Snape's wand tapped him again but Harry didn't hear a spell. "Snake--" There was a strangled noise behind him and Harry thought he heard a softly muttered DioSubsisto spell.
I chuckled pretty much from the beginning to end (I mean it, my husband's trying to sleep, and I've awakened him twice!), but a howl escaped me on that line--he put me out of the bedroom.
Ah, well, the price we pay to read something so funny and hot! Thanks, my dear, for the lovely xmas present.