I am reading Resonance right now and just took a break to read this short one. You are a genius! This tale is so supurbly done. Your character development and story plot have such depth, that I find my self lost in the tale. Thanks for sharing your wonderful talent. Looking forward to reading the rest.

Simply loved it.

Good addition to the series. Three small typos.

And if such a promise is insufficient to reassure you, and you believe it best to live with more distance between us, than [then] I shall be here in whatever capacity you will accept me at. [delete, "at"]

It's . . . " [use 4 not 3 periods at the end of a sentence like that]

Very good chapter. Of course, part of the problem is that whenever Snape tries to be closer, Harry's punished for it by his Gryffindor schoolmates, and whenever he pushes Snape off, he's rewarded for it by his Gryffindor classmates. That can't help much.

considering that i just finished revolution, the only dispute i have is that ginny's supposed to be somewhat scared by spiders...not willing to box them up and put them in the great hall. other than that, i love the emotion between harry and snape at the end here, and throughout the rest of your stories.

What a fabulous little companion piece! Loved it!

Everyone else has written already, what I would have to say,
besides maybe this:

It is wonderful that Snape acknowledges that he would loose something that's valuable to himself if he lost Harry's trust and closeness. This is really an achievement for this-time Snape, and Harry warms inside as he recognises this implication.

This is a terrific read, I enjoyed it tremendously.

What a wonderful present this was!

I am all sniffly and teary-eyed. I loved Snape resting Harry's head on his shoulder.

P.S.
This was an LOL moment:
"He wished he had Astronomy calculations to do instead, a true measure of his frustration."

That was wonderful. It was loving and perceptive, and (as always,) it's brilliant. Thank you.

This was a perfect chapter! It was nice to go back to Harry's school days and see a snapshot of how Harry and Severus are pulled closer. Severus' calm deliberateness is a stark contrast to Harry's restless fieryness.

I really enjoyed the story. It forshadowed a couple of items that became important later in the story, Harry's problems with Chapter 5 Transfiguration and his stubbornness about taking other people's punishment. It was nice to see Severus deal so well with the problem and how well he understands Harry's thought process.

This was fun Resonance is my absolute favorite fic. I don't review often because you receive so very many but I am currently rereading it. this little story in it's midst makes sense, to really see Harrys surly side. where your Harry is the
sweetest thing ever.

Thank you so much for writing this. I'm proud to have played a small part in its creation. Resonance and the two sequels are to me the best pieces of HP fan fiction out there. It doesn't get better than this. I'm excited to read the other reviews and see that others love Chapter 23 & A Half as much as I do.
And in time for my birthday tomorrow--thank you!

I forgot to mention, I also really like the ending: "Harry nodded, then worried it may not be visible at that distance, waved his hand over his head." It doesn't have all the pomp and soap-opera cheesiness that many authors like to use to conclude their stories; the storyline simply fades away softly and you get a really nice sense that things are resolved. It's very elegant.