Snape Apparated home from an exhausting day at Hogwarts, to find Hermione curled up on the couch with tears staining her cheeks.
"Hermione, what's wrong?" he asked cautiously. Past experience had shown that asking her if she was okay during… certain times of the month was a huge mistake.
"Nothing, nothing, I'm fine," she said, reaching up to wipe away all signs of her crying.
"Hermione…"
"Really Severus. It's just the Beauty and the Beast," she said, pointing to the television as a means of explanation.
"Hmm. I don't think I've seen that one-"
"You haven't seen it?!" Hermione screeched, jumping up from the couch and dragging him further into their lounge room.
"I didn't realise it was vital to watch this… children's movie."
"Severus! It's more than just a children's movie. You need to watch it with me!"
"Didn't you just finish watching it?" he asked incredulously.
Her excited expression changed to confusion. "Yes. What difference does that make?"
He simply shook his head with a slight smile.
"So can we watch it together? Please, please, please, please?" Hermione begged, her wild curls bouncing up and down each time she bobbed with excitement.
Like there was any question about it. For something as small as watching a film with her to make her so happy… how could he refuse?
"I suppose," he drawled out, before lowering himself onto the sofa. She let out a high pitched squeal, before returning the DVD to the menu page and pressing play.
"I'm going to make popcorn. Be back in a second!" she hummed.

-An hour later-

"Both a little scared, neither one prepared, Beauty and the Beast," Hermione murmured under her breath, in time with the teapot on screen. She snuggled closer to Severus and lay her head on his chest. As the song ended, she looked up at him.
"So do you like it so far?" she asked.
"It's…tolerable," he muttered.
She nudged him gently. "Come on, Sev. You know you love it," she grinned.
"I don't completely hate it."
She gave a triumphant smile. "Good enough for me."

-Half an hour later-

"At least I got to see you one…last…time."
Hermione sniffed, her face once again flooded as she tried to stop crying.
"Do you understand now, why I was crying earlier?" she managed to say. All she felt was Severus nodding, his chin bumping the top of her head. "Severus?" She leaned away to look at his face. There, in the corners of his eyes, were little buds of moisture, threatening to drop. Instead of laughing at him, like she desperately wanted to, she gently dabbed them away.
"Don't worry, love. It gets better," she assured him, before holding him tight once again.

-After the movie has finished-

Severus stood abruptly as the credits began to roll. Hermione frowned. He had seemed to enjoy it, at least by the end. Perhaps she was completely wrong, and he hadn't.
"Severus?" she called out. After a few moments, she stood up and wandered into the kitchen for a glass of water. There, she found him struggling, holding a new bowl of popcorn under one arm, and a bottle of wine with two glasses in the other.
Surprise crossed her face, before she smiled. "Just what do you think you're doing?"
"Well we need popcorn if we're to watch another movie. Correct?"
She nodded. "And what other movie shall we be watching?"
"You love that Cinderella movie, don't you?" he asked, nonchalantly.
She took the wine and glasses from him, and looped her free arm through his.
"Lead the way, Prince Charming!"