[ Claire actually knows how to function around other living people, and Severus isn't scared of female biology. Perhaps it evens out.
(Probably not.) ]
I have to accredit it to you, [ he says lowly, letting her coil around him and sliding his arm to hold her.
Severus doesn't know how to explain, still, why he was as vehemently opposed at first as he was. If he disliked her, if she was less effective in slinking in around his barriers, it would have been easier to screwed around or cut her off. It's riskier this way. He doesn't want to get used to anything. But everyone says they won't remember. Maybe it's fine. To have something for a moment. ]
no subject
(Probably not.) ]
I have to accredit it to you, [ he says lowly, letting her coil around him and sliding his arm to hold her.
Severus doesn't know how to explain, still, why he was as vehemently opposed at first as he was. If he disliked her, if she was less effective in slinking in around his barriers, it would have been easier to screwed around or cut her off. It's riskier this way. He doesn't want to get used to anything. But everyone says they won't remember. Maybe it's fine. To have something for a moment. ]