Remus looked up from his tea and essays. It was unusual for anyone to visit him quite this early.
"Come in!" He called, berating himself slightly for not getting up and opening the door in a proper way.
He sippeed his tea and leaned back in his chair, waiting for his visitor to enter. Looking around, he sighed. His office was almost as messy as his private rooms, but it suited him. Just papers and clutter, at least. Not anything nasty, not dirty, just...lived in.
He smiled. Yes, that was a good euphamism for it. Lived in.
He usually tried to keep it cleaner, at least his office, but he'd been preoccupied, with lessons and Theo and other things. He didn't like having an elf do it, it wasn't the elves fault he was a slob.
Mike opened the door and stepped inside Lupin's office, a smile on his face.
"Good morning, Remus." He took a few steps inside. "I have the essays corrected now. Some of them, I just couldn't help but point out some bad spelling, it was too bad." He winked slightly. Sure, spelling and grammar wasn't technically a part of DADA, but an essay should be readable and understandable. And if no one pointed their shortcomings out to the students, how would they learn?
"Here, this will be good. Thanks for doing that, I know it's a bit on the torturous side. They'll get better though. If you'd like more, I have a steady, seemingly-neverending supply of them." He grinned at Mike and sat on the edge of his desk.
"How is everything going, then? Finding yourself busy enough or should I give you more work to do?"
Mike put the essays down on the desk. "It was no problem. But you know, if you didn't tell students to write them, the supply would eventually dwindle." He couldn't help grinning back at that. He really didn't have anything against essays, neither writing them, nor correcting them. It was a good way of showing understanding of a subject.
"Things are rather good at the moment." Oh yes, very good actually. Like the arrangement with Snape, like Blaise wanting to see him again... "I'd be happy to help you out more, but it would have to be after the weekend. It feels as if I've fallen behind a little on my school work, which really only means that I'm not as far ahead as I'd want to be," Mike said and winked. "It's because of the fencing practice, but that will slow down after Sunday."
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"Come in!" He called, berating himself slightly for not getting up and opening the door in a proper way.
He sippeed his tea and leaned back in his chair, waiting for his visitor to enter. Looking around, he sighed. His office was almost as messy as his private rooms, but it suited him. Just papers and clutter, at least. Not anything nasty, not dirty, just...lived in.
He smiled. Yes, that was a good euphamism for it. Lived in.
He usually tried to keep it cleaner, at least his office, but he'd been preoccupied, with lessons and Theo and other things. He didn't like having an elf do it, it wasn't the elves fault he was a slob.
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"Good morning, Remus." He took a few steps inside. "I have the essays corrected now. Some of them, I just couldn't help but point out some bad spelling, it was too bad." He winked slightly. Sure, spelling and grammar wasn't technically a part of DADA, but an essay should be readable and understandable. And if no one pointed their shortcomings out to the students, how would they learn?
"Where can I put them?"
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Remus cleared a spot on his desk and smiled.
"Here, this will be good. Thanks for doing that, I know it's a bit on the torturous side. They'll get better though. If you'd like more, I have a steady, seemingly-neverending supply of them." He grinned at Mike and sat on the edge of his desk.
"How is everything going, then? Finding yourself busy enough or should I give you more work to do?"
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"Things are rather good at the moment." Oh yes, very good actually. Like the arrangement with Snape, like Blaise wanting to see him again... "I'd be happy to help you out more, but it would have to be after the weekend. It feels as if I've fallen behind a little on my school work, which really only means that I'm not as far ahead as I'd want to be," Mike said and winked. "It's because of the fencing practice, but that will slow down after Sunday."
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