Title: Summertime Blues, IV Challenge: summer Word Count: 100
The Malfoys' eagle owl, a large and haughty bird, hopped onto the kitchen counter. Severus groaned. The bird would accept nothing but bacon, very hot, or mice, very fresh, and of course he had neither.
"I apologize in advance," he said, removing the message pouch. "I had no idea you were coming, or I would have put out the traps."
The owl snapped its beak at his fingers, almost ripping the flesh, then shed feathers into the sink. Severus glared and began to read.
He didn't find the owl droppings in the sugar bowl until after the damned bird had left.