RP: Severus, Al Who: Al Potter, Severus Snape Where: Hogwarts When: right after midnight, June 13, 2025 Rating/Warnings: Summary: Al waits
Al's mind went back to calculating the time Severus was distracted from his reading and left, and then the time his Patronus arrived: nearly eight hours ago, now. The book Severus began reading, while resting his head on Al's lap, would have been long finished, but as things were, it was still bookmarked on page seventeen and resting on Severus' pillow, waiting for him.
Al checked the time by the progress of yet another giant spider web over the canopy, turned the page and continued reading aloud, as much for Archimedes' benefit as for his own:
"The Archimedes' Screw consists of a screw inside a hollow pipe. The screw is turned by manual labor. As the bottom end of the tube turns, liquid of choice will slide up the shaft and be delivered upward..."