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Wini and the Big Bad Potions Master

Oct 03, 2006 05:01

Date: October 3rd
Time: 6pm
Place: Hogwarts
Characters Involved: Snape and Wini, invitation only
Rating: Better be G, or Snape is a terrible man!

( Children are unpredictable. You never know what inconsistency they're going to catch you in next. ~Franklin P. Jones )

status: complete, character: hermione granger, character: oliver wood, character: juneau connors, character: severus snape, character: remus lupin, location: hogwarts, status: invitation only, character: wini wood

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mroliverwood October 8 2006, 03:58:44 UTC

Oliver made his way down to the dungeons as though there was a troll behind him. He had been calling, "Wini!" the whole way down. He reached the door of the dungeon, and threw it open. "June? June!" he called. "Is Wini here?" He was about ready to just turn and leave. After all, Snape had told him that he was not supposed to come down to the dungeon for any reason. But he had to see if Wini was here, and --

There she was, leaning relaxed against Snape's robes, her little head in the crook of his arm.

"What the hell?" He shouted.

"Da.." said Wini sleepily, smiling at him from Snape's arms.

"What the Bloody HELL are you doing with my daughter?" said Oliver. He wanted to grab her, but he was frozen at the sight of his daughter curled up in Snape's arms.

subtle_simmer October 8 2006, 04:11:26 UTC

The door burst open just as Severus was worrying that he wouldn't be able to drag out his one story long enough. The child was nearly asleep, and though he would never have admitted such a thing to a living soul, he had even allowed himself to run his jaw along the top of her head, so that the downy-soft hair tickled against his chin.

His arms tightened in a protective instinct around the child at the ruckus occurring in his doorway, as a veritable parade of people stormed into his dungeons ( ... )

mroliverwood October 8 2006, 04:34:29 UTC

When she realized that Snape was about to let her go, Wini clung to his robes for a minute, in something sort of like a hug -- though she wasn't in the right sort of position to be able to hug as easily as she'd like, she tried. "Po'tin," she said dreamily as she was put into her father's arms ( ... )

subtle_simmer October 10 2006, 09:48:39 UTC

Severus would have liked to sneer or scowl or even rage at Oliver Wood at that moment, but there were two large, sleepy blue eyes still blinking up at him which prevented it. She had hugged him, just before he placed her in her undeserving father's arms, and it had been that much harder to let her go.

Still, he spoke through tightly gritted teeth as he fought to keep his voice calm and level so as not to distress the child.

"Do you see any students here, Wood?" he asked acidly. "Do you fancy me to be the sort to entertain the intrusion of house-elves into MY private lab when I am working? Do you suppose chasing after you because YOU could not keep track of your offspring takes precedence over MY research? I am in the midst of a very delicate potion which had to be tended to with careful precision, lest the work be lost.

"I have five minutes left before it will be completed, at which time I intended to find some poor blithering idiot to send off to look for you, as there are clearly some times when 'it takes one to know one' is ( ... )

sightlesswolf October 13 2006, 17:26:59 UTC

She'd only intended to grab her things from the office before heading home. Instead, June had found herself trapped behind the closed office door - first by surprise at hearing a child's voice, Wini's voice, entering the lab, and then by utter entrancement. She hadn't known what to expect, hearing Wini's voice and Severus's and realizing Oliver was not with them, but it certainly hadn't been the scene that followed!

She should have gone to find Oliver. It was clear that Wini had somehow gotten herself separated from him, and surely he'd be desperately worried. But she would have had to go through the lab to reach the rest of Hogwarts, and she couldn't bear the thought of interrupting. So instead she found herself standing as still as humanly possible in the office, one hand pressed over her delighted smile, not daring to move, not even daring to breathe for fear the scene might shatter ( ... )

subtle_simmer October 13 2006, 18:43:27 UTC

Severus was so busy glowering defensively at the individuals in front of him, while trying not to upset the sleepy child who was the catalyst for all the fuss to begin with, that he was not at all paying attention to what was going on behind him. Few places in Hogwarts were better warded than his own private lab and office.

Years of self-preservation in the midst of war left him relying heavily on his instincts. The room behind him ought to have been empty, and was not. He whirled on his heel, his wand already to-hand, before he recognised her voice and saw the open door to his office just behind her.

June. Had been in his office. The ENTIRE time!

Fury warred with abject humiliation as his jaw opened and closed soundlessly.

Why couldn't James Potter just come back from the dead and threaten to disrobe him in front of an audience again?

m4moony October 13 2006, 20:18:48 UTC

James Potter certainly wasn't about to appear from his resting place beyond the grave to torment Hogwarts' flabbergasted Potions Master ( ... )

thelastgranger October 14 2006, 01:18:58 UTC

Hermione hated physical activity, but that didn’t mean she hadn’t needed to be able to run like mad, especially during the war. So there wasn’t a huge distance between her and the boys and Hermione arrived just in time to see a sleepy Wini hug Snape.

The relief was instantaneous, to see her face, to see her move, she was okay, it was okay. Grasping the doorframe, she worked at getting her breath back as she watched the scene play out.

Oliver looked quite ready to smack Snape and that made Hermione nervous. They could do what they liked, but not in front of such a little girl.

Remus seemed to sense things as well and moved forward.

Wini was safe and had been… Playing with Snape? That thought almost made her smile, almost they weren’t out of the woods yet.

“Oliver.” Her voice was stern as she placed her hand on his shoulder. “If you’re going to insist on arguing, can I hold Wini, please?” Hermione smiled down at the little girl, realizing just how concerned she’d been when Oliver had practically broken her door down.

mroliverwood October 15 2006, 07:50:13 UTC

June's arrival was a shock to Oliver. He looked at her, torn between starting to tear into her for having not gotten him, but then a bit of relief. If she had been there, that meant that Wini had been safer... She wouldn't have let Snape do anything to his daughter, but, still -- why hadn't she come and gotten him?

Lupin was right. The most important thing was that she was safe. And yet Oliver was sure that no one had any idea what he had just gone through. He clutched Wini tightly. She wanted to wiggle around but she accepted it, pressing her cheek against her dad's chest. He had already lost Ingrid, and for a few moments he had thought that he had lost Wini, too. He coudln't let that happen.

Oliver's eyes closed and he stopped shaking. "Thank you for helping me find her," he told Hermione and Lupin. He took the 'presents' that Snape had given Oliver and, not able to say anything else, he said, "Goodbye."

He needed to get out of there before he got angry again.

subtle_simmer October 17 2006, 20:31:50 UTC

Severus watched Oliver storm out of his dungeons without so much as a thank you to HIM, who had rescued the child to begin with! Still, he was now left with three other individuals staring at him in various states of bemusement. Well, June wasn't staring, but the amusement in her tone had been unmistakable!

"Go on then," he snarled at the lot of them. "Get out! I've got work to do."

Anger and embarrassment still heated his face, still warring with each other for supremacy. He was furious that June had spied on him that whole time!

No doubt she'd have hilarious stories to tell about him, behind his back.

He turned his back on all of them and went back to his potion to begin decanting it into vials. He wasn't about to let it be ruined because his peace had been invaded.

His boots crunched in the biscuit-crumbs all over the floor, as he firmly donned his intimidating, unapproachable glower.

thelastgranger October 22 2006, 06:14:50 UTC

Crisis avoided.

Hermione let out a breath she’d been holding, practically feeling the rage that was being expelled by Snape.

Oh dear. Maybe not…

Looking between the teachers in the room, she cleared her throat, pushing her hair back over her shoulders. “Back to work then.” Hermione gave a nod, shooting a brief smile at Remus, rather desperate to get out.

This alternate universe was an interesting place, or so she decided as she quickly exited the dungeon.

sightlesswolf October 24 2006, 21:33:21 UTC

It was on the tip of June's tongue to offer to help, or maybe to apologize again. Even without being able to see their expressions, there was no doubt in her mind that she'd been right - that both men were angry, all the more so for having already been keyed up and stressed over the whole situation.

Better to bow out gracefully now. She could apologize again to both of them later, when they'd had time to calm down.

And meanwhile, she needed to get home, where she could savor the adorable scene she'd overheard in peace. Who would ever have expected Severus to be so good with a child? After he'd told her in no uncertain terms how he disliked them, not even she would have imagined such a thing!

Quickly, before her smile could return and give her away, she ducked her head with a mumbled "good night" and took herself to the Floo, and from there to home.

m4moony October 28 2006, 02:32:24 UTC

Remus sighed and shook his head in resignation at Wood's retreating form. It seemed he wouldn't be thanking Severus after all. -- At least Remus had ( ... )

subtle_simmer October 29 2006, 02:54:32 UTC

Severus glanced up as Lupin spoke, but the expression of mischievous amusement on the werewolf's face immediately set Severus' teeth on edge.

"Yes, you should," he agreed in tightly clipped tones. He didn't take his eyes off the other man, too familiar with Lupin's ways, by this point, not to suspect that mild facade.

He literally snarled aloud at Lupin's retreating back, but the werewolf was long-gone before he could think of an adequate retort. He satisfied his enraged embarrassment in violence, and threw the vial in his hand to shatter spectacularly against the frame of the door.

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