wow, this was a very intense, wonderful story. very harsh at times: severus’s selfishness (both of them), the rape scene was awful (to be raped by the person you love must be the most awful thing), ... Severus felt very real and in character in that he’s never able to appreciate what he has, not when he has everything, not when he has harry’s love and suppport. I wanted to kick him, tear his hair out and shout at him for being so annoyingly inconsiderate and cruel! I got really emotionally involved - absolutely expert writing! I loved the way severus' feelings for harry change slowly as they develop a closer relationship full of ups and downs when I read the line ‘the truth is unutterable’ I thought it must be pretty bad, which it was - parallel worlds and harry’s sev being dead, oh my! I stopped reviewing your story when I didn’t get a reply anymore, so I left the rest of the story as surprise and wow - so much drama and pain and even though you made me cry, you also had me feeling elated when I finished the story (which I read in one go well into the morning hours hehe)...