SMHC snippet
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averygoodun42Here's a little teaser for chapter 20, which should be out relatively soon.
The next morning, Hermione approached Severus' door with a mixture of dread and anticipation. She was fairly certain that his post script had been an invitation, but there was always the chance that she was misreading him. They seemed to be very good at misreading each other. In fact, they rather excelled at that.
Still, she was already down there, and she decided that she might as well knock. However, she also decided to knock quietly in case he was asleep, and this time she would also wait for him to answer the door. She had no desire to be treated like an unwelcome guest again.
She waited a full ten seconds before she started fidgeting and tried to decide whether to knock again. Right as she raised her fist, though, the door opened.
"Good morning," Severus said grumpily. He looked like he had just got up when she'd knocked; his hair was sticking out at odd angles, and he was wearing nothing but an old-fashioned nightshirt and his black fuzzy slippers. Trying not to stare, Hermione returned his greeting and entered his chambers when he waved her in.
Once inside, however, they were both at a loss of what to do or say. Hermione looked around his room to avoid staring at him. After a drawn out silence, Hermione finally peeked over at him. He looked like he felt just as awkward as she did.
"Er," Hermione said, feeling the embarrassment rise, "was I correct in assuming that was an invitation in your note?"
To her relief, Severus nodded. "Yes, it was. However, I'll admit that when you didn't question me about it last night, I thought you had either misinterpreted it or weren't interested."
"Ah," Hermione said, still feeling more than a little awkward. "I, er, thought it might be a nice surprise..."
She was feeling very foolish at not having discussed this the night before. She should have realized that he would want advance notice.
"It is."
She looked up at him to find him smiling at her softly, although there was also a bit of mockery in there as well. She smiled back.
"Yes, well, now that we've established that I'm not barging in uninvited, how about some tea?" she said, taking charge of the situation before it became any more awkward.
He nodded. "That would be acceptable, although if you would excuse me, I would like to clean up a bit more."
Her eyes automatically went to his hair.
"Believe it or not, I do wash my hair on a regular basis," he said with a sour look. She blushed at her gaff, but kept her chin up.
"I assume that your hair is persistently oily, like mine is bushy, and Harry's is messy. Perhaps it's just another expression of our magic," Hermione said, thinking aloud.
He raised an eyebrow at that. "There may be something to that, although if that's the case, I hate to think what the magic is trying to express."
Hermione struggled not to smile or otherwise give away her thoughts, but something of them must have escaped, as Severus scowled. "Yes, well, please excuse me for a few minutes."
The next morning, Hermione approached Severus' door with a mixture of dread and anticipation. She was fairly certain that his post script had been an invitation, but there was always the chance that she was misreading him. They seemed to be very good at misreading each other. In fact, they rather excelled at that.
Still, she was already down there, and she decided that she might as well knock. However, she also decided to knock quietly in case he was asleep, and this time she would also wait for him to answer the door. She had no desire to be treated like an unwelcome guest again.
She waited a full ten seconds before she started fidgeting and tried to decide whether to knock again. Right as she raised her fist, though, the door opened.
"Good morning," Severus said grumpily. He looked like he had just got up when she'd knocked; his hair was sticking out at odd angles, and he was wearing nothing but an old-fashioned nightshirt and his black fuzzy slippers. Trying not to stare, Hermione returned his greeting and entered his chambers when he waved her in.
Once inside, however, they were both at a loss of what to do or say. Hermione looked around his room to avoid staring at him. After a drawn out silence, Hermione finally peeked over at him. He looked like he felt just as awkward as she did.
"Er," Hermione said, feeling the embarrassment rise, "was I correct in assuming that was an invitation in your note?"
To her relief, Severus nodded. "Yes, it was. However, I'll admit that when you didn't question me about it last night, I thought you had either misinterpreted it or weren't interested."
"Ah," Hermione said, still feeling more than a little awkward. "I, er, thought it might be a nice surprise..."
She was feeling very foolish at not having discussed this the night before. She should have realized that he would want advance notice.
"It is."
She looked up at him to find him smiling at her softly, although there was also a bit of mockery in there as well. She smiled back.
"Yes, well, now that we've established that I'm not barging in uninvited, how about some tea?" she said, taking charge of the situation before it became any more awkward.
He nodded. "That would be acceptable, although if you would excuse me, I would like to clean up a bit more."
Her eyes automatically went to his hair.
"Believe it or not, I do wash my hair on a regular basis," he said with a sour look. She blushed at her gaff, but kept her chin up.
"I assume that your hair is persistently oily, like mine is bushy, and Harry's is messy. Perhaps it's just another expression of our magic," Hermione said, thinking aloud.
He raised an eyebrow at that. "There may be something to that, although if that's the case, I hate to think what the magic is trying to express."
Hermione struggled not to smile or otherwise give away her thoughts, but something of them must have escaped, as Severus scowled. "Yes, well, please excuse me for a few minutes."
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Date: 2007-09-05 03:20 pm (UTC)I wants it! I wants it! :D
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Date: 2007-09-05 04:03 pm (UTC)I like that line the best!
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Date: 2007-09-05 04:47 pm (UTC)*evil smile*
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Date: 2007-09-05 04:43 pm (UTC)MORE!
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Date: 2007-09-05 06:15 pm (UTC)Too endearing!
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Date: 2007-09-05 08:14 pm (UTC)Sorry, must get caffine into my body as I just got up...
Sonia :)
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Date: 2007-09-05 11:15 pm (UTC)If you avoid marriage law fics, you wouldn't have read it as it is one of those, albeit a bit of a parody (first two parts are, anyway. This chapter is from the third part, which is turning out to be pretty much straight up romance.)
:-) Now I need to find my glasses. They're around here somewhere...
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Date: 2007-09-05 11:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-06 05:05 am (UTC)I see you friended me a little while ago. (Observant, aren't I?) Well, I've finally friended you back, although I warn you that this will expose you to the whinger in me. But feel free to ignore said whinges. :-D
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Date: 2007-09-06 09:28 am (UTC)Her name is Jenny and I think her penname is Today, though she hasn't written anything yet, no time although she is a fantastic writer.
Thanks for friending me back. And don't worry, I don't listen to whinging :)
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Date: 2007-09-06 07:55 am (UTC)A dose of SMHC may be exactly what I need.
*waits impatiently, sitting on her hands to prevent hitting reload every minute until she sees it up at any archive*
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Date: 2007-09-06 01:09 pm (UTC):-D
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Date: 2007-09-06 07:09 pm (UTC)