Famtastic! I love SS/HG stories where Ron is NOT the bad guy!

Quite satisfying. Thank you for not telling me about their children. I always find that part rather anticlimactic in these stories.  I really enjoyed Ron's side of the story very much. He's usually betrayed as less intelligent than is in cannon.  He's not what Hermione needs though.  I always felt that way. They would have held each other back.  Thank you for helping George. Of those major characters she actually allowed to survive, I always felt he was the most injured in the war. Of course she killed Severus off before he could have one single solitary moment of peace or happiness. His was the most tragic and unfair life in the story. At least she spurred on a plethora of delightful writers who saw the need to redress his wrongs.  It's 2013 and I'm still wallowing in it. Thank God for so many stories and people like you. 

Damn, girl! Let's not waste any time being coy, now! He'll find knickers on the bathroom floor before he knows it. It's quite exciting. I hope he likes cats. To hell with courting. Was he a virgin? I'm asking based on what he said to himself in the previous chapter when they kissed the first time.

I couldn't find the artwork. : )

Did she really think she was going to the Gala with Ron? I thought he'd made it pretty clear that he didn't want to be a couple, only friends. She is in a funk. It was more than a hint as far as I could understand the conversation. Now with Severus, the idea that he could be interested in Hermione has been put into his head by Ron. That could have heightened his sensitivity to the thought. I don't think Hermione heard the hint in their discussion, even though it was there, if she didn't hear him actually breaking up with her. She heard the book part, though. Well, I'm very glad Severus was the person she was with when she realized she wasn't Ron's girlfriend anymore. That ball can't come fast enough now. Of course Ron is right. These two belong together. 

Once again, good job Ron!!!! Severus Snape, you are so awesomely brilliant and perceptive! You think about it and you'll know what to do. I can't wait to see what happens next. 

Good job, Ron!!! That was smooth. I'm impressed! Poor Hermione. She'll thank him later.  Now starts the Rocky Music as Hermione starts a new path. Too bad I can't think of a song I actually like to see her off on this new adventure.  Obviously, I must not get out enough. Sigh... How about the music in the Lord of the Rings when the flames burst from mountain top to mountain top signaling the call for Rohan. Hermione's epiphanies can be each flame. ...I'm assuming she will have a few now. It just isn't the right song for the actual sentiment.  I gotta see more movies.  I definitely need to get out more as much as Hermione does, but I don't have the cheerleaders she does.  I'm 52 and have no close friends, even though I'm 'perky'.  I'm not like other people though, I guess.  I just don't have the energy to socialize after I'm done at work mothering moms and dads all day. You'd think I'd have scads of friends. I brace myself, burn as bright as I can all day, then burn out and crawl into my bed. Chronic pain is an uncomfortable companion. Who wants to hang out with someone who hurts like hell all the time. I'm a crusader like Hermione too. I think people at work think I'm not wrapped right sometimes. She's for the elves rights, and I'm for women's rights. These young women have no idea how far we have come and it wasn't easy. If we don't keep fighting it will go backwards. It already is. I've fallen from grace at work for my strong stand on not selling Hooter Hiders. "The Establishment" can't be all, "You're a bad mom if you don't breastfeed, and by the way; could you please cover those things up! You're making us all uncomfortable."  "Fuck them all! Tell me what you want to do, Mom! I've got your back! BTW, you can get a gods damned Hooter Hider at a lot of other places, if that's what you want. Here's the website and here's the website for The Badass Breastfeeder if you don't. (Yes. It is awesomely a real website!) You don't want to breastfeed? That's your right!"  All apparently, not the appropriate corporate stance. I'm too much of a 60's and 70's style, bra burning, rabble-rouser. I need re-education, I guess. Come on Hermione! Land Snape for the both of us. I'm not going to get any action. 

They certainly didn't waste any time. Why should they. They've known each other for years.  I suppose one dance fulfills one's obligations to those at the Gala. There will be talk. Hehe!  So he made tea just so that he could ask her why she had been afraid at the Gala? A waltz, 5 minutes of conversation is plenty of foreplay when one has been fantasizing for a week, I suppose. On to the more important part! Shall we?

Dreams can be so lovely. I have very vivid dreams and sometimes take a nap so I can dream. I hope Hermione remembers the part with Severus. She's luckier than she knows. ..."melted dark chocolate, thick and rich and deep", indeed! 

I really like liking this Ron. He's usually portrayed as such a prat.  I think we SS/HG shippers sometimes forget he's a gifted strategist. I always picture him with George. I think that is what he would have really done. Worked with George and try to help him. Family is everything to him. He might have wanted to be an Auror before the war, but after Fred's death I think he would have given that up for George. Harry would be OK now.  And, he never would have ended up happy with Hermione, nor she with him. This feels more right than the book. I don't know where you have this going, but I do picture him with Lavander. 

Oooh. What a nice tale.It's always nice to see Nice!Ron and Nice!Harry in this side of the fandom. Lovely. ♥

I'm not usually a fan of Ron but I like the way you've written him.

Loved the twist of Ron being the level-headed mastermind. It was a refreshing change from the hot-headed ron that is so commonplace in fics. Thanks!

Really wonderful story!! Just long enough to really immerse myself and not so long that I am saying...OMG 25 MORE chapters! Well written thanks!!!!

Just a very sweet, lovely, and romantic story. Thank you for sharing. I can now go to sleep with a smile on my face.

Perfection.

How romantic.. I must finish this story tonight. Well, it technically is no longer the night since it is 1:45 am but I must continue before I go to sleep.

Sigh, to be so close, to share a breath and the slightest of kisses.. Ahhh the fireworks begin. Your take on Fred and George was very heart warming.

 "Hermione indulged in a bit of self-mortification and threw her blankets over her head. She’d masturbated had gotten off to a fantasy regarding Professor Snape. Severus! "   Your opening paragraph made me chuckle, I don't think I have to tell you why.

I am so looking forward to the first time they see each other again. 

Sigh, you are a girl after my own heart, Those old spaghetti westerns with non other than my beloved Clint Eastwood, girl I knew I liked you right from the start.

What a lovely dream.  I love how Severus comes up behind her and takes her on to the dance floor.  The way he tells her that he is always there,  Be still my heart.

Awww, and so it begins.  I'm doing my Happy Dance!

How very Slytherin of Ron, he manipulated that scene very well.  Ahhh Severus, let us see how you let down your guard. On to the next chapter.

Interesting chapter,  I enjoyed the matured Ron.  I can't wait to see how H/S relationship developes.

Well, this is a new twist.  Ron has never been anything other than annoying at best.  I am looking forward to finding out how he will put his plan into action.  Looks like your Ron has finally grown up, how refreshing.