I Can't Teach You Challenge

Tall Tales

"You're lying," Harry said warily.

"No, I'm not," Severus disagreed, as he rubbed at the tic in his cheek. "This nervous twitch began that very night I first laid eyes on you…standing in line for your Sorting."

"You're making this up…."

"The whole time you sat under the Hat, I prayed, 'Not Slytherin, not Slytherin, not Slytherin'."

"You didn't!" Harry's eyes went wide.

"I heaved a sigh of relief that you'd be out of my hair in Gryffindor." Severus scowled. "Now look where it's got me."

Harry grinned. "In your bed—that's where it's got me."

"Too true," Severus lamented.

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Expelliarmus Challenge

Please, Sir, Can I Have Some More…?

Harry looked up. Severus was staring at him moodily.

"What is it?"

Quick as a flash, Severus reached across the settee. Before he knew it, Harry was lying across Severus' lap, his boxers down to his knees.

WHAP!

"Owww!" Harry cried as Severus' slapped him hard on the behind.

"That was for disarming me in the Shrieking Shack."

"That was in third-year!" He wriggled on Severus' lap, suddenly aroused.

"Nevertheless, payback was due."

"Hmmm, I suppose I've committed other transgressions?"

"They are legion," Severus agreed.

"Well, then…." Pushing his boxers down further and squirming with anticipation, he begged, "Punish me…please?"

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Godric's Hollow Challenge

Tribute

Harry pulled out a chair at the breakfast table, then his eyes widened as he sat, taking in the fresh bouquet of lilies of the valley standing upright in a beaker.

He smiled. "Out early picking flowers?"

Severus lowered the paper to stare at him. "I may be crude, but I appreciate beauty."

"Hmm," Harry replied. "You're sure you won't go?"

Severus shook his head. "No. And I don't see why you'd want me there, in any case."

Harry studied the purple ribbon tied around the flowers. "Suit yourself, then. I thought you might like to see it, is all."

He made his way into the graveyard, until he found their headstones. His eyes grew big as he saw, still a distance away, what rested in front of the marker

A bouquet of lilies of the valley lay there, gathered together by a purple ribbon. Harry leant down and retrieved them, then brought them to his nose to inhale their fragrance.

When he returned, Severus was sitting by the fire, engrossed in a book.

Harry insinuated himself into the man's lap. "You were there."

"What are you nattering on about?" Severus groused.

"Nothing. Kiss me."

Severus did just that.

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Home Sweet Home Challenge

Home is where…

"Hogwarts was home for so long," Harry opined

"Spinner's End was an uninhabitable hovel," Severus sniffed.

"Little Whinging…no, not even going there," Harry said disgustedly.

"Certainly not," Severus scoffed, frowning when Harry laughed.

Snaking his arms around Severus' neck, Harry murmured, "Home is where you are."

"I should hope not. Sentimental, romantic drivel won’t keep us warm when we're sleeping out in the freezing rain."

"Shut it. I was just trying to get a rise out of you," Harry snickered.

"Oh, you'll certainly get a rise," he accentuated the word with a meaningful push of his hips, "out of me."

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Bounty Challenge

Turkey Talk

"C'mon, Severus. It'll be fun. All the Weasleys'll be there," Harry pleaded. "I'd really like to see them."

Severus snorted, "Well, then see them."

Harry pouted. "Not unless you go."

Severus sighed. "I refuse to smile on demand."

"Deal!" Harry was jubilant.

Severus sat glumly staring at his plate, the merrymaking reaching near din-level.

"Severus," Arthur asked as he carved the turkey. "A breast or a juicy thigh?" He paused, then added brightly, "Fancy a nice piece of tail?"

Harry choked on his butterbeer.

Severus smiled.

Extending his plate, pressing his leg against Harry's, Severus said, "I certainly do."

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In the Dark Challenge

The Difference

A cupboard under a stair.

A forest that earned its forbidding title.

A chamber, not only hidden, but full of terror.

A faceless creature that drained all happiness.

A black fortune in the bottom of a teacup.

A maze of hedgerows that tunneled toward catastrophe.

A dream of hallways and doors, a trap at the end.

A cave where a promise was painfully kept.

A solitary walk through the night into the arms of prophetic doom.

Darkness had always been a harbinger of evil.

But now…

Arms reached through it and pulled him close.

Still dark, but safe…

With Severus.

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Drabble for gmth, as part of the composite LJ merrysmutmas gift, 2007.

Times, they are a changing

"Nothing lasts forever," Snape said soberly.

"I hate it when people say that. Like it'll help," Harry grumbled.

Snape blew out an exasperated breath. "Think of it as the old giving way for the new."

Harry looked doubtful. "Which could be a good thing."

"It could be," Snape agreed.

"We'll always remember…how it was," Harry replied hopefully.

"Most certainly."

Closing his eyes, Harry directed him, "Do it."

Snape leant forward and smiled as he isolated the single gray hair at Harry's temple.

"Ouch!"

"Oh my, I neglected to tell you that change is seldom comfortable," Snape said with a smile.

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Dragon Challenge

Wizard Chess

"Odd concept for a chess board," Severus observed.

"It's brill," Harry told him, setting the pieces out. "Little dragon pawns and bishops—look at your phoenix king grooming his tail feathers."

"Hmm, we'll see," Severus murmured as he moved his pawn, watching Harry's Horntail knight move closer.

With Severus' next move, the Horntail flapped its wings, squeaked a miniature roar, then incinerated the phoenix pawn on the spot.

When Harry grinned, Severus huffed, "For pity's sake—"

From the pile of ashes, a new phoenix pawn popped up.

"I like this game," Severus sneered.

"This can't be right," Harry moped.

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Let's Talk About Sex, Baby Challenge

Can You Hear Me Now?

"Uhhh, yeah…that's the way I like it," Harry breathed at Snape's ear. "You know just how to grab my cock." He panted, struggling for control, then licked his lips. "God, I think if you just push your finger in…I could come…" He stopped, completely out of breath, his face flushed and starting to sweat.

Biting his lip, Harry jerked his hips. "Tell me…how you're gonna fuck me, how you're gonna spread me and stick it up me," he groaned.

Snape slowly opened his eyes, then smiled wickedly at Harry's obvious surprise. "Since I'm awake now, I'll be happy to oblige."

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The Five Senses Challenge: Taste

Lip Service

Snape watches him at the Ministry dinner.

Harry is surrounded by invitees; Snape knows him well enough to see that point in the conversation when he's had enough: dipping his head, eyes darting to locate Snape, then he slips away, until he's immersed in the next group.

The cycle repeats itself several times until Harry's at his side, tugging him into an alcove.

"They can't get enough of you," Snape murmurs as he tucks them both behind the curtain. "Come to think of it..." He pulls Harry close.

"No accounting for their tastes," Harry smiles.

"Nor mine, then." Snape plunges.

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Random Insult Generator Challenge

Pre-owned Insults

"I can't believe you said that." Harry was scandalized.

"You deserved it. I always insult appropriately, you oversensitive, bleeding heart." Snape watched Harry's outrage. "Go on, now. Give it your best shot."

"You…you…" Harry stumbled, "you loud-mouthed human scum." He immediately seemed horrified.

Snape laughed. "That's the best you can do?"

"Well…I…" Harry looked sheepish. "I didn't make that up. See, there's this thing on the internet…."

Snape's eyes narrowed. "Pre-fabricated insults?"

"Yeah," Harry admitted.

"There will be consequences for your pitiful plagiarism."

"God, I hope so. I promise I'll take it like a man."

"Oh, I'll see to it."