Fic: "The Headmaster" Title: The Headmaster Author: [temporarily disillusioned] Beta Reader(s): [temporarily disillusioned] Word Count: 5250 Characters: Severus Snape, Minerva McGonagall, Poppy Pomfrey, portrait!Albus Rating: R (Highlight to View) Warning(s): torture (mostly offstage)* Prompt Author: starcrossedgirl Prompt: 49: "He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the burden of being a man" (Samuel Johnson). Summary: Decent human beings couldn't or wouldn't do the things the Headmaster was required to do -- ergo, he couldn't be decent. Notes: I'm extremely grateful to my beta-readers/handholders/therapists and to our excellent mod for her extraordinary patience.