My dear,This was charming.  And vibrant - you really do have a gift for the back-and-forth of conversation.  The bit on the couch, starting with, "Lupin, then." - I could see them, conversing normally.  I expect you work at this - good job.Of course I'm disappointed that the story is over.  I'll work through this while I consider what a good job you did on it.  It was well-crafted, despite the small scale.  And when I think about the trying quality of most fan fiction out there, my disappointment fades completely - you're in a separate, professional-level, serious-inquiries-only category.  Thanks so much for sharing your AA-rated talent with the masses!  Take care of yourself until the next tale's reviews.  Love,Christina

awe fluff

that was absolutely superb!  and i even liked the ending.  thanks so much for sharing your time, talent and vision

Complete???? you will not continue?

"I might also mention that I am rather fond of this quilt and would like to have it back some day."The Severus way to say "please come back"? Neither he wants to interfere with her newstart, nor does he want to do all this getting used to waiting for someone, or being connected to someone.But they did have a night, my dear!!She was courageous. "I do what I want to do!" and he wanted the same! HE! “Tell me my fortune,” , hey, cool start. Have to try this next time!! *gg*And she gets his blanket. so sweet.let's see how long it takes, till he returns to his fireplace in good old magic Britain.

Birds!! how did you know , she would conjour Birds!! What wonderful sign!a victory park. well yes! given the conversation they had. AND the last sentence, it was a victory.To find to herself. and get back her self-esteem.He told her hard things. like no3 on the list.Which seemed to help her, since then it would have not been unneccessary to do to her parents what she had done.I all made sense.A forgotten victory park.For those who want to stay on vacation and have an option, still want to feel like they can chose where to go to from here.This is what she needs. A new start, a new motivation.I think his speech was doing the job.At least she thinks about her NEWTS again, this is a start.Not to mention what was going on between the lines. you do this so brilliantly!! so many thanks for the chapter!the scene in the cabin was almost claustrophobic. but his words and appearance was so normal, that she could bear it very easily. Being in a funpark with Snape! who would have guessed. And yet it feels so right. ha!

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!Alright, now that I've got that out of my system...This was a gorgeous tale. I could really see Hermione trying to make amends to her parents by not using magic and unknowingly doing herself damage in the process. And following them around the world to try and reconnect, sacrificing her own education as penance.I love the Severus that you've created here as well. Counsellor, disguised as a mystic. Laughed at the reference to Trelawney and her get-up.The way these two connect here is unique and bittersweet.  Normally, I wouldn't beg for an epilogue when a story has been told as well as this one, but I've already built a scene in my head of Severus returning to his flat a year or two from now and finding the yellow quilt back on his bed and Hermione sitting next to it, waiting for him.Thank you for another satisfying read, Lariope!~

(tries to think like a clever, subtle Slytherin... fails... goes for the direct begging approach...) please, how about writing a vignette from about five years in the future, after she has gone back to him and they've embarked on their new life together, and they revisit the scene?  I'm curious if any of his old clients took his advice.thank you for this heartfelt story!  you have a way with words that makes me love SSHG miore each time.

SO yummy!  Doesn't this just cry for a sequel (proper response: "Yes! Right away!")?  Seriously, this was a very enjoyable short story.  Thanks so much.

I really enjoyed your story. The ending is perfect.

I quite like the hope in that ending.

What?  This is the end?!? No.  It can't be.  I didn't believe it until I went back to the story index and saw it for myself.No, this is---has to be---the beginning;  the start of a new beginning for both of them, that you WILL write---won't you?Besides, I can't get enough of the achingly beautiful way you turn a phrase, that always makes me know, when I see a story "by Lariope", that it will be wonderful.  Such as:"Before long, she will cross an ocean, held aloft only by the movement of air over the wings of a hulking machine." (I've explained to my sons in school over and over again how the laws of aerodynamics make possible for a several-tons aircraft to be lifted and supported merely by air, but never have caught the wonder of it as you did in only 22 words.)"she sits in his bed, wrapped in the yellow quilt that he will never be able to look at again." (ah, such sad foreshadowing! Already he is saying goodbye in his heart.)"But there is no magic for the things he needs"---(but there must be, there must be---life simply cannot be that cruel, especially when we can make his life whatever we will, now--smile)"Already, when she leaves, he will have to begin the cycle of forgetting again, of unlearning homesickness and loneliness."(yes--and this is why you CANNOT leave it here, it's too heartbreaking---Severus' life has been one long broken, defeated journey of loneliness---he deserves better than to be left that way again, in some neon wilderness...)' “Severus?” she says. “If I were to come back, would you be here?”How can he answer that? To answer her would be to end his life as he knows it and to begin a life of waiting for things that might never come to pass. '  {ah yes, and this is why you WILL answer her question for us, won't you?  No 'Lady and the Tiger" here, right? (I always hated that story.)  Do please consider a sequel.  There's enough sadness and uncertainty in the world--one of the greatest comforts of fanfiction is seeing an injustice properly requited, a brokenness healed, a hope salvaged -- all in the teeth of so-called "real life"--so that I can have hope that all the fairy tales aren't always 'just' fairy tales.Thank you for another lovely glimpse into your world.

Wow, that was hot, steamy AND sweet!!! I loved it and can't wait for more!

It's over already?? It feels like it the story has just begun...I cannot say enough how very real it all feels as I read, and not one word is ever wasted. Wonderful story. Any chance of a sequel?

Oh, that was wonderful! I caught myself holding my breath during certain parts (and flushing).

ooohhh..... That was soooo lovely!She has to go back... or he has to come home. Either way it would be criminal and too heartbreaking to keep them apart....Pretty please???

This was a fantastic story. Very well written, original and the prose flowed beautifully. Only one complaint. Sorry! It was too short. I could have had it going on endlessly like some of the other brilliant epics I have read. Still, I suppose you can't spoil us too much all the time. We may turn into demanding Malfoy brats. Absolutely delightful. Thank you. Best wishes, Love Ali xxxxx.

Wow!  What a great read!!  Thank you for the hard work it took to get it here - look forward to more from you soon.  Really enjoy your characterization - and your storytelling!

wonderful update.  thanks so much

heart=wrenched.  Sequel? Pretty Please?

I enjoyed this so much that I had to read it twice.Exquisitly delicious, as always.Somehow, I don't see her coming back to sit beside him and give fortunes. But I don't see him satisfied giving fortunes for the rest of his days either. It will be very interesting to see what you have in store for our favorite couple.I read in a couple of the other reviews that this is not of the usual epic length, and that you have already completed it. In some ways that makes me happy, to know that I don't have too long to wait to find out what happens. But in another way it makes me sad, because it is the journey that I enjoy most with any well written story, and this most definitly falls into that catagory. To reach the end, to know there is no more, brings me a sense of loss.Great job, as always, Lariope. I look anxiously forward to your next installment.

oh damn.why do i have the feeling that he's just letting her down easy?this is staggeringly good read and i wouldn't have you spell the ending out for us, happy or not, but... damn.

what an end... *sniff* I just saw , You posted your last chapter and stopped working to read... well I have to go on now. hope to read something new soon, as I'm addicted to your stories Thank you

Lariope, you are an absolute gift to the readers of HG/SS. Thank you once again for a truly beautiful story.

Oh my, oh my, oh my. I feel that perhaps I should wait a month or two so many chapters can build up and I don't have to put up with this painful lesson in patience that I must endure until you post again.But I know myself better than that. When the next chapter appears, I will not be able to resists.Please hurry!