Chapter Eighteen: Don't Believe Everything You Hear
Chapter 18 of 41
sunny33Rumours circulate Hogwarts about Hermione's new lover, but Ginny is not convinced.
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Chapter Eighteen: Don't Believe Everything You Hear
Ron Weasley closed the door with as much stealth as his scattered wits were able to muster. Sprinting back down the short corridor to the returned students' shared common room, he flopped onto the couch beside Harry.
"Bloody hell, do you know what's going on in there? No wonder she's always too busy to help us with our homework!"
"What's she doing? Buried in obscure textbooks? Knitting more elf hats?" Harry shuddered. "Don't tell me she's drawing up revision schedules already; it's not even Christmas!"
"Worse, she's shagging bloody Slytherins!" Ron sighed and slumped into a chair. "Now she'll never have time to look at our essays."
"Ron, did you say Slytherins? As in plural?" Harry's cheeks were pink with the thought.
Ron shook his head. "Don't go down that track, mate. It was only a figure of speech. She's holed up in there on her bed with Zabini, and things were looking mighty cosy."
"Cosy?"
"Let's just say he was up for the challenge, shall we? Never knew 'Mione had it in her. We should be proud of her. First, she complains about Potions class, then she swears at us, and now she's shagging Mr Cool." Ron grinned and puffed out his chest. "We must have had some influence after all."
"Mr Cool?" Ginny asked as she joined them. "Who's that? I've been dying to find out who Hermione's boyfriend was."
"Oi! You knew she was shagging someone and didn't tell us?" Ron tossed a cushion in his sister's direction.
"Don't have to tell you boys everything. So, spill... who is it?"
"Oh, I don't know. What do you think, Harry? Does she deserve to know?" Ron tapped a long finger against his lips and ducked the returning cushion.
Harry raised his hands. "Don't bring me into your argument. You're the one telling the story, Ron."
Ginny moved closer to Harry and placed her hand on his knee. "Brother, darling..." Her hand drifted up Harry's thigh slowly as he squirmed beneath her touch, cheeks flaring crimson. "Do you really want to see this?" Her fingertips brushed the rapidly growing bulge in her boyfriend's trousers.
"Ron... tell her, please! Or... maybe... don't tell her." Harry leaned his head back and closed his eyes as his hips thrust of their own accord into the warm hand now grasping his arousal through layers of fabric.
"All right, all right!" Ron covered his face with his hands. "I really don't need to see you doing that, little sister. What would Mum say?"
Ginny grinned as she gave Harry's lap a farewell pat. "She'd pretend to be horrified, but behind your back she'd be proud of my ability to extract information. Now, you were saying...?"
"Bloody women! It's Zabini. He's in there with her now."
"Blaise? I thought they were just friends." Ginny frowned. Hermione had spent a lot of time with Blaise Zabini over the previous few weeks, but she had seen no suggestion they were anything other than good friends. "So why is she being so secretive about it?"
"No idea. I suppose we did tease her about him a while back. Although after Neville and Malfoy becoming an item, I wouldn't have thought her fancying Zabini would rate a mention."
Ginny nodded, vowing to find out more from Hermione next time she could catch her alone. No-one paid any attention to the pair of Ravenclaws across the room, whose books had been abandoned as they stared, mouths agape, at the three Gryffindors.
***
With a curse and a sweep of his arm, Snape cleared his desk of its burden of parchment and quills. As the upturned inkpot dripping red fury onto the stone floor, he watched the last of the pile of essays float towards the ever-enlarging puddle. The name at the top of the sheet taunted him.
H. Granger.
Dammit! Why can't I stop obsessing over the girl? Every time I close my eyes, I see her face, her hands, her lips, her skin... I shouldn't even be thinking of her skin. I'm her bloody teacher. I'd never have allowed her to pose nude if I'd known.
Oh, gods, the exhibition! How can I allow it to continue? My student... naked... It's unforgiveable.
Why doesn't she understand?
Why does her voice, crying my name in ecstasy, haunt my dreams? Why can't I wake without my shame coating my belly?
Why does my heart tighten in my chest whenever I see her in the classroom?
I must be strong.
I must be strong enough for both of us.
It's for her own good.
"Severus? Severus!"
Minerva's voice broke into his reverie as the Floo flared green. He turned to see the headmistress's head floating in the flames, frowning at the clutter of parchment and ink on the floor.
"Whatever is going on, Severus? Is there a problem?"
"No, Minerva." He sighed. "Just an accident. Nothing to concern yourself about."
"Very well then. I came to tell you I expect to see you at dinner tonight. You have been neglecting your duties at mealtimes lately, and I feel the need to remind you your presence at the staff table is important for discipline. Your Slytherins have become quite unsettled."
Snape's terse nod of acquiescence was not lost on the astute witch. Her tone softened a little as she continued. "If there's anything you need to discuss, Severus, my door is always open. You've seemed a little... tense... lately."
A little tense? You'd be more than a little tense if you knew about the fantasies running through my mind involving your pet Gryffindor student, Minerva. "No more tense than always, Minerva. Now, if you will excuse me, I have a little work to do before dinner."
***
Attempts at avoiding the vision of his downfall at the Gryffindor table failed miserably as the sound of her laughter carried across the hall to invade his mind and torment his senses. Finally, he succumbed to the pull of her gaze: liquid, brown, and afire with emotion. How could he have ever thought cerulean was superior?
The Great Hall ceased to exist for Snape and Hermione, the clamour of conversation and the clatter of cutlery washing around them as if they were immovable rocks in a sea of humanity. For one brief moment time stood still, held hostage by love and desire and shame and cold, hard reality.
Snape dropped his eyes.
"Did you hear the latest?" Rolanda's elbow was as sharp as her tongue.
His grunted response was no deterrent.
"Potter's sidekick Granger has taken up with one of your Slytherins. Apparently, they were caught at it in her room. Seems no-one is safe from her clutches. Always thought she was unnatural, that one. Couldn't stand flying."
His lip curled as he struggled to maintain disinterest. "Indeed. And which of my little snakes has been so honoured?"
"Zabini. Look at the way he's staring at her now. I'd have thought you'd have trained them better than to wear their hearts on their sleeves like that, Severus."
Snape watched as Hermione lifted a hand and waved to Zabini, her eyes crinkled with mirth. She turned to the Weasley witch and nodded, ducking back into the conversation as if the moment before had never occurred.
Appetite withered on his plate, Snape pushed his chair back and stood, leaving the hall without explanation or apology. Brown eyes followed him as he left the room, smile fading into dismay as she caught the surprised hurt and anger in his final glance at Blaise Zabini.
"Fuck!" How could he know how Blaise feels? I'm sure he hasn't told anyone.
Ron nudged Harry. "She's doing it again."
"You know, Ron, I think 'Mione shagging Zabini is a good thing. She needed to loosen up."
Hermione rounded on the pair. "I'm right here! And what makes you think for one moment Blaise and I are shagging?"
"But, "Mione..."
"He's my friend, Ron! You and Harry are my friends, but I'm not shagging you two, am I?"
"Oi, it's not like I didn't offer." Ron grinned.
"I hardly think, 'Hey, what about it? I'm free tonight,' is the sort of offer most girls would be interested in, Ronald."
"I don't know; it's worked a few times." Ron waggled his eyebrows. "Besides, I saw you two at it in your room yesterday."
Hermine narrowed her eyes. "At what, exactly?"
"Er... you know, cuddling on the bed and..." Suddenly, Ron found his fork fascinating.
"And?"
"And... Well, you can't tell me a bloke gets a hard-on for no reason!"
Hermione refused to let Ron off the hook, despite her reddened cheeks. "So, you entered my room without knocking, made immediate invalid assumptions, then buggered off and spread gossip about me. Does that pretty much sum it up?"
"He did only tell me and Gin, 'Mione. It's not like he put a notice up in the main corridor." Harry found his voice after a nudge from Ginny.
She rounded on the pair sitting across the table. "And who else was in the room at the time?"
"No-one. I think," Ron replied, the effort of remembering the details wrinkling his forehead.
"No. Mandy and Terry were working at the corner table, remember," Ginny said.
"Mandy? Mandy Brocklehurst? The biggest gossip in Ravenclaw house!" Hermione almost shrieked. "What were you thinking?" She pushed her plate and glass away and picked up her bag. "Stupid question. There was no bloody thinking involved!"
As she stormed off, Ron shrugged. "Don't know why she's so titchy. Everyone thinks she's hot stuff now they think she's snared Zabini. I did her a favour."
Ginny rolled her eyes. "You really have no idea how women's minds work, have you, brother?"
Ron spread in hands in a gesture of defeat. "No, none at all. How about you enlighten me?"
"Yes, please do," Harry added. "We need all the help we can get."
"Firstly, if she isn't in a relationship with Zabini, just how embarrassing do you think it will be next time she has to work with him in Potions, knowing everyone thinks they are shagging? And secondly, what will her real boyfriend think?"
"Another boyfriend? Just how many are there?" Harry looked confused.
"Oh, for goodness' sake. Hermione is definitely sleeping with someone. Don't ask me how I know, but I do. If it's not Blaise, then he's not going to be happy, is he?"
"But who is he?" Ron whined.
"I have absolutely no idea. But he's very romantic and sexy." Ginny remembered the letter she had read. And his initial is S, so it can't be Zabini! Ignoring the boys, she followed Hermione from the Great Hall and headed for the library.
***
S. Who do we know whose name starts with S? Ginny dug out a scrap of parchment and a quill from her bag and started making a list.
Seamus Finnigan? Parvati would kill him. Unlikely.
Stewart Ackerley? No, too young.
Stan Shunpike? She has a thing for the underdog, but that's just ridiculous.
What if the S stands for his last name?
Zacharias Smith? That creep? Surely she has some standards.
Who else?
What if he's not a student?
Slughorn?
The other students nearby looked up as Ginny let out a loud snort and giggled. Holding her hand over her mouth, she waved away their interest. But as she stared at the parchment list, she suddenly stilled, wide-eyed with mouth open.
Surely not? He's dark, and I'll admit he has a certain sex-appeal, but he's old enough to be her bloody father! Oh, Hermione, what have you done?
***
"I knew you'd be up here." Blaise joined Hermione at the outer wall of the Astronomy tower, draping his cloak over her shivering shoulders. "Beautiful view, isn't it?"
The rising moon was painting the landscape before them with a silvery glow, the frost-limned grass almost luminescent in the light.
"Yes. It's so peaceful; I could stand here for hours." She sighed.
"You'd get frostbite and hypothermia for your trouble. Whatever possessed you to come up here without a cloak? You could have at least used a Warming Charm." He followed his own advice, creating a thick blanket of warm air to fight off the chill.
"Mmm. Thanks. I should have thought of that myself. I was... distracted."
"By all the daft gossip about us? Does it bother you?" His voice was steady, calming.
"It should bother you, Blaise." Turning to face him, Hermione met his eyes. "Doesn't it?"
He shrugged. "I know it's not true, much as I would like it to be. What other people think is of no consequence."
"But what if..."
He pressed a finger to her lips. "If he thinks you have another interest, he might decide to do something about it."
She shook her head. "No, he's as likely to give up completely. He doesn't think he should be with me as it is. He'll see this as confirmation. And either way, he's likely to take it out on you. I might be in love with him, but I'm not blind to his faults. You don't deserve that, Blaise."
"Don't worry about me. Snape will hardly hex one of his own house members. And I'm not about to turn into Longbottom if he turns the cutting edge of his tongue onto me." He grinned and drew her into a hug. "What you need to do is write to him again. He can avoid you in the hallways and disappear after class, but he can't dodge a letter dropped in his bacon, can he?"
Hermione rested her head on Blaise's strong, safe shoulder. "You're right. It's worth a try."
"Twenty points from Gryffindor, Miss Granger!" Snape's voice was colder than the air surrounding them and just as bitter. "And thirty from Slytherin for inappropriate behaviour. Get back to your common room, both of you." He spun on his heel and left the tower without waiting for their reply.
A single tear trickled down Hermione's cheek as the door slammed behind the man she loved.
***
A/N: This was written for shalimar1981 for the TPP Every Flavour Auction. Hugs to quaffswinegaily and LivingTheDream, my long-suffering sounding boards. Kisses to Karelia, my comma queen.
Sorry about the delay on this one, chickadees. I had an evil tooth of doom that has been causing problems for the last two weeks. Tends to put the muse off a bit!
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This is one of my favorite SSHG stories ever <3 brilliantly done
Response from sunny33 (Author of Limited Exposure)
Thank you! :D
Loved the whole story. Lots of fun!
Response from sunny33 (Author of Limited Exposure)
Thanks. :)
"And today, you’re as jumpy as a unicorn around Pansy Parkinson." Love it.
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That was a great read, and I've recced this story on the One Bad Man comm over on LJ. I hope that some more readers will experience the pleasure of this story that way!
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Thank you for reading, reviewing, and reccing! :D
Excellent!!
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Thanks! :)
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Thanks! :)
I think Blaise Zabini bought Hermione's pictures.
Response from sunny33 (Author of Limited Exposure)
Read on, MacDuff! :)
I thought it sounded like a good idea. Severus may need a body double for a pregnant Hermione or they could use polyjuice from a pregnant woman. Would that work? I know she wouldn't be pregnant, but would she look pregnant? The breasts change with pregnancy and he is all about the breasts. If he does the early pregnancy painting before a woman is completely miserable, maybe Hermione could just stick out her tummy. The 1st baby I didn't show for 5 months. Only my breasts got slightly larger. She could be looking in the mirror and imagining herself as a mother with a baby at her breast. Please tell me they won't have children this soon. Studies in the US show that people without children are happier than adults that have childern. At least if they stay at Hogwarts there are probably house elfs lined up around the block for the chance to take care of their baby while they work.
Response from sunny33 (Author of Limited Exposure)
Don't panic, Hermione has her own opinions on that idea! :)
I do like the fact that most of the other characters beside H and S are very astute and aren't missing much when it comes to the couple in question. In most other stories the other characters aside from possibly Ginny and maybe Harry seem to be mostly cluelss, but we all go along with it because it fits the needs of the story. I'm afraid to find out what Minerva has discovered.
Response from sunny33 (Author of Limited Exposure)
Most of them are pretty smart people who know these too well. Of course they'd figure it out. :)
Please let Minerva be understanding. Sorry. I have to get on to the next chapter!
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:)
Dear Severus, Blaise knows about us and he is in love with me so he had been providing a shoulder for me to cry on, because I've been crying a lot. He has been trying to help me work things out with you. He's very supportive and noble. In case you've been listening to gossip, I'm not shagging Blaise. I'm sure you are above listening to gossip started by Ronnald Weasley. That burk has no idea what really I do in my private life, otherwise he wouldn't be spreading untrue gossip would he. He saw Blaise comforting me and jumped to the wrong conclusion. Wouldn't it be awful to be like Ronnald Weasley?
Response from sunny33 (Author of Limited Exposure)
Hehe!! :D
WTF!!! I guess I'll find out who that was soon enough. I hope it was Ginny. That would take care of that little problem. Severus wouldn't open her door without knocking, I think. Blaise is too good. What would Severus do if he thought Hermione was spending her free time laying on her bed with Blaise? Would he be jelous or would he nurture it and use it to rationalize a reason for dumping her and hating her? Does he really expect Hermione to leave him be? Can't they just agree to wait until the end of school? They are adults after all. Hermione would protest but it would be the best thing to do in the long run. But then again, where would be the fun in that? Are Christmas Hols coming up? Two weeks at the studio would be nice.
Response from sunny33 (Author of Limited Exposure)
LOL wouldn't be much of a story if they did the mature thing and waited. ;)
Not the response I was hoping for when he figured it out. What will you do with Blaise? Just as there is no one like Severus Snape, there aren't other girls like HG running around the school. He might like Ginny if he knew her better. Maybe Luna? She is definitely an unique individual. I've been too enthralled wanting to get to the next chapter to leave reviews, but I want to tell you that this is awesome!
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Thanks. :)
Is she going to tell her mom the real truth? She seems like someone she could tell the truth to. She is a lot like my mom. Maybe her mom can talk some sense into her about continuing to deceive Severus.
Response from sunny33 (Author of Limited Exposure)
Her mum's pretty open. :)
That silly girl. Is she trying to torture him by continuing to stir this up? Her stream of consciousness ramblings indicate she has no intention of letting Severus discover she is Grace, yet she plays with fire. I suppose that because she is more naive than any 19 year old would realize they are, she doesn't realize how cruel this is if she doesn't plan to have a relationship with him but only plans to lead him on for her own titillation. Does she plan to live a double life? Hermione Granger during the week and Grace Henman on the weekends? The more she draws this out the more deceived he is going to feel when he realizes he's been tricked. She isn't a stupid girl and she must know this deep inside. Now he knows she returns his feelings. What is he supposed to do with that information? This is going to get bad before it gets better I fear. I feel the most concerned for Severus who has more to lose. He would have let this lay if she hadn't egged him on. He didn't pursue her because he didn't want to be hurt. He felt it was inappropriate but aslo that she would never be interested in him because of his age. He isn't looking for a booty call. Has she thought that he might be interested in more than sex? Now that she has gotten his hopes up what does she plan to do about it? Has she thought it through that far? Again I ask, has she thought this through?
Response from sunny33 (Author of Limited Exposure)
Of course not. She's nineteen. She knows she wants him but hasn't really thought beyond the moment. You know what they are like at that age! :)
It's too bad Severus feels he still has to be a git. I know potions is dangerous, but I'm sure he could get the NEWT students to cooperate without being mean.
Response from sunny33 (Author of Limited Exposure)
Not sure he knows any other way to behave. :)
Well, I've been thinking about how brave Hermione is. She has been nothing but professional. I admire her. I am a femenist, but I don't think I could have been that relaxed in her situation. It is unusual to find a young woman that is so comfortable with her own body and isn't recriminating herself for imagined flaws for one thing. She doesn't feel super sexy but she also doesn't feel embarrassed about any of her features. I suppose I wouldn't be able to pose like that without feeling at least as aroused as she did. She did have the knowledge of the truth to keep her from getting carried away. On the other hand, Severus was very hard on himself but he didn't judge her for feeling aroused too. What a gentleman. I am feeling very sorry for Severus. He is so sensitive. He's got it bad for Hermione and she's only "just interested" in comparison. She is young and has never really been in love yet. She doesn't know what a broken heart is yet. I've heard it said that women fall in love easier, but men fall in love harder. I suppose one could say he is only sexually interested in her but we know he wouldn't be aroused if he didn't truely like her for herself. Female Death Eaters didn't have the same affect on him. And what do you expect a normal red blooded male to do when a beutiful and aroused teenaged woman is willing to lay there with her legs spread for you for hours while you examine her every nuance', realising she is aroused because she is showing her lady parts to you. How sad for him to have her treat him so causally kind and truely proffesionally, to be honest. It must make him feel like he's just a harmless old man, and maybe even as if he was a trusted harmless old favorite uncle that paints lots of nude women and figure that she could never imagine him as a sexual creature even when she knows he desires her. Because while he could tell she was obviously aroused, I'm certain he didn't immagine it was due to the fact that she was thinking sexy thoughts of him. Hermione acted completely professionally. How was she to know he would develope feeling for her. I sense that this will get worse before it gets better, but I'm comforted by the hope that you will help them work this out and they will be whole in the end and a happy couple.
Response from sunny33 (Author of Limited Exposure)
It's sort of like biting off more than you can chew, isn't it? Neither of them really knew what they were getting into, but are trying as hard as possible not to ruin the hard work they have done so far by given in to their physical responses. :)
This story reminds me. About 16 years ago I went to the Musee d'Orsay in Paris with a friend. We thought we had seen everything there until we were leaving and I saw the postcard for the L'orignine Du Monde. I was like, "Hey Kathy! Hold on! Look at this! We've obviously missed a section somewhere because I'm sure we haven't seen this yet! My eyes had landed on it immediately like a magnet as I scanned the stand. 
I wonder how many people actually buy that postcard? I personally prefer my postcard of the statue of David for unreligious reasons. He has such large hands. I love large hands on a man. 
Which reminds me again! Later at the Louvre, we were down by the mummies. The underwire in my bra had broken through the fabric. I just couldn't bare it jabbing me between my breasts anymore, coupled with my painful feet from walking all over the city. So, I reached into the top of my sweater and pulled and struggled and pulled and wrestled it somemore, as I tried to get the wire out of my bra. There was an older woman resting in a chair by the wall. She was looking at me in horror as if I was about to pull a bomb out of my bra and blow the whole place up! Finally, I got the wire out and looked at her as I pulled it out of the top of my sweater holding it up. Her face and eyes lit up in a friendly smile of comradery as she nodded her head sagely and said, "Ahhhhh!" I saved that underwire with all of my other Paris mementos. Apparently broken underwires transcend the language barrier. 
Response from sunny33 (Author of Limited Exposure)
Love it. Every woman can understand that pain!
Very lovely!!!! 
Can't wizards feel the magic signature of another magical person when they are together? I wonder if he stares at her long enough he will notice she is wearing a glamour? I don't know how they work in this story, but it seems in other stories they can be detected by the trained eye, and if anyone has a trained eye it is Severus Snape. I suppose we see what we expect to see and he isn't expecting to be deceived. 
I wonder how long Hermione can keep up the charade? I'm a little surprised he didn't recognize her voice when she was on her feminist rant. Maybe he has never really listened to her because she annoyed him so much. 
If she pulls this off for the holiday, I can't imagine he won't become suspicious after school starts. After watching her for so long he will have to notice the similarities of voice, scent, hand gestures and facial expressions when he see's her in class. What if he falls in love or infatuation with his model? During breaks he will surely find out what an intelligent woman she is and find her interesting. That could be good or very bad depending on how he takes it when he finds out who she really is. What a tangle that will be. 
Ha! I had no idea this would be bringing up the feminist cause when I went on my own rant in the last review!
Response from sunny33 (Author of Limited Exposure)
Just pretend for the sake of the story that he can only see a magical signature if he actually looks for it. He sees what he expects... a Muggle. ;)
Great stream of consciousness monologue! Yey for the hippies! My mom was a hippie. Bodies are just natural. Handy for the breastfeeding lady except when people are offended at mums breastfeeding in public and mistakenly say something in my presence and I have to climb up on my feminist soap box. I have to climb because I'm quite short, but once I'm up there I am very passionate. People who can't look at a breastfeeding baby without sexualizing it makes me very uncomfortable and I don't think they should be allowed to do that in public. It totally grosses me out! Strange. The young women that are my colleagues at work don't understand feminism. Why did they become lactation consultants and childbirth educators? Will Hermione tell him who she is or not? I am going with "not" for the time being.
Response from sunny33 (Author of Limited Exposure)
Totally agree about breastfeeding. It's perfectly natural and if people don't like it they don't have to look. Prats. :)
This end of this chapter had me in in fits of little school girl giggles hehe. Can't to see the real reactions to that scene!
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LOL Thanks. :D
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Yeah I wrote that review very late haha not my best typing skills lol, I've finished the whole story now and I just loved it, well done :)
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Response from sunny33 (Author of Limited Exposure)
Thank you. :D
I've thoroughly enjoyed this. I remember reading this when it first started to post and I'm so happy to see it completed now. I meant to stop inbetween to leave reviews, but I was to eager to see what happens next.There are so many things to love here: the relationship between Severus and Hermione, Snape the painter (and I can see him so well pouring all his pent-up emotions into his art over the years), the friendship between Hermione and Blaise, the relationship between Draco and Neville...I had to grin when Kingsley turned out to have a wife after all - apearances can be deceptive ;)Very delightful tale with a lovely happy ending for all!
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LOL Some me ARE just well groomed. Thanks for stopping by to review! :)
nooooooooo! i'm not ready for it to end! any next generation of their children fics u are thinking of?
Response from sunny33 (Author of Limited Exposure)
I don't do next gen fics. I'll let others take that on.:)
love the argus kiss and his inclusion and pride in his hobby!
Response from sunny33 (Author of Limited Exposure)
Thank you. :)