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westernredcedar ([personal profile] westernredcedar) wrote2007-09-11 07:58 pm

Teeny-fic: This Infernal Machine (Severus/Harry) for <user site="livejournal.com" user="cruisedirect

Title: This Infernal Machine
Author: Cedar
For: [livejournal.com profile] cruisedirector, a gift from [livejournal.com profile] celandineb who reported you were having computer issues. Hope they are better.
Prompt: Computer
Characters: Severus/Harry
Word count: 221
Rated: G
A/N: I think I am working out some of my home life issues in this fic. Sorry. ;) Also, I never write this pairing, so it was quite an adventure to try it out. Eep.



“I don’t think that will work…”

“I know what I am doing.”

“It’s more delicate than…”

“Potter, if you know anything about me at all, you know that I understand things with a delicate nature. Potions, hexes. You.”

“I’m not trying to insult you, I just don’t think magic will…Wait, I don’t have a delicate…”

“Your sniveling over this infernal machine tells me otherwise.”

“Severus, there are Muggles who spend their entire lives obsessed with the repair and upkeep of computers. I want to take it in to one of them. Now.”

“Nonsense. This will be functional in moments.”

“You don’t even use the thing. It is my computer. In fact, last week, as I recall, you cursed it for existing and threatened to blast the keyboard to bits. I’m not confident you are the most trustworthy person to repair it.”

“You think I would sabotage your precious time-waster?”

“Yes. I do.”

“Hmm…perhaps you do know me well after all.”

“Severus…”

“Let me just try one…reparo! Well… that does not seem correct.”

“No. It’s not. Smoke is a bad sign, Severus.”

“You wish to take this in for repairs?”

“Yes.”

“Perhaps that would be best.”

“Thank you.”

“Potter?”

“Yes?”

“While it is gone, perhaps you will have more time for other, less intangible distractions.”

“Severus?”

“Yes?”

“Meaning you?”

“Hmm…Meaning me.”

[identity profile] celandineb.livejournal.com 2007-09-12 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
Eee -- thank you! That is wonderfully Severus!

[identity profile] westernredcedar.livejournal.com 2007-09-12 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks Cel! I'm glad you liked it. I really loved the prompt, even though writing Snarry was out of my comfort zone. But hey, that's what the teeny-fics are for! Yay!

[identity profile] hogwartshoney.livejournal.com 2007-09-12 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
I adore that Severus still calls him "Potter".

Mwaaa haaa haaaaa.... "time-waster" <-- *cracks up*

[identity profile] westernredcedar.livejournal.com 2007-09-12 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
Hee! I mean, what, he's going to call him? Harry? *snort* Yeah, right! ;P
Yay, I made you crack up! Thanks, honey!

[identity profile] nehalenia.livejournal.com 2007-09-12 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
That's adorable! I really like their voices there.

[identity profile] westernredcedar.livejournal.com 2007-09-12 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
Thanks Neha! It was fun to play with a bit of dialogue tonight. :)
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[personal profile] cruisedirector 2007-09-12 07:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that's wonderful! Poor Severus having to deal with Harry's sniveling while being jealous of a machine, which of course he would. *g* (Delicate nature, heh.) Thank you so much!

[identity profile] westernredcedar.livejournal.com 2007-09-13 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
You are so very welcome. Thanks for the kind words. I do love jealous Severus. Yay!
I am glad to hear your service woes are improving! :)
cruisedirector: (treeoflife)

[personal profile] cruisedirector 2007-09-13 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
Severus is probably jealous of Harry's wand hand. *veg*

The cable was up all day today! Huzzah! Thank you, again!

[identity profile] westernredcedar.livejournal.com 2007-09-15 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
wand hand! *snort*
Yay! for your cable. :)
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[identity profile] westernredcedar.livejournal.com 2007-09-15 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I don't know about the Snarrying (pushes you over towards Remus). The experiment was fun, but, really... Hee. ;P

Also, didn't we already establish the presence of my hidden webcams in your house? Well. Here's more proof.
Actually, this was totally autobiographical.