Father Raven and Mother Hen: A Snarry Drama

Chapter 17 - An Ask and a Need

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With the Prince family ring in his keeping, Father Raven found himself facing the burdensome task of choosing the proper time and place to ask Mother Hen to be his.

Mating was not enough for Severus Snape.

Severus wanted his omega to be his wife, to be his, completely and unconditionally his, that was the only way that he'd be satisfied.

The act of mating and the bond that it would produce would be lovely, but Severus was seeking the greatest level of permanence possible.

Between mating, marriage, and the partnership that they shared over parenting their daughter, Severus couldn't think of any other ways that he could get closer to Harriet.

He was impatient to move forward.

As the days passed, he considered many different possibilities.

Should he take Harriet out for a nice meal and ask her then?

What would they do with Lily?

Should he buy his beloved an expensive gift and hide the ring within it?

What if Harriet didn't care for the gift and refused the ring as a result?

Severus frowned when he thought about that potential outcome.

The thought kept him awake at night.

What if Harriet did reject the ring and his proposal?

What if he had misinterpreted her feelings and her actions?

What if she was only showing him kindness and love because he had fathered her child and offered her safety?

Prone to painstakingly overthinking and calculating every possible scenario, the prospect of proposing terrified Severus Snape in a way that most other men couldn't comprehend.

As Severus sat cuddling Lily one evening while Harriet cleaned up after dinner with a few waves of her wand, he clutched his daughter a little more tightly to him with renewed determination.

He would keep Mother Hen and fledgling in his care, that was Father Raven's vow.

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After spending so many years with his life depending on his ability to keep secrets, Severus had become quite skilled at exactly that, keeping secrets.

Mother Hen had no idea about what Father Raven had planned, but as Lily entered into her sixth month of life, Mother Hen's body began to make some plans of its own.

Severus had never been near an omega long enough to notice the signs, but Harriet recognized them well.

She had stopped taking heat suppressants for several months before she had conceived Lily, in order to leave her fertility unaffected.

That decision had meant that Harriet had to endure several heat cycles writhing in her nest.

She looked forward to a different experience as she made her preparations during Severus's working hours.

Harriet had at least a week to wait, she knew that.

The sore breasts, the emotional swings that she tried and mostly succeeded to curtail, the low, fleeting cramps that rippled through her abdomen at odd and unpredictable times......it was unavoidable, her next heat was coming.