Thank you for the review and stars. I hope that the 'hmmm' is a good hmmm. I liked the idea that she would, and he seemed the sort who would not share, and I could only giggle at the potential row over who hogged the duvet.

Thank you for the review. He has the vaguest of ideas, and you're right, he may not fully appreciate what he's doing, but he feels that he must.

Thank you for the review. I'm not usually that cruel, but it seemed a good place to end the chapter... lol.

Thank you for the review and the stars. lol... so many good ideas for plots that are being thrown my way, I don't know what to do! You've hit upon a good aspect of all this... his desire to know, understand and help. Writing like a mad woman... will update as soon as.

Thank you for the review and the compliment.

Thank you for the review and the stars. I've created a kind of system for how potions affecting the mind/emotions work, and as such, there is a reason for the Displacement rather than a Calming Potion... whether it makes sense or not is a different matter... I just wanted to highlight that there is some method in Snape's apparent noble madness.

Thank you for the review. All shall be revealed... and I'm furiously writing it now... lol.

Thank you for the review. All shall be revealed... and I'm furiously writing it now... lol.

Thank you for the review.

Thank you for the review.

Thank you for the review and the stars. No trade, no. I'm going into greater detail in the next chapter... hope that you'll stay around to find out :)

Of course I will! How can I not - I'm quite invested in the story as it is. Oh, I also wanted to mention, I loved the scene where Hermione climbs into Snape's bed and he brings her back to hers. To me, that shows he still sees her as a child at that time.

Thank you for the review and the stars. No trade, no. I'm going into greater detail in the next chapter... hope that you'll stay around to find out :)

Of course I will! How can I not - I'm quite invested in the story as it is. Oh, I also wanted to mention, I loved the scene where Hermione climbs into Snape's bed and he brings her back to hers. To me, that shows he still sees her as a child at that time.

Thank you for the review. I will expand upon the choice of Displacement over Calming in the next chapter. Quite possible that he has slipped over the edge...

Thank you for the review. I will expand upon the choice of Displacement over Calming in the next chapter. Quite possible that he has slipped over the edge...

Thank you for the review. He is adorable when he chooses to be... or at least to my way of thinking he is :D.

Thank you for the review. He is adorable when he chooses to be... or at least to my way of thinking he is :D.

Thank you for the review. He knows what the results could be, and I can't say much more in case I let slip with the heart and soul of the next chapter.

Thank you for the review. He knows what the results could be, and I can't say much more in case I let slip with the heart and soul of the next chapter.

Thank you for the review. I considered various routes to dealing with this problem, and after much thought, I found that to maintain a certain idea throughout the story then the only way to help Hermione was to do it this way.

Thank you for the review. I considered various routes to dealing with this problem, and after much thought, I found that to maintain a certain idea throughout the story then the only way to help Hermione was to do it this way.

Thank you for the wonderful review, the stars and for sticking with this :). No, she doesn't... just as my eldest doesn't remember getting up at four in the morning to tell me that the teacher talked about Dragons stomping holes in the fields! Memory is such a fickle thing when it chooses to be, and that is important with regards to things like Legilimency and potions which affect the mind.

Thank you for the wonderful review, the stars and for sticking with this :). No, she doesn't... just as my eldest doesn't remember getting up at four in the morning to tell me that the teacher talked about Dragons stomping holes in the fields! Memory is such a fickle thing when it chooses to be, and that is important with regards to things like Legilimency and potions which affect the mind.

Thank you for the review. He did try Legilimency some days ago, but was swamped with the swirling chaos inside her head, and given her mental state, I fancied that he wouldn't enjoy a trip down Memory Lane. I also have some ideas about the conditions under which Legilimency may work (at least in my universe), and based upon that I doubt that it would be possible to follow a thread through her mind... I will expand upon that later as it explains why a Displacement was required. The Displacement Potion does exactly what it says on the tin.

Thank you for the review. He did try Legilimency some days ago, but was swamped with the swirling chaos inside her head, and given her mental state, I fancied that he wouldn't enjoy a trip down Memory Lane. I also have some ideas about the conditions under which Legilimency may work (at least in my universe), and based upon that I doubt that it would be possible to follow a thread through her mind... I will expand upon that later as it explains why a Displacement was required. The Displacement Potion does exactly what it says on the tin.

Thank you. That was a lovely review and highlighted something honest and pure hidden within the dreadful dross. Thank you.

Thank you for the review. I doubt that any of it can be expected, I'm certainly struggling with it and scan through page after page of notes and findings regarding trauma and the associated consequences...and all I can say is that the only predictable thing is unpredictability.

Thank you for the review. You're right, he didn't, and yet in some way he had expected it... interesting that he should do so. I hope you enjoy the next chapters.

Thank you for the review. lol... what a way he has with women! It's an interesting idea, and one that I am thinking of incorporating, but do you think that trauma can reset your sense of ethical/moral behaviour? In comparison to say hexing/hurting someone, the mere borrowing of a table or encouragement towards gaining the help of someone seems quite negligible. If it does change, then where is the new line drawn? Hmmm... *slinks off to write next chapter*

Thank you again. And made worse by the fact that up until that point she had always had the answer, but she does have help, an anchor to it all; she just needs to hang on.

Thank you for the review. You are most likely correct, they would forgive her--after yelling at her and grounding her for the rest of her natural life--but Hermione is just a mess and can't see past her own guilt. I think that there will always be something between them now, whether it be the terrible thing that is Hermione's experiences or just the knowledge that all parents have to face when they realise that their baby is now an adult.

Thank you. lol... it's quite amazing, but several people have commented upon Harry and Ron arriving to actually ruin/complicate matters... I must have subconsciously written them to come across as more of a nuisance than a help--which they will be, of course... lol.

Oh! Thank you so much! Of course, now there is this immense pressure to write good potential quotes... lol.

Thank you again. I'm not sure what you meant by Hermione's episodes, but if you mean that she acted erratically then that 'randomness' was intentional (honest! lol), and if I managed to emphasise that through writing then I'm quite happy with it. I did some research before writing this into trauma and the like and I hope that I have understood the theory of it enough to do it justice.

Thank you for the review and the lovely compliment... lol ... I hope that I continue to hit the spot. Chapter four has been submitted, and I hope that you enjoy that one too.