Title: Waiting for My Real Life to Begin
Author: emynn
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 4,500
Summary: Severus has so many plans for his life following his exoneration, and yet nothing seems to go his way. But perhaps it's because he's already there.
Warnings: Bit o'angst, bit o'fluff
Disclaimer: It's 2014, and these characters are still not mine.
A/N: Title and inspiration drawn from the Colin Hay song by the same name. Written for Monika on AO3, who asked for "Harry teaching Severus by example that it is better to be loved than to be feared, that people treat you as you treat them and that fear is not respect."

Waiting for My Real Life to Begin