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Severus Snape (potions_hbp) wrote in loremrpg,
@ 2011-04-29 02:44:00

Entry tags:

!incomplete, james potter, severus snape

Backdated 27 October
Characters: Severus Snape and James Potter
Setting: Hospital Wing Wednesday night after curfew
Content: possibly nsfw only because of the discussion of violence
Summary: Severus visits James in the Hospital Wing to shed some light on how James came to be laid up with little to no memory.

Severus lingered in the Slytherin Common Room after most of the students had gone to bed. The fire was down to a soft glow and Severus was sitting at the table closet to the fire pretending to study Ancient Runes while keeping an eye on a small group of slightly rambunctious third years. After a few cold glares from Severus the young students made their way to their dormitories. Waiting a few minutes to make sure the coast was clear, Severus quietly slipped out of the Common Room and up to the Entrance Hall. Severus was careful to take the least traveled corridors and stairways to get to the Hospital Wing without being seen. He had to duck into a hidden room behind a tapestry to avoid being seen by one of the prefects, but eventually made it to the Hospital Wing.

He hesitated before opening the door, slipping inside, and securing the door behind him. No immediate screeches meant that Madame Pomfrey had turned in for the night and that Severus and James would have privacy. Severus turned and quietly walked over to James' bed and sat in the chair close by. Here goes nothing.

"Potter...er...James, you awake? It's Severus."

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potions_hbp
2011-05-13 07:27 pm UTC (link)

Severus sensed James' confusion at Sirius' actions and understood only because James had been reintroduced to Sirius mere days prior to this conversation. Sirius no doubt had left out quite a bit of the past, most likely playing up the "brothers" pact and choosing to ignore the rest.

The wheels seemed to be turning in James' mind and Severus picked up on the fact that James was beginning to make sense of some things. Severus tucked that observance away for now but would pry James about it later. Just then James' question caught Severus off guard. What difference did it make what moon phase it was?

"Um, the moon was full. What does that have anything to do with-" something clicked in Severus' brain. One of the Marauders is a werewolf. That would explain the howling which definitely did not come from the dog.

Severus scoffed at James' apology. "Black rarely thinks anything through because he thinks with the wrong head." Severus tries to hide his smirk but it quickly vanishes from his face when James asks about getting to the hospital wing.

"No, not exactly. When I said you fell...it was more like you got thrown from about two stories high. I froze the tree in time so you wouldn't get completely obliterated. When I ran over, you were unconscious. The howling was getting closer so I basically dragged you to the castle. No one saw us that night except Madame Pomfrey." Severus purposefully left out the part about levitating James' body through the castle, he felt it wasn't that pertinent of a detail to be revealed. He scratched the back of his neck and gauged James' reaction.

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