Oh you... woman you! You went and made me get tears in my eyes!
I wish I had words for this. Did you just write this up out of nowhere?
*Is SO jealous of your talent!*
This has an old feeling. Like a retelling of a lovely fairytale or something grandparents share by the fire. One of those old, weighty stories that are all the more precious for the retelling. You manipulated my emotions so perfectly here... I felt for Severus so much. And it was obvious also from your description that Lucius was also clearly down and at loose ends.
The description of the wishes intermingling though and then them both standing their left me with this feeling of awe and well, then those pesky tears leaked out.
Really, really beautiful. You should share this at the Severus_Lucius board as well it is very timeless and lovely.