Preparedness -- Snape Answers the Door Challenge

In the dim light of late evening, Severus Snape sat slumped and scowling into nothingness from his threadbare chair in his sitting room. His long legs were sprawled inelegantly in front of him. The glass of firewhisky in his hand had not moved in quite a long while. A sharp, metallic rapping on his door startled him, deepening his scowl. Carefully setting the tumbler on his table, Snape rose to his feet and grudgingly went to the door. Again, the sharp metallic rapping echoed through his small house, somehow sounding more demanding this second time. He stopped, crossed his arms and scowled at the door, refusing to answer the summons. A third time, more harshly, the metallic rapping disturbed his hard-sought peace. The sound seemed vaguely familiar. His quick mind grasped on the fleeting thought of what exactly would cause the sound of metal on his door – a snake’s head cane, perhaps.

Slowly, with absolutely no haste, he moved to the door, resting one long fingered hand on the knob while peering through the side window. At the confirmation of his hypothesis, Snape’s scowl metamorphosed into a leering sneer.

Opening the door, he growled, “Hello Lucius. Bored at home already?”


Author's Notes: In keeping with my own guidelines, I stopped here with the first 200 words. Then, those damn plot bunnies wouldn't leave me alone. This snippet turned into a drabble-ish one-shot: Bored, http://hp.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=600021801