Title: Deluxe Edition, XVII Challenge: Advanced Potions Making, II Word Count: 100
“So. I understand you'll be my replacement over the next school year.” Severus, who was still reeling from the revelation that he and Remus were to be parents (and possibly last night's fish) looked Hermione Granger-Weasley up and down. “I assume you'll have your own ideas about the syllabus.”
“A few, yes, but only with your permission.” She was still intense, still bushy haired, and her work revising Advanced Potion Making was brilliant. “I wanted to go over it with you first.”
Severus blinked. “Why?”
“Because I know what it's like to be dismissed because of motherhood.”