Loved Snape the unmitigated bastard. Harry & Pomfrey scheming. Snape's hopes dashed--and, in his utterly selfish worldview, refusing to believe that torturing & terrorising Harry was anywhere near as bad as being given a hope & having it taken away. Loved that, by the end of the fic, I couldn't tell who was lying and who was plotting and still don't know if Voldie was dead or if that was some new scheme of A&S to bring Harry into line with their plans.
I love ambiguity in fic, and this one is so convoluted that by the end of it, I was wondering who Hedwig was plotting with.