Celandine's Chronicle (celandineb) wrote in cels_fic_haven, @ 2008-10-14 10:01:00 |
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Entry tags: | hp fic remus/severus |
HP fic: Experiment [Remus/Severus, adult]
Title: Experiment
Author: celandineb
Fandom: HP
Pairing: Remus/Severus
Rating: adult
Warnings: minor D/s, a bit of dirty talk, some fantasising
Summary: An unexpected meeting at a conference ends up being a good thing for both Remus and Severus.
Note: ~8600 words. Written for ellid for her bid at livelongnmarry. She asked for the two of them at a conference; I'm afraid I didn't manage to work in Minerva or Poppy, but hopefully this is sufficiently plotty!
"Excuse me," said Remus to a witch in bright blue satin robes, reaching past her towards a book that had caught his eye. She nodded and took a step to her left, enabling him to pick it up.
Remus flipped through the pages slowly, absorbed. It was a modern edition of an Anglo-Saxon leech book, replete with scholarly footnotes and editorial comments. The author's introduction indicated that there was a Muggle version of the text as well, but this wizarding one incorporated information that no Muggle could access. At twenty-seven Galleons, it was also far more expensive than Remus could afford, even if he bought this display copy for the thirty percent discount that the publisher was offering. Just to check, he flipped to the inside front cover, which showed the discounted price, and stopped in shock when he saw that the book had already been claimed -- by Severus Snape. The handwriting was spiky and difficult to decipher, but Remus had seen that signature before.
So Snape was here. Remus had suspected that he might be, although he was not listed on the program as giving a paper. There were ample sessions on topics sure to pique Snape's interest. Remus himself had decided to attend only because there was a panel today discussing the development of a Wolfsbane Potion, designed to keep werewolves docile on the night of the full moon. If there had been any progress on that front, Remus wanted to know about it, so he had bought a one-day registration.
That session was not until the afternoon, however, and so Remus had gone to the book exhibit instead of attending some session that would be of little interest to him. He glanced around the room, crowded with wizards and witches in every conceivable cut and colour of robes. The International Wizarding Congress attracted participants from around the world, although most of its sessions were held in English as the most widely-known language. It was Snape he was looking for, although he was not sure whether it was to meet the other man or avoid him. They had not spoken since they had both left school six years earlier, although Remus had heard that Dumbledore had hired Snape to teach Potions at Hogwarts.
The unmistakable shock of greasy hair atop Snape's pinched face and beaky nose was nowhere to be seen in the exhibit room, though, and Remus let out a sigh. He replaced the leech book regretfully and moved on, browsing the wide assortment of volumes at the various publishers' tables.