REC: Where to Look (RL/SS, PG)

(In theory, I'm taking a quasi-hiatus from LJ/fandom until mid-February or so. In reality, I'm still going to be sneaking looks and posting sporadic comments/recs whenever I need a break.)


Title: Where to Look (RL/SS, PG, 3K) - Anon
http://community.livejournal.com/dearsanta/32295.html
Why I liked it: Cute set-up, wry narration, and a super seasonal opening...

It was the sort of unforgiving winter day that Severus despised the most, and for a man like Severus, this was saying quite a lot. Cold, he could deal with. Snow constituted an easily avoided inconvenience. But ice-- the stuff persisted on shadowy sections of pavement and refused to disappear; it was treacherous, changeable, damn near invisible. It had uses, certainly, but generally was a pain in the arse.

That, and the phrase "the utterly Slytherin way Snape went about being the most stupidly courageous wizard Remus knew" just slays me. :-)