Author's notes: I wrote this story for a challenge. Challenge was to write a story that only existed of dialogue. It was originally written in Dutch, in the translation I added two words of non-dialogue. Rather unusual pairing as far as I know, but I hope you like it anyway.
Old Love
"Is he going to be all right?"
"I think so. Good thing Potter thought of that bezoar, otherwise even I would not have been able to save him."
"I should have thought of it myself. Merlin's beard, I'm the Potions teacher here, but I freeze when a student is poisoned under my very nose."
"Well, luckily, it all turned out okay. You shouldn't break your head over it."
Silence. Then…
"Actually, I was beginning to wonder if you were trying to avoid me. I hardly saw you since the start of the school year."
"I don't know if this is the right place…"
"Don't worry. He won't wake up for a few hours and I sent all his visitors away. The boy needs rest anyway."
"To be honest… I didn't know if I would be welcome after…"
"After all those years without sending me even the smallest note?"
"What do you mean, without sending the smallest note? You never even let me know you couldn't come when I invited you for Christmas. I thought we agreed to stay friends, but if it was too much trouble to answer my owl…"
"Horace, I… I never got an owl with a Christmas invitation from you. I thought you didn't want to see me anymore. I thought you were angry because I ended our relationship."
"I wasn't angry. I kind of understood. You were right, it hadn't been going well between us for a while. We needed some time apart. I thought… With a Christmas dinner… I wanted… I… hoped…"
"Oh Horace! If I had only known… I thought you hadn't answered my letter. When I said some time apart, I only meant a few months. Not fifteen years."
"So… you wanted to give us a second chance too?"
"Yes, of course. You know how I feel about you, don't you, Horace?"
"Well, I thought I knew, but… How could you doubt my feelings for you, Poppy?"
"I'm so sorry."
"Do you think we're too old to start again?"
"I think you're never too old for love."
