walked out to the living room and saw Harry laying on the floor playing with the chess pieces. The boy ended up controlling the figures to attack each other. It was like a war.

"Come on knights. Protect your king." Harry shouted at the chess pieces. It looked like the boy was having a lot of fun. He even created a wall for the knights and a small castle for each of the kings.

"Harry, it's time for lunch," Snape said while he crouched down beside him.

"Oh, is it that late." Harry asked in surprise

"Yes, it is that late. You must be pretty hungry."

"Crease your attacks." Harry commanded. The chess pieces immediately stopped. Harry got up and walked to kitchen with Snape. Already on the table was tray of sandwiches, a large bowl of fruit, and a pot of soup. Harry grabbed a sandwich and scooped some fruit on his plate. He took a bite of the sandwich and realized it was chicken salad.

"I love chicken salad!" The boy exclaimed.

"I made an assortment of sandwiches. I wasn't sure what you liked." The man told the boy. Snape started scooping some soup into a bowl and placed it in front of Harry.

"Eat some soup. Its vegetable soup made from scratch." Snape said while taking a spoonful himself.

Harry took a spoonful of soup. As soon as he tasted the soup his eyes widen. It was delicious.

"You made this?" Harry asked as he swallowed.

"Yes, I did." Snape answered

"No way! It's so good! Can you teach me how to make this?" Harry asked.

"Why would I do that?" Snape exclaimed. "You're not very good at potions. I doubt you have the patience to cook food." Snape assumed.

"I'm actually really good at cooking. I cooked all the meals at the Dursleys. Except I could never make soup right. I couldn't get the broth right." Harry said while his was thinking of a vivid memory in the past.

Snape couldn't believe Harry said all of that in front of him. Snape doubted Harry even knew he revealed anything about his home life. In fact, Snape believes Harry is stuck in some past memory of his time with his relatives.

"You are right. You probably couldn't get the broth right. The key of soup is a good broth. I could show you how to make it." Snape said breaking Harry from his memory.

"Really, you would do that?" Harry asked his eyes filled with hope.

"Yeah, the next time I make soup. You know it's time lot like potions, cooking that is." Snape said.

"Especially soup," Snape added. They were nearing the end of lunch. Harry ate the whole bowl of soup, the sandwich, and some fruit.

Snape pulled some potions out of his pocket. It was the same potions he always had the nutrition potion, lung infection potion, stomach soother, and pain potion.

"I need the stomach soother potion." Harry said in surprise.

"After this morning, you may need it. I only want to be on the safe side." Snape said uncorking the vails.

"I think I will be fine." Harry said bravely.

"You will still take it." Snape said firmly. Harry knew there was no way to get out of taking it. Harry knew if he started refusing his potions than Snape would call for Healer Williams and he would lose the fight because the healer would win very easily. The healer knew some nasty spells that would force his patients to take nasty potions. Harry took the potions Snape lined up on the table and downed all them in least than a minute.

"Alright Harry, you are excused now. You can pick a book and sit on the couch for the next hour. When I done cleaning in here I'll come out and check your temperature." Snape explained. Harry nod and jumped off the chair running to the next room.

The house elf popped the food away, but left the container of food and empty dishes. Severus prided himself in doing things the Muggle way. Severus made a deal with the house elf about making food for himself and cleaning afterwards. The house elf would collect the food and save it in a container while Severus cleaned the dishes.

Severus was done after 15 minutes. He walked over to the living room and saw Potter reading a book. The chess set was already cleaned up, so Severus figured Potter cleaned it up before he started reading his book. Maybe Potter wasn't so lazy after all. Actually while Severus was thinking about it Potter was fairly quiet and kept to himself busy. Severus cleared his throat to alert Potter that he was in the room.

"You know the drill, make some room for me." Snape said. Snape accioced the thermometer. The thermometer flew from Potter's room to Snape's hand within a second.

"Open up," Snape simply said. Harry did as he was told. After a few minutes, Snape took the thermometer out.

"38 degrees (99 degrees), it went up one degree. I'll let you sit here for another 40 minutes, but then it's off to bed for a nap." Snape told Harry. Snape pulled out a fever reducer from his pocket and gave it to Potter.

"Why didn't you tell me you were feeling sick?" Snape asked Potter in concern while Potter gulped down the potion.

"I wasn't feeling sick. I felt the same. Maybe a little tired after lunch." Harry said honestly after finishing his potion.

"Alright, it's not a bad fever. I'm sure the fever reducer already did its job, but I don't want to take chances. You are going to have a nap." Snape told him seriously. Harry gave him a nod in agreement and then went back to reading his book. Truth be told Harry was relieved that he was allowed to take a nap. He really was feeling tired.

Not too long later, Snape interrupted the silence.

"Potter it's time to go back to your bedroom. I'll meet you there in a minute to put the salve on," Snape told him.

Harry got up and returned the book where he found it. Harry then started walking to his room. Snape went the other direction to the spare cupboard where he kept all the potions for his quarters. Snape picked up a calming draught for the boy and continued his way to the boy's room to give him the potion right away.

"How long do we have to do this?" Potter curiously asked.

"Until there are no more scars," Snape responded.

"Aren't they healed already?" Potter whined.

"If they were, we wouldn't still be putting salve on still." Snape said in his normal 'I am always right' teacher's voice. Harry knew that type of voice. It always made him feel stupid.

"I'm going to ask Charlie tomorrow," Harry said like it was a challenge. Harry wanted to prove to Snape that he didn't need the salve anymore. He hated when Snape or the healer put the salve on him. It made him think of what they did to him.

"Fine, go ahead." Snape said easily. Harry figured Snape already knew it was pointless. "I bet he will say the same thing. Foolish Gryffindor." Snape said while he reached out to ruffle the boy's hair in an affectionate way. 'Did I just ruffle his hair? Stop it, Severus! You are going soft,' Snape thought.

"Stop stalling now. Take off your shirt and trousers then lay on your stomach." Snape barked out orders trying to forget the previous gesture.

Harry followed his orders like nothing happened. Snape started the process going as quick as possible. Snape massaged the salve on with gentle hands. Snape could feel Harry starting to tremble and his breathing started to pick up. Harry started making a whining noise like he was about to start crying. Snape stopped massaging the salve into his scars.

"Harry are you okay?" Snape asked opting to use his first name instead. He didn't want the boy to go in a further panic. There was no response, so Snape looked over at him. Harry was really breathing fast and his eyes were looking a bit unfocused.

"Do you need your inhaler, Harry?" Snape asked feeling clueless. Snape only remembered that last time Harry was having a panic attack and an asthma attack at the same time. Harry gave a small nod and Snape sighed in relief. At least the child wasn't too far gone in his panic. Snape accioced his inhaler and helped Harry with the inhaler. Harry took the inhaler to his mouth and pushed down on the metal cylinder.

After a few seconds, Harry started to breathe clearly on his own. Harry started to pull the inhaler out of his mouth, but Snape grabbed his hand and pushed the inhaler back to his mouth.

"One more puff. Pomfrey said two puffs." Snape automatically pushed the metal cylinder of the inhaler which Harry was forced to breathe in. Snape assessed Harry over and realized after a minute that he was breathing much easier now.

"Can we continue applying the salve?" Snape asked. Harry gave a shaky nod. Harry really dreaded the whole situation, but he figured they were almost done and he did not want to drag the whole thing out. Snape finished quickly and left Harry to take his nap.

Author's Note - Please don't bite my head off or leave me mean comments. I know that when you have a panic attack people can't just use an inhaler and the panic attack ends. I do have asthma and I do suffer from panic attacks. Sometimes when I use my inhaler for a minor panic attacks, like Harry's, I can catch my breath when I am starting to panic. Not saying this works on everyone, but in this story I am having Harry use the inhaler to help relieve his panic attack. At least this time. Hope you like the new chapter. Keep reviewing. It keeps me motivated.

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The last update has been nearly 3 years ago, so I guess you have abandoned this story (along with the other one). I am very sorry to see that, as I really enjoyed reading what you have written so far.

Harry's reactions and behaviour are very believable, but you show him only from the outside. It would give the story more emotional depth if you would give the readers direct insight into his thoughts and feelings from his point of view also.

And to ensure a good reading flow you should place more importance on correct spelling, punctuation (much to much run-on sentences) and grammar (either past *or* present tense only).

Still, I sincerely hope you will come back to this story, because it has so much potential...

okay so whys snape still thinkig harry is pampered? surely not

snape will be awesome as a guardian

4W3SOM3 CH4PT3R. C4N’T W41T TO R34D MOR3.
(Awesome chapter. Can’t wait to read more.)

1 3SP3C14LLY LOV3 TH1S CH4PT3R. 1T W4S V3RY R34L1ST1C W1TH TH3 P4N1C 4TT4CK, UNL1K3 OTH3R F4NF1CS. Y4Y!
(I especially love this chapter. It was very realistic with the panic attack, unlike other fanfics. Yay!)

1 L1K3 1T. 1T 1S V3RY CR34T1V3 4ND 1 D3F1N1T3LY 3NJOY3D R34D1NG 1T.
(I like it. It is very creative and I definitely enjoyed reading it.)

vernonneedstopayandilovesnape

Wonderful news indeed severus you may find secrets in Harry that he may find some in you but all in good time (God I sound like dumbledore)

Because Dumbledore kept Sending Harry back even though he knew he Is Criminally negligent. Even according to British Law just Like in the United States He would be sentenced to Prison. Plus He Violated the Law by not reporting what Happened To The Authorities. Plus Poppy is also violating the Law by not telling Harry what Happened that he Can't remember such as being raped. Anyway, Harry should have told everyone about what happened to him and if the person didn't listen then He was to keep telling until he found someone who did. And those that refused and didn't look into the complaints and or believed the Lies of the Dursleys are then to be Charged as well with prison time and extensive costly fines. Even if it turns them into poppers. That is what they should get for not protecting Children But yet at the same time also not dealing with the bullies and criminal delinquents. Plus put out a warning to parents not to spoil their children and to properly discipline them. But not abuse them.

Please update!

loving this will u be doing more

This is an amazing story, please update!

This was an amazing chapter and I can't wait to read more. I can't wait to see the trip to the alley

Great chapter update soon