Severus relished the feeling of being able to just waltz in the house and slam a door. Slam it as loud and painfully splintering as he liked -- and those awful bugger paintings could go shag themselves for it! Perhaps he'd bury this childishness later, but for now, after a bruising day at the Ministry and annoying the shit out of Itachi -- new kid. He'd give himself this small pleasure, for certain. Itachi.. he was a strange one. Didn't really seem the type to be into magic, and he wasn't spectacular. Severus wondered briefly if he was shagging the Minister, maybe that's how he got in. The kid certainly seemed to like male company. No matter what he told himself, no Snape was daft enough to be missing the arch looks and searing gazes Itachi would spring on him unexpectedly. Not that Severus could ever think something like that was to be expected. Huff, this thought topic would do no good for any rest. Perhaps a bath, then some biscuits?
It was so strange, to have a place of his own. Maybe it was good that he moved on from Hogwarts, heavens know he wouldn't have lasted long with that Lockhart bloke around. That man was just begging to be held down and shagged senseless. Maybe it was a good thing that the man had his memories removed or else Severus' career could have been cut rather short. Nevertheless, it wouldn't do to keep thinking these sort of things, even while laying in bed. It wasn't ever a problem for a Snape to admit anything to themselves, so Severus had had no qualms about his sexuality. Not since he and Peter had at it late one night beneath the Whomping Willow, months before he went all slimy and Potter-worshipping.
Was it wrong that Itachi reminded him of Potter?
Hm, this was certainly a change of events. Severus sank down in his favourite armchair in front of the fireplace and dozed while pondering his day. It hadn't been spectacular or anything, rather the opposite. Yet today, Itachi had been on his back not LITERALLY! Where DO these thoughts come from? more than usual, following him around and then almost crushing him into a wall when simply requesting an application form for a promotion. It was all Severus could do not to run away, or perhaps borrow someone's kettle and bash his face in, for all these awful thoughts of his.
His mind WAS getting more rampant.
Oh lord, how on earth did I get into this mess? Severus soaked in the bathtub, poking a toe out of the water experimentally to test the air temperature. He sunk down to his long nose. Itachi had cornered him and weaseled a date out of a rather inebriated Severus. Honestly, how could anyone possibly say no when there were curved cheekbones, long eyelashes, piercing crimson eyes, long silky black hair quite unlike his own, and -- Oh great. This was just great. Flipping sexy bastard. He should go shag himsel- Why do I keep thinking things like that?!
It was hell for Severus, to have to get himself out of bed to know that after work he'd be going on a date with any gay man's fantasy. Absolutely pure hell. It would be at a restaurant, Severus had it all planned, it would be polite and boring and he would kindly let Mr. Uchiha know that this would NOT be an acceptable relationship, thank-you-very-much. Severus finally got out of bed and lugged himself to the Ministry to complete another very boring day filled with paperwork, and tried not to look forward to it. Too much.
The date wasn't going as planned. Actually, that was an understatement, NOTHING could have prepared Severus for this. A romantic dinner with candlelight dim enough to just cover his blush, then PRIVATE BEACH SWIMMING?! It had taken all of Severus' nerve not to die right then and there of ... was there a name for dieing from being killed by skinny dipping? Nevermind, because now he only had about 5fuckingseconds to come up with a reason why he couldn't continue this date with Itachi. Oh lord, did he just? Yes. He just grabbed my hand. And of course, in all this confusion, a yes popped out of his mouth. That smile that Itachi gave him would always be described as the turning point between being 'sorta gay and alone' and 'ohgodwithITACHI' in the life of Severus Snape.
In the end, all went more-or-less well.
