Walk through hell with you (Severus x Reader)
You woke up gasping. Your eyes searched franticly around you as your mind warred with itself. You weren't still in your old room, were you? The rational part of your mind was being squashed by the flooding panic as you felt like you were still in your old house, still trapped and alone.
A deep, soft voice slowly cut through your panic and you felt a gentle hand on your shoulder, "It's alright. You're safe, you're in the library with me. It's alright." Slowly, your breathing calmed. Still shaking though, you finally registered that you were on a couch in the school's library. It was dark outside. You remembered that you and Severus had come here after dinner to study. Severus was kneeling on the floor beside you, his hand still on your shoulder, still speaking softly, "That's it. Come back to me. You're with me, it's alright." As you calmed down some more and the world came into focus again, Severus moved to sit on the couch beside you. You noticed that he'd laid his cloak over you like a blanket when you'd fallen asleep. He was looking at you with such soft care and concern in his dark eyes. Without a word, you shuffled closer and cuddled up against him, your head on his shoulder and arms around his ribs. He wrapped his arms around you and rested his head atop yours. You didn't want to talk, and he didn't ask you too. There was nothing either of you could say you didn't already know. The safety and warmth of this hug was worth more than any words.
You stayed like that for a long while after you'd stopped trembling and your heartbeat calmed too normal. Neither of you wanted to let go. But the sound of the curfew bell made you two reluctantly get up and gather your things. Severus walked you back to your dorm, holding your hand securely in his. The two of you talking about the assignments you were working on, making the thoughts that had flooded your mind this evening retreat to the shadows once again. The past couldn't be changed, and demons never fully banished. But neither of you had to face them alone anymore.