Al wasn't quite sure how to respond to such admission with words, but there was something else he could do instead.
He looked up at Severus. Fly! he thought with such ease and didn't have to try that hard to call up that particular sensation to his mind and then the spell.
It lightened his entire body and brought him bouncing in the air in front of Severus, their eye level now equal.
Al spun around in the circle of Severus' arms. "Like this?" he asked, and the smile in his eyes reached his lips and lightened his body and mind.