Mini Nano Day #2
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morgynleriThe Avery Women
The Avery Women on AO3
Timeframe: sometime in late 1982 or early 1983, because Niobe was very careful about who was allowed near the nursery for the first six months she had Harry in her home.
"I have heard a disturbing rumor, Mrs. Snape." Dumbledore fixes Niobe with a long look as she sips her tea.
"There are a good many rumors floating about, Headmaster Dumbledore. I'm afraid you'll have to be more specific." Niobe pauses, carefully setting her tea cup back on its saucer, a small and fleeting smile crossing her face. "And it's Madame Avery. I do not use my husband's name."
Dumbledore frowns, radiating a faint disapproval that Niobe suspects is more about her evasion than her disdain for Snape. Though if he doesn't approve of what name she bears, she'll gladly scorn that as well. It's not his place to judge how she handles a marriage only conducted for the sake of others.
"That Harry Potter is being held at Avery House." He looks over his spectacles at her, and Niobe can feel the gentle press of a mind against hers. Not her sister's, and she snorts softly.
"An interesting rumor. Do you have any proof?" She takes another sip of tea, deliberately holding his gaze, and letting the thought float up that she doesn't appreciate someone trying to sneak into her head.
"Are you denying the rumor, then?"
"How is it any business of yours, Headmaster? Avery House is neither Hogwarts nor the property of the Dumbledore family. And as I understand it, the care and whereabouts of Harry Potter aren't your concern, either. That would fall to his relatives and his godparents, of which you, to my knowledge, are neither."
The Avery Women on AO3
Timeframe: sometime in late 1982 or early 1983, because Niobe was very careful about who was allowed near the nursery for the first six months she had Harry in her home.
"I have heard a disturbing rumor, Mrs. Snape." Dumbledore fixes Niobe with a long look as she sips her tea.
"There are a good many rumors floating about, Headmaster Dumbledore. I'm afraid you'll have to be more specific." Niobe pauses, carefully setting her tea cup back on its saucer, a small and fleeting smile crossing her face. "And it's Madame Avery. I do not use my husband's name."
Dumbledore frowns, radiating a faint disapproval that Niobe suspects is more about her evasion than her disdain for Snape. Though if he doesn't approve of what name she bears, she'll gladly scorn that as well. It's not his place to judge how she handles a marriage only conducted for the sake of others.
"That Harry Potter is being held at Avery House." He looks over his spectacles at her, and Niobe can feel the gentle press of a mind against hers. Not her sister's, and she snorts softly.
"An interesting rumor. Do you have any proof?" She takes another sip of tea, deliberately holding his gaze, and letting the thought float up that she doesn't appreciate someone trying to sneak into her head.
"Are you denying the rumor, then?"
"How is it any business of yours, Headmaster? Avery House is neither Hogwarts nor the property of the Dumbledore family. And as I understand it, the care and whereabouts of Harry Potter aren't your concern, either. That would fall to his relatives and his godparents, of which you, to my knowledge, are neither."