This hit me hard. It's beautiful, yet sad. They both realize what they've lost - or maybe that's something they never could have had, so it's both sad that they didn't, yet beautiful and only right that they gain it now.
Fawkes's rescue of Severus's ghost is simply wonderful. This is how I'd hope it happened if Severus was really dead.
Hero
You: for writing this best of epitaphs, and adding piquant illustration too. P.S. A hundred points for your House for writing an IC, *and* nice, Ginny!