Right, I'm back and can hopefully leave a more coherent comment this time. *exhales* First I have to say, I love them as investigative partners! Of course they work very well together, and I love that their magic meshes. I am also a big fan of "we're marooned together in a snow storm, time to sort out all our differences/act on our attraction" fics, of which this was a lovely one! *happy sigh* My heart almost broke for Harry when Severus seemed to be rejecting his Yule gift. *smacks Severus hard* But then when he turned out to be the missing heir (I admit, I figured the place had to belong to one of them *g*) and they ended up in bed together it made my fluffy heart dance. *giggles* And your epilogue? SO MUCH BETTER than JKR's. *cuts pages from all copies of DH and replaces* Hunter and Brian are adorable! *draws hearts around them and their daddies* What a delightful Christmas present! Thank you so much, I shall be rereading again once I got home from work as I'm sure I've missed some details. ♥