Great begining, I would love to see a sequel. 

This is not a pairing I have seen before, but you make it work beautifully, I'm loving the banter as foreplay.

A great first chapter, it really pulled me in. So many questions, I have to run to the next chapter and seek the answers. 

Like that. is it?  ;D

The tension has ratcheted up and now is about to explode! :)

Love the trading of insults.  They have well matched vocabularies! :)

This was a bit of a different story than I had expected, but I do love your characterizations.  And I still want to know more about the boy and his family's "curiosities."From the ending, I get the feeling we may not have seen the last of Severus and Alistair, Minerva, and the mysterious boy.Beth

I love the way you give us the beginnings of a relationship in small, telling scenes. The sparring-as-foreplay is delicious.As is the final line.

This is the kind of chapter that makes me say, "I really hope this turns out to be a novel."The set-up is mysterious and full of intriguing possibilities, and as usual, your characters jump right off the page and make me want more, more, more!(Moody as a toy rhino is brilliant. I'm hoping to hear about the joke.)

Oh, my!  Things have taken on a new tone, and I wonder if Minerva is going to feel left out?Beth

I'm a sucker for Dark Arts curiosities, and I can't wait to see just how Severus operates.  Moody is so moody, and I'm dying to know why turning himself into a stuffed rhino would be a joke for Minerva.  I want to know more about that young man who brought the rhino to Snapes' shop, and how he came to have the rhino in the first place.  And now I'm off to the next chapter.Beth

Wow.  Glad to see you ignored my silly ramblings and got right to work.  You've set a trend now.  I will expect the next chapter tomorrow.  Like to be on top, do you, boy? Oh myyy, that's a loaded question if I've ever heard one.  *blush*I'm really liking their personalities and the banter.  Wouldn't have thought of this pairing but the way you present it, it works.And a sort of cliffie.  So soon.  I think they might not be the only ones who like to torture a bit missy...........

Definitely enjoying this!  Can't normally see this pairing but you're making me re-adjust my boundaries (that's got to be a good thing).  Love Snape's characterisation and Moody's seems true to life too.  As I say, the age gap and their prior history make this is a difficult pairing to make believable, this chapter made inroads with the latter but would definitely like to see more of their war chats.  Certainly one for the favourites, keep it up!

Wasn't that boy a muggle? How did he know how to identify a dark object? And to bring it to a muggle shop if he were a wizard?

*bounce bounce bounce*  I try to avoid chapter 1 only fics--I'm impatient and like things that are finished or at least has a lot of chappies for me to devour.  But there was a rhino.  Rhinos + HP = ??? So, I HAD to read it.  *squeee*  That was just, I, oooooh.  I want to visit his shop; sounds like someplace I could get lost in.  I want to write messages on his dirty windows to irritate him.  Please tell me Mad-Eyes patronus is a rhino.  And that he's a rhino animagus.  And what's up with him and Min (sounds a little kinky).  Well?  Why are you reading my nonsense and not working on the next 47 chapters??? 

Oh, I enjoyed that, and really liked the premis behind Snape's shop.  It would be nice to see how he comes by and deals with some of the other curiosities that come his way, with or without help from Minerva or Moody (hint, hint)