Challenge: Alecto Carrow
Word Count: 100
The Apothecaries' Ball was sparsely attended that year – most of the regulars were either in hiding, “on sabbatical” overseas, or engaged in research in very remote areas – but the food was good and the music excellent. Alecto was a surprisingly good dancer if one overlooked her tendency to gaze adoringly up at Severus with her mouth partially open, and by the time they'd returned to the quiet school, it seemed that his plan to distract her had succeeded.
It was not until her idiot brother appeared, shrieking about “intentions,” that Severus realized he might have made a mistake.