"So what are you planning on doing after we've finished Hogwarts?" Lily asked as they began doing their potions. It was their Fifth year and they were a couple of weeks away from their O.W.L.s and he was surprisingly calm.
"I don't know," he replied, holding his knife as he chopped the cocoa bean evenly. "Not much I can do with my speciality," Severus remarked, motioning towards his potion skills. Professor Slughorn, who had been walking past at that exact time, decided to enter his pennyworth.
"My advice, don't waste so much time worrying about your skin or your weight. Develop what you do, what you put your hands on in the world." He smiled good naturedly. "Of course, with potioneering hands like yours Mister Snape, you should have no fear with what you do in your future."
Severus smiled, happy that his Professor could see he was talented. It wasn't his favourite lesson for no reason, after all.
"Woah," Severus exclaimed, grabbing onto Lily's wrist to prevent her from adding the rat spleen. "Hold your horses. You need to stir it anti clockwise three turns and then wait for the sizzle before adding it." She did as he said, and when the satisfying sizzle could be heard, indicating that it was ready, she smiled at him.
"Thanks Sev," she spoke, grinning at him. He ignored the flutter of butterflies in his stomach.
Word Count: 233
September Event Prompt: Favourite Class at Hogwarts
Gringotts Prompt Bank: "My advice, don't waste so much time worrying about your skin or your weight. Develop what you do, what you put your hands on in the world." - Meryl Streep (celebrity quotes), Cocoa Bean (plants), "Hold your horses." (phrases), Knife (assorted noun), Sizzle (describe sounds)