Oh, this was *delightful* and quite funny. Wendell! Hee!
"Oh, yes, I don't recall any period of your life during which you were inclined to shouting and stomping about and rejecting overtures of all sorts." Severus pointed to the lined-up series of signed hardbacks on the shelf. "I believe it's in the blue one."
That made me laugh uncontrollably (and worried my SO until I read it to her, at which point *she* began to laugh uncontrollably). Pitch-perfect.