Armour
Prompt: "armour"
Author: sigune
Wizard: Severus Snape (who would have guessed?)
Rating: PG
The Secret
She could not help it: she kept wondering what lay beneath those stiff black robes like an armour, all those buttons, those thick layers of flannel and cotton and wool. She longed to peel it all off, just out of curiosity. Anything so well-protected must be worth her while; she coveted it even without knowing what it was.
The day he said yes, she nearly sprained her fingers in her eagerness to unwrap her gift at last. She undid, oh, hundreds of buttons, it seemed, only to find…
…surprisingly little. But that did not matter: she had uncovered his secret.
Author: sigune
Wizard: Severus Snape (who would have guessed?)
Rating: PG
The Secret
She could not help it: she kept wondering what lay beneath those stiff black robes like an armour, all those buttons, those thick layers of flannel and cotton and wool. She longed to peel it all off, just out of curiosity. Anything so well-protected must be worth her while; she coveted it even without knowing what it was.
The day he said yes, she nearly sprained her fingers in her eagerness to unwrap her gift at last. She undid, oh, hundreds of buttons, it seemed, only to find…
…surprisingly little. But that did not matter: she had uncovered his secret.