Through His Eyes

Chapter 5

Severus was up at the crack of dawn, which wasn't unusual but during the breaks away from school, he found that he usually allowed himself a few extra hours of sleep. But now Harry Potter was sharing his living quarters and he was responsible for training the boy so he supposed nothing was actually normal currently.

There was also the potion that he was going to brew today. While he was certain that he would be able to brew it to perfection, he knew that this was his first attempt, with it being an experimental potion, and he was sure there would be a few bumps along the way.

Thankfully though, Harry seemed to be an early riser this morning as well, so breakfast was already waiting for him when he entered the living area.

Harry, to Severus' great relief, didn't try to make any more conversation beyond the good morning greetings and Severus was immensely grateful.

Although, it seemed that having his attention elsewhere, severely reduced his appetite and he stood up before Harry had even got halfway through his breakfast, "I apologize, Harry, but I need to leave you to your own devices today as I will be working on the potion that I am hoping will be able to enhance your senses."

"Oh, I thought that you'd need to do a whole lot of research about it first..."

Severus couldn't help his chuckle, "Yes, but I have been experimenting with potions for longer than you have been alive, Harry. Besides, once you understand the properties of the various ingredients, you are able to have some idea of how they would react when paired together; that in itself makes potion making much simpler."

Harrys' eyebrows drew together, "I hope that one day I'll be as good at potions as you are..."

Severus inclined his head, "You would be interested in potion making? We'll see if you still feel the same once you learn about Defence Against The Dark Arts."

Harry looked like he was about to ask more questions but Severus spoke again, "I really do need to get started now. You are welcome to wonder the castle only and only if Tinky is by your side at all times."

Harry grinned, "Thank you."

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Severus threw himself headlong into the brewing process.

It had actually been so long since he had to experimentally develop a potion that he'd forgotten how immersed you get in it.

And the fact that this potion was being particularly troublesome was not helping him.

He had to restart the process two more times after the first and second attempt erupted in fumes while he barely managed to contain it enough to not splatter all over himself and the lab.

Clearly, having a number of highly volatile ingredients mixed together to form a single potion wasn't as easy as combining five different potions together. Not that he had thought so, but after his planning the previous night he'd hoped that the process would have run much smoother.

But once he got going on this attempt and hadn't had any looming disaster, all other thoughts went out the window. It was like nothing existed beyond him creating this potion in his lab.

The knock at the door startled him enough that he almost knocked a vial off the worktop.

"I asked to not be disturbed," his frustration was evident as she shouted at the closed door.

"I'm sorry," Harrys' voice came from the other side, "But you didn't come out for lunch and it's nearing dinner time. I brought you something to eat."

Suddenly, the potion started to bubble more than it should have been, to the point that it threatened to boil over.

Severus lowered the flame but he only had about a minute to act before the entire potion became useless. He needed to counteract the volatility of the ingredient he added previously and so he rifled through the various jars in front of him.