Word Count: exactly 100
Challenge: Lupin Saw It challenge
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Title: Something Is Missing
Lupin smiled devilishly in the dark, the scene had certain entertainment value.
Snape was thankful for the shadows feeling his face flush under her honest appraisal.
"Something is missing," she teased softly, placing her finger over the red inkwell.
Rising from her desk she said, "come over into the light." Snape hesitated but did as she asked. Before he could react her ink covered finger touched his forehead lightly, between his dark eyebrows.
Before he could speak she quipped, "we can't have every merchant in India trying to marry off his daughter to the visiting handsome English raised Indian gentleman!"
Very long A/Ns: Hermione is giving Snape a symbol of married status in India; the Hindus and Muslims there don't always recognize wedding rings. Also, foreign raised or resident Indians in England and America are highly prized husband material, even in modern India. Finally, very few Indians wear pure black, with the exception of burkas for Muslim women. Black is almost always mixed with colors. South India is very hot and black absorbs heat.