beloved, indeed.  thanks for that superb story.  and for sharing it with the rest of us.  it was as a deep breath of delicious air.

a fitting birthday treat for one of the bright lights of the fandom. and if this is what happens with "mischief unmanaged," i say, let it run amock!

this had me laughing out loud: "he realised that he’d spent countless hours planning a way to find her, yet very little time considering what he would say to her once he’d succeeded."

and so did this: “Thank you. Where’s my cake?”

That was quite enjoyable.

This was very sweet:) And I can see Severus doing this.Perfect:)And Happy Birthday to little_beloved:){{hugs}}Fizzabella

Awwww that was fluffy and lemony...just what I needed today. JKR so should have had that as an ending instead of the current one...:)

very nice! :)

AWWWW that was sweet. I loved how you portrayed all the emotions of Snape! A job well done if  must say. I loved it

ah sigh, magnifficent.how you built the tension. one expected him to be luching behind the door to stab the next one to come along, and then, at the end it turns out  to be pure lust for life, the thankfulness for being alife, rescued by parchment, annually sent. And he has something to live for.But now it is something much better, now they both have found their way back to life.wonderful story.

What happened to the poor owl? Lol. I liked your story though, thank you for sharing it with us.

Oh, that was utterly lovely.

I loved it! 

It's so wonderful all the different ways those authors, like yourself, who love Severus Snape manage to find a way for our beloved Potion's Master to survive. I was so sad and angery when She Who Must Not be Named killed him in such a stupidly Un-Snapeish way. As if the genius, seasoned spy and ultimate Slytherin Potion's Master would not have anticipated the possibily he might, at some point, become a victim of one of Voldemort's favorite ways of dispatching those who had displeased the fickle psychopath.  

I was pissed she had killed him at all, not to mention all the other needless victims She Who Kills Joy left in her wake.  

I've also been around the block a couple of more times than She The Despoiler. I know that women don't stay in love with men that are less intelligent than they are, let alone a man who would hold her back on top of it.  Hermione would never be content to become so domesticated as she ended up in cannon.  Women like Hermione Granger need a man who is dynamic and brilliant as she is. She might even have a difficult time respecting a man who was not just a little bit more powerful than herself. 

I am amazed and grateful at all the different and plausable ways you marvelous writers find to bring our SS and HG together. 

Thank you for lifting these two characters to their proper stations.  Excellent job of Mischief Unmanaged!

Quite lovely. I'm bored as hell and wish it were longer. Happy New Year.