This story is just... wow. I really, really enjoyed it even though I was fairly certain that you were going to end up having Severus and Harry meeting up at King's Cross after Harry sees Dumbledore there...
I have to say that for *me* the best part was the inclusion of Severus' close friendship with Lucius. Showing a Lucius who is also horrified by what he has gotten himself into yet still retains that pureblood hauteur - just wow. I could feel the UST in the potions room and I wondered if you had a previous relationship between Severus and Lucius in mind when you wrote this. The saddest thing is that while Harry would always have known that Severus really did not die even if he did not choose to join him, Lucius would not have known. While Severus did disclose to him that he had plotted out the outcome and that he was doing it as an agent of the light specifically to place their King in a favored position... he was also terribly vague. I mourned for Lucius and really hoped that Severus left some sort of memory to assist him for after the defeat... something showing he had been essentially captive in his home with his family as hostages towards the end of the war.
I guess the best thing I can say to any author when I've read their work is that you kept my emotions strongly engaged the entire time I read this. Sometimes it was extreme sadness when Severus turned Harry away - sadness at their loss and sacrifice. Sometimes just a deep enjoyment in reading the love, sometimes it was my ridiculous happiness at the Lucius/Severus UST... lol. Thank you so much for sharing it.