alisanne

Title: Mastering Potions
Author:

alisanne
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Severus Snape/Harry Potter
Challenge: Written for

harry100/

harry100's prompt #307: Half-Blood Prince.
Rating: PG
Length: 100 x 2
Warnings: None.
Beta(s):

sevfan and

emynn.
Disclaimer: The characters contained herein are not mine. No money is being made from this fiction, which is presented for entertainment purposes only.

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Mastering Potions

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“I’m not him anymore.”

Harry looked up. “Hm?”

Severus nodded at the scorched book Harry held. “Isn’t that the Half-Blood Prince’s potions book?”

“Guess it’s obvious.” Harry stroked the surface. “And you are him. You’re him and you’re you.”

“Hm.” Severus sat down beside him. “Perhaps. What are you doing with this old thing, anyway?”

“I’ve been thinking. This book helped me master potions. I think it could help others, too.”

“You want to write a potions book?”

“No, I want you to write it.”

Severus snorted. “Who’d purchase it?”

“I think you’d be surprised. Think about it?”

“Very well.”

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“Told you,” Harry said.

Severus, eyeing the queue waiting to purchase his new text, inclined his head. “Surprising.”

“Not to me.”

“Humph.” Severus scowled at the poster Flourish and Blott’s had displayed in its window. “This feels uncomfortably like the way Lockhart promoted his books.”

Harry snorted. “You’re nothing like Lockhart.”

Severus smirked. “So I shouldn’t give you detention tonight to make you help me sign books?” 
Harry grinned. “I’m fine with detention,” he murmured. “But I’d rather we do something else than sign copies of the Half-Blood Prince’s potions book.”

“Perhaps fame isn’t too bad,” Severus purred.

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