I ache inside in the most lovely and poignant way. How much I adore grown-old together Snarry, but miles beyond the trope you've woven these magical threads of humour and family tragedy-turned-to-loving-heart. What more could one ask from a fic? Well, considering my own somewhat violent reaction to the plastic Hogsmeade, your use of WWoHP is drop dead BRILLIANT, and I am delighted and surprised by Severus as a theme park engineer with a contemporary urban condo and a granite kitchen. And then there's the sex: the "look at me" moment is pitch perfect, broken only by the brown eyes reference, which caused me a double-take, that only made it more exquisitely intense. 5 thumbs up, or fireworks, this goes in the desert island collection.