I am sorry for the delay. The chapters are queued up in TPP and are ready, but I'm at their mercy until they update. The editors here are very meticulous, and they are very careful that every chapter that goes out is as perfect as it can be made, so I am grateful for their attention to detail. All this to say it's there waiting, hopefully it will be updated soon.

That is funny! I love that song, and for some reason, it just seemed appropriate for the title. "You mean I was brought back from the dead for THIS?"I hope you continue to enjoy the story.

Thank you, Beth. I'm so glad you are enjoying the story. Hopefully, they will upload the last two chapters soon.

I shall do my best....after all, what good is being the creator of your own fanfic if you can perform miracles for your readers?Seriously, thank you for reading and taking the time to write a review. I hope you will continue to enjoy the story.

Thank you for reading. The entire story is now in the queue and hopefully will be uploaded in the next week or so. I hope you will continue to enjoy it.

Ah, well, there in lies the rub, innit? I promise that I have the entire story queued up, so hopefully you won't have to wait much longer to see. Thank you for reading and reviewing. I hope you continue to enjoy the story.

Weeeeelll, you got to have a little salt with the sugar! I'm very glad you're enjoying the story. It is finished and is queued up in  line even as we speak!

Thank you, Beth. I really appreciate your warm words. The story is in the queue, so hopefully it won't take too long to update. Happy Holidays!

Thank you, thank you! I love that song, and from the first moment I thought about Severus Snape. It just seemed that he was so wounded and had used all his negative emotions to hide that wound. It gives me great pleasure giving him a second chance.Thank you again for your wonderful words of encouragement. I hope you will continue to enjoy it.TR

Thank you so much! I'm glad you are enjoying the story. Please check out Sempraseverus' art on deviantArt, and you'll see why I get so inspired.It is so gratifying when someone enjoys your story, and I hope you will continue to. It is finished and in the queue, so hopefully you won't have too long to wait!Happy Holidays, TR

Thank you so much for reading and reviewing! I'm glad you like it. Sempraseverus' art just speaks to me - it's like my second Muse. I always encourage everyone who loves Snape to look at her stuff. It is truly breathtaking.The story is complete and is being uploading as quickly as TPP allows, so look for upcoming chapters. I hope you continue to enjoy the story.

Weeeelllllll, I could, but we can't let our favourite Snarky Professor have ALL the fun, can we? lolI do have it completed, and I am uploading as quickly as TPP will allow. Thank you for reading, and I hope you enjoy the remainder of the story.

Thank you so much - I hope you will continue to enjoy the story!

No, actually there are 4 more chapters! This is a complete story and I will upload as quickly at TPP allows. I hope you will continue to enjoy it.

Thank you so much! Yes, I love a little snark with my Severus! I hope you will continue to enjoy the story!

Thank you so much for your review! Yes, Sempraseverus is in a class by herself. I love each and everything she does. She is a lovely lady with a true passion for her art and I think it shows.I think the biggest compliment I've had on this story is that is reminded someone of Sempra's art - warm and rough and very much about HIM.I hope you will continue to enjoy the story. It is completed and will be uploaded as quickly as TPP allows.

Thank you for reading the chapter and taking the time to review. I really appreciate it. The story is complete and in 7 chapters and I'll be uploaded as quickly as permitted. I hope you continue to enjoy the story!

Thank you for reading and taking the time to review. I really appreciate your words. I hope you will continue to enjoy the story. It is finished in 7 chapters, so I will upload as quickly as I can.

Thank you. The story is finished in 7 chapters, so I wil be uploading as quickly as permitted. I hope you continue to enjoy the story.

Thank you so much for reading and reviewing my fic. I am eagerly awaiting TPP to upload the story. It is complete, so I am uploading it as fast as they will allow. TPP is very thorough and they take great pride in checking your work, so you sometimes have to wait a little longer here for work to go through, but it is waiting.

Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it. It's very rewarding to write something you're very happy with, then have someone enjoy it as well! I hope you continue enjoying the story.

Well, a Snape is a Snape, no matter what. I don't think our boy's beyond hope, but you never know...

He has a heart that can love.  How he ever managed that I will never know but this is established in canon.My degrees in psychology sometimes drive me a bit nuts with these things.  Harry had very little in the way of nurturing.  How can he not have reactive attachment disorder is beyond me.  Snape at least had a friend by the time he was 9.  Still, learning to attach happens in the first 3 years and then you've missed the critical period.I'll shut up now.  LOL.

You go right ahead! It is fascinating to look at these character studies beyond just the realm of the story. I have tried really, really hard to bring redemption to Severus. He's been my favourite character since Book 1, and I wanted him to have the happily ever after JKR so callously denied him.

Yeah, me too.I was fascinated from the start as well.  I wasn't an alan rickman fan at all, just liked snape and didn't know who alan rickman was.  I later found out and developed some fondness for him as well, but that is TOTALLY separate from my Snape fascination.  I knew from the first moment Snape appeared that he was much more than he seemed.  By book 5 I knew he loved Lily.  I was absolutely convinced of it.  I read "Snapes Worst Memory" and just knew it.  I thought perhaps I was going mad and then found out lots of other fans thought the same thing.  When I came to this conclusion I got a chill up my spine and I walked in something of a daze into my husband's home office and said, "Snape loves Harry's mother!"JKR can be quite mean sometimes.  Poor Snape.  She put him through so much hell.  He was never able to hang on to anything good.  Hogwarts was supposed to be a better life for him.  Lily was supposed to be a friend.  Being a deatheater was supposed to do SOMETHING though who knows what.  Then she feeds him to the damned Snake and didn't write him with any sort of prep for that.  He'd have had POTIONS on him at the very least.  There is even a hint that Hermione didn't buy the whole murder thing when she says that "evil" is a strong word.  Anyway, yeah, I'm a potter fan and a snape fan especially.  So I read lots of stories that give him a happier ending.  Hey, once the book is written we are free to think about it in our own heads and even write stories as long as we don't try to make money or claim the original for our own.

Get out of my head! I actually loved Alan R since Die Hard in the 80's, so when my British hubby told me he was playing Snape I knew I was a goner. I am a voice slut, so he was just the ticket.The woman who did the stunning artwork for this story, Sempraseverus, said that she was angry with JKR, then realised she had opened the door for us as fans to give him a new life, more so than any other character.Besides, no one ever found the body, and his headmaster's portrait never appeared. Hmmmmm......

Yeah, I guess she did leave it kind of open.  That's okay, we'll take care of the poor thing.

Oh, yes. I plan on taking care of him very well!!!

I know. He has had a rough life. But, hold on...is that a light I see in the tunnel?Thank you for reading and reviewing!