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Flabbergasted
Part 10: Pudding
Severus kept looking at her. He couldn't help it. It felt as though every time she was in the same room as him, he could feel her presence there, more than he could sense the rest of the crowd. And there were more than a few people at dinner tonight, with all the students back from holiday. Tomorrow, classes would resume.
Never mind that right now. Severus took another of what he hoped to be discreet glances down the staff table. His position afforded him an almost clear view of Professor Granger. Thank heavens Hagrid always sat at the end of the table. In fact, he could see her chuckling along with the half-giant just now.
Severus forced himself to look away. No need to make his…problem…obvious to the others. He concentrated on eating his food for a few minutes.
Dessert arrived, and he wondered what kind she fancied, but resisted looking to see, at least for a few minutes. He engaged in the small talk around him, trying to distract himself. It wouldn't work. He looked over at her as Filius Flitwick rambled on about a strange charm he encountered one day, and all notion of attention on anything else was gone.
He felt his eyes go hot as he watched the woman lick pudding from her spoon. How she could turn as innocent a notion as eating food into something highly erotic, he had no idea. He couldn't tear his eyes away this time.
After her spoon was empty, she scooped a bit more onto it, and brought it back to her mouth. Severus shifted in his chair as he watched her pink tongue lick the pudding from her spoon. Mid-lick, her eyes met his gaze, and he almost whimpered, both from how desirable she looked, and how embarrassing this was turning out to be. No doubt she could see the want on his face, even halfway down the table. No matter. To his shock, she continued to lick the rest of the confection from her spoon, and then smiled cheekily at him afterwords.
Heart pounding, he watched her push away from the table and walk out the doors of the dinning hall. He was half a mind to chase after, but, before he could, Filius asked him about some experimental potions he was working on. Disappointed, but not showing, Severus talked with the short man, wishing with all his might that he was somewhere else. He needed to show Professor Granger the consequence of igniting his desire.
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