SWEET!!! Awesome sweet. So hot when they meet! And the dinner in the aspen grove is better than any cliche! And the sadness of Severus alone and bereft, practically willing himself to die abandoned in his bed (in *their* bed!) is OMG, so very *SNAPE*. I cried and laughed at the same time.
I love the deft way you use the little moments and incidents to move the story along briskly, but staying close within it - like Snape transferring the money to pay for Harry's first child's Hogwarts tuition. Brilliant!
The song is bittersweet, and thus perfect for this pairing. No amount of romance or schmoop can ever cover up the profound hurts and guilts that haunt these two and, along with their fierce passions, make them such a match. But of course, the lyric is perfect: love is the only thing Harry really wants, and the greatest thing Snape has to give.
I adore this story! Thank you, thank you, O Awesome Author!