Oh, but this was simply brilliant! You really nailed all the characters here, especially the trio interactions. Young Snape was so perfectly awful that he made me giggle. Well done! Meddling!Albus is also a favorite of mine, incidentally. When Snape turned back I got this sinking feeling that things were not going to go smoothly, and you definitely did not disappoint. It's interesting that even while I really love fluff, well done, searing h/c (the way you did it here) also gets me every time. The scene in the DADA classroom was superb and actually made me tear up. I wanted to smack Severus from here to Azkaban and back, so that's definitely a credit to your writing. I didn't think the ending was abrupt at all, in fact this was perfectly paced. It's going on my favorites. Really superb story! I enjoyed how you incorporated out team mascots as well. :) Yay Snarry!