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Severus deserves a little treat on his birthday
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Severus Snape cannot stop wanking over fantasies of his student.
That’s not entirely true.
The ordeal took legs and quickly grew out of control when he found himself curious about the uncharacteristically dreamy look on Hermione Granger’s face. He cannot be certain that this is a new development, and he hardly cares. But the Golden Girl of Gryffindor house, the Head Girl determined to break all Hogwarts records, is seemingly infatuated with him.
He would hardly believe it true himself. Of course, he knows. Intrigued by her glazed-over eyes and her chin lolling loosely against her palm, he gave into temptation and slipped inside her mind. And again, and again. What he found would make the hardiest of Death Eaters blush. Scenarios and fantasies, each one more sordid and arousing than the last.
Severus Snape has had enough.
It isn’t fair to expect him to hold his composure when faced with her mooning eyes, her full lips, her…scent, every day. There are no expectations, only his own, and they are beyond breaking point now. Which is worse? Wank himself silly in his shower, followed by tears of frustration and guilt, or confront the girl? Pull on that forbidden thread and possibly find reward between her thighs?
He fusses with the buttons on his cuff, staring intently at his reflection, daring the man there to stop this madness. There are no excuses for such behaviour any more, he is no longer pardoned for his darker tendencies.
He turns away from his reflection, his lip trembling slightly.
It’s not as though he would coerce her into anything without her explicit consent. Those activities were never to his taste, in fact, some of the travesties he has witnessed…well, they don’t bear thinking on. There are much more tempting thoughts he can focus his energy on now.
Once breakfast has been consumed, he lowers himself into the familiar chair of his potions classroom and wills the day to hurry along. She is in his last class of the day—of the week—and if he can make it through the day without too many calamities on his hands, he is certain it will end positively.
It’s not often the day passes peacefully when one is overseeing children with explosive materials. It can only be a good omen.
Her scent precedes her—coconut, vanilla and arousal—Severus closes his eyes, inhaling greedily and suppressing a groan as the tempting scent comes closer, passing him in a bouncing cloud. When he opens his eyes, he is treated to her flushed features as she quickly averts her gaze from him. A smirk tugs on the corners of his mouth.
“Today,” he announces before they’re all fully seated, “you will concoct a potion of your own invention.”
He glances at Miss Granger just in time to see her face fall in defeat. Of course, he devised this lesson in the hopes that she would fail. Creativity is her downfall, and he needs an excuse to keep her after class.
“Settle down,” he says icily as the class erupts into groans of disappointment and disbelief. “You are seventh-year students, if this is beyond your abilities, then why are you here?”
It’s a much larger class than he would usually have for year seven, combining the students from the previous year who had missed out due to the war. Not one of them has the skill to move into a mastery—although, if Granger asked to apprentice under him…
“Get going,” he tells them, sitting back in his chair.
They surge forward, battling to reach his storeroom as quickly as possible. It's chaos, but he is calm as can be. Granger stares at her cauldron, not rushing forward with the others. Her eyes glitter with tears of frustration and her lips tremble. She is still frozen in her chair when her peers return and start their prepping.
His gaze lingers on her calves—one sock slightly lower than the other—as she finally makes her way to the storeroom. If she takes much longer, she doesn’t stand a chance.
Severus descends upon them, stalking through desks, peering over shoulders and tutting disapprovingly.
“What have you done to those unicorn hairs, Miss Lovegood?”
“Curled them, professor,” Lovegood chimes.
“To what purpose?”
“Experimentation,” the barmy witch replies, as if it’s obvious.
He shakes his head and moves on. To her credit, the Lovegood girl has the creativity required of a Potions Mistress but is likely to kill herself and others in her quest.
Severus pauses at Miss Granger’s shoulder and takes delight in watching her shoulders tense under his scrutiny.
“The clock is ticking, Miss Granger,” he sighs. “I'd hate to have to keep you back after class.”
He can hear the sharp intake of breath, is it fear? Excitement? Perhaps she is weighing her options, being deemed a failure, but finding herself alone with him. Before he sweeps away, he taps a finger on her desk, lingering. He knows she likes his hands.
There are very few disruptions, thankfully. Most of the cauldrons simmer or bubble lightly as they play it safe. Of course, the potions are abysmal. With the exception of Miss Lovegood.
“It’s an iridescent body paint,” she explains to Severus, smearing some across her wrist.
“It’s pointless,” he tells her sternly. “But you’ve no doubt succeeded.”
“It’s fun,” Lovegood explains.
“Certainly a far sight better than this swill,” he says, peering into Granger’s cauldron.
It’s nothing, not even a potion, just a dark purple swirl of ingredients without magic. She’s not the only one who has failed, but she is the only one holding back unshed tears. He makes his way back to his desk, but not before he vanishes the contents of her cauldron.
“You will all write three feet of parchment on the potion you attempted here today, and why it failed or how it can be improved upon,” he tells the class as the bell rings.
“Where do you think you’re going?” Severus whispers as Miss Granger attempts to dart past his desk, head ducked low, chin tucked against her chest.
She flinches, but stills in front of the desk, unable to meet his gaze. Her body is humming to him, he can hear it—almost feel it. When the last student files out of the door, he raises a lazy hand and locks it after them. Her eyes dart to the door handle, then to him, her little mouth popping open in surprise. Her hair is a wild mess of frizz from the potion fumes, she always looks so debauched after brewing.
“A disappointing performance, Miss Granger,” Severus tuts.
“I’m sorry, sir.” Her shame is palpable.
“It hasn’t escaped my notice that you have been extremely…distracted this term.”
“I—”
“Don’t bore me with some pathetic excuse, girl. You will recall I’m sure that I am proficient in mind magic.”
Realisation blooms across her face—eyes wide and brimming with tears, mouth agape and lip trembling—Severus hides his smug smile with a deep scowl. The girl stammers over a few syllables but fails to form a sentence. He maps out the path of a tear as it trails along her cheek to the corner of her mouth.
He lets out a heavy, disappointed sigh and drops his eyes to his desk. “How do you plan on improving on your dismal performance today?”
“Sir?” she sniffles.
“Perhaps you’re pleased to lower your average grade for the year?”
“No!” she shrieks.
“Then surely you can come up with a solution to this problem that will benefit us both?”
Her eyes are wide, the tears receding as a flicker of something passes over her soft features. Severus settles further into his chair awaiting her next move. If she is as… uninspired as he suspects…
Miss Granger takes two strides forward, commandeering his desk and then she is beside him. She’s a tiny little thing. Easy to throw around, his twisted thoughts provide without prompting. Her socks are dislodged slightly, one on her kneecap where it belongs, and the other slightly lowered. Severus can see the fine hairs there, much fairer than those curls he can’t stop thinking about. Well, he can’t stop thinking about any of her.
The sleeves of her cardigan are twisted beneath her fingers as she shuffles slightly from one foot to the other. They both watch her toying with the soft wool for a moment—he isn’t pleased that she is giving him ample time to overthink.
She drops her bag by her ankles with a resounding thump. Severus follows her movements closely, eagerly. Her body is whispery and lithe as she folds herself across his desk—the hem of her skirt hardly skimming the tops of her thighs—a heady exhale leaves him at the sight. Hopefully, she didn’t hear. Her movements are expert like perhaps she had thought this through many times.
She had.
His eyes follow the taut muscles at the back of her thighs, lazily tracing a path to her toes which hardly touch the flagstone floor.
Miss Granger is a treat that he cannot comprehend. Her little awkward shuffling, the sweet blush on her face pressed against his desk. The overwhelming scent of her arousal leaves his mouth watering. He must contain himself, just a little longer.
“My my,” he says, barely above a whisper. Granger tries to whip around, in search of his disappointment. “Is this how the Head Girl conducts herself when faced with the possibility of a failing grade?”
Fear flashes across her features, her spine is ramrod straight as she awkwardly pulls herself up, turning her face away.
“I hardly expect it from you, of all people,” he clicks his tongue. “What would the Headmistress think?”
“Please, Sir… I thought… I thought—”
“You assumed that I wanted in on your sordid little fantasies. That’s what you did.”
“I’m s-sorry, Sir. Please, I’ll take the fail, just please don’t tell the Headmistress.” His fiery gaze lingers on her trembling lower lip.
The girl scrambles for her bag and slowly backs away, stopping by the door (which she knows is locked). There is no escape from her choices, and he can see that thought as it hatches. The knowing look, as she realises that her freedom and education depend on his discretion.
He could toy with her a little longer, perhaps shove her nose into the corner of the room, tug her knickers to her ankles and have her finger herself for hours on end. But, he’d much rather have the pleasure of touching her.
“Come here,” Severus tells her sternly, tapping his palm to his thigh. “Foolish girl,” he mutters under his breath when she doesn’t move. “You caused this,” he indicates his tented trousers, “you’ll rectify it.”
His cock throbs painfully against his zipper as he watches Miss Granger shuffle on the spot before taking one tentative step toward him. She can play innocent all she likes, but he knows. Only moments before, she was spread over his desk with her arse cocked in the air like a needy little whore. Hermione Granger—Head Girl and war heroine—wants her greasy, old, cantankerous professor to fuck her.
She’s close enough now for him to smell her arousal again, the poor chit must be dripping. Severus imagines the tight clench of her cunt as it leaks her need with each step she takes towards him. Her eyes are trained on his crotch, hunger blazing, alongside fear and disbelief.
Severus crooks his finger, beckoning her closer still when she stalls less than a foot away. The girl is clearly apprehensive about coming so close. A longing is lodged in his chest as he eyes her legs. The hem of her school skirt hanging above bare knees, the socks sitting slightly dishevelled just below them. How he’d love to leave bruises on her…
“Come close, Miss Granger. Don’t be shy now.”
Her knees knock against his as she hurries forward this time, the fear in her gaze temporarily overcoming the arousal. Of course, Severus knows that the fear only piques her interest in him further.
“Sir?” she quietly says.
“Yes, Miss Granger?”
“Wh—what am—what should I do?”
Her lower lip trembles again, and Severus would love nothing more than to sink his teeth into the flesh. Her chest rises and falls rapidly, her breasts swelling against her grey cardigan. He keeps his gaze there, watching her tits, knowing that she will notice.
“Remove your cardigan,” he tells her.
She swallows audibly. Her fingers tremble as they unloop the buttons a little too slowly for his liking. He smirks, she is playing hard to get, but he knows what she wants. Granger looks around, searching for where to place her cardigan.
“Drop it on the floor, girl,” he snaps. “Are you wearing a bra?”
“Yes, Sir.” The tremor of her tongue over the word ‘sir’ shoots straight to his cock, he suppresses a groan.
“Remove it, but not the shirt.” She looks confused. “You are a witch, Miss Granger.”
Her eyes twinkle and she reaches for her wand, momentarily forgetting her embarrassment and humiliation. He’ll have to remind her. Once she presses the tip of her wand to her tit, the plain piece of material lands on top of her cardigan.
“Oh,” Severus hums, moving his face closer. “Are your nipples erect, witch?”
She flushes a deep pink, he can see it travel below her collar. Her taut nipples are pressing obviously against her white shirt, his mouth waters.
“Answer me,” he commands.
“Y-yes, Sir.”
“I’ll need you to elaborate,” he taunts.
“Yes, Sir, my nipples are erect,” she mutters quietly, avoiding his eyes.
“Is that because you are enjoying parading yourself for your professor? Do you enjoy making me hard?”
A sweet little gasp catches in her throat, her eyes darting from his crotch to his mouth and finally settling somewhere just past his left ear.
“Yes, Sir.” She is almost inaudible.
“Louder girl and don’t be shy, you’re usually a lot more forthcoming with your answers in my classroom.”
“Yes, Sir,” she says a little louder, but still quite breathless. “I like making you hard. I’d like—”
“Don’t stop now, Miss Granger,” Severus teases, “what is it you’d like?”
“I’m not quite sure actually,” the little witch admits.
“Are you wet, Miss Granger?”
“S-sorry?”
“Are you wet?” he enunciates each word carefully, watching with pleasure as her discomfort grows. “If I was to sit you on my knee, would I find evidence of your arousal staining my trousers?”
“Yes, Sir,” she says softly, ashamed.
“Turn around,” Severus instructs.
He takes a moment to admire her from behind. The slim waist and the flare of her hips, clearly evident even in her uniform. The girl quivers with anticipation, her thighs twitching, she is a wonder to behold. Severus can scarcely believe that she is interested in him, and if he was a better man, he would have sent her away.
“Sit.”
She casts a timid glance over her shoulder, meeting his eyes first before looking to his knees. Severus parts his legs and pats his right thigh in invitation. He watches with a self-satisfied smirk as she backs up and lowers herself gently, almost not touching him.
“Get comfortable, you’ll be there until you come.”
“What?” she gasps, curls flying as she whips her neck around to look at him again.
“You heard me, I want you to ride my knee until you come.”
He wants to flip up her skirt and see what knickers she’s wearing, but he’d rather wait. Her breaths are shuddering in and out as she shuffles about, grounding herself more comfortably. Her entire weight is on him now and his cock’s interest stirs.
“Do get going,” he tells her in false exasperation.
Her first movements are little more than erratic jerks of her hips, he can hardly feel her move at all. Severus plants his hands firmly on both hips, dragging her along his thigh and back again. She lets out a muffled little whimper and holds onto his knee.
“Show me,” he whispers into her hair, “how you hump your pillow when nobody is watching.”
“Oh Merlin,” she groans in embarrassment. “You-you saw that?”
“Indeed,” Severus says, thinking back to the depraved images hidden inside her mind.
He continues to rock her, back and forth, long enough to feel her own rhythm beginning to take over. Once she is moving against him at a pleasurable pace, panting slightly, her back arching, Severus lets her do the work. He keeps his hands on her hips simply for his enjoyment.
“That’s it,” he encourages her, “I can feel you starting to soak through my trousers. Are you almost there, Miss Granger? Are you close to coming on your professor’s knee?”
“Fuck,” she gasps, her muscles clenched taut.
“I think you are, you dirty little witch. You’re aching for release, show me.”
“Fuck, fuck, fu-uck!”
As Granger grinds herself into bliss, Severus flips up her skirt and watches her tight little arse in motion. He would love to slip his tongue between her cheeks and explore the tight ring of muscle there. A malicious smile spreads across his face, before he brings his palm down quickly, smacking her with such force it causes her to cry out as she comes all over him.
“This,” he says, striking her other cheek and watching the flesh there ripple, “is for your filthy mouth.”
The girl hisses in pain, but much to his delight presents her arse willingly as he smacks her again and again. The sound is muted by her—no doubt soaking wet—white cotton knickers, which disappoints him. He would very much like to watch her flesh bloom pink under his palm and hear that satisfying slap.
“You are full of surprises, Miss Granger. Now, stand.”
She is lightning-quick to her feet. Her cheeks are flushed, her pupils are blown wide and those riotous curls are tempting him to tug on them. Severus taps the leg of his trousers, drawing her attention to the large wet patch she’s left behind. The girl blushes again—a sight he’ll never tire of.
“Remove your shirt and knickers, leave the skirt and socks,” he croaks out, his mouth dry and eager to taste her. “Then spread yourself open on my desk—no, on your belly, arse up,” he instructs.
Her tits are small, pert and perfect. His hands will swallow them without effort and he cannot wait to trail his fingers down her slim waist. Severus almost smiles as he watches this wanton little witch folding herself across his desk. Her skirt skims the top of her thighs, the crease of her arse poking out, begging for attention.
“Part your legs girl, Merlin knows, you know how.”
If she thinks she can taunt him for months on end in his classroom, legs akimbo, but freeze up now, she’s got another thing coming.
“Wider,” he tells her. “I want to see that cunt dripping onto my floor.”
Her whimpering and gasps cause his lips to curve into a satisfied smile. The girl is clearly shocked at her professor’s filthy mouth, she’ll soon be very thankful for it.
“Miss Granger?”
“Yes, sir?”
“Has anyone ever eaten your pussy before?”
“Be honest.”
“Yes sir, but only for a few minutes. Neither of us liked it.”
“Oh, I think you’ll enjoy it quite a bit tonight. One last question. Has anyone ever eaten your arse?”
“What!?” she exclaims, but when she tries to stand, Severus shoves her back down against the desk.
“Did I give you permission to move, girl? No, I didn’t, now stay put. You did not mishear me.”
“N-no, sir. Nobody has ever…done that.” She sounds mildly horrified, well, isn’t she in for a treat?
Severus rounds the table, noting that her smart mouth is the perfect height for fucking. Wonderful. Her wide eyes follow his movements as he picks up his chair and walks back to admire the view. Her toes hardly touch the floor, the muscles in her thighs are tight and her knuckles are white with her grip on the edge of the desk.
The chair is a little too high for comfort, he charms it lower and smiles at the sight of her glistening folds. Briefly, his eyes glance to his thigh—the wet patch is slowly turning white, excellent.
“Can you feel how wet you are? Have a feel, slip a finger down,” he tells her heatedly.
It’s ridiculous to feel the jealousy rising as the girl runs a gentle finger between her folds, gathering her lust, but he does. The very idea that she might touch herself to his memory after tonight, instead of presenting herself for fucking is torturous. Perhaps an arrangement could be reached?
“Your mouth.”
“Sorry?”
“Clean your finger with your tongue, taste yourself.”
Her hand shakes and her lips tremble as she raises her essence to her tongue. Severus is more than pleased to see a fresh course of arousal seeping from her twitching slit.
“Whoever had the pleasure of tasting you first and did such a poor job is clearly an imbecile. Do you taste good?”
“Y-yes,” she confesses.
“Good, now, let me show you how it should have felt.”
The girl flinches at his first touch.
“Your hands are freezing!”
“You’ll thank me soon,” he smirks.
Too giddy at the prospect of slipping his tongue inside her, Severus isn’t able to keep either of them in suspense. His middle finger is snug inside her cunt, she is so tight.
“Miss Granger?” He interrupts her gentle mewling. “Hold yourself open for me.”
Without question—the girl is learning fast—her two hands snake around and grasp her buttocks firmly. Perfect. He exaggerates his movements, making sure she can hear the sloppy sounds her tight little cunt makes.
“Oh—”
Severus cuts her off, slipping a second finger inside and lowering his mouth to her crack. Like a starving man, he strokes his tongue languidly across the tight ring of muscle there, prodding at her back entrance and grinning at her instant reaction. Little hands pull her flesh wider for his pleasure and comfort, as she pushes back slightly against him. He struggles to keep his fingers in motion—teasing her front wall—as she clamps around him. Fuck, he cannot wait to bury his cock in her.
His thumb finds her clit and hovers nearby, close enough that she knows he’s there. Her hips writhe with need and Severus pokes his tongue inside her.
“F-f-fuck!” Miss Granger cries out. “Oh fuck, oh god, oh fuck.”
His fingers are coated, he can move them with a little more ease now. It won’t be long. Granger is desperate, backing up onto his tongue and almost smothering him. He should taste her cunt, but the wanton sounds she makes as his tongue plunders her arse are too addictive.
Her thighs are quaking uncontrollably, her screams growing louder. He is relentless, even as she begs him to show her mercy, he holds off on stroking her clit. He is rewarded seconds later, his hand, her thighs, and the floor beneath her, are all soaked as Granger’s body spasms and she cries hoarsely.
“Good girl,” he hums soothingly, pressing a gentle kiss to her sloppy cunt. “Did you know you could do that?”
“No,” she chokes out.
She is boneless across the desk, the temptation to spank her to life is strong, but he must taste her. He has denied himself for too long already. Granger jolts under the first swipe of his tongue, her groan is weak.
“I can’t,” she pleads, “not again.”
“I think you’ll find that you can.”
Severus ignores her pleas for mercy and latches onto her clit, sucking gently and lapping at her rhythmically. Her thighs twitch from the overstimulation, it helps him to find the perfect little patch on her engorged bundle. He avoids it, teasing the less sensitive parts of her with long, languid strokes of his flattened tongue.
“Oh fuck,” her voice cracks and Severus catches her clit gently between his teeth.
She tastes divine, of desire, of pleasure, of Hermione. He doesn’t even want to make her come again, he could just stay here and drink her down. But her hips bouncing, grinding herself against his tongue reawakens his throbbing cock.
Severus doubles his efforts, working that sensitive little patch, quickly, applying pressure. He moans with her and sends her spiralling—interesting. Not usually one for being vocal, he loosens his resolve and echoes her own cries, rumbling against her flesh.
“I’m com—”
She trembles and spasms, screams and slumps against his chin. Severus pats her on the thigh and chuckles. Sitting back in his chair, he stretches out his back—he really is too old for this. But, he’s in it now, his body yearns to feel her wrapped around him. He hasn’t stopped thinking about this for months, and now that he’s so close, he won’t let a silly little backache stop him.
Severus is so hard he might combust with the need to stick his cock in her. She is so wet and tight, so perfect, there’s little chance of this being a once-off, if he has anything to do with it.
“Would you like to stay like this, Miss Granger,” he asks, trailing a finger along her thigh. “Or, shall I flip you over?”
“Flip me over,” she answers so quickly, panting and grinding against the desk eagerly. “Please, Sir?”
“You remembered your manners, very good.”
She is the epitome of debauchery as they come face to face. Severus slowly works his belt and trousers open, drinking her down with a greedy look. Her legs—pulled open wide—still sparkle in the dungeon light from her release, her cunt is pink and puffy, and her face…well, she is perfect. Her eyes—dark with lust—follow his movements and her fingers move to her breasts.
“Yes, touch yourself for me,” he hisses, stroking his hard length, knowing he won’t last long now. “Play with your clit too.”
He can’t stop the smile, leering across his lips as he drinks her down. Her jerky little movements—unskilled, but eager to please—the desperation written across her face as she strokes and tugs.
“Excellent,” he soothes her, “don’t stop.”
Severus prods at her entrance, she is suffocatingly tight, even after his earlier use. He has surely never felt pleasure like this.
“Fuck,” he moans, digging his fingertips into the soft flesh of her hips.
Miss Granger’s head thumps back against the wood, her back arches and her fingers continue circling through her tidy curls. With each swipe of her clit, her walls clamp harder, stalling his hips slightly. Severus bites his tongue and swallows back a moan, watching the witch twitch in pleasure.
“S-sir!”
“Yes,” he manages to hiss between his clenched teeth. “Come all over me, little witch.”
Still pistoning into her pulsing channel, Severus releases his death grip on her hips and cups her tit, tweaking her nipple. Her final moan is more of an obscene howl. With the last of his resolve, he shoves his fingers into her mouth, pressing on her tongue.
His thighs crash into the desk almost painfully, he’s been teetering on the edge for so long, but the heat of her dripping cunt, and her tongue suckling against his fingers feels too good to waste. She watches him—eyes glazed over and spent—as he finally gives in to his body’s urges. Buried to the hilt, Severus comes with a raw shout, hips jerking against her, filling her up completely.
He is blinded by bliss momentarily. Only the witch sucking gently on his fingertips brings him down from the high he had floated into. Severus lets her continue her ministrations for a minute, he’s briefly annoyed he didn’t fuck her pretty little mouth.
Next time.
His seed drips from her so beautifully when he pulls out. He could watch it all day, could watch her all day. The girl pulls herself up onto her elbows, pushing more of him from her, sending their combined fluids dripping to the floor.
“Well, that’s one of your fantasies fulfilled, correct?”
She stoops her head, that blush creeping up again. Still exposed, and spread out like a treat across his desk, yet she looks sheepish and innocent somehow.
“Next week,” he continues, “we’ll focus on another. Do you have a preference?”
“Sir?”
Her eyes are wide with intrigue when she hops to her feet. Severus gathers her clothes with his wand and presses a contraceptive potion into her palm. She swallows it in one gulp, his gaze lingers on the line of her throat as she does.
“I’ve seen them all,” he tells her, “your fantasies. Prefect’s bathroom, the library, my stockroom, the staff lounge—although, that’s very dangerous, Miss Granger.”
Those perfect lips move, but no sound reaches him. Severus taps his ear, willing her to speak up. Her uniform is almost presentable.
“The…library,” she whispers, not looking at him.
“I should have guessed. Fine, tell your friends and peers that you are doing extra credit to make up for your lack of creativity in class. We’ll see how creative you can be elsewhere.”
“Sir?”
“Yes, Miss Granger?” He is tired.
“I’d like to learn how to improve my brewing.”
Insatiable little witch, he thinks.
“We can discuss. Now, go get cleaned up and present yourself for dinner.”
Her school bag is slung back over her shoulder, shoes on, and she turns towards the door. Her hand lingers over the handle, and Severus sends a silent spell to unlock it.
“Miss Granger?”
“Yes, Sir?” she turns back eagerly.
“Not a word.”
“Of course.”
She bites down on her bottom lip in a terrible attempt to hide a secret little smile. The door closes. Severus casts a glimpse at his desk, it's in complete disarray.
Never in the history of his teaching career has he looked forward to a new week beginning.