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You Think By Now You'd Have an 'A' In Toxicology
- Deceased Severus Snape
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You Think By Now You'd Have an 'A' In Toxicology
Group projects were universally the worst.
In an effort to spearhead inter-house cooperation between Gryffindor and Slytherin (when was there not an effort, remained the real question), the Fifth Years in Slughorn's class were rather regrettably assigned to work on a Draught of Peace (laugh it up, Sluggy, you ironic piece of shit) in pairs of two.
The secondary laboratory was empty when James walked in, giving him the illusion of blissful ignorance on who his partner would be for a few moments before the heavy oak doors slammed open and the bane of his existence strode through the threshold, a black tote over the shoulder of his too-big robes, eyes like two hard obsidian rocks narrowed in disgust at him from across the room.
Snape was one of those people who, every once in a while, you felt sorry for. The greasy hair, the ill-fitted clothes, the adversarial relationships with any-and-everybody; it was difficult to believe that Severus Snape led a particularly pleasant existence. But then he went and opened his mouth, and all traces of sympathy promptly vanished, leaving behind the truth: he was a strange, rude, bitter person with borderline-obsessive tendencies.
You know, one of those people voted Most Likely to Shoot Up the School on a highschool yearbook.
"Moonstone, syrup of hellebore, powdered porcupine quills, and powdered unicorn. Obtain them from the storage cabinet," Snape's irritated voice snapped at him without a shred of respect.
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Re: You Think By Now You'd Have an 'A' In Toxicology
But! He'd come prepared. Since the last twenty-four hours had been so unsavory, James had pocketed the map before he and the other Marauders had headed to the Great Hall for dinner. As he descended into the dungeons to walk to Potions and meet his partner, nose wrinkling at the stench of Slytherin, he pulled it from his pocket and identified his partner, already inside the classroom. Snivellus.
Fucking hell, Universe.
And so, prepared to deal with his arch-nemesis (in a dead tie with Malfoy), James tucked his hands into the pockets of his pants, clean robes swishing behind him, and used his shoulder to push into the classroom. As Severus appeared, he sniffed the air exaggeratedly, and swaggered to the cabinet as his partner spit out ingredients. He didn't necessarily want to collaborate with the tosser, but Potions was Lily's best subject, and he needed to impress her. "You take a shower today, Snivellus? I didn't smell you in the hall -just, you know, the usual Slytherin stench, but not you specifically."
James was clearly unperturbed by Severus' lack of respect. Frankly, he didn't give a rat's ass what Snape thought of him, and it was laughable that he would. James Potter was, in his opinion, the most popular wizard at Hogwarts. He had groupies, for fuck's sake. Snape had -well, nothing, unless you counted his position as Malfoy's lapdog among the glamorous. Setting the ingredients requested on the nearest table, James cast his enemy his most winning smile, ruffling his hair, which needed to be windswept even in the depths of the dungeons. Despite his bad luck, he was in a relatively fair mood.
Severus had a special talent for turning it foul, though.
- Deceased Severus Snape
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Re: You Think By Now You'd Have an 'A' In Toxicology
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Re: You Think By Now You'd Have an 'A' In Toxicology
- Deceased Severus Snape
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- Joined: Tue Nov 14, 2017 9:43 am
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Re: You Think By Now You'd Have an 'A' In Toxicology
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Re: You Think By Now You'd Have an 'A' In Toxicology
Maybe the fact that this potion was going to turn out perfectly and James' managing to partner with Snape successfully would doubly impress her.
Once the base turned green, James set the moonstone and sifter aside, running his hand through his hair again and peering down into the potion, hazel eyes reflecting through his glasses onto the surface of the liquid. "Looks like poltergeist vomit." It was a most scientific observation.
- Deceased Severus Snape
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