"Always? Really? You should work on that, Evans. You know what they say about all work and no play, after all."
He watched her curiously as she set to work on her potion. All that chopping and dicing and exact number of stirs, well, he didn't have the patience for it. Sometimes, though, potions were interesting and fun to play with. That's honestly all he'd been after, a bit of fun, making something explode, or burning off Peter's eyebrows maybe, but that wasn't interesting enough to tell Lily.
"Well, I thought I would see about brewing a love potion. Not for me, of course, but McGonagall's been a bit cranky lately, I think her life could use a little spicing up."