OK, so I'll admit it, I read the first chapter and thought, A sex curse?! What a silly plot device...and then ignored the thought and became addicted anyway. Now I only wonder two things: 1) How many cold showers can a man take before he gets pneumonia; and 2) Will anyone ever get to enjoy a nice uninterrupted breakfast in this story? They've got to keep their strength up, you know

LOL @ Paracelsus with eggy hair!  I do fear that the boys won't be able to abide by that agreement, or not for long anyway.  Hermione's embarassment when she thinks they know and relief when she learns they really don't is achingly sad.  And Severus' losing battle with his sense of honor is hard to watch, even though part of me is rooting for him to just surrender.  In other words: you're making this very compelling and believable.  Excellent job.

Thank you for the update, another intence chapter! I know Severus is a man of honour, and with a will to do what is rigth that surpass most people, but boy does he get challenged:-)  I migth not have read as well as I should, because I can't remember that the curse on Hermione is time-related? Dumbledore says that Hermione will be back in class after the weekend, is he confidant that Severus will find a cure by then, it doesn't seems like the curse is any easier on Hermione with the passing of time, rather the opposite? Or, is the curse more or less lifted if Severus gives into Hermione and make love to her, and Dumbledore assumes that he will do so? And, will Harry and Ron really be able to not ask questions?  Update again soon!!!

Sweet, hot and sad all at once. When will he figure out she needs his tenderness, too? :sigh: ;-D

I do love this story. Thank you for writing it!

still red-hot.  Sure can't wait for more. 

methinks Severus should design a realistic *ahem*, simulacrum for her to pleasure her with if he won't, well, do it.  *snort*

all I can think of, because of the title, is (forgive me for the bad pun) "more ass" *mind in gutter*

*smirk*  I wouldn't need any spell or potion to find our potions master irrestible. . . .

The title of this story matches wonderfully the undercurrents one feels behind each emotion. I love the pull. I just have to wonder and worry where this story would go after the weekend. Once they succumb to the inevitable and return to their regular lives. I'm afraid of this change.

The part in which his grandma and Dumbledore flirt was impeccable! Grandson jealousy! Hehehe!Evil cliffie, as always, hm? Well, what can we do, but sit and wait! Great chapter.

Lool. Update soon!

Author's Response: Will do!

English is not my native language . Soo after rewriting this chapter a few times I find  difficult to bilief that  18 old girl  , a virgian , find spanking in that  manner from her theacher , no mather how good it may bee is acceptable.

The story is beautifle , and I mast  thell you that i am  utterly unpatient for more. 

About time he admitted that to himself!I do hope he told as much to Hermione, too. Is that too optimistic of me? Well, I suppose we'll find out!

I really appreciated the subtle, though at times poignant, difference in tone and maturity in the narrative voice of this chapter as opposed to the last. If we hadn't already got quite used to the pattern, this in itself would make it clear whose viewpoint governed the narration and interaction.

The beginning of the chapter was quite nice. Hermione may have been a bit brash and impulsive once she allowed  her tears to subside and the sense of humiliation to recede. However, I think a great proportion of that represents her unwillingness to acknowledge that this curse is completely besting her and taking over her faculties. It would be perfectly understandable were that the case, given that this spell has already taken so much control away from her in the most primal of ways.

The interaction between Snape and Hermione in this chapter was spot-on. There are so many elements that complicate it here, and we can already ascertain that on a certain level. It's noticeable that they're both trying to maintain some level of decorum and propriety between them, though so many of the lines have been blurred if not downright erased. In any other setting, Hermione's retort regarding the assignment and her appellation of him as 'Professor' could have been construed as banter. Here, it's clearly not; not in a situation as convoluted as this, where they were both thrust into something they cannot control and have little to no choice over.

Despite his experience with dissembling, it must be quite difficult for Snape to maintain such a cool, aloof, matter-of-fact facade about him as he interacts with Hermione. Her viewpoint here makes it plainly obvious that it unnerves her, but it's quite clear that that's not at all Snape's intent. In a sense, his 'normal,' civil tone could suggest a slight shift in her regard for her already, despite his best efforts to remain as unaffected as feasible throughout the whole debacle.

Again it's quite impressive how Snape manages to attend his duty while projecting an attitude that suggests he's drawing on an ability to separate himself from the process. The description of his dialogue for the majority of this chapter is 'neutral,' which to me suggests a flat, controlled, very nearly monotonous tone that would bespeak of the perfunctory quality of his gestures.

‘I have very little choice in this [...] but what choice I have, I will exercise [...]' 

Oh, yes - that is so like him, and so very understandable at the same time. It's also in perfect keeping with his attitude and his mental process over the entirety of the last chapter, where he strove to keep his regard of the experience academic and impersonal. Again, an example of his distancing tactics, which are as understandable as they are welcome (given the student-teacher status and the compulsion aspect - of the curse Hermione is under as well as of the orders he is under from the Bastard Headmaster).

I don't know that Hermione's response to the spanking will have caused him much surprise - she is under such a powerful spell, after all. On the other hand, I expect her directness and the straightforward manner in which she communicated her desires and directed him may have shocked (and unwillingly inflamed) him. That reaction would certainly have been coupled with the speculation on his part of the possibility that Hermione wouldn't have been titillated by the spanking if the natural predilection wasn't already there; and I do think it would unnerve him greatly if said speculation proved titillating for him after all the efforts he seems to be undergoing to remain unaffected.

I'm already wincing in sympathy, just in case an ice-cold shower is looming on Severus' horizon. I strongly suspect he's not about to have a wank, at any rate. 

Poor Severus. Honestly, at this stage, I'm feeling even rather more sympathy for him than for Hermione - while neither really has any choice in the matter, Hermione at least (in her lucid moments) can take solace in knowing that she was cursed and has to act the way she does (plus at least she's getting physical pleasure out of it, no matter how embarrassing and horrifying the moments in between).

Oho!  Whoopise. Poor Professor Snape. :p  And she has no idea.

Guess he better not get Summoned in the next 71 1/2 hours . . .

-how hard it is for those who thrive on being in control, to loose control... be it by chance or circumstance.Severus seems to be having a "hard" time of things now...enjoying another enticing story! I always am impressed by your characters- trueness-is that a word?- true to cannon/believability...especially ss/hg!!   -wanting more... now... please!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Excellent end to this chapter!  I look forward to more!  *stubs out her cigar*Peace!~ j

If anything is dubious it's on Severus's side.  Wonderful chapter!  Too funny!

Mmmm mmm mmm mmm mmmmmmmmmWhere have I heard that before???***** 'cuz there's spankin' involved  *wink*  And feed your Muse whatever it was that you fed her to create Severus to turn a lovely shade of nasty.  Please?  

She scarcely had time to wonder what sound he wished to conceal before she was sound asleep.

His raging erection, perhaps? ;)

Lovely, as always. :)

You know they are in for a hard weekend, I gather. And she is going to be sore. And he is going to get crazy with desire. And we are all going to look forward to your next installment at the edges of our seats. Waiting for you to write more is going to be a torture of desire for us too. What a weekend (week? month?) lies ahead!

I bet he's been affected by her asking to be spanked!

Oh this is too good.  Update soon as you can!

I have now re-read this whole, wonderful opus up to this point, and it's even better the second time around.You claim to have started this as a PWP but seeing where it has come I can't see how this intricate plot hadn't been planned from the very beginning.  The details throughout are enthralling. Even better than that is the emotional development of these two characters over the life of the story.  You have very credibly and very movingly brought Severus all the long way to the point at which he realizes that he is suffering from "something far more frightening, something horrific, something lethal" than anything the Dark Lord himself could devise, and that it is something utterly incredible.I am now waiting patiently (but not!) to see this through to the end.  This is a true classic, written by a master.  And don't answer me---finish it!~applauds~