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I really like the idea of Severus talking to the portraits and considering Phineas was the only other Slytherin headmaster, I reckon he was incredibly fond of our Severus.


"You know she'll never stick it out, Severus." The annoying voice belonging to Phineas Nigellus Black made Severus' teeth clench; bastard portrait never did know when to stop. He ignored him with a short grumble, remaining hunched over his desk. "Merlin only knows why she's stuck it out this long. Mudbloods are that type," he added vehemently. "Too caught up in the magic of our world to hang around one thing for too long."

His quill slipped a fraction. "I have already spoken to you about that word," he hissed. Why he had ever agreed to take Phineas' portrait was beyond him. "I don't know how long she'll stick around," he muttered, more to himself than any of the portraits. "So my goal is to be the best she'll ever have."