Drabble: Flourish and Blotts

[dexstarr]

Title: Flourish and Blotts
Author: dexstarr
Word Count: 100 x 2
Rating: PG
Challenge: grangersnape100 "Hidden Talent"
Characters: Hermione Granger, Severus Snape
Warnings: Fluff
Author's Note: A bit of fluff! I've written way too much dark!fic and smut!fic lately, so here's something that is neither. We will return to regularly scheduled postings tomorrow.
Disclaimer: HP and all assorted belong to JKR, and are not mine.
Summary: Hermione wants to go book shopping.

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“Severus, do you think we can go to Flourish and Blotts tomorrow?”

He gestures to the book-lined walls of his living room as he says, “Aren’t there enough books for you here, Hermione?”

“I’ve read them all.” She grins mischievously when Severus stares incredulously at her.

“How? Even I haven’t, and I’ve lived here my entire life.”

“I can speed read. How do you think I got through all the homework I had in my third year?” Hermione’s smile grows when her husband’s jaw drops even further.

“But—but the Time Turner? Surely you used that to get your reading done.”

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Hermione shakes her head. “That would’ve been cheating, Severus! I was only supposed to use the Time Turner to attend classes.”

Severus processes her words, and then starts to laugh. “Oh, Hermione, for such a smart witch, you can be very silly sometimes.”

His brown-haired wife stalks toward him, her eyes narrowed in irritation. Severus knows that look, and immediately he throws up his hands in surrender. “Right, Diagon Alley, first thing tomorrow morning.”

Hermione hugs him happily, and a wicked thought pops into his mind. “You know…if you used this talent of yours to help me mark essays….”

“Severus!”

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Comments

[dexstarr.livejournal.com]

Thanks babe! Like I said on IM, SS/HG holds a fond place on my heart because it led me to fanfic, but it's definitely not my favorite favorite pairing anymore.

But they're good for fluff, which is ironic considering it's Snape!

[reg-flint.livejournal.com]

Give me more Severangst but in the meantime your fluff quite suffices. Hermione is spot on, 100%.

[dexstarr.livejournal.com]

I haven't had any ideas for Severus-angst lately, but when I do....

It's highly ironic I'm writing fluff with Severus, but I guess he needs to recuperate from you! :P

[reg-flint.livejournal.com]

Sev needs to recover somehow! The Universe shall provide!

[dexstarr.livejournal.com]

Hey, yea! You beat him up, and I'll reward him with fluff.

[reg-flint.livejournal.com]

I just practiced my angst on Barty Crouch Jr but I can't see Barty fluff. Good thing I almost always stick to Severus.

[dexstarr.livejournal.com]

Oooh at Barty angst! And no way can I see Barty fluff either. The thought almost repulses me.

But you know, now I'm almost tempted to try it. But no. No. NO.

[reg-flint.livejournal.com]

My Barty angst is just different POV canon. O where has originality gone? I would almost do the fluff for the challenge of it, with Bella, but nooooo

[reg-flint.livejournal.com]

Tie breaker. Whoa. I won't say what I think I see.

[dexstarr.livejournal.com]

?

It was really unexpected :/

[starduchess.livejournal.com]

Hmmm. I agree with Val_Kat that Hermione is spot-on, but this Severus feels like a completely different person to me. I normally like this ship but the dialogue here is wrong.

[dexstarr.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the comment. Yeah, this is why I should stay away from fluff, or maybe stopped at the first 100 words with a different ending. I haven't written Snape in a while too, blargh. Gotta get his mannerisms back for my Interhouse fic.