"Really?" The touch was weird and warm ... he wasn't sure if he liked it but then, it was so foreign that it was just heavy on him. Severus looked up from his dirty hair and then nodded his head, an awkward little smile on his face. Someone was being nice to him. It didn't feel real. He looked at Sirius and felt his heart start to ache with want.

No one else ever made him feel like this. Welcome and wanted. He tried his best not to ruin it, grinning a little. "Ice cream? Do you have the money for it? I've not got a lot on me is all..." He could just about afford this stuff.