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some kind of snark faery ([personal profile] arcanetrivia) wrote2008-01-27 07:37 pm

The Devil's Tritone

Title: The Devil's Tritone
Rating: G
Characters: Severus Snape, Lucius Malfoy
Prompt: [livejournal.com profile] 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.

[identity profile] nixitall.livejournal.com 2008-01-28 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
"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.
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[identity profile] venturous1.livejournal.com 2008-01-28 11:28 am (UTC)(link)
thank you for the lovely image of Severus at the keyboard. I will boot up some Brahms this am and visualize him thus.