You made me cry. This one is going to haunt me I think. The imagery is so strong, the pictures hang on long after they're read. The one that will perhaps stay with me the longest is this: "Through the back of his dressing gown, Snape’s shoulderblades curved up like the stumps where two wings had broken off." Just a single line, but it says everything about the Snape you've drawn here. Absolutely, painfully, beautiful. Thank you.