OMG! This is absolutely brilliant!!! Once I'd started, I simply COULD NOT stop reading. I love the universe you've created (I'd echo the comments above pleading for more of it), and all the little details that make the world so vivid. While I wouldn't normally picture all these characters together, it really works; I adored how they became Snape's family over the course of the story. Your words illustrated how they had come to care for him and he for them. This may be one of my favourites of your stories, Kelly. Considering how many of your stories I LOVELOVELOVE, that's saying something. ;)