Oh, yeah. He's so smoove.

And a control freak...this particular incident is referenced in a later chapter. Where there's Veritaserum to make things interesting.

I'm so glad you like her. I should never admit this, but I don't usually like Snape/OC either. I've actually had Rawa growing in my mind ever since GoF came out and we learned about Beauxbatons and Durmstrang--I started thinking, what about Latin America?The romance with Snape actually developed pretty late in my conceptualizatin of the story. They just kept interacting so much that it was hard to make them behave.

See? Deep in his cranky, curmudgeonly heart...

Deep in his cranky, curmudgeonly heart :-)

Very astute of you :-)

What can I say?

Well, there are cheeks, and then there are cheeks...

LOL...or on the outside, either. I actually had a detailed exchange with my beta when writing this chapter about exactly how much the ubiquitous frock coat would conceal...

Well, in my idioverse it frees him up to go be a normal kid and not be so integrally tangled up in the anti-Voldemort struggles. But he still has to get that little piece of himself back.

Yes, I pretty much require that all my partners have a nose.

Oh, the fun is just beginning.

Oh, my, yes. Whatever his faults, Snape's a grown-up. Although it's always been my suspicions that Sirius Black was swingin' some pipe beneath those robes.

Yes, as my grandmother used to say, "Everybody likes a little, but nobody likes a smart."

We've all got our limits.

Yep. It's a bitch.

Glad you liked it. Thanks for reviewing!

I’m so excited to have a reader that will get all the references! ¡Qué buenoooo!I have been thinking about this ever since I read GoF and they introduced the idea of Beauxbatons and Durmstrang. I started thinking about the possibility of a similar school in South America, and the idea just grew and grew.

:D So you speak Spanish as well? That's exciting. Now that I think about it, 'Soroche' is the word we use for the illness people get whenever they go to a high territory. "Mal de altura", it's called. So, I guess the name is not only a coincidence? I guess I'll wait and see. :D

Sí, por supuesto que también hablo español, y verás que este cuento contiene bastante castellano—en particular cuando quiero expresar cualquier pensamiento de Rawa que me parezca mejor dicho en español. P ej, hay un momento en que ella piensa, de perdidos, al río, y la verdad es que no encontré manera adecuada de traducir ese modismo al inglés. Y por lo que se refiere a la palabra Soroche, diste en el clavo: en el segundo capítulo Hagrid sufre de un fuerte episodio de esa enfermedad. Elegí la palabra como título de la obra entera porque creo que sirve de metáforo por el amor que se siente Rawa por Snape.

Metáfora, lapsus teclae :-)

Glad you like it! Thanks for reading and reviewing!

There are two more chapters in the queue as we speak. I've finished writing it, so it's just a matter of waiting out the validation.

Oh, thank you so much! Reviews like this help me to get over the SS/HG awards :-)