Thanks so much! I realized when I started writing that this could have been an epic -- I could have told James and Teddy's story in real time rather than flashback, and then Harry and Snape's -- but I don't think it would have been a romance (it's already so dark with all that set in the past). So I tried to compress it. I also figured that enough years of living as The Chosen One might have made Harry a bit overconfident, if not as arrogant as Snape always accused him of being, and so he'd feel doubly blindsided if someone close to him was involved in dark magic which he seems so certain is entirely different than just using the occasional Unforgivable curse against someone like the Carrows. Yeah, there is a lot more that could be done with the premise. *g* I'm really glad you enjoyed!