"Oh yeah. Because I'm the snuggly bunny type." Alex rolled his eyes, tolerating the hair-ruffling with a sigh.
"And I'm always respectful. Of teachers, anyway. It's family I get annoyed with."
He chewed absently at his thumbnail as his father went on. It sounded like his father put his trust in Snape because Uncle Harry did, and because Dumbledore did, but he'd been dead longer than Snape, and really, it wasn't quite the same, was it?
Not quite the same as trusting someone yourself...
"I guess I have to make up my own mind about him then, don't I?"