Challenge #369: "Beholder, Redux!"

[bethbethbeth]

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Challenge #369: "Beholder, Redux!" In honor of this year's hp_beholder fic/art exhange (which - surprise, surprise - I also Mod!), this week's challenge is to write a drabble in which you pair Severus Snape in some fashion with one of the characters who are the focus of the hp_beholder exchange. For those of you who ship Snape only with a character who doesn't appear on that list, feel free to have Snape and one of the Beholder characters "just be friends."

Note: HP Beholder sign-ups are still ongoing here, and while Beholder's not a Snape-centric fest, it is very much a Snape-friendly one. Come sign up!

Snape and His Colleagues: Duelling; PG

[shadowycat]

Title: Snape and His Colleagues: Duelling
Author: shadowycat
Rating: PG
Characters: Snape and Flitwick
Challenge: #369 Beholder Redux
Word Count: 100

A blur of red streaked toward him moving erratically from side to side before swooping past and bending around to hit him squarely in the back.

Severus went down, lying quietly for a moment before rolling over and looking up at his opponent.

“What was that last shot, Filius?”

“It was just an ordinary blasting hex.” Flitwick’s eyes twinkled. “Of course, I used a rather special delivery method. Not strictly legal for duelling, but then you said you wanted a real test. Would you like me to teach it to you?”

Severus sat up and took the proffered hand. “Definitely.”