Thank you so much for your lovely comment! I'm really chuffed that you enjoyed my fic :) I think that one of the reasons I like Severus is that because he seems like such a hard and unfeeling character, people forget that he can be hurt - as Harry does - and Severus is too proud to tell them. I'm also really glad that you enjoyed Snape's Holmes impersonation - at least he remembered where the brandy was!