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bleedingangel84Title: Love Bite
Author: bleedingangel84
Beta: None
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Creature fic, Vampire!mentor Snape
Word Count: 365
Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction created for fun and no profit has been made.
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hogwarts365 Prompt # 9-“Hermione, this isn’t what it looks like…; Vampire! Snape; Disease
Notes: AU, Creature fic, 8th year, Snape’s (sort of) alive. 365 words exactly. No beta, so please comment if you notice errors. I’ll love you forever. Sequel: The Favour
Summary: Hermione reaches the wrong conclusion. Harry makes a confession.
Love Bite
“Harry, for Merlin’s sake! What is that on your neck?! It looks like you have a disease of some kind.”
“Hemione, this isn’t what it looks like…”
“It looks as though Professor Snape has been feeding on your neck. Perhaps I should report him to McGonagall. I did wonder whether it was wise to let him come back after that bite from Nagini revealed his vampire heritage. He isn’t safe around students!”
“Stop overreacting. Severus has not been feeding on me. I told you, it’s not what it looks like. So you can just stop looking like the reproachful mother hen.”
“Harry, I just worry, that’s all. You’ve not been the same since you killed Voldemort, and you won’t tell anyone what happened. This is the first time you’ve been to Gryffindor Tower in ages. You spend all your time with Snape and the Slytherins.”
‘The dungeons are more comfortable to me now. Severus has been helping me adjust to some changes I’ve gone through. I had to find my mate, or I would’ve faded out.”
“You mean died?”
“No I mean faded. That’s one of the terms for what happens when a vampire ceases existence. You need to have already died to claim your vampire heritage.”
“Oh, Harry, you’re not…”
“A vampire? Why, yes, I am. You needn’t wail over it, Hermione. Aside from the need for my mate’s blood, being a vampire is not that much different from being a wizard. My innate magic allows me to walk in daylight, and I still eat normal food in addition to blood.”
“Is Snape your mate, Harry?”
“Hardly. He mentors me. He is much too old to be my mate.”
“Who is it? And why does your neck look like that?”
“My mate had just woken up. He needed to feed. It would’ve been cruel to deny him.”
“Harry. Who is it?”
“Draco Malfoy.”
Harry smiled. For once in her life, Hermione Granger was lost for words. Harry was enjoying her discomfiture. It was a very rare few who could make Hermione speechless.
“He’d better not hurt you. Vampire or not, I won’t hesitate to lam him.”
“No need for that. He loves me, Hermione.”
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