Dec 15, Harry Potter, Hermione/Severus, Playing the Game Title: Playing the Game Fandom: Harry Potter Pairing/Characters: Hermione/Severus Rating/Warnings: G Word Count: 281 Disclaimer:here Summary: A continuation of Silk Stockings and A Bit of Light Reading. I swear, the original idea was PWP, but I can’t seem to get out of G/PG territory!
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“Muffliato.”
A wicked grin stole across her face.
“What are you up to, Miss Granger?” Severus asked warily. Her bizarre perusal of every far corner of the bookshelves could have been a cover to hide any number of activities. She might have become a rather fetching woman, but he was unwilling to be made a fool of over her.
She took a step closer and removed a bit of lint from his sleeve before looking him directly in the eye. “Whatever do you mean?”
That was a temptation not to be resisted, and he quickly pressed his advantage. He knew a moment of sickening triumph when he realized she had, indeed, been seeking out listening devices created by Mr. George Weasley, only to be brought up short by the discovery that she had deactivated the three she’d found.
The grin hadn’t left her face. Of course, she’d known he would use Legilimency. He should have expected no less of her.
“Every year, someone – or two, or three – ducks into this library during one of Harry’s parties,” she said.
“And you know this because …?”
“George and Ron spend the entire next year teasing them. I didn’t much fancy listening to that.” She tilted her head to one side. “Did you?”
“And the book?”
“I thought it might bore them into ignoring us if I’d missed any.” The fingers on his sleeve glided up along his shoulder and rested on his collar. “Besides, you have a lovely voice.”
Still suspicious, he grabbed her wrist and removed her hand from his person.
“What are you playing at?” he demanded.
Raising her eyebrows, she asked in turn, “Aren’t we playing the same game here?”