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Ch6- Torn

Crying himself to sleep seemed a very good idea. But for some reason he couldn't. The tears would prick behind his eyes, building a pressure until he got a headache. And he settled on hating him.

He didn't want the attraction to Sirius fucking Black.

He didn't want his skin to burn every time their skin touched.

He didn't want his face to heat up every time he spotted him.

He didn't want heat to pool in his groin every time they were alone.

He didn't want any of it.

He didn't intend to blame himself for the physical attraction. He was no stranger to the thought of untraditional love, even if he hadn't considered it for himself he'd never cared when others did it. It wasn't his business after all.

But this time he'd somehow made it very much his business- against all reason. It wasn't as if he had a choice on whether it would continue. He was well assured if he tried to hide, Black would simply seek him out for private lessons.

Something he couldn't understand at all. Why? Why did Sirius Black want Severus Snape? And as much as this forced connection irked him, how much more would it hurt when Sirius decided to toss him away?

XxXxX

Snape thoughtlessly scribbled notes in the margins of his potions book with a sigh as his teacher droned on, and on, and on…

He chewed on the end of his sugar quill- A gift from an amorous girl- as he stirred his cauldron, not paying attention to what Slughorn was saying. The man, though being decent at potions, was still an arrogant prat and Severus was adept at potions anyways.

Meanwhile, Sirius wasn't concentrated on potions either, instead, he was concentrating on Snape's lips, which were concentrated on that damned sugar quill. The library incident the previous night made him curious of how Snape would proceed- Though he knew exactly how he planned to, regardless of Snape's intent.

"Oie, Siri, what's up with you staring at Snivellus?"

Sirius' head shot up, almost impacting with James'. "Eh? Oh, personal interest."

James simply raised a brow. Though he'd been too busy clumsily trying to charm Lily since class had begun, he hadn't forgotten to note the low amount of pranks on their favorite victim- That led to the fact that they hadn't actually pulled a prank on Snivellus in days now.

"Personal interest? What are you up to Sirius Black?" asked James with an interested smirk.

Sirius froze, he didn't know how James would react to his new… "personal interest." Needing time to think out how to genuinely level it out to James without James deeming him Sirius-ly-insane, he placed his hand on James' upper thigh.

"You're my personal interest Potter, I want your hot body writhing under me,"

James managed to hold back a shiver as he raised a brow at Sirius, it was obvious Sirius was avoiding the question, it was not however, a crime to have secrets. He figured Sirius would tell him eventually so he went along with the joke, putting his hand on Sirius' and scooting it up while purring sensually.

"Nice try Sirius, but you know how I feel on this matter, you'd have to be on bottom,"

Sirius rolled his eyes and let out a "Psh!" as he withdrew his hand sourly. "As if," he responded as James laughed at his quick change in mood.

XxXxX

A game, that's all this was. Severus had seen the rather sensual play between Potter and Black. At first he'd been shocked- then slightly aroused- but in the end it brought him to one conclusion, Black wanted him as a plaything.

And obviously a temporary plaything, as much as he hated him, Snape had to admit Potter was a beautiful male, he and Sirius looked like sex gods together. He flushed turning away quickly. "Wasn't as if I wanted the prat anyways," he muttered to himself as he set back to his work.

Lily scooted into the seat beside him. "Well I'd hope you still wanted the prat after what I went through to get information."

"Gah! Don't startle me like that Evans!" said Snape putting a hand to his pounding heart. "What do you mean? You figured out what's going on? Tell me- And I never wanted that pra-"

"Calm down! Calm down, I managed to talk to Remus, it seems he's on our side in this," said Lily calmly.

"Our side? So it is a prank," said Snape, heart sinking.

"Well, we can't say that," said Lily carefully.

Snape's head raised in his confusion. "What?"

"Well, Remus noticed Sirius' behavior, but Sirius hasn't said anything about pranking you, to Remus or James. If you ask me, were it a prank, he'd involve his cronies."

"That seems logical," mused Snape. "But…What if Remus is on it too, and he's just not telling us?"

"Well, personally I think you should talk to him yourself if you want reassurance. He's not the lying type Sev," replied Lily.

The thought of talking to anyone of the Marauder's of his free will seemed both foolish and frightening to Snape- Not that he'd ever tell Lily that- but it seemed that this was his best way of getting through this ordeal intact.

XxXxX

Erradane flipped through the pages of a book on Veelas in fascination- Or, well, as close to fascination as Erradane could get, which was the equivalent of slightly less than bored in anyone else's mind. She stroked the black cat in her lap absentmindedly, causing the creature's violet eyes to shut in pleasure as it purred.

This was probably why she didn't notice the approach of Bellatrix.

"What are you up to Erradane?" asked Bellatrix coolly.

Erradane blinked twice before looking at Bellatrix carefully. Her cousin was a heated girl with a cruel temper, and as talented as Erradane was, she didn't want to take the effort to fuse or defuse this particular bomb.

"I'm not sure what you're talking about Bella," she said trying to go back to reading her book.

She was interrupted once again as Bellatrix slammed her hands on the arms of the chair she was in. She held back a sigh, it seemed someone had already lit the fuse to this bomb. "Don't call me Bella." hissed Bellatrix coolly. "The family may acknowledge you as a Black, but I don't, your skin alone is enough to prove that!"

Erradane placed her palm flat on the back of the cat in her lap in a soothing gesture, the creature's violet eyes were glowing brightly as it stared at Bellatrix, ears drawn back.

"What is this about Bellatrix?" asked Erradane calmly once again.

"What is this business you have going on with Snape? Are you planning to be a blood-traitor? You're probably already a Mudblood so- AHH!" she screeched. The cat in Erradane's lap had scratched her leaving three red trails across her cheek. "Bloody Mongrel!" she shouted, grabbing the cat by the neck and tossing it towards the wall.

Within seconds Erradane was up, eyes flaming as she shoved Bellatrix roughly into the wall and put her wand at her throat. "Don't! Push me…" she hissed. "What I do and with whom is my business!" she said coolly. "Now I recommend you leave before I hex your nose off…Cousin." said Erradane coolly.

Bellatrix sneered. "You're no cousin of mine," she said shoving Erradane's wand arm away as she headed to her dormitory.

Erradane sighed as she slowly un-tensed. She picked up the book on Veelas gently as she looked at a Tapestry of a Snake and a Lion fighting- as it was in the Slytherin dormitory, the Lion of course, appeared to be losing.

She wondered how much longer it would be before Sirius too would meet trials due to his decisions. That, and how long she could shield him from them.

XxXxX

"It's preposterous!" roared James. "Absolutely preposterous!"

"Now James-" began Remus.

"No! How dare that bloody divination teacher give me a bloody detention!" he fumed.

"Well, you did put…questionable substances in his tea-leaves…" murmured Remus. He himself had trouble hiding a smile at that. Though he himself disapproved of…cannabis, it was cleaver of James to put it in the tealeaves, and had caused their teacher to have more…interesting visions.

"Well if the prat was a real seer he'd have seen it coming wouldn't he of?" fumed James.

"Yeah!" piped in Peter excitedly.

Remus sighed. "Well there's nothing to be done for it but to go to the detention now is there?"

"Bloody hell," muttered James. "And Siri was ditching that period so there it'll be a boring detention!" he groaned.

XxXxX

Sirius had indeed been ditching that period, when he'd found Severus trying to sneak to his Herbology class through a back way, he'd decided he had more interesting things to do, the first one being to pin a struggling Snape against a wall.

"Damnit Black this has to stop!" protested Severus in an irritated voice.

"But Sev, it's barely started!" said Sirius pressing on the other boy with a knee-weakening kiss.

As Severus had learned, knee-weakening kisses were both existent and dangerous as he was forced to cling to Sirius' shoulders for support. He barely noticed when Sirius smiled against his mouth, tilting his head to deepen the kiss, nor did he notice Sirius' nimble hands undoing his closed robe or un-tucking his shirt.

He did notice when Sirius' palms touched his exposed chest however.

"Wait!" he said as he breathed harshly trying to pull away. "Stop!"

Sirius groaned at the irritating distraction before looking down at the flustered and enticingly mussed Severus. "What is it?"

Severus, being surprised that Sirius had actually listened took this time to pull together and glare. "I want this to stop. I refuse to be your plaything!"

"…Eh?"
"I saw you and Potter in Potions!" he said pointing accusingly. "I'm not just some cheap trollop you can snog when Potter isn't feeling in the mood! I don't go around kissing Lucius in front of-"

Severus let out a yelp as his back hit the wall and he felt Sirius' eyes burn into him and when he looked up, Sirius was giving him the most furious look he'd ever seen on the young Black's face.

"You've been snogging Lucius?" he said coldly.

His even tone alone was enough to send ice water through Severus' veins. "No!" he responded quickly. "Why would I-"

"It better stay that way!" growled Sirius. "If that bastard Lucius even looks at you wrong!" he broke off, infuriated by the mere suggestion. What he neglected to acknowledge however, was that beneath the anger, underlined a thin sickly layer of fear.

Maybe Severus was attracted to Lucius. The boy was handsome, talented, and a Slytherin- these things might appeal to Snape. Beyond that, if rumors served true, Lucius was great in the sack. An image of Lucius with a panting flushed Snape beneath him appeared in his mind.

He grit his teeth and growled, tightening his grip on Snape's arms in a painful manner that caused the other boy to whimper. Being brought back to the present, Sirius saw only one way to remedy his recently stumbled upon melancholy.

He yanked Severus' already unbuttoned shirt off and leaned down to fasten his mouth on the smaller boy's shoulder, immersing himself in the heady taste and scent of the other boy in an animalistic manner.

Snape in return let out a breathy gasp at the heat that began coursing through his body as Sirius suckled, licked, and nipped his way down his chest working on unfastening his pants- a task which he quickly achieved, yanking both them and his black boxers down, leaving Severus exposed to him and feeling completely vulnerable.

"Wait!" he said trying to curl in on himself as tears threatened to gather at the corner of his eyes.

Sirius paid him no heed however and yanked his legs apart before Snape felt a sensation he'd never felt before. He arched his back letting out a soundless cry as his length was engulfed in a moist hot heat.

He put his hands on Sirius' shoulders, not sure whether he was pushing him away or pulling him towards him, in the end he found himself trying to thrust into the warm cavern.

Sirius prevented this by holding his hips steady however, ministering to Snape's apparent need, relishing in the little gasps, half said words, and unintelligible sounds.

Each motion he made however, voiced one fact.

Snape gasped, his mouth open as he felt the heat flooding from his body along with his strength. Without Sirius' support, he found himself sliding to the floor, down to Sirius' level.

Sirius once again began nursing Severus' shoulder biting down before traveling up the wizards neck and stopping right below his ear. He finally said verbally what his body had been screaming the whole time.

"Mine."