Prohibition | Severus Snape

Victor's Deception

"Are you...nervous?" She heard a smirk in his voice as she locked the door behind her.

"What makes you say that?" She quickly responded looking up at him. Severus simply smiled, before checking the hallways and quickly placing a kiss on her cheek, whispering something in her ear.

"You look lovely." Sofia felt a shiver go down her spine as he leaned back checking the hallway again. She could feel some heat in her cheeks as she smiled.

"Thank you." She almost whispered fixing her scarf around her neck.

"Come. I don't want students seeing us, they'll start asking questions." He muttered. Sofia simply nodded as they hurriedly made their way through the building. Sofia followed him as he quickly paced across the courtyard. As soon as they made if past the main grounds of the castle Sofia relaxed a little.

"Where are we going?"

"The Forbidden Forest." Sofia's eyes suddenly went wide as she froze in her spot.

"I'm sorry?!" She laughed nervously. "The Forbidden Forest? Are you planning to feed me to one of Hagrid's beloved creatures?" Sofia laughed as he turned around to face her.

"Don't be absurd. I wouldn't want to ruin their diet with you-" Severus spoke as Sofia's mouth gaped open. "Besides, I'm only taking you to the outskirts." She didn't have time to respond before they continued to walk side by side along the lake. They walked past Hagrid's hut in comfortable silence along the edge of the Forbidden Forest. Sofia glanced from the forest to the lake. She had never released how truly vast it was until she noticed that she had never been this far on the Hogwart's grounds before, even during her runs.

"There is a small sheltered area over there in the distance, you have to close your eyes before we make it there," Severus spoke. Sofia could sense that he was also somewhat nervous. Sofia obliged as she shut her eyes tightly. Severus took her by her forearm and led her for a few more minutes across the grass. As they came to a stop, Sofia patiently waited for him to let her open her eyes, as her bones almost shook inside her with excitement. "Open them." She heard his voice somewhat in the distance. Sofia opened her eyes to find a small secluded area on the edge of the Forbidden Forest. Severus stood calmly by what looked like a large black blanket which covered some of the grass. On top of it, she noticed some food which looked like wrapped sandwiches, a bottle of wine and two wine glasses. Sofia couldn't stop herself from smiling as she tried to take in the amount of thought and effort which went into this. It was nothing extravagant, and she was so glad that it wasn't. Biting on her bottom lip on glee she looked over at Severus who seemed to become impatient with her silence."Well?"

"Why this?" She asked smiling. Severus huffed, looking almost embarrassed.

"I noticed you seem to really enjoy sitting on that make-shift bench by the lake, however, the view from there is simply horrid. Therefore, I assumed you would enjoy this one more." Sofia was in utter awe. She suddenly remembered that beautiful sketch which Severus drew of her. Her feelings at that moment were a thousand times stronger than then. She hadn't even realised that he paid that much attention to the things she liked. Still, in complete shock she watched as Severus crossed his arms over his chest, his usual cold expression showing vague signs of worry.

"I love it." She spoke in disbelief. She watched as he exhaled a breath which he seemed to be holding in since they left Hogwarts.

"Come eat before you miss the sunset." He gestured for her to come closer. Both of them sat down on the blanket. Severus stretching out his long legs as Sofia bent hers in her knees. Looking forwards, she could see the sun softly setting from behind the clouds as the sky began to turn a deep purple shade. Sofia noticed the view of the beautiful castle and the neverending lake. She admired every inch of the view before she noticed Severus hand her over a glass of wine. Sipping her wine she continued to watch the deep sunset before facing him.