[ ... Severus summons more beer into both their glasses. ]
Tense.
[ Is certainly a word for all of that. Distantly, he wonders why he didn't ask before (this has been covered), but he also wonders if Charles would have told him all that before now. Merlin. It's insane. But so is Wizarding Britain, so what can he say? It seems like they're at the very start of something but-- Severus is only twenty-four. He's not Albus, ready to preach from on high. He forces himself to think of it smaller, to narrow his field of vision to Charles alone. It's uncomfortable to do so but altogether fine, and then he thinks of himself and Lily and--
He takes a drink. ]
This is not an ideal, stress-free setting for reconciliation.
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Tense.
[ Is certainly a word for all of that. Distantly, he wonders why he didn't ask before (this has been covered), but he also wonders if Charles would have told him all that before now. Merlin. It's insane. But so is Wizarding Britain, so what can he say? It seems like they're at the very start of something but-- Severus is only twenty-four. He's not Albus, ready to preach from on high. He forces himself to think of it smaller, to narrow his field of vision to Charles alone. It's uncomfortable to do so but altogether fine, and then he thinks of himself and Lily and--
He takes a drink. ]
This is not an ideal, stress-free setting for reconciliation.