Disclaimer: The usual. None of the characters are mine, their all JK
Rowling's, but I'm not using them for profit, so it's all ok. I've been
getting some strange reactions about my pairing, but oh well. I find it
easy to write about these two.
Fic starts here:
"How's the potion, Madame Pomfrey?"
"It's ready. I had some help with Professor Snape from it, though. I must admit, I was never one for potions myself. He said it may leave you feeling nauseous for a few minutes, though, so I suggest you drink it here and sit down until you feel well enough to go."
"Thankyou."
*****
Damn that cut. It hadn't healed properly. As much as he hated the hospital wing (it made him feel like a helpless child again), he would have to go and get something for his hand.
*****
Cho drank a mouthful of potion and gagged.
"Should it taste like poison?"
"Just drink it, Miss Chang. I assure you that it will do you good." Hesitating, she took another gulp and swallowed. It happened suddenly, but the pain was still unbearable - her arm turned a dark, angry red and she started to scream from the pain.
"Miss Chang!"
"The potion! What did he put in it?" Clutching her arm, she leant back and moaned.
"Ah. Poppy. Killing another student, I see. Have you got anything for this cut?" An angry glare told Severus that he should shut his mouth immediately. Madame Pomfrey looked as though she was going to do what many of her patients had done and start steaming from the ears.
"This student has just drunk a potion of yours, Severus! It amazes me that a man of you supposed intelligence can be foolish enough to neglect a potion. We're lucky she wasn't poisoned. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to find something that will stop her from feeling as though her arm is on fire!" With that, Madame Pomfrey stormed out of the room.
"What did you do, spit in it?"
"I beg your pardon, Miss Chang?" That voice at any other time would have set off warning bells in Cho's head, but right now she was too angry to care.
"It was a potion fro someone else, wasn't it? Who cares if that person gets poisoned because you neglect it? You don't have to drink it, so it doesn't matter. You are the most selfish and unpleasant person I have ever met."
An ugly silence.
"Twenty points from Ravenclaw and a detention, Chang." For an instant, Cho was covered in black as Snape, too, left the room angrily.
*****
Damn the girl. He wasn't selfish. He had just been distracted, that's all, by more important matters. Curses, what has he done? Given punishment to a student who had spoken out of pain, pain that he had caused. There was nothing else to do but bite the bullet and apologise, that's it. After all, as much as he hated to admit it, he was to blame.
*****
As soon as the pain had passed, Cho wished that she could send a howler to herself. She had just insulted the most dangerous person in the castle. She knew she'd had a reason to be mad, but sure as hell he didn't. She'd blown any chance she had had for a good mark in potions and earning points for Ravenclaw with her big mouth. Now Snape would take point off her and try to fail her at any chance he got. There was nothing else for it - she would have to bite the bullet and apologise. Even though she wasn't to blame.
Fic starts here:
"How's the potion, Madame Pomfrey?"
"It's ready. I had some help with Professor Snape from it, though. I must admit, I was never one for potions myself. He said it may leave you feeling nauseous for a few minutes, though, so I suggest you drink it here and sit down until you feel well enough to go."
"Thankyou."
*****
Damn that cut. It hadn't healed properly. As much as he hated the hospital wing (it made him feel like a helpless child again), he would have to go and get something for his hand.
*****
Cho drank a mouthful of potion and gagged.
"Should it taste like poison?"
"Just drink it, Miss Chang. I assure you that it will do you good." Hesitating, she took another gulp and swallowed. It happened suddenly, but the pain was still unbearable - her arm turned a dark, angry red and she started to scream from the pain.
"Miss Chang!"
"The potion! What did he put in it?" Clutching her arm, she leant back and moaned.
"Ah. Poppy. Killing another student, I see. Have you got anything for this cut?" An angry glare told Severus that he should shut his mouth immediately. Madame Pomfrey looked as though she was going to do what many of her patients had done and start steaming from the ears.
"This student has just drunk a potion of yours, Severus! It amazes me that a man of you supposed intelligence can be foolish enough to neglect a potion. We're lucky she wasn't poisoned. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to find something that will stop her from feeling as though her arm is on fire!" With that, Madame Pomfrey stormed out of the room.
"What did you do, spit in it?"
"I beg your pardon, Miss Chang?" That voice at any other time would have set off warning bells in Cho's head, but right now she was too angry to care.
"It was a potion fro someone else, wasn't it? Who cares if that person gets poisoned because you neglect it? You don't have to drink it, so it doesn't matter. You are the most selfish and unpleasant person I have ever met."
An ugly silence.
"Twenty points from Ravenclaw and a detention, Chang." For an instant, Cho was covered in black as Snape, too, left the room angrily.
*****
Damn the girl. He wasn't selfish. He had just been distracted, that's all, by more important matters. Curses, what has he done? Given punishment to a student who had spoken out of pain, pain that he had caused. There was nothing else to do but bite the bullet and apologise, that's it. After all, as much as he hated to admit it, he was to blame.
*****
As soon as the pain had passed, Cho wished that she could send a howler to herself. She had just insulted the most dangerous person in the castle. She knew she'd had a reason to be mad, but sure as hell he didn't. She'd blown any chance she had had for a good mark in potions and earning points for Ravenclaw with her big mouth. Now Snape would take point off her and try to fail her at any chance he got. There was nothing else for it - she would have to bite the bullet and apologise. Even though she wasn't to blame.