๐๐๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐ข๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ค๐๐๐๐จ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐๐ค๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ข๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช. @fearnebrambell
Harriet was late. It was the first Care of Magical Creatures class of her final year and she was ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ.
It wasnโt on purpose, She โ
@fearnebrambell โ youngest of five, her parents goal for her unlike her brothersโ was simply marriage. She knew it was going to take a lot of hard work and focus to reach her goals, to prove she was every bit as good as the banker, the healer, all four of her older siblings whoโd carved โ
@fearnebrambell โ her.
โI just canโtโ one day Iโm going to travel for work, months on end, Iโve always known my career will have to come first if I want to make it in a manโs world, I justโฆโ It still didnโt change how she felt and that tore her apart inside. She hid it as always โ
@fearnebrambell โ wouldโve at least opted for a bed. She liked to think she was already attentive with Fearne but now the study space felt cheap and sleazy and she could never take thst back for the girlโs first time.
She lowered her hands to her side and took a step back. She needed โ
@SevTSnapeAlways โ clearly been working outside for some time.
โYou made it back in one piece.โ She noted, reaching for a towel draped over the gate that separated them and using it to dab at her face. She really hoped heโd been a half hour or so later, she mightโve at least showered by then.
.@SevTSnapeAlways
โExcuse me.โ Harriet made to push the staff room door open a mere second before Severusโ hand could get there.
Rule number one of dominating a business setting was always getting there first. Make the move towards your colleague, offer the handshake โ
@SevTSnapeAlways โ heard him.
โSeverus.โ She smiled, pushing herself up off the floor. She had the sleeves of her blouse folded up past her elbows, mud on her corduroy trousers, looks strands of blonde stick up different ways and a light sheen of perspiration on her skin. Sheโd โ
@fearnebrambell โ sorryโฆ can you forgive me?โ She asked quietly, her eyes pleading. Sheโd never felt like this before, desperate to know Fearne was okay, she couldnโt bear to be the reason she was upset.
@fearnebrambell โ she spotted the blood on the girlโs thumb and couldnโt help herself.
She was in front of Fearne in an instant, gently prying her hand from her mouth and placing a soft kiss to her knuckles. Her other hand was at her waist in a gentle hold. She just couldnโt help it.
โIโm โ