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project: a decade of ssrl

Ficlet: Just Start - PG-13
Title: Just Start
Author: smoke
Rating: PG-13?
Word Count: ~223
Warnings: un-beta'd

~Just Start~

"Severus, we have to."

"You don't even know if we'll be allowed."

"Of course we'll be allowed, it's for us."

"I'm aware of that, thank you. What I meant is that we don't know if we will be allowed to participate in a variety of ways, or if it has to be the same thing every month. The mods haven't answered our question yet."

"Well, yes, but.... Look, we can start, and if it doesn't work out... Well...."

"Well, what? You'll quit?"

"We can at least get our foot in the door."

"That's all you strive for, is it? Get your foot in the door, then quit if you don't like how it's going?"

"At least it's a start. Are you afraid to even try?"

"Are you calling me a coward, Lupin?"

"Oh, Severus, I'd never call you a coward, not even in jest. Come on, lets not quarrel over this."

"I'm not quarrelling. I'm just pointing out that we don't know the rules."

"That's never stopped you before."

"Lupin, I can not carry on a conversation if you're going to do that."

"Mm."

"Lupin. It's eight in the morning, we have things to do. We can not... dear lord... we can not...."

....

"What can't we do, Severus?"

"Didn't your mother ever teach you not to talk with your mouth full?"

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