Hah. I'd missed this before because of the pairing, but ran to read it after the reveal.
Wow. You really, really make this work, and it's not a pairing I would have guessed COULD work very well. Hagrid approaches Snape with all the delicacy he'd show a magical creature, and you do such a nice job of conveying what the afterlife must be like, for Snape.
And all along I was wondering how you'd make this end . . whether it could end well. And yet, it does. Happy and sad ending, simultaneously.
This is a really creative story. Thanks so much; I know it's going to stay with me.