[HP] Aunt of the Savior

It was quite late when Harry finally fell asleep in bed, bathed in the moonlight shining through the magic window.

Jody tucked Harry under the blanket and left his room softly.She thought for a while, then waved her wand and cast a warning spell on the "apartment", and then Apparated and left Privet Drive—tonight, she still had someone she had to meet, and she hoped it was a surprise.

The town of Cokeworth had changed more than Jody had anticipated, and when she Apparated to the river where she and Lily had "quarreled" she almost didn't recognize it.The small river, which was not considered clear, became more turbid. The banks of the river were covered with lush and lush weeds, and there were garbage everywhere.Jody raised his head to check his position, and found that the iconic mill chimney in Spider's End Alley looked even more dilapidated, standing upright towards the sky like a huge black hole, and there seemed to be many old brick houses on the left and right of the alley. Abandoned, the blackened windows looked like mouths gaping in the darkness.

But this terrible and terrifying environment did not affect Jody's good mood at all.She walked briskly and familiarly through the alleys paved with cobblestones, through the labyrinth of broken brick houses, straight into the spider's end alley, and did not stop until she reached the last house.The house looked as dilapidated as its mates, with dim lights peeking out from behind the curtains hung on the windows.

Jody stood in front of the door and adjusted her mood slightly. The mottled and peeling black paint on the door made her raise her hand to knock on the door and frowned unconsciously. "Severus, are you home?"

It took a while for someone to answer from behind the door. "……who is it?"

Snape who asked this sentence put his hand on the doorknob, felt his heartbeat speed up unconsciously, and his voice was a little hoarse.He couldn't believe his ears—maybe it was a hallucination caused by his recent irregular schedule?

For the past seven years, Snape's life has been both regular and irregular.

The rule is that he goes to and from Hogwarts every year like a student, and then goes to class on time for every grade of students.What's irregular is his personal time - he almost never goes to bed on time, and during the holidays, his wake-up and meal times are completely disrupted.

Whether at Hogwarts or back at Spider's End, Snape lived every day full and busy, never wasting time on any meaningless things, because he was more eager than ever to I can be more knowledgeable and powerful than before, and then help Jody successfully resurrect the Potters, so that he can make up for his mistakes before she knows the truth.Maybe as long as this is enough, now he doesn't dare to extravagantly ask for his position in her heart, and he doesn't even dare to think about whether she will return to him.

"It's me, Jody. Severus, I'm back."

Jody's voice brought Snape back from his thoughts, but the answer from outside the door still didn't allow him to open the door immediately.Although the war had ended for almost seven years, Snape, who was in a special situation, always maintained a high degree of vigilance: "Let me see your patron saint."

He wouldn't just ask what the other party's Patronus is, as long as Jody is seen when he casts the Patronus Charm, someone will know. Reassuring him.

"If you insist, well—" Jody frowned at Snape's caution, and she drew out her wand: "Calling Guardian—"

A silver lioness entered Snape's house through a crack in the door.Snape opened the door just as the lion's head appeared in front of him. "come in!"

Contrary to Jody's expectations, Snape was not overwhelmed by her sudden return to China. On the contrary, he even acted a little coldly, and the atmosphere between the two seemed stiff and awkward.Ever since Jody walked into the room, he kept his head down, even deliberately avoiding Jody's sight.

But soon, Jody understood Snape's reason for doing so.She hadn't been able to see Snape for a long time, after the two-way mirror couldn't be used because it was too far away.And now, standing in front of her, Snape looked really terrible.

"Merlin!" Jody exclaimed involuntarily. "Severus, is this how you take care of yourself while I'm away?!"

Compared to when Jody left, Snape had lost a lot of weight. He was not fat, and now he looked thin and haggard.His face was gray and his hair looked very greasy, falling in locks on either side of his cheeks.

"As an adult, I think you should believe that I am fully capable of taking good care of myself." Snape said stiffly and dryly. "I don't think you need to use too much emphasis on your..."

"Oh, come on," Jody interrupted Snape, sighing. "Severus, you know your tone and attitude are totally useless to me."

Snape shut his mouth abruptly. In fact, apart from being ashamed of his current appearance, he really didn't know how to react to Jody's sudden appearance.He was not good at expressing himself, and she came back so suddenly this time, instead, he was full of questions and didn't know where to start.

However, this kind of tit-for-tat conversation as before has eased the atmosphere between them a little. The unfamiliarity caused by the past seven years has gradually faded and disappeared under this mode of getting along that the two have long been accustomed to.

Jody couldn't help but walked up to Snape, preventing him from running away from him again.She stretched out her hand to caress his cheek, and the cheekbone wrapped under the skin actually felt a little painful to the touch.

"...Severus, I'm back...I'm back..."

She repeated this sentence softly, and the corners of her mouth twisted unnaturally.Originally, she wanted to try her best to show a smile to Snape who hadn't seen him for many years.But the smile that could be displayed perfectly when facing Harry, couldn't do it when facing such a miserable Snape.At that moment, she truly tasted the so-called regret.

Snape stared at Jody for a long time, as if about to say something.In the end, though, he just stretched out his arms and wrapped them tightly around Jody's waist.The familiar softness and temperature made Snape finally have a sense of reality, and it also ignited a trace of hope and madness in his heart. His black eyes were focused and blazing on Jody, and there was a hint of nervous hoarseness in his voice. : "We... go home."

He did half of the research at hand, and was completely forgotten by Snape for the first time.In the next second, the two of them apparated back to the long-lost Laurel Cottage together.

Once back here, the atmosphere of intimacy and tacit understanding between the two in the past seems to have completely returned at once.As they had done every time they came home together, Snape and Jody automatically exchanged a soft kiss as soon as they entered Laurel Cottage.

"Am I really not dreaming?" Snape kept the kissing position, looked at Jody more closely, and called her softly: "Jo..."

"Here I am." Jody threw himself into Snape's arms, kissing passionately and actively, as if planning to kiss away all the uneasiness he had accumulated over the years with just this hard kiss.Although she clearly felt the corners of his mouth slightly raised for a moment at the beginning, she still didn't stop.It was too late to regret the past decision now, even if only a little, and she hoped to make some compensation to Snape, as long as it made him feel at ease.

For Jody's enthusiasm and apology, Snape accepted it with great satisfaction.The anxiety and inferiority that had been lingering in his heart before had been completely wiped away by Jody's compensation, and what remained deep in his heart was only the desire and desire to tie this woman by his side. crazy.

When Snape and Jody were finally able to snuggle up on the most comfortable loveseat in the living room and have a slightly lazy conversation, both of them felt relaxed and content.

"Why did you come back to England suddenly? I don't seem to have received your owl?" Snape's fingers deftly slid across Jody's long black hair, the silver-green ribbon that Jody used to tie his hair at this moment It was wrapped around her snow-white neck like a decoration, and tied into a beautiful bow.He admits his heart hummed with joy seeing Jody treasure the ribbon so much.

"I wanted to give you a surprise." Jody grabbed Snape's hand and held it tightly, revealing a charming aftertaste in her coquettishness.

"I admit I was really surprised. So, now that you're back in the UK, does it mean that what you have to do is done?" Although Jody took James's Darcy and her Liz with her when she left the UK, but Due to the high risk of owl communication, every time Jody sent a letter, she only reported to Snape that she was safe, and did not mention in detail what she had done.

"It's almost done, Severus, do you care about what I've been doing abroad these years?" Jody asked tentatively.She still remembered that Snape had said at that time that he hoped to wait for her to tell what she was hiding willingly.

"No, what I care about is the mission you got from Dumbledore and you had to leave England." Snape whispered in Jody's ear, biting his lips moderately There was a dangerous taste in her voice. "Is that Dumbledore's plan, or your proposal?"

"...did Dumbledore tell you?" Jody blushed, not sure if it was Snape's words or his actions.

"No." Snape snorted, "Maybe you need me to remind you that I work with Dumbledore for most of the year, and some things are easy to discover as long as you pay attention."

In fact, this is not the case.Snape, whose temptation took effect, felt a little angry and bitter. Jody really lied to him.

——Shortly after Jody left England, Snape, who had calmed down, began to wonder whether Jody's departure was really Dumbledore's plan as she said.

You know, on that night, it was obviously Jody who first offered to talk to Dumbledore.Even if her departure was indeed part of Dumbledore's plan, it's more likely that Jody herself offered to participate, rather than, as she said at the time, giving the impression that Dumbledore took a An important task was given to her.

"I'm sorry, it was difficult for me to say it to you at that time." Jody's voice was obviously guilty. "It's hard for me to tell you that I broke my promise to stay with you. Severus, I don't mean to deceive you, I just don't want you to accompany me on adventures, and I don't want to see my love again before my eyes..."

Jody's body trembled slightly.She didn't finish her sentence, but Snape understood it all.

He stretched out his arms, hugged Jody's shoulders tightly, and said in a low voice: "Now, maybe you'd like to tell me what's going on with all of this?"