@clumsyherbologist sent in 777 for the starter meme.
“Stop!” Severus drew his wand and quickly summoned the porcupine quills right out of the student’s hand. What was his name again? Longbottom, wasn’t it? Frank’s son?
“The fuck have I been teaching you the past six years?” He asked, sounding more alarmed than angry and clearly forgetting professors weren’t supposed to swear. Frankly not giving a damn toward professionalism as he went over and tapped the boy’s book with a finger, Severus forced his heart to stop hammering as he managed a little more calmly, “Shaved, not whole – if you set those in you’d have blown up your cauldron and been lucky to spend a week in the hospital wing,” He explained gruffly, “Honestly – did I not cover the importance of directions or do you just like to experiment?” A Gryffindor might be just that stupid, but he also didn’t know enough about his future self to be aware of whether or not he’d even covered the importance or just assumed people to have a good enough sense of judgement to read.
Severely Archived 