What an intense gritty story. First kudos for showing us the truly ugly side of being an Auror. With someone like Fenrir on the the loose, very much a murdering pedophile in my mind, I think it quite likely Harry could have his hands full. Great job with the Lockhart thread-the memory triggers, the information locked away-it was his specialty. As for Severus, for some reason I particularly loved when they figured out what Harry's 'dreams' were about but also when he didn't want to go back into the Shrieking Shack. Beautiful the way he helped begin to override Harry's memories of Lockhart with new memories of the two of them together. I admit I was nervous about reading this based on the warnings but you did a great job, never gratuitous. Excellent work.