Birthday and Fic Rec: Friends and Wine

[iesika]

Happy Birthday to me! I am 24, which means that, really, I ought to be done with school by this point and not working in a bakery. Though working in a bakery does lead to today's amusing anecdote. You see, I don't like cake at the best of times, and being surrounded by sweets 6 days a week does not make them more appetizing. So, instead of a birthday cake, I had a birthday quiche, with candles and everything. But I'm sick right now, so it kind of tasted like sawdust.

Now, I know most of my flist are not Potter People, but OMG I just read the BEST story...

Title: Friends and Wine
Author:

atdelphi 
Pairing: Slughorn/Snape (during book 6, not Snape's teen years)
Summary: Professors Snape and Slughorn acquaint themselves anew.

This story is really excellent, with a nice slow build-up and a bit sexual tension. Delphi's Snape is always good, but what I really love here is Slughorn, who I've never seen done so well.

 

 

Excerpt: 

Severus froze, feeling suddenly as though someone had poured cold water down his back. They did not talk politics, the two of them. They talked about Potions and natural philosophy and literature and Quidditch, and sometimes he thought that was the only thing that had kept him from throwing himself off the Astronomy Tower as a preemptive measure. "You were fucking him," he said flatly.

Horace looked alarmed, recovering his arm and frowning. "Of course I wasn't. Tom Riddle...wasn't interested in being anyone's protégé. I only said you reminded me of him."

"How?"

Horace took another long drink. "Half-blood. Proud. Too clever for your own good, and not realising that mere cleverness doesn't get you into the circles you want it to. Take my word for it, m'boy, you would have come to a much worse end than this if you'd been born charming."

If that was supposed to be a compliment, it fell substantially short.

"Now, Harry Potter," Horace mused, "He's the same breed. Don't make that face."

"Harry Potter is neither a half-blood, by any modern definition, nor too clever for anyone's good."

Horace smiled, but once again it was that unpleasant smile. "He was asking the oddest questions today..."

Severus's frown deepened. "What sort of questions?"

Horace only shook his head, however. "He's a dangerous boy.

Comments

[kasra-c.livejournal.com]

Happy (belated) birthday! I didn't manage to pop out a birthday baby for you in the end, but if it makes you feel better, the kid gave me serious grief last night and kept me up until 2am making me wonder if I needed to head into the hospital anyhow. ^^;

I hope you enjoyed your birthday and that you feel better soon!

[iesika.livejournal.com]

I'm feeling better already, thank you. ^_^ I'm sorry the brat is giving you grief - hopefully it will all be over soon (and time for all new kinds of hassle).

[moonypadlover.livejournal.com]

Happy Late Birthday Jess. ^^ I called to tell you on the day, but you were gone all day ^^

But I'm glad you had Quiche and had a good day.