A Modest Proposal
Characters: Harry, Oliver, McGonagall Summary: Tea and tempting offers
No matter how many times he took this walk, no matter that he was a man grown and well on his own, he couldn't walk down the hallways of Hogwarts towards Professor McGonagall without feeling like an errant schoolboy with dungbomb residue under his nails.
Not that he'd ever had anything to do with the foul things. Perish the thought.
Grinning to himself, and not a little curious about why he was here, Oliver paused and stared at the familiar gargoyle.
"Well, this is dead brilliant. She didn't give me the password."
Oliver blinked when the door suddenly swung open before him, revealing the curving staircase within it. "Handy, that," he said as he stepped in and started climbing.