This is a wonderful story!  A story that makes you grieve alongside a character is a great feat.  I think it's well written, and it's been probably a year or so since I read it first, but I sought it out today after something brought it to mind.  It was just as good as I remembered!

Excellent. Very sad ending, but losing someone you love is like that. Hopefully Snape was wise and brave enough to realize that he deserved that type of love, even if the last thing he saw was his loss. Hopefully he chose life.

This is such a bittersweet story.  It's like what I would have loved to see happen, except for the ending, of course.  But that doesn't change the fact that it's a great story!!!  With all the sadness that Severus had known in his life, I could see how he might not choose this opportunity that was offered him.  But muses being what they are, you followed your instincts and at least we got a chance to see what might have happened.Thanks,Beth

how sad.  if i had to go thru all the bad stuff in my life again to get where i am with my love i'd do it with a joyful heart.  poor sev.  great story, tho.  thanks and mucho smoochies

I'm a happy ending junkie myself, so I thoroughly believe that Severus would be given one more chance when he got to the Pearly Gates or whatever wizards have.  St. Peter (or whoever they have) would note that Severus needed to have thought about the decision a little more (maybe Lily doesn't get her wings or something for moving it along too hastily) because the alternative is unbearable for the entire cosmos.  St. Peter shows Severus the dreadful alternative: Christmases with Hermione dating and then marrying Ron and the subsequent children being far less intelligent/attractive/powerful/whatever and so forth.  Severus is so appalled that he makes the choice for Life this time etc.   Can I bribe you into writing that as a Part 2?

This is a really well written story and  I very much enjoyed it.  I am a die hard happy ending junkie so I didn't care for the ending.  That having been said, I appreciate you shaking things up a bit with an original idea.  And, I do believe that given the past hurt of his life, this is a reasonable choice that he makes.  Very nicely done! *goes off to read something fluffy*

Oh, it was lovely, though ended sadly. Thank you for posting. The imagery was wonderful.

I cried at the graveyard scene and at your ending. Both are very sad.

Wow.  That was amazing.  Beautiful and sad.

Very cleverly done with the twist at the end. :)

What a very moving story.  And I can certainly understand that Severus, whose life has been filled with so much pain and loss, would not want to experience it ever again no matter how much happiness came before it.  Thanks for sharing this with us.

Oh, how sad.  I can sympathize - after too many personal dances with Thanatos, just the thought of his dark ball is quite horrible enough.  A wonderful story, all in all.  Even with the darkness.

Lovely. The plot, the characters, and yes . . . even the ending.

oh, that was great, I wish it had more chapters, like continuation from the beginning of their relationship.