severus snape x pregnant! reader
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Severus always thought that marrying you was the best thing that could ever happened to him. At some points in his life, he was convinced that no one would want to share a life with him. He knew it was hard for somebody to live with him, let alone to love him after what he had done in his past.

He spent years of his life, ended up being one of the most important people in saving the Wizarding World. But still, his life was empty. But you were different than the others. You made him believe that he deserved love too, after all he had been through alone.

He never knew how you could love him, but he would be forever grateful that you did.

And Severus thought he could not be happier but he was wrong.

The day you brought the news to him with a big smile on your face would be in his mind forever. The way you ran into his arms and kissed him like your life depended on him, intoxicating him with the amount of love that you held for your husband.

"I'm pregnant!"

Your words sent feelings inside of him that he never knew existed. Just a few years ago, Severus started to accept his fate that no one would want to be with him, thinking he was too impulsive to be loved.

But now, he had such a lovely wife with him and you were carrying his child. You, the love of his life, was pregnant.

Severus swore that he would do anything in his power to keep you and his child safe and happy. He loved both of you too much that he would risk his life for you if he had to.

That day, when Severus was teaching in his class, the door was opened and he was surprised to see Filch. Severus raised his eyebrows as he wondered why would Filch disturb his class, but his eyes softened when he saw you standing behind Filch.

"She was looking for you, Professor."

He simply said, and Severus gave him a nod, dismissing him. Since you got pregnant, you always depended on your husband more than ever and Severus learned that quickly.

He always told Filch to take you to him if that man ever found you wandering in the school. Your emotions were all over the place and sometimes it annoyed the Potions Master, but he never put the blame on you.

"Severus!"

His heart was crushed when he saw tears in your eyes. He did not mind the students that were looking at both of you with interest in their eyes. It was not easy to see Severus Snape being so loving and soft, thus the students used that chance.

"What's wrong, love?"

He squeezed your shoulders and looked you in the eyes, surprising the students with how gentle he was with his wife.

"The little bird. He didn't come today. I'm afraid he's dead somewhere."

Severus nodded, trying to hide his smile as he realised how imprudent your words must sounded to other people. There was a small bird who would perch on your window every morning, chirping and singing to you but it turned out that the bird did not come that day.

"It's alright, love. We'll find him. I'll ask Filch to help. Is that alright?"

He thought the bird must had gone to other places but he was not going to tell you that. He heard a student snickered, perhaps thinking about how absurd you were behaving.

"Mr Alderton, if I hear another noise from you, you'll be in detention for a month."

He warned, glaring daggers at the boy. The student nodded violently and looked away, afraid of the consequences. He quickly dismissed his students and there were only you and him there.

"I'm sorry, darling."

You apologised, tears started to pool in your eyes. Severus' eyes widen and he shook his head vigorously.

"No, why are you apologising?"

"I know I'm a nuisance to you."

You muttered, tears escaping your eyes. Severus panicked, as he pulled you into his arms to calm you down. If there was one thing that he hated about your pregnancy, it would be you crying so often that it broke his heart.

While he was glad you were not some emotional pregnant wives that screamed and yelled at their husbands, like Minerva has warned him about, he was still worried. It took little things to make you tear up and as always, your tears was his weakness.

"I've been acting so weird and stupid. I'm sorry."

You cried, and Severus let a small smile cracked on his lips.

"No, you're not a nuisance. You're my love who is carrying my child."

He whispered, kissing your forehead softly. At his sweet words, you chuckled and a sigh of relief escaped his lips.

Severus loved you, truly, he loved you so much that he was willing to face your odd demeanours for another few months. Sometimes you felt bad, that he was never mad at you no matter how annoying you could be at times.

"Can you help me up? Your child is pretty heavy."

You asked, smiling shyly when your husband gazed at you. A loving smile emblazoned his face as he nodded, helping you up on your feet.

He laid beside you, his arms wrapped around you like every other night, holding you close to him. He hummed to you softly, something that you had grown accustom to since you told him you were pregnant.

You did not realise when did you fall asleep, but you were awake when you felt kicks from your unborn child. Sure, having the child kicking on you was amazing during the day but right now, you just wanted to sleep.

You started to feel uncomfortable and you shifted in bed. Suddenly, you realised that if you kept moving, you would accidentally wake up your husband and you would not want that. You knew he was exhausted, and he had to go to work in the morning.

Hence, you slowly unwrapped his arms from your body, and got out of the bed. 

You went to sit on the couch, feeling the kicks from your child. You chuckled softly and decided to read a book now that you could not fall back to sleep.

After a few minutes, you heard your husband's worried voice. He must had noticed that you were gone. You were going to call out for him when he spotted you sitting on the couch.

He sighed in content and you swore you saw the colours draining from his face when he thought you were missing.

"Oh, my love! I thought you were gone."

He did not wait any second to wrap his strong arms around you, inhaling your scent to assure himself that you were safe. You felt guilty now. You knew it was one of his biggest fears, that you were taken away from him.

"I'm so sorry. The baby's kicks are keeping me up."

You told him, caressing his face with your hands and he leaned into your touch willingly.

"Why don't you wake me up?"

He took your hands in his and kissed your knuckles. You smiled gently at him and shook your head.

"That's the last thing I want to do. You're tired, and I know that."

Your words melted his heart, but he was concerned about you more.

"You need your rest. You have work in the morning. It's unfair for me to disturb you."

Severus smiled genuinely as happy tears gathered in the corner of his eyes. You cared about him so much that his heart was not going to able to take it. He was so in love with you.

"It's fine. Come on, I can't sleep without you."

He said, carrying to the bed. You giggled at his doing and his heart fluttered at the sound of your happiness.

"You shouldn't carry me. I'm so heavy now."

Severus chuckled heartily at your words. He tucked you in as he got himself comfortable beside you. He noticed you were staring at him and he smirked.

"What is it?"

"What did I do to deserve you, Severus?"

You whispered, looking at him with so much adoration in your eyes. His face flushed at your words.

"No. What did I do to deserve you, Y/N?"

He responded, pecking your lips softly. You buried your face into his chest, letting his warmth embraced you into your sleep.

"You have done so much for me, darling. So much for us. I love you."

You whispered lovingly, putting his hand to rest on your belly. Severus smiled at your words, and his smile turned into a grin when he felt the baby's kicks.

He was living a life that he never thought he would get to even dream of it. Yes, he suffered at the early years of his life, but if it meant that he had to go through all of those bad things to be in love with you— He would do it all over again. Just for you.

Just to be holding you close into his chest, knowing that his wife and his child were safe. Severus finally felt so happy, so complete and belonged.

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20th December 2020