Remus caught Snape's gaze and held it for a few moments.
"I'm sorry. I'm preoccupied." He paused and smiled. "Work, you know."
Right.
He forced himself not to look at the floor or away. He could act like Snape didn't disconcert him, couldn't he? He'd managed it for years, after all. Remus didn't know why he'd started feeling like this around the other man, just that it had come upon him gradually over the last few months. More so even, since Sirius and the Veil.
He's the only one left.
All the more reason not to alienate him by acting like a first class idiot around him, Remus knew.
But he did try, and had, so far, been pretty unsuccessful.
He felt he'd been doing okay now, though. For the past fourteen seconds, anyway.
He reached past Snape and opened the door, unintentionally brushing against the other man. Remus managed not to react to it. Just barely.
"I guess I'll see you when I bring Harry for those lessons, then. Unless Albus decides to volunteer you to bring more reports by here."
He grinned a little playfully.
"You could always tell him we fought. Say you called me a 'pathetic mongrel' and I called you an 'insufferble bastard,' that it went downhill from there, and we barely avoided hexing one another. He may choose to send someone else, next time, if you pulled it off."
That would be kind of a shame, though...So why did you suggest it?
Remus didn't know why. He'd think on that later. Maybe.
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Date: 2005-04-20 01:41 am (UTC)"I'm sorry. I'm preoccupied." He paused and smiled. "Work, you know."
Right.
He forced himself not to look at the floor or away. He could act like Snape didn't disconcert him, couldn't he? He'd managed it for years, after all. Remus didn't know why he'd started feeling like this around the other man, just that it had come upon him gradually over the last few months. More so even, since Sirius and the Veil.
He's the only one left.
All the more reason not to alienate him by acting like a first class idiot around him, Remus knew.
But he did try, and had, so far, been pretty unsuccessful.
He felt he'd been doing okay now, though. For the past fourteen seconds, anyway.
He reached past Snape and opened the door, unintentionally brushing against the other man. Remus managed not to react to it. Just barely.
"I guess I'll see you when I bring Harry for those lessons, then. Unless Albus decides to volunteer you to bring more reports by here."
He grinned a little playfully.
"You could always tell him we fought. Say you called me a 'pathetic mongrel' and I called you an 'insufferble bastard,' that it went downhill from there, and we barely avoided hexing one another. He may choose to send someone else, next time, if you pulled it off."
That would be kind of a shame, though...So why did you suggest it?
Remus didn't know why. He'd think on that later. Maybe.