By Any Other Name, Part Two
Mar. 12th, 2006 02:44 amTitle: By Any Other Name, Part 2 of 5
Pairing: Snape/Draco
Rating: NC-17
Words: 1340
Genre: Adventure, Slash, Darkfic
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Content, Non-con, Torture, Major HBP Spoilers
Disclaimer: I do not own these characters, I am merely a hobbyist/tourist visiting J. K. Rowling's world, for the love, not for the money.
Summary: Picks up from the place in HBP when Draco Malfoy and Severus Snape flee Hogwarts. Where do they go? Draco quickly finds that among the Death Eaters a "safe" house is a relative term.
By Any Other Name, Part 2 of 5
by Ravenna C. Tan
Next morning came a miserable breakfast, made worse by the argument that broke out among the Death Eaters over the fact that none of them had any skill with domestic charms whatsoever. Snape, at least, could make drinkable tea, something that Amycus proved unable to do. Two more Death Eaters had arrived during the night, so there were now six of them holed up in the house. Draco, the low man on the totem pole, was bullied into doing the dishes. He was up to his elbows in soapy water--he being no master of domestic charms himself--when Snape stood suddenly.
"What are you waiting for?" he said to the others, who were still seated, finishing their burned toast. He tugged up his sleeve to show the Dark Mark, the blackness of it deep and glowing, crawling like a living thing on his skin. They stared at him.
"It's only you, Severus," said the gravelly-voiced man who had come in during the night. He had bushy, wild eyebrows and to Draco he looked like he could have been part owl, or hawk. "Only you are called."
Snape's cheek twitched unreadably and he shot a brief glance at Draco before he Disapparated. Was that a glance of warning? Draco turned back to the sink.
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