This is nicely done! I really enjoyed the "get togethers" between Harry and Snape, and how like Snape it is to actually time those meetings, with pints of ale *g* You handled Harry's reluctance to live a life that everybody expects him to live very well. He's so close to just sucking it up and doing what everybody wants him to do... it really does take Snape to point out all the things Harry has been denying.