After parting ways with Remus and the others at the corridor corner, Barty Crouch Jr. was in quite a good mood.
To him, the skin beneath the single layer of wizard robes felt as though the fabric wasn't even there. He had flagrantly and wantonly misbehaved right under Severus's nose, rubbing the skin beneath the fabric until it turned flushed red.
As they turned another corner and headed straight for the dungeon, Severus tightened his grip supporting the boy's body, only then noticing what Barty had been doing.
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