The Aviator
Author: melusin Rating:G Challenge #224: Snape Flies Word Count:100 Disclaimer: Not mine - all JKR's - no money being made from this work of daftness.
‘Too high, Lily,’ shrieked Petunia.
Lily, giddy with laughter, flew off the swing, landing gracefully on her feet.
Severus stared at her hungrily. Lily, noticing the scrawny boy for the first time, approached him.
‘How d’you do that?’ he asked.
Lily shrugged. ‘Dunno. I sort of... think I’m a bird... or something.’
Later, gazing from his bedroom window, Severus gave that some thought. He didn’t like birds much – not since Granny Snape’s canary had drawn blood when he’d tried to stroke its plumage.
Something fluttered in the twilight, snatching a moth mid-flight. Severus grinned. It wasn’t only birds that flew.