Blink
Drabbles- A Bit of This and That
Chapter 2 of 4
Pearleour drabbles about our favorite couple, each different. Enjoy!
Blink
Summary: What exactly was Severus working on? And how does Hermione figure into it.
Written for the grangersnape100 Anticipation challenge.
Disclaimer: The characters, settings, etc. of the Harry Potter series are not mine; they belong to J.K. Rowling and Co. I promise to return them when I am through. Well, most of them anyway.
Blink
“Blink." Severus held up one hand to forestall conversation. "Just blink, once."
“Why?”
“Blink.”
“Fine.” They were standing in the hallway for the Ministry of Magic, fourth level. Slowly, deliberately, Hermione blinked, once. Severus nodded and took off down the hallway. Since surviving Nagini's bite, he’d been working as an Unspeakable. Shaking her head, Hermione could only imagine what that was about.
Two days later, in the same fourth level hallway, she ran into him again. "Cough."
“You want me to cough?”
“Just, cough.”
Not sure what was going on, Hermione coughed. Once again he took off down the hall.
"Jump." It had been four days since Hermione had seen the wizard. All attempts to find out what Severus was working on had ended in a dead end. "Jump."
Hermione jumped.
The next encounter was less then twelve hours later. He seemed to know when she would be in the fourth level hallway. It was the only time he would seek her out for his bizarre requests.
"Laugh." Hermione laughed.
Two days later she saw him in the main atrium, he barely acknowledged her presence. It seems only the fourth level hallway would do for whatever it was he was…doing.
A week went by before she saw Severus again in the level four hallway. Anticipating another odd exchange, she stopped when she saw him coming towards her, wondering what he would ask this time.
Severus slowed down long enough to nod before starting to move on.
"Wait, that's it? No more strange commands? No more bizarre requests?"
Severus turned to look at the witch. He eyed her before answering stiffly, "No, not at this time."
"What a pity, I was looking forward to you ordering me to suck."
Dumbfounded, Severus watched Hermione walk away, endless possibilities running through his mind.
A/N: This is rather odd, I know. This is what happens when the cat wakes me up at 4:30 in the morning. Can’t tell you why it popped into my head or what Severus is doing. I don’t have clearance for the Unspeakable level.
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Latest 25 Reviews for Drabbles- A Bit of This and That
18 Reviews | /10 Average
This is my favourite ofthe four drabbles, it flows so naturally, I loved the comments from "The Boys" and Ginny, and the way they had eyes only for eachother, and had no idea of the stir they were causing.
Oh my indeed, and she made Severus blush, bonus.
Well now, THAT'S got him thinking. 
I was so pleased to see your name on a new story again, and you haven't lost your sweet and gentle touch, this was lovely, thank you. 
Welcome Back
The cutest and sweetest way to end this set of drabbles and begin my day. Thank you so much for the fun!
A wonderful selection! Thanks :)
Thank you! After having a madhouse at work and before having do dash cooking and tutoring my son for a science paper I definitely needed your story to pick me up.
I LOVE IT!! I'm glad they danced together, WELL DONE!!
WHOA...What a surprise..Love it, Love it!!!
ROFL...WONDERFUL!!! WELL DONE!!
Oh Pearle, I love it!! So tender and sweet..I have missed you and your writings..Glad to see you posting again!!
Aww, so heart warming.Welcome back!
I think I liked the 4th one the bestWould love to see what happens
Lovely, as always. :)
Lovely, as always. :)
Very clever! My cat won't let me type more.
Exceptional answer, Hermione!!! Now, maybe he'll stop next time even if he doesn't really need anything. Next time you see him tell him you are disapointed he didn't ask you to come. This is why I'm in trouble at work all the time. I say stuff like this and forget to filter. Damn it! How does one develope internal filters after they are a grandma? In fact, the older I get the worse I am. Is this part of senior dementia? I put my foot in it big time at a staff meeting yesterday. Anyone have a suggestion? Then, I'm like, "Michelle, why did you let me say that?" 
to the person next to me as soon as it was out of my mouth. Some of my coworkers do try to protect me from my self if they can catch me in time. Then, I said "I was just kidding" 
to my boss. But it was too late. She knew I wasn't. It's an awful problem and recurrent. I don't know what to do? It's as if allergy medicine is truth serum or something. Write a drabble about that! Snape doesn't say things like, "... Actually, I wish you were all dead" at staff meetings even though he's thinking it.
Sometimes dead seems better than dealing with life, yes? I love sleeping. It's kind of like being dead without the commitment. (Not original, but I agree whole hartedly.) I liked this drabble and I'm glad you are back.