Reading this by chance after A.R.'s passing today. Perhaps it's the kind of moving on we would wish, for both the actor and the character. I really appreciated the internal musings and I think you got his voice just right.

Wonderfully done. I love how its Hermione to the scum in more ways than one. Very well done. And now he has something to look forward to in his retirement. It's also good for him to realize that his colleagues are more than that - they are his friends and family, too.

Very sweet! The story brought a smile to my face. I always thought Severus Snape was cheated out of surviving and an epilogue. This would have been perfect.

Thank you for this lovely story of old friendships and new.  I'm thoroughly convinced that there is a deepening relationshiop in Hermione and Severus' future.  Perhaps it will begin with correspondence, and then an invitation to one of the school functions.  Guest lectures even.  Somehow I'm sure a mystery or conumdrum will present itself at some time, and Severus' experience could mean the difference between a good outcome or a bad one.Can you tell?  I'm trying to lay a bit of groundwork for more chapters.  And a HEA.I have been charmed by the way you wrote this "retirement party" for our Potions master, and the gentle and, dare I say loving, way the Charms mistress sought to make his life better.  If you write it, I will read and review it.  Promise.Beth

I enjoyed this very much.  It was really good.

This is so sad yet sweet. I hate to think of Severus being physically unable to teach, yet glad he's getting a retirement, and VERY glad he got a goodbye party, with Hermione to tell him things. I will hope that things with Hermione develop from friendship to romance, and that he will actually enjoy his life - with cake, of course, and good wine.  Thank you for the story!!

So wonderfull... love your style and the story is like a sweet promise for more.

Oh.. I was near tears when I thought no one would say farewell.  This was lovely... just lovely.  Thank you.

What a beautiful beginning - for Severus, and dare I hope us with more story?  Very well done!

This was a lovely story.  I loved the gentle tone and the beautiful way you captured Severus' emotions around his retirement. Severus and Hermione's conversation was very natural, and I appreciated the ending.  Great work!

Charming little story

I enjoyed this so much! It's perfect as it is, ending with that lovely hopeful close of the promise of correspondence; but I would be fibbing if I said I wouldn't like this to be chapter one of a beautiful SS/HG romance. I love the pacing, the gentle tone and the pure joy and optimism of this piece. I would also have enjoyed the custard creams as well as the chocolate biscuits :)

Lovely tone and pace in this! Really enjoyed reading it and in particular the gentle quietness that you evoked.  Impressive? Intriguing? Inviting? Infatuating? Irresistable? Yes, absolutely!

As a reader who is currently resisting retirement (at a relatively young age, but with 35 years on the job) this was a truly bittersweet piece. Very well-written.

it started sad and ended with hope, very well written

Lovely tender piece.  Well done. :)

Sadly hopefully beautiful.  This is the sort of epilogue Severus should have gotten at the end of Hallows.  Thank you for sharing.  Lovely job.

Oh, that's beyond sweet! Lovely!!

Ise be liken this. ^_^PS: Unfortunately, the only 'i' word in the thesaurus for attractive is 'interesting'. Not what you were looking for, I think. ^_~

very lovely

Great story - very much appreciated

I love how you captured his range of emotions.  Well Done!

I enjoyed this sweet and tender story very much! I'm so glad Hermione helped Severus to see that he is indeed loved. It looks like the beginning of a wonderful friendship between the two. Or maybe a romance?

I loved it. Thank you!

I loved how his colleagues were distraught over what they perceived as a loss of Severus.  I've always thought that once she realised where Snape's TRUE loyalties lay, she'd mentally berate herself for not believing in him.  Just as Severus would say to her "but you HAD to or all would have been lost".