ellid @ 07:31 am:
Title: The Buddy System, XXI
Challenge: Resolution: work on vices
Word Count: 100
“Really, Lucius. That's uncalled for.” Narcissa fixed her husband with one of those looks that only long-married couples exchange. “He stopped smoking years ago.”
“I wasn't referring to the Gauloises, horrid as they were,” Lucius replied. He flicked a lock of white-blond hair over his shoulder. “I meant the – how do I put this – other odors that sometimes manifest about him. I've hinted that bath salts may be in order, or perhaps a pomander ball, but - “
“His work - “
Severus stepped away from the door, reeling. “Disapparatio,” he whispered, and was gone.
ellid @ 07:31 am:
Title: The Buddy System, XXI
Challenge: Resolution: work on vices
Word Count: 100
“Really, Lucius. That's uncalled for.” Narcissa fixed her husband with one of those looks that only long-married couples exchange. “He stopped smoking years ago.”
“I wasn't referring to the Gauloises, horrid as they were,” Lucius replied. He flicked a lock of white-blond hair over his shoulder. “I meant the – how do I put this – other odors that sometimes manifest about him. I've hinted that bath salts may be in order, or perhaps a pomander ball, but - “
“His work - “
Severus stepped away from the door, reeling. “Disapparatio,” he whispered, and was gone.