Thank you so much! I totally could have written lots more of the Merry-Go-Round, but after I hit about 10k I started to feel really antsy about having a PWP that was so long, so I even trimmed it a little. I tried to keep just the bits relevant to the plot, but seriously, it was my inspiration for the whole fic and I would have loved to keep playing with it. It helped a lot to play more on Severus' reactions in that one, because I didn't want to overdo Harry's interest (so Sev could still eventually conclude Harry didn't like it) but it needed to be hot to SOMEONE, yeah? Hee--approving of bliss in small amounts just seemed like quintessential Snape to me. And you're right! It's very like a poker game! :D