Thoroughly & New Lessons
Two drabbles written for hp100. Set in an AU universe in which Voldemort's Horcruxes were faulty, so the rebounded Avada Kedavra actually killed him completely.
Thoroughly
Voldemort was finally, thoroughly dead. So Severus indulged: he got thoroughly drunk in a Muggle bar. Severus couldn’t explain his celebratory mood, but he had plenty of complaints about the brats, which he related to anyone who would listen. It was just his luck that the couple next to him were also teachers. After they laughed at his stories, retaliating with stories from their own eight years of teaching, they dragged him along to the bookstore. They piled his arms full: science teaching, adolescent psychology, classroom discipline, Piaget. Back at Hogwarts, those books changed more than his attitude towards teaching.
New Lessons
Severus thumbed through his copy of Forman and Kuschner yet again. The brats were easier to manage now that he had realized that teaching potions was a separate skill from potions-making itself. A skill Severus was determined to master, just as he had mastered Potions and the Dark Arts. Severus jotted down a couple of notes for the fourth years next lesson. Some of the Slytherin boys could not focus on their potions when they were together. Perhaps mixed-House groups. The sixth years weren’t grasping the fundamental principles behind the potions. He needed a new approach for them, as well.
Thoroughly
Voldemort was finally, thoroughly dead. So Severus indulged: he got thoroughly drunk in a Muggle bar. Severus couldn’t explain his celebratory mood, but he had plenty of complaints about the brats, which he related to anyone who would listen. It was just his luck that the couple next to him were also teachers. After they laughed at his stories, retaliating with stories from their own eight years of teaching, they dragged him along to the bookstore. They piled his arms full: science teaching, adolescent psychology, classroom discipline, Piaget. Back at Hogwarts, those books changed more than his attitude towards teaching.
New Lessons
Severus thumbed through his copy of Forman and Kuschner yet again. The brats were easier to manage now that he had realized that teaching potions was a separate skill from potions-making itself. A skill Severus was determined to master, just as he had mastered Potions and the Dark Arts. Severus jotted down a couple of notes for the fourth years next lesson. Some of the Slytherin boys could not focus on their potions when they were together. Perhaps mixed-House groups. The sixth years weren’t grasping the fundamental principles behind the potions. He needed a new approach for them, as well.