I couldn't sleep and needed some AD/MM fluff and wanted something wintery to make me forget I lived in a swamp and I found this again ... dawwwwwwwwww .... its just as yummy as it was a few years ago, the first time I found it.

I'm such a fanatic ...

I like Minerva, glad she had an ear out for all students. A sad but sweet story before the war bursts in on them.

I like Minerva, glad she had an ear out for all students. A sad but sweet story before the war bursts in on them.

Ohhh how sweet. A really nice treat :)And it's nice to hear from you again; I've been missing your updatesHope you are well.All the bestHerby

MMAD is not really my ship, but this was very enjoyable to read.

  Oh yummmm!I seem to remember reading this some time before you posted it but it is every bit as delicious as it was back then - sometime around Christmas. I love the idea of Christmas at Hogwarts ... very little is quite as romantic in my opinion.

A beautiful little glimpse into Minerva and Albus's Christmas. I love that he gave her his aunt's broach and invited her to Aberforth's for Christmas. And, of course, who could complain about all those mistletoe kisses? Loved it!

A new MMAD fic from MMADfan?  Happy dance. Happy, happy, happy dance.This is just wonderful, beginning to end.  I love that he enjoys watching her stretch, and she enjoys him watching, but neither knows even though they both feel ... something.I love glimpses into this time period.  Most of the fics from this era concentrate on the marauders,  and while they can be interesting, they aren't really at the center of things, and we already have seven books worth of young adult pranks and angst from this universe.  I want to read about the adults, and especially about these two adults.  It was just heartbreaking to see Minerva's view of Slytherin, and Fitzmaurice, who could have been chosen head boy, take the mark.  It makes me realize that a lot of those who joined the deatheaters probably had no idea what they were getting into, and many of them probably felt they had no choice.  Of course that doesn't excuse anything they did afterwards. I loved Albus' gift for Minerva, and that he decorated when he usually didn't, and Perenelle's cognac was just enough to make them (or allow them) to act on their feelings, but I really loved the mistletoe (Minerva's Mistletoe?  Sounds like a good name for a story.)  I enjoyed the story about Filch getting caught under the mistletoe, and it makes absolute sense that students wouldn't be allowed to hang it everywhere -- or anywhere, for that matter.Thank you for this delightful read!

How did I not see this earlier. That was wonderful. Wil you still be continuing any other of your fics though?

A lovely Christmas story.  I'm glad that thoughts of dire things happening during this time did not stand in the way of Minerva and Albus having their own celebration.Beth