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Title: Staffroom Gossip, III
Challenge: random cliché (the powers that be)
Word Count: 100
Lupin favored him with that faint, irritating smile. "It's hardly slang, Severus." He sat down in the other armchair and rubbed the knee that seemed to have taken the most damage this month. "Ah, that's better. I swear, it gets worse every month."
Severus raised his newspaper again. "How nice for you. Or not."
"I would say 'not,' personally." Lupin leaned close enough that Severus could see his outline through the newsprint. "Why the powers that be would waste their time investigating Albus' personal life when Voldemort - "
"Don't say that name aloud!" Minerva exclaimed before Severus could react.
Challenge: random cliché (the powers that be)
Word Count: 100
Lupin favored him with that faint, irritating smile. "It's hardly slang, Severus." He sat down in the other armchair and rubbed the knee that seemed to have taken the most damage this month. "Ah, that's better. I swear, it gets worse every month."
Severus raised his newspaper again. "How nice for you. Or not."
"I would say 'not,' personally." Lupin leaned close enough that Severus could see his outline through the newsprint. "Why the powers that be would waste their time investigating Albus' personal life when Voldemort - "
"Don't say that name aloud!" Minerva exclaimed before Severus could react.