'Fresh...' he repeated after her.
She shifted uncomfortably in her seat. 'I may have overreacted when I first saw you that day in the coffee shop.'
Snape nodded, and then helped himself to a little pâté. 'You do possess that tendency.'
'Anyway,' Hermione said, deciding that she'd kickstart the conversation by revealing some of her own story, 'I've been fairly busy since the war ended. Everyone thought I'd become an Auror, but I was done fighting.'
'That sounds logical, Granger.'
A soft flush crept up her neck. 'Could you... that is, would you mind calling me Hermione?'
