Not Just a Pretty Face
Title: Not Just a Pretty Face
Team: The Order of the Phoenix
Rating: G
Challenge: Masquerade Challenge
Characters: Severus/Hermione
Word Count: 2 X 100
AN: For lifeasanamazon ::sends virtual hot chocolate::
Scowling, Severus checked the mirror again. The Cullen mask, once donned, created a face somewhere between that poncy Lockhart and poser Black. Well, both had the ladies simpering at them. If he was going to wear a disguise to this ball, he might as well for once wear a face that didn’t inspire disdain and disgust. And when they treated him differently, it would just prove how shallow they all were-certainly this was the only way he’d ever get a kiss from Hermione.
He practiced a smile, muscles aching at the movement, amazed it didn’t make the mask crack.
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Hermione’s heart skipped a beat as his head lowered towards hers. “Won’t you take it off first? I don’t want our first kiss to be with that insipid face, Severus.”
“How … ?”
“Clever of you to use a charm to alter your voice. But, I’ve studied you. I recognised you even from the back. Your very stride. The way you’re not some clueless pureblood when it comes to Muggle matters. The cadence of your voice. Honestly, you’re about as transparent as some internet sock.”
“Finite Incantatem. You really prefer this face?”
“Infinitely,” she said, as she raised her lips to his.
Team: The Order of the Phoenix
Rating: G
Challenge: Masquerade Challenge
Characters: Severus/Hermione
Word Count: 2 X 100
AN: For lifeasanamazon ::sends virtual hot chocolate::
Scowling, Severus checked the mirror again. The Cullen mask, once donned, created a face somewhere between that poncy Lockhart and poser Black. Well, both had the ladies simpering at them. If he was going to wear a disguise to this ball, he might as well for once wear a face that didn’t inspire disdain and disgust. And when they treated him differently, it would just prove how shallow they all were-certainly this was the only way he’d ever get a kiss from Hermione.
He practiced a smile, muscles aching at the movement, amazed it didn’t make the mask crack.
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Hermione’s heart skipped a beat as his head lowered towards hers. “Won’t you take it off first? I don’t want our first kiss to be with that insipid face, Severus.”
“How … ?”
“Clever of you to use a charm to alter your voice. But, I’ve studied you. I recognised you even from the back. Your very stride. The way you’re not some clueless pureblood when it comes to Muggle matters. The cadence of your voice. Honestly, you’re about as transparent as some internet sock.”
“Finite Incantatem. You really prefer this face?”
“Infinitely,” she said, as she raised her lips to his.