Chris, thank you so much for this thoughtful, beautiful review. When I finished this story, Stgulik wrote to me saying, "I think this is the best fic you've ever written." I tend to agree with her. It's truly one of the most inspired stories I've ever had. DMuse gave this to me just about fully grown and I wrote it down in no time. Everything you have said truly sums up what I was hoping to convey. It's funny that you didn't find the threesome action hot, as it's one of my favourite threesomes and I hoped I could give it all the eroticism in the world. As you say, it's not a sexual pairing that everyone loves, but I hope at least I have given them a good time ;)

Ah - I should have qualified my 'not hot' statement by saying that I am not typically a huge threesome fan, unless it's total PWP and meant to be a bit unrealistic. Call me jaded, but I think it unlikely that most people could carry them off successfully because of a strong likelihood for jealousy, resentment, or other emotional baggage. So it tends to be hard for me to buy them, especially as long term relationships. What I appreciated about their sex scene was that it wasn't just a 'sex scene' - they were already friends, and had been on the verge of love for a while, whether they realized it or not. And that's what I loved about it - you showed such a depth of emotion between them. All along in the fic we're shown how much they truly cared for each other by both small and large actions. And since to some degree or other they all thought they'd never get love, never deserve love, maybe were unloveable - it's just beautiful that these three found happiness. Thank you for giving that to them!*hugs you*

Thank you - this was probably the fastest fic I've ever written, and I loved it - I think it was meant to be. I love Filch and Severus (it's one of the very few slash pairings I will read) and Millie just seemed a perfect mate for them both. I think of all the fanfics I've ever written, this will be one of the ones I remember the most.

Thank you - this was probably the fastest fic I've ever written, and I loved it - I think it was meant to be. I love Filch and Severus (it's one of the very few slash pairings I will read) and Millie just seemed a perfect mate for them both. I think of all the fanfics I've ever written, this will be one of the ones I remember the most.

Thank you! I have a real soft spot for Filch, that's true ;) And it was fun showing the highlights of the books from a completely different angle - I had so much fun writing this story.

Thank you! I have a real soft spot for Filch, that's true ;) And it was fun showing the highlights of the books from a completely different angle - I had so much fun writing this story.

Thanks, Droxy. This story is near and dear to my heart, and one that I'm probably the most proud of. I'm really glad you're enjoying it.

Thanks, Droxy. This story is near and dear to my heart, and one that I'm probably the most proud of. I'm really glad you're enjoying it.

Thank you so much for giving my story a try! I love these three characters (I'm a real SSHG fan, but every once in awhile I'll swab the decks on a different ship), and I felt so compelled by my Muse to write about them. It turns out that I fell in love with all three of them, and I'm always thrilled when someone enjoys the story. Thank you for your lovely comments.

Thank you so much for giving my story a try! I love these three characters (I'm a real SSHG fan, but every once in awhile I'll swab the decks on a different ship), and I felt so compelled by my Muse to write about them. It turns out that I fell in love with all three of them, and I'm always thrilled when someone enjoys the story. Thank you for your lovely comments.

Ali, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. You are the only person who caught the Hermione/cat reference in all the people who have ever read this. I wish I could send you a gold star. We are safe so far, but thank you for your wishes and care.P.S. You know that Forence and Dougal Smut is oneof the most popular pairings in fandom ;) Just kidding! lol Seriously, thank you for reading my first story like this. I'm really happy with it, and it's even been nominated for a fanfic award on LJ, so I'm doubly pleased.

See Miss Teddy. I do pay attention in class sometimes. I'm not always trying to catch the eye of that Snape lad that sits two desks behind me!

Ali, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. You are the only person who caught the Hermione/cat reference in all the people who have ever read this. I wish I could send you a gold star. We are safe so far, but thank you for your wishes and care.P.S. You know that Forence and Dougal Smut is oneof the most popular pairings in fandom ;) Just kidding! lol Seriously, thank you for reading my first story like this. I'm really happy with it, and it's even been nominated for a fanfic award on LJ, so I'm doubly pleased.

See Miss Teddy. I do pay attention in class sometimes. I'm not always trying to catch the eye of that Snape lad that sits two desks behind me!

Thank you so much! I can't tell you how much I appreciate your lovely comment.

Thank you so much! I can't tell you how much I appreciate your lovely comment.

Thank you for giving my story a try. As much as I adore SSHG, and it will always be my flagship, these three spoke to me like no other ship.

Thank you for giving my story a try. As much as I adore SSHG, and it will always be my flagship, these three spoke to me like no other ship.

Thank you. I really appreciate that.

Thank you. I really appreciate that.

Being a complete SSHG shipper, I just had to have her here - if she couldn't have him, at least she could make sure he was in good hands!

Being a complete SSHG shipper, I just had to have her here - if she couldn't have him, at least she could make sure he was in good hands!

I'm glad you're enjoying it!

I'm glad you're enjoying it!

OH, sweetie, I hope you feel much better very soon. I'm glad you are enjoying my stories, and I hope you don't grow to associate them with feeling ill! ;) Thank you for taking the time to write at all. Just rest and feel better soon.

OH, sweetie, I hope you feel much better very soon. I'm glad you are enjoying my stories, and I hope you don't grow to associate them with feeling ill! ;) Thank you for taking the time to write at all. Just rest and feel better soon.

Thank you! I wrote this in tribute to two great authors: at_delphi, who writes amazing Severus/Argus slash, and Bloodcult of Freud, who made me fall head over heels in love with Millie in her masterpiece Seven Preposterous Things. I really appreciate you giving it a try - I have been told by my awesome beta Stgulik that she believes this is the best fanfic I've ever written.

Thank you! I wrote this in tribute to two great authors: at_delphi, who writes amazing Severus/Argus slash, and Bloodcult of Freud, who made me fall head over heels in love with Millie in her masterpiece Seven Preposterous Things. I really appreciate you giving it a try - I have been told by my awesome beta Stgulik that she believes this is the best fanfic I've ever written.

I really appreciate you being so nice about it - I was worried I nagged you so much you'd hate it before you even had a chance to read it! I just loaded it today, so it hasn't been here very long.

No worries.  Sometimes it takes a bit of nagging to get me to move out of my comfort zone.  I thank you for it! ;)

I really appreciate you being so nice about it - I was worried I nagged you so much you'd hate it before you even had a chance to read it! I just loaded it today, so it hasn't been here very long.

No worries.  Sometimes it takes a bit of nagging to get me to move out of my comfort zone.  I thank you for it! ;)

LOL Well, I am not a fan of Severus slash, and one of the only two pairings of Severus slash I will tolerate is Severus/Argus (the other being Severus/Reg Black). I really fell in love with at_delphi's SS/AF slash, and then while I was writing this, she wrote a delicious little bit of PWP featuring Millicent and Argus. I wrote her and said, "You aren't going to believe what I'm currently working on now!" She was very complimentary and nice about Lemon Squeezy as well. But I fell in love with the Millie Bulstrode character because of the sublime Seven Preposterous Things, by Bloodcult of Freud, and this is sort of my tribute to both at_dephi and Bloodcult. I'm thrilled you enjoyed it, and if you're gonna get dirty, I'm glad at least I could help you get there! ;)

LOL Well, I am not a fan of Severus slash, and one of the only two pairings of Severus slash I will tolerate is Severus/Argus (the other being Severus/Reg Black). I really fell in love with at_delphi's SS/AF slash, and then while I was writing this, she wrote a delicious little bit of PWP featuring Millicent and Argus. I wrote her and said, "You aren't going to believe what I'm currently working on now!" She was very complimentary and nice about Lemon Squeezy as well. But I fell in love with the Millie Bulstrode character because of the sublime Seven Preposterous Things, by Bloodcult of Freud, and this is sort of my tribute to both at_dephi and Bloodcult. I'm thrilled you enjoyed it, and if you're gonna get dirty, I'm glad at least I could help you get there! ;)

Thank you - I am so glad you are enjoying the story! I know this was especially Muse driven, because I barely remember typing it out - it was as if I was taking dictation.

Thank you - I am so glad you are enjoying the story! I know this was especially Muse driven, because I barely remember typing it out - it was as if I was taking dictation.

Thank you so much! Please be careful, and I'm sending loads of good thoughts that you're going to be safe.

Thank you so much! Please be careful, and I'm sending loads of good thoughts that you're going to be safe.

Thank you so much for giving it a try! I'm thrilled you enjoyed it. This was one of those stories that my Muse just drew out of me, and I enjoyed writing it so much. I'm just so happy you liked it too!

Thank you so much for yet another stunning set of comments. I love hearing from you. You have said in this review everything I wanted the story to say, and I can't tell you how affirming and encouraging this is. I'm thrilled you loved the story. It holds a special place in my heart, and to read that you enjoyed it so much gives me a thrill like you read about.

Thank you so much for yet another stunning set of comments. I love hearing from you. You have said in this review everything I wanted the story to say, and I can't tell you how affirming and encouraging this is. I'm thrilled you loved the story. It holds a special place in my heart, and to read that you enjoyed it so much gives me a thrill like you read about.

Thank you so much! I'm thrilled to bits you enjoyed my story. I can't tell you how much your comments have delighted and uplifted me.

Thank you so much! I'm thrilled to bits you enjoyed my story. I can't tell you how much your comments have delighted and uplifted me.

Thank you so much! I am so glad you are enjoying it. I'm going to shamelessly pimp myself here - this story has been nominated for LiveJournal's HPFanficfanpoll award for the Best Romance in a threesomes/moresomes category, so please feel free to vote on it before now and the end of the year. I really appreciate your kind words. I'm thrilled that you are enjoying it so much!

Pimp away, baby--when you've got it, you've got it (there's that wonderful line from The Producer's 'Flaunt it, baby, flaunt it!-lol!) I'll hop ober to LJ later today, find it, join it and flex my voting muscles as a rare-pair suffragette! lol! Seriously, beautiful work!xxx

Thank you for your constant support. You are the type of reviewer we authors pray to the heavens for!

Thank you so much! I am so glad you are enjoying it. I'm going to shamelessly pimp myself here - this story has been nominated for LiveJournal's HPFanficfanpoll award for the Best Romance in a threesomes/moresomes category, so please feel free to vote on it before now and the end of the year. I really appreciate your kind words. I'm thrilled that you are enjoying it so much!

Pimp away, baby--when you've got it, you've got it (there's that wonderful line from The Producer's 'Flaunt it, baby, flaunt it!-lol!) I'll hop ober to LJ later today, find it, join it and flex my voting muscles as a rare-pair suffragette! lol! Seriously, beautiful work!xxx

Thank you for your constant support. You are the type of reviewer we authors pray to the heavens for!

Thank you so much for your wonderful comments! As always, you are so encouraging and supportive, and I can't tell you how much I appreaciate it. This story flew out of my fingers in a couple of days, and I know it was Muse-driven because I can associate so much with Millie. Like her, I wasn't one of the 'pretty ones' or the 'sporty ones' in school, and I wanted to fit it more than anything else, to the point of doing things that now make me cringe to remember. And I like people like Argus as well - gruff, hard, but deep down, caring. A man who would look after a cat so lovingly has a deep well of good in him, I think! And I was happy with my Severus as well. I think he would have treated his Slytherins so much differently in their native environment than he would any other house. I hope you will continue to enjoy the rest of the story!

Thank you so much for your wonderful comments! As always, you are so encouraging and supportive, and I can't tell you how much I appreaciate it. This story flew out of my fingers in a couple of days, and I know it was Muse-driven because I can associate so much with Millie. Like her, I wasn't one of the 'pretty ones' or the 'sporty ones' in school, and I wanted to fit it more than anything else, to the point of doing things that now make me cringe to remember. And I like people like Argus as well - gruff, hard, but deep down, caring. A man who would look after a cat so lovingly has a deep well of good in him, I think! And I was happy with my Severus as well. I think he would have treated his Slytherins so much differently in their native environment than he would any other house. I hope you will continue to enjoy the rest of the story!

Dee I am thrilled you gave this one a try. I realise it is a strange combo, but one that had been running through my head for a long time. It also taught me something about myself as a writer: I cannot write empty sex for sex sake. My characters have to have a connection, an emotion for one another, or I can't write them being intimate. I'm really, really glad that came through for you in the story, and I really appreciate you giving the story a try for my sake.

Dee I am thrilled you gave this one a try. I realise it is a strange combo, but one that had been running through my head for a long time. It also taught me something about myself as a writer: I cannot write empty sex for sex sake. My characters have to have a connection, an emotion for one another, or I can't write them being intimate. I'm really, really glad that came through for you in the story, and I really appreciate you giving the story a try for my sake.

Thank you so much! I am so glad you enjoyed it. My beta Jules told me this is her favourite of anything I've written, and I have a real love for this threesome.

Thank you so much! I am so glad you enjoyed it. My beta Jules told me this is her favourite of anything I've written, and I have a real love for this threesome.