Lucius sat sullenly in the dressing room at Madam Malkin's shop, refusing
to come out. Severus Snape stood just outside the door, wishing he wasn't
standing there at all. Lucius had picked out some ridiculously gaudy
outfit, and now didn't even have the courtesy to come out and let Severus
see the horror that he had been dragged to this store to view. He himself
was wearing his usual long black robes, what he always wore.
After quite a bit of persuasion and rather a few more bad-tempered comments than was necessary, Lucius opened the door and stepped into the light.
Severus couldn't have prepared himself for what he saw: an onslaught of hot pink glittered feathers on the hem of a robe that only the devil himself could have dreamed up. Or perhaps Lockhart.
There were more sequins than Severus had ever seen in his life, and the material looked like it came from a Lisa Frank surplus store. The cuffs were lime green crushed velvet lightly dusted with the same glitter that adorned the feathers on the hem. The collar had zebra-striped canvas-like material cut in a zigzag pattern. It was altogether the worst thing Professor Severus Snape had ever had the misfortune to look upon. He wondered how Lucius got the thing into the dressing room without catching the entire store's attention.
Severus turned on his heel and walked briskly out of the shop, desperately hoping no one had seen a spot of black in Lucius' flurry of pink...
After quite a bit of persuasion and rather a few more bad-tempered comments than was necessary, Lucius opened the door and stepped into the light.
Severus couldn't have prepared himself for what he saw: an onslaught of hot pink glittered feathers on the hem of a robe that only the devil himself could have dreamed up. Or perhaps Lockhart.
There were more sequins than Severus had ever seen in his life, and the material looked like it came from a Lisa Frank surplus store. The cuffs were lime green crushed velvet lightly dusted with the same glitter that adorned the feathers on the hem. The collar had zebra-striped canvas-like material cut in a zigzag pattern. It was altogether the worst thing Professor Severus Snape had ever had the misfortune to look upon. He wondered how Lucius got the thing into the dressing room without catching the entire store's attention.
Severus turned on his heel and walked briskly out of the shop, desperately hoping no one had seen a spot of black in Lucius' flurry of pink...