Disclaimer: I am not the illustrious J.K. Rowling. If I were she, I would not be writing fan fiction. I make no money from this.
A/N: This is written for The "365 Days of Drabbles" Challenge. This is a challenge to write a drabble or one-shot a day for 365 days. Each day will have a prompt that is to be used that day. I am a couple of days behind but I have caught up quick. Most of these will revolve around Sevmione. If you don't like the pairing, don't read. They won't be in any particular order. The prompt for day 3: Snow.
Snow
Hermione had woken early that Saturday morning to study before breakfast. As soon as she looked out the widow of Gryffindor tower she saw she wasn't the only one awake. It had snowed during the night and she watched as a lone figure, dressed all in black, walked toward the lake. She wondered what Professor Snape was doing all alone.
Hermione quickly dressed and rushed downstairs and out the front doors hoping to follow him. They had formed a tentative friendship during the summer and she would sometimes visit with him in his office. She figured they could walk in the snow together for a bit, before any of the younger students found out about the fresh powder.
Severus knew she was following him. He hadn't been a master spy for nothing. He stopped for a moment and allowed her to catch up. They walked in comfortable silence for a while until Hermione broke it. "Why are you out here so early?"
He looked down at her before looking ahead once more before he answered. "I love fresh snow. The smell of it in the morning, the crunch beneath my feet, even the feel of sinking slightly into it. I can't let my students know this though."
Hermione looked at him, her face asking before she could.
"It would ruin my reputation," he deadpanned.
Hermione giggled a little. "We can't have that now, can we?"
"Why are you out so early, Miss Granger?"
She thought for a moment before answering. "I wasn't planning on coming out here. I was going to study until I saw you from the window and decided an early morning walk in the snow would help me to clear my mind before eating a hearty breakfast and starting my homework."
Severus stopped and looked at her. They were about half way around the lake at this point. "Well, allow me to escort you back up to the castle for breakfast, Miss Granger. You do look famished."
"Thank you, Professor Snape. You can catch me if I faint dead away from hunger."
"I will do no such thing," he said, as she laughed at the look on his face. "I will just levitate you to the hospital wing for all to see."
Severus smirked at the look of horror on Hermione's face. When she looked up and saw the smirk, she huffed and then smiled herself. They walked back to the castle in a comfortable silence.
A/N2: I said these were in no particular order. This one takes place before they are a couple and the last one hardly had Severus at all. Maybe one day I'll go back and put these in chronological order, but for now, it's staying like this.