Written for Snape Appreciation Weekend at Hogwarts: Professor- Write about about Severus during his many years at Hogwarts.
Word Count: 247
Snape despises Dolores Umbridge. He really, genuinely does.
She is menace disguised in atrocious pink clothing. Her voice is seemingly sweet yet drips with poison. She thinks she's got the teachers supporting the Minister's regime change, but really, the staff has just given up after Albus mysteriously disappeared.
She wages a war with Potter, which Severus believes is going to end up as a stalemate like his own personal war with Potter. However, it seems that Potter has the upper hand, despite Dolores's numerous restrictive decrees. He has his father's sense of rebellion and openly calls her out.
He thinks it's dangerous, that Potter could possibly be expelled if he continues these reckless shenanigans. Creating an army of students right under her nose and nearly getting away it should be grounds for a suspension, or if Dolores is feeling particularly vindictive, an expulsion.
Of course, that would mean Potter is sent back to live with his abusive relatives, so he doesn't really favor that either.
So Snape says nothing. He is respectable teacher and he must maintain his reputation as such if he wants to remain in everyone's good graces.
The teachers opt to do the same thing as him. They silently support the rebellion, contributing subtly to the effort. Minerva tells him that she saw Peeves trying to unscrew a chandelier and gave him some advice.
Filius has preserved a part of the swamp the Weasley twins had created as a memorial of sorts. He calls it great Charm work.
And Snape says nothing.