task 08 - severus snape
where does your muse live? a house? apartment? how big is the space?
Severus lives in a two-floor apartment above his bookstore in Georgetown. It’s similar in size to the house he grew up in, but he does have use of the basement below the shop as well. It’s certainly bigger than his quarters at Hogwarts.
does your muse live with anyone else? who are those people?
Severus lives alone, though Eileen did live with him for the first few months after she arrived in the city. He’s never been sociable so living alone suits him just fine at the moment.
how much time does your muse spend in their place? do they go out often or spend a lot of time in?
Given that he works on the ground floor of the building, he does spend a large portion of his time there. He’ll occasionally go out for the day or in the evenings. If the day’s nice he’ll often go to the park across the street.Â
what is the view outside of your muse’s window?
He lives on M street so most of the view out of his window is of traffic on the street below. But on the opposite side of the street is the Francis Scott Key Memorial Park, so that part of the view is pleasant. To be honest, he’d take any view over the desolate street he grew up in or the windowless rooms he had at Hogwarts.
what do they sleep on? do they have a lot of pillows? what about blankets or stuffed animals?
Severus sleeps on a double bed with a duvet. There’s only two pillows but he does have several blankets that are often left in a heap at the foot of the bed.
what items do they keep next to their bed?
He always keeps his phone and his wand on the bedside table, as well as a few candles.
what is your muse’s most valuable possession?
Severus’ most valuable possession - or possessions - is his record collection. It’s not quite at the standard that it used to be before he ended up in Washington, but it’s not far off. Music’s always been a big part of his life, so it was important to him that he had his collection back. If he’s in his apartment chances are that he has something spinning on his turntable.
does your muse like to keep a lot of trinkets around or are they more minimalistic?
He doesn’t keep a lot of trinkets around. He has the odd piece that he’s picked up over time, but his space is more filled with clutter than anything else. There’s also several ashtrays dotted about the place.
does your muse have any pictures up? what are they of?
Severus doesn’t have any photos lying around, but he does have some framed prints of posters from concerts that he’s been to. His favourites are the pair of prints he bought when he saw Nine Inch Nails a few months after he arrived in Washington.
what, if any, other decorations does your muse have?
He has a lot of candles lying about the place. Some of them are scented, but most of them are plain pillar candles. The second bedroom in the apartment has been converted into a study, so the shelves in there are full of his personal book collection.
does your muse like having guests over?
It depends on who the guest is. There’s a few people in his life, a grand total of four, that he doesn’t mind having over to the apartment, but on a whole he doesn’t enjoy hosting people.
how tidy is your muse’s home/room?
He tries to keep the place tidy but he rarely succeeds. Books, records, journals and papers litter the place and he does have a habit of piling his clothes on a chair in his bedroom. It’s not that he hates tidying up, it’s more so that he gets distracted by whatever project he’s working on and just forgets. Cleaning is one of the few things that he refuses to do the muggle way.
does your muse have any pets living with them? what about plants?
Severus has a few plants that sit on the window sill, all of which are muggle plants that have uses in potions. He doesn’t have any pets, but he has entertained the idea of getting a dog more than once, not that it’s likely to ever happen.
is your muse happy with their living situation? what would your muse’s dream house look like?
On a whole Severus is happy with his living situation. It’s not somewhere he’d intend on staying forever, perhaps in time he’d move into a proper house in a quieter part of the city as even with charms in place the noise from the street tends to bleed through.
