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Severus unwarded the door to his lab in expectation, after the prank last term he always kept it hexed whether he was inside or not. He pushed his hair back from his face in an attempt to look presentable but it merely swept forward again. He sighed and went back to stirring the potion simmering in front of him, flicking through one of the numerous texts stacked in a precariously orderly fashion throught the small room.