"You put a lot of faith in me. I'm not much of a teacher," Severus insisted, offering Alecto the bottle again after a drink from it, "I could teach you enough curses to never have to use one twice, if you'd like? Other than that... I'm not sure."
He looked down, noting the lack of shorts or pants and forced his eyes up again, a hand moving to brush back his hair as he did so often. He probably should have gotten it cut but it never really appealed to him to make the effort.