Interesting story. I guess I don't understand why Hermione seems to have left her magic and the wizarding world behimd just because of some mad Weasleys.

I need more, soon please. Great work.

I am so in love with this story, I can't believe I only have 1 more chapter to read. I hope the next update is coming soon.

That first night they spent together was beautiful, I can't wait to read more.

I can't wait to hear more about their past and see what the future holds for both of them.

This is incredible, and I can't wait to see what happens next.

I'm sorry I didn't review the first chapter but I was so into the story that I didn't want to stop reading just then. I will keep this short so I can get back to reading. I have no idea were this is going but I know I have to go along for the ride. Please keep the updates coming.

I've noticed the story has become much lighter within the last chapter or so. Is that deliberate?  Also, I wonder what Hermione's is going to do about work long-term? Is Severus going to sit in the club all night while she works like some significant others really do?  Somehow I can't see him being too happy about that discovery!

Woo hoo!  Yee haw!  I am jumping and cheering and squeeeing my head off.  I cannot tell you how delighted I was to come here to TPP and see that you had posted a new chapter!This little problem they have on their hands can easily turn out ot be a blessing or a curse.  I think it all depends on how they choose to see each other.Thank you for this fabulous new chapter!  Beth

This chapter is so lovely.  I hope I'm not getting too far ahead of the story, but I think there has been a bit of healing and a reawakening of the passions they once felt for each other on that night at Spinners End so long ago.  In an awkward moment I can imagine both of them telling themselves that it's only the life debt, but I think they really do have a lot of real caring and concern for each other, and I hope they will not beat themselves or each other up too much over what happened fifteen years ago.You've written a very good chapter glowing with tenderness and compassion.  Well done.Beth

IM NOT LOST ANYMORE  BRING ON THE NEXT CHAPTER!!!  LOL

You wanna know what I think?  I think there is no way in hell that you can update fast enough to suit me.I am hooked!  I can't wait to find out the back story of all that happened at the end of the war, what has happened to each of them during the last fifteen years, and what is going to happend to them.  I hope all those plot bunnies you have threatened to trap are firmly focused on "The Sublte Nature of Sin."This is smashing!!!!!  Beth

Good God A'mighty this is some kind of wonderful!Very nicely done. Five Stars are not nearly enough.Beth

Wow. I'm looking forward to the rest.

I think it's wonderful! I don't even care if you never explain why she's stripping in the first place. Just can't wait to find out what happens next!

Starting out good. I'm hooked. Though I'm not too keen on the suicide warning.

I almost turned away when I saw the lyrics in the song, but I'm glad I stuck around. This definitely looks promising ^^

I haven't worked on *MY* "hell chapter" of my WIP in three years.  So don't feel so bad. :p

This chapter is delicious and sad, wonderful and joy filled, painful and sublime, and extremely powerful.  Well done!Hermione's warrior stance with the slack asses at St Mungo's was right on the mark.  Severus did deserve better care that those make-believe toy Healers were giving him.  When Hermione placed her well aimed wand squarely between the eyes of that smug little mediwitch and gave her her marching orders I wanted to shout out loud myself.  Humph!  She should be grateful that she got off with only " batting frantically at her delicately plucked, now-smoking eyebrows."  I might have simply snatched them off her face and been done with her sorry arse. The back story we see here is such a mess of Fate creeping in where she wasn't needed or wanted.  But that is a prime example of how shitting real life can be.  I can only hope that their lives can come back together stronger than ever before.There's no way I could find the words to tell you how marvelous this chapter is, and I can seem to find an Oscar for the best script among the emoticons, so I am awarding you The Beffey for this extraordinarily written piece of work.  So without further adieu, it is my distinct pleasure to present you with your very own... ta-da                       The Beffey   with Distinctions for such fine writing.  The song really does say it all.  And I thank you with all my heart for sharing this prodigious talent you have been given with the likes of me.  Well done.  And well done!When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tearsWhen you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fearsAnd I held your hand through all of these yearsBut you still haveAll of me

You used to captivate meBy your resonating lightNow I'm bound by the life you left behindYour face it hauntsMy once pleasant dreamsYour voice it chased awayAll the sanity in me{{{squishes you}}}Beth

I'm soooo glad you've finally updated this! I've been wondering what would happen next, and where you'd take these two. Please update soon!

Thank you for answering so many of my questions about how Severus and Hermione both ended up at The Diamond Doll and living lives that neither found satisfying.  As I read this chapter I was struck by the complete mish-mash their lives had become because he ran out to take care of an errand, and she awoke before he had come back.   The following paragraph is an eloquent description of regret:  "Severus sighed. He felt a pang of sadness for her – for a life so wasted because of a single, fucking misunderstanding. If only he had woken her before he stepped out that fateful morning… where would they be now? It was obvious now that neither had intended to reject the other all those years ago. Sadly, Fate had not intended their paths to be quite so easy, and in the end they had each assumed the worst of the other. Well, Severus knew first hand what was said about assuming…"  Even though Fate had not intended their paths to be easy, it seems that about one year ago Fate decided that it was time for them to face their past and look toward their future... no matter how difficult finding their way through their shared history might be.  And thus, Severus nearly fell through the floor at Spinner's End and found himself a new home within walking distance of The Diamond Doll.It's so ironic that after Ron and Harry had turned their backs on her, she once again sought out Severus and he happened not to be at Spinner's End as she waited on the steps for hours for him to return.  In their case, Fate is indeed a cruel mistress.I hope that some how, some way, they will be able to mend this breach of more than a decade and find the healing that will make their lives better.  I know that there are many pitfalls ahead of them, but I have to hope that a way can be found.I wonder what will happen when Hermione wakes.  Will she be too late for her shift?  Will she lash out at Severus?  Will she give up?  This is such a wonderful story, and I can't wait to read your next update!  Beth

You explained so much, thank you for the update.

I am loving this story. Please update when you can!

I don't understand what the problem is between them and what they've been 'denying' for fifteen years. Obviously the life debt is playing some kind of role but I guess I don't see why Hermione - the debtee - would be so down on her luck because of it, and if not because of the life debt, why she'd be so down on her luck at all? You're right in that I'm intrigued. I hope the next chapter gives us a little clarity on this odd situation.

Well all I can say is "What is going on?!?" Can't wait to see what this is all about.