Throughout your therapy lessons you’ve been working on rejection exposure. Giving in odd and unexpected questions/requests to others in exception of rejection. One of those outrageous requests involved Severuss. It was an obvious no. Which gave the perfect opportunity for you. But as you asked him, his response was different. Hesitant. As though truly thinking it over. Before he finally responded slowly. “I suppose.. a mere peck kiss would be adequate.”

Shock filled you at his drawled out words. Adequate? You couldn’t help but be pleasantly surprised. Which didn’t help your rejection therapy.

“…You’re supposed to say no.” you replied with surprise.