Halloween Gift for Dreamy_Dragon73
Gift for: dreamy_dragon73
From: iselima
Title: Samhain at Spinner's End.
Pairing: Minerva/Severus
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: No copyright infringement intended.
Summary: Minerva prepares to meet the ghost of Snape
Notes: Dear Dreamy Dragon, I tried to use your haunted house prompt, but 200 words just weren't enough (for me). Hopefully there is still some enjoyment for you to be found in it.
Dear Mods, thank you for organizing the Fest again and thank you so much for your awesome patience and understanding!
She turned the key and the door screeched open. With a Lumos she defeated darkness, but the damp smell was overwhelming, and the view of cobwebs and a thick layer of dust made her wish to turn around and leave.
She'd been here before, of course, several times during the holidays. In his library. In his bed. But the now deserted house felt very unfamiliar.
Yet this was Samhain, and she was here to share a meal with the ghost of Severus Snape. So she emptied her bag and laid the table for a candlelight dinner with roast beef, wine, and trifle, just as she remembered he used to like.
Minerva sat in the mouldy chair next to his. There was still time for the veil to lift. Was he in the house already? Would he be able to eat? And what about their awfully bitter last year together? Could they forgive?
Oh, to be lovers, again...
Then she felt a shift in the air: the veil. She stood, ready for Severus to sail through the door, ready for whatever he might throw at her, be it words, be it books, stones, or, deep inside she hoped, a floating lover's kiss.