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http://kinsfire.fanficauthors.net/Wishful_Thinking/The_Man_Who_Never_Learns/“What do you want, Weasley?” Snape muttered angrily, bending over a steaming cauldron.
“I won’t pretend to like you,” Arthur replied shortly. “I think you’re a spiteful, bitter and petty old man, for all that you’re less than forty years old. I hate the way you treat my kids – yes, that does include Harry and Hermione – and I can’t stand the way you treat Remus and Tonks.”
Setting a ladle down with a solid thunk, Snape turned to gaze hatefully at the older man. “And I abhor every one of you as well, Weasley, is that what you came here for?”
“But I know,” Arthur continued as if he hadn’t heard the man, “that you’re caught between two masters, neither of whom have much regard for your well-being. Knowing that, I’m sure you can understand why I don’t understand the fact that you have no sympathy at all for Harry, who is caught in a very similar situation to yours.”
Snape froze.
“Of all of us, you are the only one in a position to truly understand what he’s been through, except for those who have been through it with him. You’re the only adult he knows who can understand. And yet you hate him because of what his father did, and because of who you’ve deluded yourself to think he is.”
Silence.
“And now,” Arthur continued, sitting down on a stool by Snape’s workstation, “that I’ve gotten that off my chest, I have a proposition for you.”
The potions professor blinked, startled by the man’s audacity. Not fazed in the least, Arthur gazed back at the man, waiting patiently.
“I’m listening,” Snape finally replied.
Arthur smiled. “Excellent.” He leaned forward slightly. “I can spare you the necessity of teaching Harry Occlumency.”
“How?” Snape spat. “Dumbledore ordered that the brat be taught.”
“Teach me.” Arthur said quietly, and Snape drew back once more, startled, and stared at the man. “I’d have to learn Legilimency as well, but that shouldn’t be difficult for a man of your talents.” He waited a few minutes before raising an eyebrow. “Well?”
“You will have to come here for two hours before every one of Potter’s lessons for your own tutoring session,” Snape said finally. “And you will need to use Polyjuice Potion.”
As Arthur winced, Snape raised his wand and locked the door.
“Get comfortable, Weasley, you’ll be here for quite a while.”
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