Fic: Not Just Any

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Title: Not Just Any
Author: kellychambliss
Characters: McGonagall, Snape
Rating: PG-13?
Warnings: intimations of unseemly professorial behaviour
Prompt: westernredcedar: "Lavender's freak-out in the hospital wing -- from Snape's POV" / I didn't actually manage Snape's POV, but I think it should be possible to winkle out his opinion of Lavender's melt-down.
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Comments

[mountainmoira]

Oh most delicious, that one.... it would take quite the wizzard to make our Minerva drop her eyes, don't ya think??? And would ANYONE else even dare to say "good girl" !!!!!

[kellychambliss]

And would ANYONE else even dare to say "good girl"?

/g/ I'm sure even Snape can get away with it only during their top/bottom game; any other time, he'd no doubt be hexed to oblivion.

Thanks for reading/commenting!

[mountainmoira]

Which of course leads one to assume, she had her moments of purring what a "good boy" he was !!!

Alright then, enought of that lovely little fantasy - back to the salt mines for me !!!

[kellychambliss]

she had her moments of purring what a "good boy" he was

Oh, most definitely! As Snape says earlier, she's "quite exacting" during her (toppy) turn.

[diabolica]

Ahahahahaha! WIN!!! How can I articulate all the things I loved about this piece? The pacing, the banter, the bet. All just fantastic. But:

Using the folds of their robes to hide his movement from any prying portrait eyes, he took her arm and stroked his thumb along the inside of her wrist. "Won't you?"

That melted me into a little puddle of McSnape-loving goo, that did. They're not my usual cuppa, but really. This was. Brilliant.

[kellychambliss]

Thanks so much for reading and commenting! I usually write more angsty stories, so I had great fun with this one. I'm glad you think it works.

[sibyllevance]

Of course, nobody but you could get this sort of scene just right. Snape and Minerva both have vry dry humour that you convey particularly well. So many great quotes, I don't know which ones to choose, perhaps this one by Minerva: ""I suspect Horace Slughorn is more interested in redeeming his reputation as an infallible judge of mead; otherwise, his sycophants might start trying to slip him an inferior brew." because boy does it describe Horace well. I'm actually dying to read a teacher fic than spans the entire book series, from the point of view of the teachers (with plenty of Minerva, she's my favourite). Any idea if what I'm describing even exists?

[kellychambliss]

Thanks for commenting; I'm really glad you enjoyed it. Teacher!fic is by far my favorite, too (and Minerva, of course; could you tell? /g/)

Offhand, I can't think of a teacher-centered story that follows the whole series, although I've read some that follow particular years or months. There's a rather fun McGonagall/Snape that takes place during the Chamber of Secrets year -- novel-length, with each chapter told from a different pov. It's called "Folie a Deux" on FFN. You have to suspend a little disbelief (some OOC moments), but then again, we're talking about a universe of magical beings in the first place!

Thanks again for the review.

[sibyllevance]

Thank you so much for the recommendation - apparently it's a sequel so many hours of reading to look forward to. I do believe that a fic from the teachers' point of view that follows canon closely would be terrific, but I can imagine it would be time-consuming (says the girl who's never written a word of fiction in her life). Too bad :(

[jazzin_aster]

I found and followed the link to this comm. while snooping around your journal. Hem hem. Thank you!

I love this piece; it’s just full of wit. (As usual.)
And I enjoyed their banter so very much!

"Meaning that, having attended the Dumbledore School of Communication, you don't plan to share yours?"
tee hee hee Splendid!

[kellychambliss]

Thank you! It was such a treat to get a new comment to this story. After poor Severus and Minerva had so little to do in the HBP film, I felt I needed to give them a bit of fun /g/.