*throws in a few more exclamation points, just 'cause* !!!!
I really loved Snape and Harry in this, but I think what I love most is the spareness of the style, the way the story is told as much through what's not being said. I do love a clean fic that's not cluttered with exposition. I feel like you've written something for me that I would have written myself, and I don't know if you did that on purpose or if Gina just matched us up that way, but it's fantastic. As others have said, the way the AU circled back around to canon was cleverly done. ♥