Sweet Ribbons! Thank you so much for reading this, such a weird rarepair, AND het, and no real Severus action, and only a rude mention of Remus. What was I thinking? ;) I really appreciate that you read it, and I'm so glad that you enjoyed it.
As to the first point, I mean, what else could she have thought of our boy Remus at first, eh? Tatty clothes, looks older than he is, always off in a back room with Snape (well, I added that last bit, but, you know...)