The Devil's Tritone

[arcanetrivia]

Title: The Devil's Tritone
Rating: G
Characters: Severus Snape, Lucius Malfoy
Prompt: snape100 #214 "Snape's hands"
Word count: 100

Severus's nimble fingers stroked idly over the flat ivory as he waited in the Malfoys' parlour.

"It's called a piano, Severus," said Lucius, entering with a smirk as extravagant as the rest of his attire.

"Is it, indeed?" Severus replied with mock innocence. "My thanks, for I should never have identified this exotic three-legged beast without your timely help."

Lucius smiled indulgently. "We'll be just a moment more. You know Narcissa."

Severus grunted noncommittally as Lucius exited without waiting for a reply, then flexed his long fingers, pale as the ivory, but shining like moonlight against the sharps and flats.

Comments

[nixitall.livejournal.com]

"My thanks, for I should never have identified this exotic three-legged beast without your timely help."

Love the snark. Very well painted picture for just 100 words.

[elethian.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[venturous1.livejournal.com]

thank you for the lovely image of Severus at the keyboard. I will boot up some Brahms this am and visualize him thus.

[elethian.livejournal.com]

I don't think he actually knows how to play (as much as I like a dose of aesthete!Severus in fanfic now and again), but a nice piano is a thing of beauty in itself. ;)