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pekeleke ([personal profile] pekeleke) wrote2014-09-22 09:27 am
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Priceless.

Title: Priceless

Author: pekeleke

Pairing(s): Severus Snape/Harry Potter

Challenge: Written for snarry_100 ( IJ, LJ, DW ) prompt challenge 441: Blow.

Rating: G

Length: 100

Warnings: None

Disclaimer: Don't own these characters. No money is being made out of this work.

Summary: Money can't buy everything. There are things that not even Harry Potter and Severus Snape can afford.

Priceless
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There's a small bookstore near Wiltshire that sells priceless first-editions to people like Lucius Malfoy.  Severus invariably wanders towards it and stares at its brightly-lit window with a hunger that has always puzzled Harry.

These books look... old.”

They are.”

Are they any good?”

Probably.”

You've never read them?”

No.”

Why not?”

I could never afford them.”

Why don't you ever go in, then?  You could blow serious money on them now.”

That would shatter the youthful dream they represent.  I don't have many of those left to cherish, Harry.”

Shattering youthful dreams...  You're right.  We definitely can't afford that.”