Chapter 14: Happy Valentine's Gay!

On a bright day in February, Severus Snape once again stepped out of the fireplace in Lucius Malfoy's bedroom. He looked around and saw nothing but a storm of pink objects. He rubbed his eyes, in case he had gotten pink ash in them (nothing was impossible at Malfoy Manor), but when he opened them again, the room was still covered in flowers, pink teddy bears and an array of random heart shaped things. "Lucius?" he called out to the pink mass.

A head popped out from behind a particularly vile, gigantic pink plush bear that was blinking its enormous, radiant eyes and smiling in a rather frightening fashion. It was, of course, Lucius' head.

"Oh, hello Severus," it said. "Look at all the presents I've been sent!" Arms appeared next to the head and gestured towards the sea of pink that was surrounding them.

"Yes, very tasteful, Lucius," Snape said, "been sending yourself presents again?"

Lucius shook his head violently. "No! No! Of course not! It was sent to me by some secret admirer. Actually, I think I know who it was."

"Really, who?" Snape said, utterly uninterested and trying to keep his eyes closed as much as possible to avoid a headache caused by overexposure to pink.

"Richard." Lucius said, triumphantly.

"No, I didn't!" a muffled voice said from what Snape thought was inside the gigantic pink bear.

"Shut it, you," Lucius replied, whacking the bear over the head with his cane.