Thank you for a great story. So many stories, including canon, ignore the realities of long term child abuse. Sometimes the mental abuse is actually more damaging and produces a life-long mind set and larger problems than the physical abuse. Your story is one of the few I have read that reflect the truth that you don't come through an abusive situation totally unscatched.
Good luck with your novel, your skills are good so you should be successful!

Okay, this line is brilliant. " snarkiness creeping into my sotto voce" I haven't even finished reading past that point yet; just thought that was the most brilliant line ever!

You are a great writer. Good luck on your novel. :)

Hi,
wonderfully written, with a very nice pacing for the plot. I really liked how you presented the charaters, especially Snape.
Greeting Yorushike

No way! McGonagall wouldn't cane Harry. That's so out of character and horrid.

this is so cute! XD

Beautifull Fiction.

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That was a sad story but I really liked the reading, thank you!

Good story: Harry has a better home, and Snape has begun to exorcise the ghost of his father. I'd not complain of a sequel; on the other hand, I can easily imagine the rest for myself now that Harry and Snape have gotten a good start. Thanks for writing and sharing this.

"Being strung on a tightrope-walker's clothesline between anger and amusement was quite odd." Grand line. Hmm, Severus Snape and Lily Evans are a wizard and a witch, and Chloe, their old schoolmate, is apparently cousin to the Abbotts - is there something in the water in Cokeworth?

Do no faculty members at Hogwarts bother to ask questions before jumping to conclusions? And surely McGonagall buys quills by the gross?

'This is better than being a prince! This is being loved.' Wonderful line!

Finally, Snape is waking up. As Oleg Gan once said to Kerr Avon on B7, "For a clever man, you're not very bright."

Absolutely fantastic. You are an amazing writer, I love reading how Harry has the potential ability to change Severus' life, who in turn helps Harry. Wonderful.