Challenge: one of the following, pretty much at random: London, Prostitution, Lexicon, Shower, Jelly, Etiolated, Portrait
Word Count: 100
Pairing: Snape/Lupin
Note: Severus takes his new boyfriend home to meet his Muggle cousins. Set about three months after New York Minute.
"I - " The girl (what was her name? Sally? Jilly?) went almost as white as the etiolated grapes. "I didn't mean to do it! It just happens!"
"Yes, I'm sure it does." Severus carefully pulled out a dining room chair and sat so their faces were on the same level. "Who told you it was bad?"
"Everyone," she whispered. "It's weird and scary. I don't want to be different!"
He opened his mouth, then shut it. This was not Lily Evans, aglow with the thought of being a witch. What could he say that wouldn't make it worse?