Drabble 29.
The quill floated from her hand and her ink well disappeared from her desk. She looked up from her marking and found Severus looking at her intently. There were times when she felt he was looking into her very soul and this was one of those times.
"Severus?" she asked, wanting to know why he had decided on stealing her quill and ink.
"Stand up," he instructed as he began to walk towards her.
"What? Why?" she answered as she stood up automatically.
"I just want to look at you," he replied as he came to a stop in front her.
Minerva felt herself blush at his words and when he eyes lingered at certain parts of her longer than was necessary in such situations where one of the party had no clue what was going on.
"Turn around," he asked.
"Severus," she protested. She wasn't going to indulge him by turning until she knew what was going on. "What is going on?"
She felt his hands on her shoulders and he began to turn her around slowly. She had no idea what he was looking for or what his reasoning's were but it was very strange indeed. Maybe he was trying out some new seduction technique. She was sure she had caught him reading one of Pomona's witchy magazines the other day. She jumped as she felt his warm breath against her neck, his lips brushed against the bottom of her ear lobe and she let out a breath that she hadn't realised she'd be holding.
"Very good," he said softly into her ear, the hairs on the back of her neck stood up.
"Would you mind telling me what is going on?" she asked as she turned around to face hm.
"Just checking to see if you caved in and joined Granger's S.P.E.W campaign," he told her with a chuckle. "I see no badge so I can assume she's not worn you down yet."
"Severus," she groaned. "I thought…..oh it doesn't matter."
"Thought what?" he asked her, his dark eyes sparkling with amusement. She knew that he knew exactly what she had thought but she wasn't going to give him the satisfaction of acknowledging it.
Luckily for her, a knock on the door gave her the chance not to answer him and to also step away from him. She sat back down behind her desk and waited for Severus to disappear out of the office using one of the secret walkways that Hogwarts had seen fit to install for them many years ago before welcoming her saviour in to her office.
"Professor McGonagall," greeted Hermione Granger as she walked into the office with her flashing badge. "I was wondering if I could talk to you about something close to my heart."
