Al's banter earned him an arch of an eyebrow, a sharp-toothed smirk and a sphinx-like, glittering stare.
"No doubt," he purred. "How else can one explain the fact that I'm here," Severus stepped up to Al, slipping one slim arm sinuously around Al's waist in a sideways semi-hug, "copping copious amounts of cheek from a barmy brat."