Wonderful. Even if I don't particularly care for the constricted feeling in my throat and tingly eyes. ;-)Poor Severus, and poor Hermione. Harry was wonderful, too.I do wonder if Severus now has any inkling of the identity of Joy - considering her age, and the rather revealing details of her time at Hogwarts and later... well, I suppose we'll find out (or not, as it may be).

With tears in my eyes and my heart in my throat, I only wish I didn't have to go to work just yet so I could try to write a better reivew.  WooHoo!  Sev's letter was amazing, but after all he's been through in the past several weeks, perfectly in character.  :)

I can't wait!  thanks for the update - looking forward to the next one and the fireworks when they do meet!

Interesting... shared dreams! But I wonder that they haven't figured it out yet. Maybe Hermione, like Severus, is un/consciously avoiding to figure out the other's identity?
Thank you for writing!

A lovely ending for this story, and a good begining for the next.

It suddenly got hot in here, I had best turn the fan on.

The mistakes that are made out of fear.

I loved this story!  Not really fluffy, but very sad and sweet and with a required happy ending for Severus. 

That said, and I hate the "but" ... In Ch. 10 - Ginny asking Severus to join her family for breakfast, you write that her eyes are rightfully brown. BUT [there it is] in Ch. 8 - Harry and Ginny talking, you write that her eyes are blue! [omg]

And regardless of what Crystal Gayle sang in her song ... nothing's going to make Gin's brown eyes blue!

I absolutely love this!  Her advert, the description of his decision to become involved, their correspondence, the meddling healer, everything is just perfect. I really hope that there will be more soon.

Lovely, romantic, and totaly beliveable.

Perfect, Hermione has Ginny, and Severus has Minerva.

Face to face, at last.it will be a shock, but after baring their souls to eachother on paper, the rest should be easy, but we are dealing with Severus and Hermione, they have both been known to be just a little, tiny bit, ummm ,shall we say stubborn, every now and then.

I finally had a chance to sit and read this story, and I hope you update soon. I'm really loving it. But I hope to see this updated again real soon!! I'm hoping they find out about each other real soon.

"I can only hope that this letter will go a distance towards restoring your faith in me, and, I must confess, buying my way back into your good graces with the time-honored and sickeningly romantic gesture of a love letter."

Amazing how that line seems to capture the sarcastic and yet romantic aspect of fluffy Severus that we fangirls just want to read about xD

Thank you so much for crafting this piece.

LadyTuesday, the winner of multi-chaptered stories. Hm, LadyTuesday, LadyTuesday, I must have read her once. That's what I thought when the results had been revealed. Then I opened Unlikely Connections, found out that I know how the story continues and tracked it at Ashwinder. Of course. The Ashwinder times. I (re)read it all, curious when the story would stop appearing familiar. As it turned out over the years since I stumbled over that story first you added only one chapter.How about Bundle of Joy? Do you feel that it can be finished within a year? Please, give me a bit of reassurance.

well, i can see why your story won first place.  i'm glad it did since it made me finally read it!  i did not keep up with the challenge entries at all this time.  i kept seeing your story pop up and thinking, "that looks good.  i need to read it," but never managed to.  i love how  you have set this up.  i loved that you used the word "escritoire" (sp?) in your first chapter.  the exam was very funny - i liked your healer, too.  basically, i liked everything so far.  interestinng idea and very well executed, and very much looking forwad to the fun parts!

I'm really enjoying this so far! Looking forward to the next chapter!

 The love letter in the beginning of this chapter is so much more romantic than him just showing up with a gift of some sort and saying I love you too.

I have enjoyed this fic so much, it is beautifully written and well thought out.  Thank you for sharing it with us.

I hope you do decide to write that sequel I will definitely read it.

Poore Severus, this is his first real ralationship so he is bound to make a few mistakes.  If Hermione gives him a chance, I'm sure he will do more things right than wrong.

Wonderful chapter...........

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.

“Somewhere I can ravish you so thoroughly that you won’t want to let me out of bed for a month,”    Please tell me how to get in touch with this man.

Brilliant cliff hanger, perfect way to end this chapter.  Always leave them wanting more.

"There on those pages was the Severus Snape he never thought he’d have the chance to be."I can't tell you how glad I am that you've given him the chance. He deserves it.Love this story!

Love love love! 

This is such a good story. I love how they "feel" about each other and can't wait to see what happens nxt.