Remus said it, not him. So that was a plus. Severus went back to copying. He needed to save up, he decided, for a quill that would do this for him. Of course, he'd actually have to find a way to convince his parents to send him money. His father would rather drink it away and his mother was too much of an enabler.

She loved the man. And love made people do crazy, crazy things. Like stay in the house Severus hated to think about, much less return to each summer.

"Yeah, 'm not opposed," Severus said, flipping the page. "'S yer guard dog gonna come lookin' fer yah tonight?"