Heavenly Angel | By : teshara Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Snape/Hermione Views: 7366 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Heavenly Angel Chapter 3
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“Where did you go?” Ginny asked Hermione when she appeared
in the fireplace of the small cottage they shared. “Did you talk to him?”
“I went to Diagon Alley,” said Hermione. “I brought you a cookbook
about herbs.”
“Gee, thanks,” Ginny said sarcastically, although she opened
the book and skipped to the section about rosemary. Her engorgement charm on
the garden had gotten a bit out of hand and now they had bales of it.
Hermione went to her room and closed the door. No sense in
getting Ginny all worked up.
Hermione slid into her seat near her desk and opened her
shopping bag. She looked at her new purchases for a moment before she pulled
them out.
It had taken her the better part of an hour to decide of the
stationary kit she wanted. Finally she had decided that it was a better
investment to get a complete set of tools.
The burgundy quill had magically grown a glass tip; it would
never split or wear out. Her lines would always be fluid and even. The paper was
pink, although Hermione first ruled out the color. The shade was so barely
dusty rose it almost appeared crème, so she finally had deemed it acceptable.
She had invested in a bottle of enchanted ink. The color was
a deep burgundy but tiny gold flecks glittered faintly when it caught the light.
The letter opener was plain and brass, matching the
embellishments on the ink bottle and quill.
Her personal seal had taken her a while to design. Normally
it would be her family crest, but she didn’t have a crest recognizable in the
Wizarding World. Finally she had convinced the confused clerk to embellish her
initials on a shield shaped like a tooth. It amused her. She bought a pound of
burgundy wax and a sealing kit.
It took Hermione quite awhile to arrange the set on her desk
as she liked it. She stared at a blank sheet of paper for a long time before
she started writing.
***
Severus was pulled away from his reading by a soft
fluttering at his window. A small grey owl sat there with an envelope clutched
in its beak.
Severus rose and strode across his study. When he took the
letter the little owl fluttered off. It was unaddressed, but he quirked a
corner of his mouth when he saw the seal it bore.
He opened it and was surprised to see the letter was quite thick.
He pulled her correspondence out and began reading.
It began cordial, polite. She spoke of her family and their
work together. Severus began feeling foolish.
It spoke of her previous relationships, dating Ron in her
school years, going on to date other wizards, only to be disappointed.
Her reply to him was tentative, a little shy. Open and
honest. Gentle and kind. But most of all, tentatively willing.
He flipped through the pages. There were a few illustrations
of her own. It seemed she was creative as well.
Severus sat down at his desk and began reading the letter
again, this time he only finished when he read her signature at the end.
He lay it down and looked at it. It lay there so unassuming
on the black blotter.
He almost thought it would disappear in a puff of smoke or
he would wake and it would be a dream. Neither happened.
Severus picked it up and read it again.
He lay it on a corner of his desk
when he was finished and stared it, his hands folded under his chin.
After some time he opened the top drawer of the desk and
pulled his stationary kit out.
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