I'd started writing a birthday drabble for
knightmare_shad, but it wasn't working. See, the thing is,
alisanne likes schmoop, and
eeyore likes...weird shit. lol But her favorite pairing is Bill/Neville, which I've never attempted. Why should I, when she's so friggin good at it?
Now, km, she likes Severus. Okay. I have a hard time with Sev's voice. It has to be clipped, annoyed, sarcastic...able to melt your monitor at the drop of the blade. So, I got thinking, how could I get Severus' voice right?
By having him talk to someone else.
But who? Harry? Draco? Lucius?
No.
To a character that km created almost two years ago, in the first story of hers I'd ever read, which remains one of my all time favorite stories. Original characters can be tricky. Sometimes, they take over a fic. And sometimes, they enhance it. Brian is of the latter persuasion. km has a knack for creating original characters that stay with you after you're done reading. There's a little girl named Arianna that I want to kidnap...lol
So, km, I hope you don't mind that I went to your toybox for inspiration. Thing is, you have such wonderful toys...
Title: Southern Comfort
Pairing: OMC (Brian Billings)/Severus Snape
Universe: Freedom/Unity stories by knightmare
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Brian is in the dumps these days, having had no contact with Severus Snape. Until he receives an unusual piece of snail-mail...( Can you feel that? )