Becoming Potter's Co-host.

[pekeleke]

Title: Becoming Potter’s Co-host.
Author: pekeleke
Pairing(s): Severus Snape/Harry Potter
Challenge: Written for hogwarts365 Prompt #303#2: Guest.
Rating: G
Length: 365
Warnings: None.
Disclaimer: Don't own these characters. I make no profit from writing fanfiction.
Summary: “Always,” Harry purrs, and chuckles when Severus’s entire face acquires a bright and mortifying beetroot-colored blush.
A/N: I want to dedicate this particular work to my dear friend Agneskamilla, since today is her birthday, and I'm hoping this drabble will make her smile. Happy birthday, Agnes! May your day -and year- be merry. :D

 

Becoming Potter’s Co-host.

 

Severus realizes he's in love with Harry Potter on an unremarkable Saturday morning. His casual lover isn't doing anything special. Isn't paying particular attention to Severus either, but his hair is messier than usual, and his unshaven jaw-line makes him look wild and roguishly attractive. Harry is also whistling rather terribly while attempting to clean his perpetually messy living-room, using the inefficient method of shoving tottering piles of carelessly compiled papers inside the decrepit-looking cabinet that occupies the far wall.

"What are you doing?" Severus asks as he walks into the room, morning cuppa in hand.

"Tiding up a bit," Harry answers distractedly. "I know you hate it when the coffee-table is so full of stuff you can't put your cup down."

"Oh!" Severus says, blinking dazedly at said table. And the fireside chair beside it. And the surface of the desk. And— virtually everywhere else in the room. "Harry, you don't have to-

"It's all right," Harry says, closing the cabinet's doors with an air of finality, and eyeing him fondly. "I know I don't have to do it, but I want to. It's not a big deal. And it helps you relax, which is a plus. You tend to stay around longer when you're relaxed."

"And you want me to do that?

"Always," Harry purrs, and chuckles when Severus's entire face acquires a bright and mortifying beetroot-colored blush, "Are you getting flustered on me, Severus?"

"Of course not."

"You're lying."

"I'm most certainly doing nothing of the sort." Severus huffs.

"Oh. My. God. You are!"

"You'll never convince me to stay longer if you keep tormenting me. I'm not the sort of guest who enjoys unnecessary teasing."

"What if I don't want you to be my guest anymore?" Harry asks, and Severus recoils, deeply hurt.

"Y-you don't want me here? But I thought you just said-

"Of course I want you here, you, idiot. I just don't want you as my guest. I want you as my co-host. My nagging flatmate. My better-half. I want you to claim the damned place, claim me, as your own, Severus."

Severus smirks, feeling playful and relieved and in love. "Then you're mine, Harry Potter. Mine forever."

 

Comments

[lara_quinn]

Funny one-shot. What a clumsy way of asking someone to move in with you. :)

[pekeleke]

I'm thrilled that you found this drabble so funny. Yes, Harry's way of asking Severus to move in was a bit clumsy. At least he got the result he wanted, so I suppose he didn't do too bad. ;)

Thanks so much for taking the time to both read and review this work, lara_quinn. Your kind and lovely comment was much appreciated. :)

[mrs_sweetpeach]

Nice! It'd be worth cleaning to have Severus around. :-)

[pekeleke]

LOL. Yes. I agree with you -and Harry- that cleaning a bit around the place is a small price to pay to keep Severus. ;)

I'm glad that you enjoyed this drabble, mrs_sweetpeach. Thanks so much for taking the time to both read and review it. :D

[teryarel]

Ha ha ha! You had me there, my friend. Here I was, tormenting my poor brain how you would explain that Potter is on the WWN (What a career choice! Why would he do that?!) and what he did to a) get Severus on the show with him and b) make Severus blush like that. I took co-host for co-show-host. Silly me.

Anyways, thank you for this lovely story with a considerate Harry and totally-not--flustered-I-am-NOT-lying! Severus. ^^

[pekeleke]

LOL. I'm pleased to hear that the title of this drabble misled you so much that the actual content of the story came as a complete surprise, teryarel.

Thanks, as usual, for taking the time to both read and review another work of mine, my dear friend. Your kind and lovely comment was much appreciated. :)

[smirkingcat]

awwwww
that was more than just a bit sweet
and also a flustered severus - imagine that
though clearly harry himself wasnt all that unbothered by asking for what he did

[pekeleke]

I'm thrilled that you found this drabble so sweet, smirkingcat. Yes, Severus wasn't the only one flustered here, Harry was so nervous he almost ruined the whole thing. At least they managed to get on the same page in the end. All's well that ends well and all that. :D :D :D

Thanks so much for taking the time to both read and review this work. Your kind and lovely comment was much appreciated. :)

[adafrog]

Yay!

[pekeleke]

Thanks, ada! ;)

[kent_alex]

This provides some good feels :)

[pekeleke]

I'm thrilled that you enjoyed this drabble, kent_alex. Thanks so much for taking the time to both read and review it. Your kind and lovely comment was much appreciated. :)

[dementordelta]

*happy sigh* Very sweet and happy!

[pekeleke]

I'm thrilled that you found this drabble sweet and happy, dementordelta. Thanks so much for taking the time to both read and review it. Your kind and lovely comment meant the world to me. :)