I was awed at the task set before you: writing a gift fic for both sinick and ac1d6urn!
Now that I've read the fic, I can see that you were well up for the task. This story is fantastic! Sometimes it's difficult to get just the right tone for Snape to be approachable enough while still being real enough to be Snape, and at the same time putting in some lovely emotional goodies to boot. You managed this admirably!