Evangeline woke peacefully in her own bed. She found it refreshing to be in her home after her time away, but was equally excited to be going back to Hogwarts this afternoon. After her night with Severus, her smile never left her face. Being in his company somehow made her happy and she made it known. She didn't know why, out of everyone, it would be Severus to make her so happy.
After laying in bed for some time, listening to the wind outside her home she finally decided to get up. It was freezing in her house. Shit, I forgot to start the fire, she thought as she slipped her fuzzy shoes on and ran down the stairs, nearly falling flat on her ass. When she came around the corner, she was even more surprised to realize she hadn't chopped any wood. Fuck fuck fuck fuck.... Now I have to get dressed and chop more wood.
She quickly went back upstairs, got changed into a fuzzy number and her heavy winter coat and boots before making her way outside to cut firewood. With being early december ment temperatures have dropped down significantly. No snow had presented itself, but it was still cold enough that the black lake had froze over entirely.
Once she cut the wood and went back inside, she immediately started the fire. As Eve waited for the house to heat up she prepared the kettle of tea and sat down at her desk to begin grading. Before she knew it, it was already nearing time for her to have to head back to the school.
She finally finished up the grading she had been neglecting all weekend, gently sliding it all into her bag before packing her new wardrobe. Before leaving, Eve decided to clean up a bit. Dusting everything off, washing up all the dishes and watering her plants. Once she was satisfied, she sat down at the piano and decided to play a little.
The beautiful sound of the keys echoed throught the house as her fingers gracefully played Fur Elise. Eve was always immensely good at playing the piano, though no one knew. She grew up playing since her mother used to teach piano classes. It had been quite some time since Eve played last. She was always so caught up at the ministry studying, then with taking the job at Hogwarts, there was never any time.
A sudden knock on the door startled Eve from her playing. After a few seconds, she heard the knock again and walked to the door.
"Hello deary! I just wanted to bring you this pie I made before you ran back to the school." Arlene said, passing the pie to Eve. "Oh and your playing was heavenly. I haven't heard anything quite like it since your mother. You're truly talented." Arlene said with a big smile.
"Thank you Arlene, for the pie and your kind words. It really means alot." Eve said back to the kind woman.
"Well, that's all I wanted to do. I hope you enjoy the pie, I made it with lots of love. I should probably head back to the store now. Stay safe would you dear." The woman said.
"Thank you very much. Have a wonderful day."
Eve watched as the woman walked out of view down the path before closing her door. She opend the top to reveal a very delicately decorated apple pie. One of her favorites. She coverd it back up to take with her back to school.
After some time passed, it was nearing 5pm. Eve knew it was time to head back to the school for dinner. She got the rest of her belongings packed and gathered before taking one last look at her home, then leaving. A big smile appeared on her face as she walked up the steps of Hogwarts. Students were filling up the courtyard and playing their own games.
The first thing Eve did upon arrival was head to her chamber to drop off her belongings. After that, she took the pie and headed to the staff room to leave it out for others to enjoy. When she walked in the room, the same man she had seen a few days ago was sitting in one of the chairs at the large table. He looked up at her through the copy of The Daily Prophet he was holding.
"Good afternoon Miss Hale." The blond man said to her as he shifted his attention to her and watched her intently.
"Malfoy" Eve greeted him, although seemingly not happy.
"Feeling better after your time away?" Lucius said, more so like a statement then a question. Eve turned to face him to see he had stood up and was strutting her way.
"Much better, thank you." She said without the slightest bit of enthusiasm. Once Lucius was only feet away from her, he stoped. Gripping has cane harshly as his eyes narrowed on her.
"You look bothered. Is it something I've said?" He said followed by a smirk and the click of his tongue.
"Dont flatter yourself, Malfoy. I've had a rough weekend. You most certainly had nothing to do with it." But that was a lie. Eve knew he was the soul reason she had a rough weekend. Any time she is around him her concentration flys out the window and is replaced with anger.
"I get the feeling that's not true." Lucius said as his eyes looked up and down her body before landing back on her beautiful, bright blue eyes.
"I have a dinner to get to, excuse me."
Eve said, turning around only to be stoped by the end of his cane.
"I don't think they will miss you that much dear. Why don't we have a quick chat, hmm?" He said, his eyes cutting deep into hers. Eve angrily pushed his cane off her and whirled around to face him.
"With all do respect, Sir, your the last person I would want to talk to at this moment. Now, if you will excuse me." She said, shoving past him and walking away. She only looked over her shoulder once, to see an angry looking Lucius glaring at her in disgust.
Once Eve made way to the hall, students had already filled their seats, along with all the other Professors. She calmly walked down between the tables before taking her seat by Severus.
"Afternoon, Evangeline. How was your weekend?" He said to Eve in a slightly lighter mood then normal.
"Great until about ten minutes ago."
She replied dryly. Severus shifted his full attention to her, raising an eyebrow.
"And why's that?" He asked. But as soon as he asked Eve, he noticed her eyes fixated on a tall, platinum blond man walking down the tables up to the Professors stand. He looked back at Eve. She had an angry expression painted on her face. Severus leaned closer to her, whispering so no one else could hear.
"Eve, what happend?" He asked sincerely. "It doesn't matter. He's Lucius Fucking Malfoy. He could get away with anything and no one would care."
Severus gave Eve a worried look before she fixated her eyes to him. He gave her a warming smile that instantly calmed her nerves.
"I- I'm sorry. Its just... He keeps running into me, using that stupid cane of his to stop me and force a conversation I don't wish to have." She said before her eyes narrowed onto the man on the other side of the table, now looking at her aswell.
"I'm sorry." He said, shifting slightly in his seat and taking a sip from his goblet.
"I actually had a word with him the other day." Severus told Eve. Her attention quickly caught Severus.
"Am I supposed to care? You and Lucius used to be friends." She said before crossing her arms over her lap.
"Mmm. Seems Mister Malfoy is wanting to apologize to you."
"Then why doesn't he just apologize instead of creepily stalking me." Eve said, now with a louder voice.
"He's... well.. I don't know if I should be telling you this." Severus said to her, looking over at Lucius, then back at Eve. "Just tell me Severus." She said as irritation rose inside her.
"Lucius is intimidated by you Evangeline." He finally said, averting his eyes away from hers. Eve sat there looking confused as ever at Severus while he took a swig from his goblet.
"I'm sorry. Did you just say-"
"Yes, he's intimidated by you. You hold your head high, stand up for yourself and your not afraid to speak your mind. If I'm being honest, I aswell have been."
Eve looked at him again, shaking her head even more confused then before.
"Why the hell would he, you, be intimidating by me? I'm not mean." She said. Severus looked back at her, studying her face.
"Like I said, your a strong and powerful woman Evangeline. I think any man with the right mind would be."
Eve couldn't help but look back over at the blonde. He was still eyeing her heavily while talking to Mcgonagall. Confusion grew even stronger withing her as Severus explained all this. Intimidated? By me? What the actual fuck. I'm not intimidating. Far from it actually. Why on earth would anyone think that? She thought to herself.
After a few minutes of Lucius watching Eve, and vise versa. He decended from the stand and left. Severus had began a conversation with another Professor leaving Evangeline to her own thoughts. She couldn't even begin to wrap her head around the new information. No one had ever though of her as intimidating, if anything, she was a push over. People used to walk all over her at school and she would never stand up for herself. Maybe after all those years, she grew stronger to the pain and blocked out all negative energy from entering into her happy space.
Once dinner had concluded, Eve immediately went to her room. First thing she did was take a nice, hot shower. Her thoughts began to roam around once again as she rinsed the soap out of her long brown hair. Why on earth would Lucius Malfoy want to apologize to me? After everything, why now? What changed in that ignorant mind of his, she thought as she began gliding the bar of soap over her wet, naked skin.
And why is Severus suddenly so nice to me? He was my Professor, and now hes coming onto me. Although I'm not going to complain. That man does things to me, things I wish I could deny, she continued thinking.
Once she was out of the shower, she wraped a towel around her body and began rubbing lotion over her freshly shaved, clean skin.
A sudden knock on her door frightened her and she dropped the lotion bottle on the floor. Eve didnt have any time to change when another knock on the door echoed through her room.
She hesitantly opened the door to reveal the tall, dark haired Severus Snape.
"Good evening Evangeline. I just wanted to erm-" he trailed off at the realization of her state. "I can came back later." He said spinning around to leave.
"No, it's okay you can come in. I'll just get changed quickly."
"No, it's okay you can come in. I'll just get changed quickly in the bathroom. Your welcome to sit wherever." Eve said, happily inviting him into her room. He nodded and walked into the room, shutting the door behind him.
"I'll just be a minute." Eve yelled out from the bathroom. She decided on a pair of black sweatpants and a tshirt, putting her slippers on aswell before joining him in her room.
"I wanted to apologize for my behavior earlier." Severus said while not making eye contact.
"Why? You didn't do anything wrong." She said as she ran a brush through her damp dark curls.
"I shouldn't have been so straightforward. If Lucius wants to apologize, he should do it on his own accord. I shouldn't have said anything about it." He said, finally looking up at her.
This woman is gorgeous. Even more so without makeup. Her beautiful wet curls hanging down her face, and those big, beautiful blue eyes, he thought to himself before shaking away the thoughts.
"Well, thank you anyways for telling me. Maybe I was a little harsh on him. If he was only trying to apologize, there's surely no harm in that." Eve said, giving Severus a warm smile. She could see the longing look on his face, but she wasn't sure what to do.
There was a long pause. Severus continued to stare at he. Her cheeks began burning red. His gaze was so intense she finally looked away.
"If only I knew what was going on in that beautiful head of yours." Severus said in almost a whisper. She slowly looked back at him.
"You know Legilimency, you could just see for yourself." She said with a shaky voice. "I would never enter a womans mind without permission Eve." He said to her. As she looked into his eyes, she could see something never seen before. It wasn't lust, nor anger or irritation. His face was kind, warm even. In that moment he wasn't her previous Professor, or her colleague.
Eve watched as his mouth curled into a small smile. She bit her lip trying to repress her own, but failed. She smiled shyly at him, then looked down at her hands. After a few more moments of feeling his intense stare he cleared his throat.
"I should go" He said as he began to stand up. Eve stood up aswell. She quickly grabbed his arm to stop him. He stood there for a second before finally turning around to catch her gaze. He stepped closer to her, so close she could feel his body pressed slightly to hers. She watched as his eyes moved from her eyes to her mouth. His face dropped to a look of sadness. Almost like whatever it was he wanted to do, something was telling him no and Pulling him away. His look saddened her. Not knowing what else to do She smiled up at him again. Then she felt as his body slowly moved away from hers, but didn't leave.
Severus opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but quickly shut it. Eve desperately wanted to know what he was going to say, but then he did something. Something that had been ringing in her mind since. He lifted his hand up and caressed her cheek. His touch was soft and gental. Eve continued to look into his eyes.
"Severus." She said simply. She didn't know what to say at this moment. It was like a dream that she never wanted to end. And before she knew it, he grabbed her face with both his hands and pressed his lips to hers. Eve melted into his touch, Savoring the feeling of his soft lips on hers. His kind hands that were now resting on her back keeping her close to him. Eve wrapped her arms around his neck as their lips parted. If their was a heaven, she believed she was in it at that very moment.
"I-" Eve said through a kiss. "What is it?" Severus said, slightly pulling away so she could speak.
"I want you, Severus." Eve said, nearly out of breath.