"I meant if she asked me to," he says drily. "I've no time for a student who isn't serious enough about it to make their case to me in person."
He shrugs. "The important thing is that they were no longer able to remain active in my world. The sense of being revenged didn't actually help much, but the absence was important."
Severus directs him verbally to the appropriate table, and then says, "Oh, I don't know... I don't think it should matter, unless you care whether or not you look mean. But I should probably start doing dull throws again. Let them wonder if they saw what they thought they saw."
Sev says NO, REALLY???? (and is a giant hypocrite) How much do you like sullen teenaged angst? BUT I just read a really good novel-length Triofic on ffnet, by Nomad1. Scavenger hunt/mystery story, with balanced takes on both Snape and DD. I didn't really want to read an HP story, but her West Wing epic was so well-characterized I thought I'd try it. And was glad. ^,^