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averygoodun42) wrote2011-07-04 03:29 pm
averygoodun42) wrote2011-07-04 03:29 pm
"Shelter" updated
to chapter 10 on TPP and Ashwinder.
"You deserve her trust."
Snape closed his eyes and fought against the tight feeling in his throat and chest. He shook his head as he breathed away the emotion.
"I almost hexed her," he said, his voice rough.
"But you didn't," Albus stated simply.
"I wanted to kill her," he whispered.
"She's an insolent swot. Of course you wanted to kill her!" Phineas responded snidely, startling a snort out of Severus.
He shot a knowing look at Black's ancestor. "Be that as it may, it would have been highly imprudent."
Nigellus snorted in return. "Yes, the paperwork is rather tedious, as I recall."
Albus coughed in a less than discreet way, shifting the attention back to him.
"Whether you feel you deserve her trust or not is actually irrelevant at this point, Severus," Dumbledore said, a small smile pulling at his lips. "You know as well as I do that the girl is notoriously stubborn. There is no way, short of harming her, to convince her that you aren't trustworthy at this point, so you might as well accept the gift of her loyalty."
"Use her blind trust, you mean," Snape growled, more upset at the thought of abusing her trust than he was at knowing the extent of her trust.
"I do not doubt you."
Severus glared at the painting, unsure whether the old man meant that as an affirmation of trust, or as an insult. Knowing Albus, probably both.
"There are days, old man, when I am so grateful to have been the one to kill you."
"It was a pleasure, I'm sure."
"You deserve her trust."
Snape closed his eyes and fought against the tight feeling in his throat and chest. He shook his head as he breathed away the emotion.
"I almost hexed her," he said, his voice rough.
"But you didn't," Albus stated simply.
"I wanted to kill her," he whispered.
"She's an insolent swot. Of course you wanted to kill her!" Phineas responded snidely, startling a snort out of Severus.
He shot a knowing look at Black's ancestor. "Be that as it may, it would have been highly imprudent."
Nigellus snorted in return. "Yes, the paperwork is rather tedious, as I recall."
Albus coughed in a less than discreet way, shifting the attention back to him.
"Whether you feel you deserve her trust or not is actually irrelevant at this point, Severus," Dumbledore said, a small smile pulling at his lips. "You know as well as I do that the girl is notoriously stubborn. There is no way, short of harming her, to convince her that you aren't trustworthy at this point, so you might as well accept the gift of her loyalty."
"Use her blind trust, you mean," Snape growled, more upset at the thought of abusing her trust than he was at knowing the extent of her trust.
"I do not doubt you."
Severus glared at the painting, unsure whether the old man meant that as an affirmation of trust, or as an insult. Knowing Albus, probably both.
"There are days, old man, when I am so grateful to have been the one to kill you."
"It was a pleasure, I'm sure."