Thank you so much. my dear! I love it when Severus' friends are fiercely protective, too, so yay! :) And yes, I wondered if I had pushed Romilda too much. *g* Neville? Hehehehe. Now THAT would have been a surprise all right. *nods* Horace was the good canon choice for this, I thought, given his history. I hinted at this idea in a drabble months ago and it was accioslash who encouraged me to expand it. I'm glad she did. :)