You can pay next time."

"Next time?" Severus questioned.

Harry raised his brow, holding Severus' gaze until hispanion flushed and looked away.

"Thank you, Maria. And please extend our gratitude to your father. The chicken Parmesan was as wonderful as ever," Harry said as he put a bunch of galleons down on the tray she held. Harry knew that two would have been more than sufficient for the meal, but food that perfect deserved proper acknowledgment.

Side by side, they left the restaurant.

Wincing as the sleet blasted them, Harry took Severus' arm outside the door. A heartbeat later, they'd rematerialized in Severus' sitting room.

After the assault of cold and stinging sleet, the room felt wonderfully warm and weing. Harry sighed in relief.

Severus' hand was still on his arm. Harry glanced up into Severus' face and didn't look away. For a week now, he'd been hungering to kiss Severus, resisting the urge because he wasn't sure Snape wanted anything that intimate between them. Most of the men Harry slept with didn't care to kiss. But Severus' lack of resistance to his overtures tonight made Harry bold.

Holding that dark, beautiful gaze, Harry reached up, cupped the back of Severus' head and gently guided him downwards.

Severus' eyes widened in surprise, but he didn't pull back.

Recognizing that a disaster was about to ur if he didn't move fast, Harry quickly turned his face to the side, avoiding the painful smash of noses by mere seconds.

Their lips brushed. Severus' were thin and dry, but they didn't resist as Harry's mouth covered them. For a moment, it was as awkward as everything between them was. But then Severus seemed to melt against him and Harry knew that everything would be all right.

Severus' mouth opened to him at the first swipe of his tongue. Severus tasted of the sweet dark espresso that had finished up their meal, tiramisu, and something dark andpelling that was particular to Severus. Harry drank deep of that sweet fountain.

A sense of triumph flashed through Harry when he felt Severus' fingers card through his hair, urging him closer.

As they kissed, Harry eased Severus' wizards robe off his shoulders. Pleased, he felt Severus do the same with his own.

When the need for oxygen forced them apart long minutes later, Severus appeared charmingly flushed.

"Is that the bedroom over there?" Harry asked in a breathless whisper as they gulped in air.

Severus nodded.

"Can we move in there and get morefortable?" Harry requested, wondering if he were intruding on Severus' privacy too much. For the last week, they'd never left the sitting room. For all Harry knew, Severus might want to confine their activities to one room.

But Severus gave another ready nod and guided Harry towards the closed door.

The bedroom was just asfortable as the sitting room. The green-canopied, four-poster bed was enormous, but then, Severus was an extremely tall man.

There was another smaller hearth in here, which sprung to life the moment they ent

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