HP drabble: Rehabilitation [Minerva, Severus, general]
Title: Rehabilitation Author: celandineb Fandom: HP Characters: Minerva, Severus [hint of MM/SS] Rating: general Summary: Minerva gives the new professor some advice. Note: For juniperus who wanted Snape, "velvet."
Minerva regarded the sallow, scowling, and generally unprepossessing figure opposite her. Severus had been an unattractive boy. As a man, he had possibilities, with the height and bearing to carry off a slightly theatrical presentation, and with a voice like velvet over steel... Minerva shivered. His more discerning colleagues, perhaps even the occasional student, would appreciate the new and improved Severus Snape.
"Have a biscuit," she told him, passing the plate of shortbread. "If you want to succeed, you'll heed my advice. Convincing the students that you're not someone to trifle with is halfway to keeping authority in the classroom."