oh dear, I'm no good with bad-ending fics. I do believe Severus felt more for Harry than just a Lily substitute, however, he probably didn't realise ' til it was too late. as much as I would love a happy end for this fic, I think this one is more "real"... as in: if Harry and Severus were together in canon, it would have in all likelyhood ended rather bad than happy.