Fandom: Harry Potter
Description: “Severus is sixteen, and he hated doing detention after school.”
Severus is sixteen, and he hated doing detention after school. Especially from professor McGonagall. Especially with Gryffindors. Especially when they were Potter and Black. There was nothing he could do about it, though, so he gritted his teeth and continued to sort things out in the very cluttered room. Without magic, of course. Professor McGonagall had taken their wands away. And that was the only positive thing for now.
There was no help from Potter and Black. They were more having fun than working. Severus waved them off. At least they weren’t bothering him. He reached for a box on the top shelf of the wardrobe. As he picked it up, Severus hit up some scrolls and they fell out and covered him in a cloud of dust. He coughed. And he almost dropped the box on his foot. Severus quickly put down the heavy object, still coughing, and turned around. However, he misjudged the distance and bumped hard against the wardrobe next to him. Something fell from above.
As the dust settled and his cough subsided, Severus realised a few things. Firstly, a cloth had fallen over his head. It had probably been white before, but the dust had turned it grey. The second was that Black was laughing hysterically.
“Oh, shut up,” Severus said irritably, reaching to remove the cloth from his head. But he was grabbed by the wrist. Severus was surprised: “Potter, what the hell?”
James Potter smiled broadly, and Severus’s heart skipped a beat. He never smiled like that before. James Potter reserved that kind of smile for people he liked. Severus was definitely not one of them. James Potter lifted the cloth sharply with his free hand and leaned forward. The kiss was brief and the slap was loud.
Red as tomato, Severus shook his hand, glared angrily at Potter and then at the stunned Black, and stormed out of the room like black lightning.
“Uh… James? What was that?” Sirius asked, having set his jaw back in place.
“I guess I messed up at the start and he said no,” James replied with a suspiciously happy smile.