Yay! Oh, thank you! I'm just thrilled to pieces that you enjoyed this, because I certainly enjoyed writing it for you. Eileen and Toby turned out to be wonderful characters to write for!
I'm so glad that you like prickly-but-vulnerable Eileen and the dynamic for the Snapes here. I like to think that although they've each screwed up in their own ways, there's still happiness and connection that's possible for all of them. And hee, I'm so glad you liked Severus' sulking, because that was one of the first bits that I wrote. It just seemed like something he would do, because part of him is still a sullen teenager.
I couldn't not have Snape/Draco hand-holding! I initially wanted to make it more overt, but I felt like it detracted from Eileen's story too much. ~sigh~ But please feel free to imagine what happened during that last year at Hogwarts that makes all the hand-holding between them possible. ;-)
Thanks for giving me the opportunity to write this story! It really was a pleasure and an honor.