Severus followed him, dropping down half in his lap, both hands on his shoulders. He had been planning on decking him again because, as much as Severus hated what his father was, he still acted out like him in the most unfortunate of ways. That Boggart was not just telling the future.

However, being close to him again, gazing into his eyes again, the same strange spell that had fallen over him several times now caused Severus just to drop his forehead to Remus's.

"I don't care," he muttered. "Couldn't do worse to me than they already do."