Halloween Treat for Dmitchell1985
Gift for: dmitchell1985
From: pigwidgeon37
Title: PRICK OR TREAT
Pairing: Severus/Hermione, implied Neville/Draco
Rating: PG13
Disclaimer: Not mine, just playing
Summary: Severus is making candy, Hermione has certain doubts
Notes: Dear dmitchell1985, thanks for the prompt -- I hope you enjoy the drabble it inspired!
Prick or Treat
Nowadays, Severus works from home; Hermione likes the smells that envelop her, like incorporeal messengers, when she returns home.
Today, an unusual, alluring scent wafts out into the chilly October evening. Intrigued, Hermione hurries down to the basement.
"Candy, Severus? Is that really candy I smell?"
His smile is equal parts smug and affectionate. "It is indeed."
Hermione smiles back at him and approaches the large, stainless-steel worktable. Her eyesight isn’t as good as it used to be, and she Summons her glasses. However, the fleshy-pink candy stubbornly refuses to be anything else than…
"You can’t give the trick-or-treaters penises, Severus!" she scolds. Her lips are twitching uncontrollably, though.
"And why, pray, is that?"
"Well, because it’s just not done, and also because they’re going to suck them! Children, Severus!"
"Oh," he mutters, stricken. "I see." The glint in his eyes belies his tone of resignation. "Pity, though, to throw them away…"
"Severus Snape, if you’re suggesting that I-"
He kisses his mock-outraged wife. "For you, my darling, only the original will do. Let’s send them to Draco and Longbottom, shall we? They’re spending Halloween at the Manor…"
They put Lucius’ outraged letter in a crimson-and-gold frame, between Rose and Hugo’s N.E.W.T. diplomas.