Prompt 23 - Severus Snape
Word count: 178
Severus Snape was known as the dungeon bat of Hogwarts, and he had worked hard to gain that reputation. He enjoyed seeing how the Gryffindors inched away from him. It was petty, he knew that it was petty, but he felt that this was the only way he could repay the Marauders for all the tormenting they had given him while they had attended school together.
He smirked to himself as he strode down the corridor to the potions classroom. Waiting for him was a mix of Slytherin and Gryffindor, a mix that was always fun to deal with. He enjoyed riling up the lions while favouriting his own house. It caused such a delightful reaction that it was one of the only things that kept him from falling into a depression so deep a patronus wouldn't be able to reach him.
The door slammed open and he donned the dread bat of the Hogwarts dungeons persona as he stalked to the front of the classroom, "There will be no foolish wand-waving or silly incantations in this class…"