*finishes whiskey, rinses out mug, moves restlessly about the rooms*
*puts
her present on a shelf in his office*
A+? Not a terribly endearing statement, still, I sense no mockery in her note. Perhaps the shop she found it at was out of ones with Os. More mysterious is how she found out about this day....
*moves into sleeping room, book and box in-hand*
I am also perplexed that Lupin remembered. How he located or afforded such a rare potions text, I do not know, but at least he had the good sense to leave it at my classroom desk. *opens to read inside cover* To Severus, Happy Birthday - Remus. Ruins a perfectly unmarred volume. *sets book on bedside table*
*places
the calligraphy set on desk*
Narcissa, always extravagant, but she does know what pleases me, even as she reminds me of our shared past. A much better set because it belongs to "a witch with the purest of bloodlines. *rolls eyes* You never talked so much about blood and purity before you married Lucius, Narcissa.
*sheds robes, drops heavily on bed*
Almost twenty years ago- *rubs left forearm absently* -orphaned and adopted in the same day. The memory is still as clear and bright as the flash of green that took him. Twenty years and it still burns.
Nox. Over for another year, yet it is never over. Bollocks.