Prompt: food insecurity
Word Count: 100
Severus knocked on the door of Septima’s office. She looked up from a lesson plan and broke into a radiant smile.
“Darling! It’s so good to see you!” She hurried to him. “What a surprise! I thought there was a Head of House meeting.”
“There was.” He let her lead him to the sofa as he told her about the food hoarding, and the eventual vote to hire an alienist. “My dear, there’s something I need to tell you.”
She gave his hands a gentle squeeze. “Go ahead.”
“When I a child, we sometimes didn’t have enough to eat – “