Title: Happy Birthday, Severus
Team: The Order, dahling
Challenge: Snape's Birthday
Rating: G
Word Count: 100
A/N: It's been a while. :-) This wasn't edited, so forgive any flaws. And the characters aren't mine, but y'all already knew that.
“Happy Birthday, Severus!” she exclaimed, bursting through the doorway and into his arms.
“Hermione,” he said, his body stiff, disentangling himself from her grasp.
She looked at him, and raised a quizzical brow. “What is it? It’s just a birthday; I won’t make a big deal of it if you…”
He raised a hand.
“What is it, Severus?” she asked, suddenly cautious.
“I have grown… honorable and... prudish... in my old age,” he said slowly, eyes boring into hers.
Her breath caught. “I…”
“Hermione…”
She raised a hand.
“…let me explain…”
“Happy Birthday, Severus,” she said softly, and walked out the door.