Usual disclaimer: I don't own them and make no profit, except at their own expense.
AN: Thank you to Potions Mistress23 and WriterMerrin for your Beta Work! :)
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After the war, there was an influx of younger professors and apprentices working at Hogwarts to accommodate the increase of students, and expanding families and workloads of staff.
Hermione Granger returning to Hogwarts as an Apprentice was no shock to anyone; however her subject and Master were. It was expected, or rather assumed, that she would apprentice in Transfiguration, Arithmancy or Charms. However, she shocked her former professors when she applied for the Potions apprenticeship – with Severus Snape – and that he encouraged and accepted her. Most professors assumed he would use her to do his work – only time would tell.
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"Here we go, darling, a new pair of knickers. It's okay to have an accident," Apprentice Granger said, as she helped the dark-haired girl change her undergarments.
"Not knickers. Pants."
"Pardon?"
"I don't wear knickers. I'm a little girl, and I wear pants," she admonished, scowling.
"Riiight. So, girls wear pants, and boys wear knickers?"
"Yes. Boys wear knickers, like my daddy." The girl smiled.
Barely choking back a laugh, the woman replied, "Oh, well then. That's lovely isn't it?"
"Yes, he wears fancy knickers – under his trousers."
"Oh, well isn't that lovely, then?"
"Yes, it is. Thank you!"
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Apprentice Granger smirked as her inquisitive eyes met those of the blushing Potions Master. She was trying to choose her words carefully, in how to approach the subject of one Aurelia Snape with her Master.
He coughed and stated, "You mustn't take half of what she says at face value. My daughter iis/i only three..."
"Yes, sir, I understand that. I just never pictured you as a knickers man. Do you also wear stockings and suspenders?" she asked tongue in cheek, hoping to have not gone too far.
Smirking, he answered, "Perhaps it is time you found out for yourself?"
AN: I should probably have mentioned the reasoning behind this story when I first published it. It was inspired by a conversation I had with my young daughter, and to our usage knickers refer to women's underwear, not to the obscure reference to include men's. She just happens to be like young Aurelia, and very adamant that although pants can refer to knickers, knickers don't always refer to pants... ;)