Surprise!

[sightlesswolf]

Date: Sunday, January 7, 2001
Time: Early afternoon
Location: The Woods' cottage
Characters: June Connors, Oliver Wood, Wini Wood (NPC), Severus Snape
Rating: G - there's a child present! (Well, now that Snape's involved, I should probably push that to at least PG...)

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[mroliverwood]

"Hullo, June," Oliver said in a halfhearted voice. He was glad to see her, but there was Snape right next to her and that didn't make things very nice. "Snape," he said to the tall man, hardly looking in his direction. He nodded at June's comments about the gifts as Winifred came walking behind him, clinging to his leg

[sightlesswolf]

"Oh, it's all right," she replied quickly, a smile coming instictively to reassure him that it really was. "It's not as though we said we were going to exchange or anything, I just thought... Well, I just hoped you'd like these."

Clasping her hands behind her back, she watched as he opened the package. Being able to see the recognition and pleasure on his face made it twice as precious. And a bit of a relief, too. It was certainly not the first time she'd presumed to intrude unasked into the very personal territory of Wini and her safety. But he didn't seem to mind.

"I'd love for Wini to open hers, if she wants to." She laughed softly, having caught glimpses past his shoulder of Wini's absorption in her other Christmas gift. "Unless she's otherwise occupied, of course."