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A much belated gift for Tangerine Extreme, who asked me to illustrate one of her stories. I chose The Marriage Flaw, her WIP - which is available on ffn, here: www.fanfiction.net/s/8676155/1… . This scene comes from chapter 11. Perhaps this will go a little way to encouraging her to keep writing... nudge! nudge!

Every unattached wizard and witch is being assigned a life partner. Severus is determined to be prepared....

"Severus headed over to the section labeled 'Relationships'. He was never one to hide or shy away from anything, but Severus was loathed to admit he was here for this particular reason. He has resolved exactly three days ago that if he were to be married he was going to need some help. For those three days, he fought the ridiculous notion that he was going to buy a book on relationships but in the end, his logical side won out. Determined not to be miserable with whomever he was paired with, he decided to make his way to the bookshop.

Quietly he browsed the section. He took in title after ridiculous title.

How To Woo Your Woman (Although She Would Prefer Me)

What rubbish. Only a narcissistic buffoon would give a book that title.

Written by Gilderoy Lockhart

… and that says it all.

The Ultimate Guide to Women by Sarah Little

It's only 150 pages long - can't possibly be helpful.

I'll Save You The Time: She Was Right, You Were Wrong by Sebastian Pringle

Absolutely absurd!

Forget Women; Live With Dung beetles! by Havershim Turtle.

They can't get any more absurd! Merlin, all I want to do is find a decent book! Don't they have anything reasonable in this place?

The Only Reasonable Book Here by Cynthia Crawley

Severus read the name of the last title and growled as he turned to leave. Just then, an alarmingly bright purple book caught his eye.

How to Survive Your Arranged Marriage - A Guide for the Practical by Richard Dawes

He took the tome down and flipped open the cover:

Are you currently stuck in an arranged marriage? Are you signed up for an organized relationship? Do you feel like you want to make the best of a situation? Keep reading to learn techniques on how to survive the marriage, and perhaps even thrive.

This has got to be a load of drivel but it looks like my only option. He took the book and looked at the back cover to read the price. There was no way in Hades Severus was going to let Miss Granger see what book he was purchasing. He took the selected amount of galleons out of his pocket and headed for the door, book tucked underneath his robes.

Hermione noticed him returning from the back of the store.

"Did you have any …" she was promptly cut off again, by flying Galleons.

"Have a nice day, Miss Granger," Severus said with finality as he tossed the coins onto the counter and quickly headed for the door.

"What the...?" she asked, obviously confused. He is such an odd man, she thought to herself as she put the money in the drawer and went back to the Daily Prophet."

I for one, would like to see what happens next...! Pxx

Description
A much belated gift for Tangerine Extreme, who asked me to illustrate one of her stories. I chose The Marriage Flaw, her WIP - which is available on ffn, here: www.fanfiction.net/s/8676155/1… . This scene comes from chapter 11. Perhaps this will go a little way to encouraging her to keep writing... nudge! nudge!

Every unattached wizard and witch is being assigned a life partner. Severus is determined to be prepared....

"Severus headed over to the section labeled 'Relationships'. He was never one to hide or shy away from anything, but Severus was loathed to admit he was here for this particular reason. He has resolved exactly three days ago that if he were to be married he was going to need some help. For those three days, he fought the ridiculous notion that he was going to buy a book on relationships but in the end, his logical side won out. Determined not to be miserable with whomever he was paired with, he decided to make his way to the bookshop.

Quietly he browsed the section. He took in title after ridiculous title.

How To Woo Your Woman (Although She Would Prefer Me)

What rubbish. Only a narcissistic buffoon would give a book that title.

Written by Gilderoy Lockhart

… and that says it all.

The Ultimate Guide to Women by Sarah Little

It's only 150 pages long - can't possibly be helpful.

I'll Save You The Time: She Was Right, You Were Wrong by Sebastian Pringle

Absolutely absurd!

Forget Women; Live With Dung beetles! by Havershim Turtle.

They can't get any more absurd! Merlin, all I want to do is find a decent book! Don't they have anything reasonable in this place?

The Only Reasonable Book Here by Cynthia Crawley

Severus read the name of the last title and growled as he turned to leave. Just then, an alarmingly bright purple book caught his eye.

How to Survive Your Arranged Marriage - A Guide for the Practical by Richard Dawes

He took the tome down and flipped open the cover:

Are you currently stuck in an arranged marriage? Are you signed up for an organized relationship? Do you feel like you want to make the best of a situation? Keep reading to learn techniques on how to survive the marriage, and perhaps even thrive.

This has got to be a load of drivel but it looks like my only option. He took the book and looked at the back cover to read the price. There was no way in Hades Severus was going to let Miss Granger see what book he was purchasing. He took the selected amount of galleons out of his pocket and headed for the door, book tucked underneath his robes.

Hermione noticed him returning from the back of the store.

"Did you have any …" she was promptly cut off again, by flying Galleons.

"Have a nice day, Miss Granger," Severus said with finality as he tossed the coins onto the counter and quickly headed for the door.

"What the...?" she asked, obviously confused. He is such an odd man, she thought to herself as she put the money in the drawer and went back to the Daily Prophet."

I for one, would like to see what happens next...! Pxx