Thanks! As commented above, this has the seeds of a much longer fic - ever since I read my first dark!Dumbledore I was convinced that this was somehow much more believable than the paragon of the Light. This also started as a Snarry, but I found I couldn't get the threads together just right. In any case, Sev has come to recognise some of Harry's redeeming features - and his continuing defiance against the terrifying Voldie is one of them.