January Event: Severus Snape/Lily Evans [Medium Pairing]
Gringotts: Severus/Lily [Severus - Pairings]
Chocolate Frog Card: (Silver) Horace Slughorn: Challenge: Write about Horace Slughorn.
"Today, we're going to be working on Armotentia," Horace Slughorn boomed, watching the faces of his students. Many of them seemed disinterested but he knew that when the time came, they'd do their work. Potions wasn't their interest or their future, just their requirement. Others, mainly the female population, looked intrigued and excited, but he had experienced that with every class in the years he'd been teaching. There were his occasional students, two of whom were in this class, that were actually excited because it was new work! He liked those ones.
"What we'll be doing," Horace lectured, "Is each coming up and getting a sniff so that you know how it affects you and so you can experience it for yourself. Remember to sniff and move on, we wouldn't want you to be addicted to it." Horace chuckled. The class remained silent. "Well, come on, come on."
They moved quickly and each took a sniff. He wasn't as unobservant as many were led to believe and he noticed how Severus' eyes shifted to Lily, who was standing at the side of the classroom, discussing what she'd smelt with one of her Gryffindor friends.
He felt for his student at that moment; he'd heard of their argument and her unforgiving nature, so it was fairly obvious that she wasn't coming back to him. Leaving him pining away for her whilst she moved on with her life.
Sometimes Horace hated being observant because he wanted to fix this broken bond, but he knew he couldn't do it.