'I am not a very interesting person,' Severus mused. 'But my forthcoming personality and my apparent love for mankind might make it hard for me to reject the unwanted attention.' Severus poked, distractedly at the candle with his wand and sighed. 'There are reasons I didn't want to return, and this was one of them. I suppose Potter has been blabbering about what happened in the Shrieking Shack ever since? To smother his guilt.'