A/N: The challenge was to write a drabble in which Snape is rendered speechless. This could be considered a sequel to Splitting, in which I first used the idea of Migraine-suffering!Snape. I like the concept. It explains so much...
Disclaimer: Harry Potter, Severus Snape, Hermione Granger, and all their associates are characters belonging to J.K. Rowling. I claim no rights to them, their surroundings, or their situations. Much to my sorrow.
Excedrin
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Severus barely remembered what he'd assigned this afternoon. Frankly, he couldn't have cared less. The headache he'd wakened with hammered fiercely at his temples; nothing he'd tried had helped.
Hearing fabric rustle, he looked up to find his students turning in their work and leaving. Thank Merlin!
Granger paused by his desk, her eyes wide with apprehension. His own voice was intolerably loud, so he simply glowered at her, resenting her existence.
She set a small plastic bottle on his desk--some Muggle concoction. "I get migraines sometimes, too," she whispered, and fled.
Dumbfounded, he silently watched her go.