Ahh, a fic in which both Amelia and Snape live! And are together, at that!
Mystery Author, this is fabulous. I have never read a straight, Slytherin Amelia before, and certainly have never read this pairing, but you make me believe it completely, which warms my rarepair-loving heart :)
I just love this. I love the exploration of spy networks and war intelligence (so many spies! Spying on other spies! Yay! And how apt it is that Amelia, who no one ever thinks of that way, is the Spymaster of the lot of them), and the way Amelia and Severus' relationship begins as business of sorts, and grows into mutual respect and love. I love how realistic and unsentimental they are about their own lives, and needs, and what they get from each other, but how the care they shoe each other speaks for itself.
I love Amelia's judgements, of Dumbledore and Voldemort, Poppy, the Malfoys, Neville and Harry, and how she changes her mind as people demonstrate their skills. I love seeing the DH year through her eyes.
And Pygmy-hippo Patronus, omg! Love, love, love that image.
I'll be back with the lines I loved, as soon as I have a chance to re-read :)