Dec 12

“What on earth was that about?” Snape demanded, staring after her with a scowl.

“Oh, she wants me to seduce you for your birthday,” I replied, without really thinking about it.

“Charming,” Snape said, wrinkling his nose. I am relatively sure that if I’d said ‘I’m going to chop you into bite-sized pieces and then feed you to the giant squid,’ his reaction would have been the same. Perhaps a tad less disgusted.

“She’s insane,” I said dismissively, then added, “I’m not going to, by the way.”

“Thank God for small mercies,” he murmured.