I liked this chapter so much because we get to finally see our couple as a real couple - her standing up for him, him coming in the library and kissing her (and the fact that, although they stop kissing, Snape doesn't act like the men caught him doing something totally disgusting, instead it's like, 'yeah, she's my wife' :) ).

What caught me the most was that, as I read that stuff above, it did not feel out of place at all even though this is the first time we are seeing them act like a "real" couple in public. Your transition between what was, and was is between our couple was flawless, and subtle instead of some abrupt OOC kinda change.

Great job making this transition in their relationship so fluid (this of course encompasses taking the last few chapters as a whole to get to this place).

I should've left a comment long before now.  I've been following this story since the beginning and am really enjoying it.  Your style is refreshingly straightforward and I really enjoy reading the fast-paced narrative.  I'm very much enjoying Snape's general surliness and some of the great plot twists.  My favorite bit in this chapter:

"I know what a force he is when he has nothing to live for. I don't
know what it will mean, now that he has every reason to live."

So much punch in those two little sentences.  Looking forward to what comes next!

Oh my. I just love this so much! I can't even tell you how excited I was to see a new chapter! The relationship that you have built up between the two of them is beautiful and I loved your portrayal of the other characters in the chapter as well. Well done! 

This was perhaps my most favorite of chapters of this brilliant story!  The scene with them both caught at HQ and the twins' reactions... was priceless.

I will someday draw this scene.  I loved it.

I love the way you had Hermione stand up for him.  Great chapter.

ah, they're acting more the married couple with each passing minute.  *smirk*

She's gonna have to get used to taking care of him after a bout w/the DorkLord and any other of his vengeful "brethren".  Nobody better.

Whoa.  What a rollercoaster!! 

thanks for ther update.

This just keeps getting better and better.

In for a penny, in for a Pound!!  I know I'm being sooo cliche, but that's how the story and S/H's predicament strike me.  It's crackling good!

Hermione was super-sneaky and manipulative  to  coax  Snape into the holy bonds of matrimony.   She should have been sorted into Slytherin, but fortunately for Snape, she wasn't.  That's how he's been able to trump her while seeming to capitulate to her.  She seems to be under the erroneous impression that she's now his, well, Third Master (er, Mistress)???

LMAO!!  Anything that could get Dumbles' tongu e has got to be extraordinary. 

This is the sweetest chapter!  I love Hermione's fierce loyalty, and Severus' softness with her when they were talking in bed.  Wonderfully done, as always!

I am utterly gobsmacked at your ability to keep the tension strung so tightly across this marvelous, complex, and moving tale.  Hermione continues to learn and grow stronger, inch by believable inch, while Severus is slowly coming to understand how he has been blessed and how he might possibly achieve redemption. 

The image of the four faces in the library door, astonished at the power and passion revealed before them is indelible.

Your Dumbledore is also a wonder - exactly the right balance of twinkle, arrogance, mastery, and fear of what he may not be able to accomplish.

You are breathtaking and staggering and overwhelming and . . . fast.  And I still wait wth baited breath for each new chapter, you witch!

Well, perhaps now they have settled two issues: the worthiness of your to join the order and the marriage vows.  I am glad that Hermione stood up for her husband and reminded everyone else how worthy he is.

I rather think that the boys were more thinking about the kiss and not her wand work when they offered marriage *snicker* 

Well done again...more please!

Most excellent chapter! For so little physical action, I was somehow on the edge of my seat anyway. But hon, I am having terrible thoughts, especially since Hermione acknowledged to herself, what if there were no more anniversaries?

I know.  It scares me, too.  Love in a time of war....

A triumph, my dear. Truly a triumph. Thanks so much for this chapter.

Oh My Word.  Simply lovely LegilimencySex!  Especially for a man who has vowed to poison his wife ;)

Holy shite, Mia - what an end to the chapter!

But now I've got my doubts about the memory of the woman in graveyard, again...

And I didn't mention this earlier, cuz I was reading fast without reviewing, but the idea of making Snape's illegitimate father a pure-blood?

Brilliant!

Bella was the woman in the graveyard!  HAH!  But Lucius is escorting her home?

OMFG.

Mia, love, only you can make the brewing of a potion sound so naughty and illicit.

The development about the magic between them when they kiss is a very intriguing plot point ...

I"m being bad, now, and reading without reviewing.  But wtf???? did she do to Harry?

And what a way to find out you love your husband ...

She was bloody effing brilliant.  And if he keeps on forgetting to go to Dumbledore, what in the world is the headmaster going to think?

Wonderful chapter.  Nice Romantic moment as well.