He was a handsome man, although Lily had certainly seen handsomer. There was something about his bearing however, the way he held his body so straight and still. He seemed to her to be like the stillness that came seconds after an explosion, only moments before the chaos and destruction. More than anything she longed to see that destruction, to be part of it.
"Oh, are we really being so formal, Professor?" Lily purred, stretching the word out to far more syllables than it needed. She opened the door wider, motioning for him to come inside, while she leaned her body against the frame of the door.
"Father has said he'll be down to the sitting room in a few minutes. He had to take a call and asked that I walk you in."