Wonderful "tail-flirtage" - Harry's a very lucky man, despite the embarrassing bathroom incident. *g* And what a lovely, amusing friendship between Severus and Lucius, neither of them capable of fooling the other. I loved the way Lucius' "woe is me" act was ruined by a deliberately blunt Severus:
Malfoy sighed. "Ever since Narcissa eloped with that French count, I have been on my own, as you know."
Snape crossed his arms across his chest. "Eloped? You were at the wedding, Lucius."
Malfoy waved his hand. "Details. I remain tragically alone."
Snape raised an eyebrow. "Alone? Well, I suppose so, if you ignore that time when I interrupted you with--"
"Severus. Of course we ignore that aberration." Malfoy shot a look at Harry. "We don’t want Mr. Potter getting the wrong impression of me."