Love Remains
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Lily's life doesn't end when Voldemort hexes her. Instead, she and Harry go into hiding, but are things truly any better for her?
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I am a grateful fan of Ms. Rowling and of her overwhelming Byronic Character, Severus Snape! Please check out the first chapters of each fic (except for "How Can I Tell You," which is on Chapter 2) to see pictures of the Heroines.
Admins' Note: Livvy6 died suddenly on February 22, 2012, leaving behind her husband, six-year-old daughter, and seventeen stories well-loved by the TPP community. All who knew her—including those in Harry Potter fandom and all of us, here—are richer for having known her.
Requiescat in pace, Livvy. Always.
Reviews for Love Remains
Thanks forsuch an original story!
Yay!!!
Am so glad this isn't the last chapter. Some authors just stop in the middle of nowhere once the end is in sight! :))
Thanks for embarking on this prompt!
Good job! Thanks for wearing your heart on your sleeve as an author with these raw emotions which we readers sometimes may miss in other ffs!
Nice ending. I always like a happy ending and this was a good one. I like the poor kid isn't Albus Severus. LOL I always thought that after all Albus did, he did not deserved to be honored that way.
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
Me too! If anything, if Dumbledore HAD to be included it should have been reversed. But yes, I thought he was a manipulative old bastard.I'm glad you enjoyed my fic. It was a real gut-wrencher to write, but it makes the happy endings that much sweeter!Thank you for all your reviews!
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
Me too! If anything, if Dumbledore HAD to be included it should have been reversed. But yes, I thought he was a manipulative old bastard.I'm glad you enjoyed my fic. It was a real gut-wrencher to write, but it makes the happy endings that much sweeter!Thank you for all your reviews!
Nice to see that went without the proverbial hitch, that neither or them has hosed it up yet.
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
LOL! What can I say? Where Severus is concerned a cock-up is always around the corner when it comes to relationships!Thanks!
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
LOL! What can I say? Where Severus is concerned a cock-up is always around the corner when it comes to relationships!Thanks!
Good man, finally putting his past behind him. And he really did need to ensure that Hermione heard it from him. Hopefully he can really move forward now.
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Yes, they had to lay it all on the table for there to be a chance at a future.Thanks!
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
Yes, they had to lay it all on the table for there to be a chance at a future.Thanks!
Severus, I thought you were over Lily. *sigh* He and Hermione really do need a good long conversation. Hopefully once she's no longer a student they can get to it.
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
Oh, he is over Lily. It's just that he doesn't know if he has it within him emotionally to do it all over again. That's basically what it gets down to. He is terrified.Thanks!
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
Oh, he is over Lily. It's just that he doesn't know if he has it within him emotionally to do it all over again. That's basically what it gets down to. He is terrified.Thanks!
I love the last line. It really is true, isn't it. Hopefully once he lets the truth about Lily's suicide sink in he can begin to heal from all those years of pain. Poor man.
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
Thank you. There is a lot to absorb after so much time has passed.Thanks!
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
Thank you. There is a lot to absorb after so much time has passed.Thanks!
Oh, Severus, love blinded you to the truth and having your heart broken like that... (sorry no sense there LOL). Good thing that Harry went digging for the truth and that Albus meddled one last time sending him to Malfoy. While I like Malfoy, I do like the idea of him being broken and powerless after everything happened, a pariah (though I think he would be like the
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and rising from the ashes LOL). it's nice to see Harry and Severus coming to terms with what might have been the truth.
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It seems all ironic that it was Malfoy to open the eyes of Harry into what was going through Lily's mind that night. She knew exactly what her fate would be if she stayed with Severus, and she couldn't bring herself to take Harry away from him.Thanks!
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and rising from the ashes LOL). it's nice to see Harry and Severus coming to terms with what might have been the truth.
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It seems all ironic that it was Malfoy to open the eyes of Harry into what was going through Lily's mind that night. She knew exactly what her fate would be if she stayed with Severus, and she couldn't bring herself to take Harry away from him.Thanks!
I like Harry's quest. It's really enlightening and he can learn a lot about himself as well as Severus. Though he may begin to have as many regrets as Severus and Dumbledore over how his life might have turned out.
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
True, but that is one of the benchmarks of becoming an adult: knowing that life doesn't turn out the way they could have and that people make choices that make thier lives and the lives of the little ones in their charge different than what could ahve been.Thanks!
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
True, but that is one of the benchmarks of becoming an adult: knowing that life doesn't turn out the way they could have and that people make choices that make thier lives and the lives of the little ones in their charge different than what could ahve been.Thanks!
I love how it was her intellect that really turned him on. Remus really is his voice of reason and he was right to curse Lily. She really did damage Severus. One can only hope that Hermione can some day heal him, and hopefully some day soon because her insight into the cure/control could be vital.
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
Yes, Remus is going to find himself frustrated a lot between Harry, Hermione and Snape and all their drama. lol! Poor Remus! 
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
Yes, Remus is going to find himself frustrated a lot between Harry, Hermione and Snape and all their drama. lol! Poor Remus!
Severus, you are human, embrace it. It's not going to go away no matter how much you try to hide it. I suspect that no longer being a pawn is goiing to make it harder for him to hide the fact that he is human.
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
Severus is going to to have to reasses how he views himself, life, and realtionships. There are no excuses, like I have to be this way because of the Dark Lord, blah, blah, blah. It's going to take time to get there.Thanks!
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
Severus is going to to have to reasses how he views himself, life, and realtionships. There are no excuses, like I have to be this way because of the Dark Lord, blah, blah, blah. It's going to take time to get there.Thanks!
Nice closure for both Harry and Severus at the graves. I really think that was necessary for them both. And I like how Severus has slipped into father mode.
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
Thanks! I think it had to be this way for them to go forward, especially Severus.Thanks!
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
Thanks! I think it had to be this way for them to go forward, especially Severus.Thanks!
Let the emotional floodgates open. Confusion really is a good name for this chapter with everyone learning new bits of the truth and trying to make sense of it all. I think Harry was spot on. He has had his parents on a pedastal and being told they are human in the past has always been hard for him to grasp.
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
It is hard when you realize your parents are just normal people with feet of clay. Harry will have to come to terms with that.Thanks!
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
It is hard when you realize your parents are just normal people with feet of clay. Harry will have to come to terms with that.Thanks!
Very well done. That actually went better than I thought it would. I thought for sure Harry would have asked the hard question right after Severus mentioned Lily poisoning herself. Now to see if he can actually bring himself to answer the question.
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
It's going to be a difficult time for both of them, but they will get there.Thanks!
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
It's going to be a difficult time for both of them, but they will get there.Thanks!
Nice filler scene with how he helped the students and why Ginny and Neville stuck up for him. He really did have quite the balancing act to carry out. And nice touch with the rocking chair and the duck.
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
Thank you. Needed to get the emotions in there with Severus fears about a possible future relationship. Then how he wants things to be different for Harry than it was for him.Thanks!
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
Thank you. Needed to get the emotions in there with Severus fears about a possible future relationship. Then how he wants things to be different for Harry than it was for him.Thanks!
I was a bit taken aback by them still being at Grimmauld Place, but I do agree that it facilitates a lot as that is neutral territory unlike The Burrow. I can completely see Severus unable to understand compassion and love since he has spent so long ignoring them and quite possibly never really understood them.
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
Yes, Severus is quite stunted with more positive emotions. He is more comfortable expressing nagative ones. It will just take time.Thanks!
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
Yes, Severus is quite stunted with more positive emotions. He is more comfortable expressing nagative ones. It will just take time.Thanks!
Lupin has some wonderful insight, though both Severus and Sirius are childish enough to utterly ignore it. Gits. I look forward to what Severus has to say to Harry. Or is this the Occlumency bit? Anyway, on to the next chapter. LOL
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
Oh, yes. The Occlumency bit is going to be a big thing for Severus and he will have words with someone about it.Thanks!
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
Oh, yes. The Occlumency bit is going to be a big thing for Severus and he will have words with someone about it.Thanks!
It's a shame that Severus can't really see the benefit of having friends, even if it is someone much younger than him. And he should know that Hermione is really just eager for approval and he is giving her exactly what hurts her most by belittling her all the time.
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
Yes, although Severus has stop terrorizing prostitutes, he still is a miserable git. Remus will around more and will help him out.Thanks!
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
Yes, although Severus has stop terrorizing prostitutes, he still is a miserable git. Remus will around more and will help him out.Thanks!
Poor Severus. It's horrible to see one person so emotionally scarred. And it is horrible that he had to take it out on Evangeline. No one should have to be subjected to that, but at least he wasn't entirely horrible towards her, teaching her about pleasure. Small consolation, but there it was.
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
This was the low point. Severus has now reached the depths of his pain and from now on will begin the small move upwards. I hope you continue to like where I take him, Harry and someone else ;)Thanks!
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
This was the low point. Severus has now reached the depths of his pain and from now on will begin the small move upwards. I hope you continue to like where I take him, Harry and someone else ;)Thanks!
I like how he is looking out for her and asking her to be herself and not just an extension of him.
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
That is key to a good relationship!Thanks for reviewing!Livvy
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
That is key to a good relationship!Thanks for reviewing!Livvy
Dang! That was harsh. It is nice to see that he helped her, but to have his help thrown back at him like that. Ouch! I'm sure that will only serve to make him less secure. Poor man. Everything he does out of kindness is rewarded with pain.
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
Yes, it is very painful, however, he has not yet worked out his anger with Lily, nor has he reconciled with Harry. I think these must happen before he can have a real relationship. But yes, it still hurts.
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
Yes, it is very painful, however, he has not yet worked out his anger with Lily, nor has he reconciled with Harry. I think these must happen before he can have a real relationship. But yes, it still hurts.
Poor Severus. Lily really did destroy him, didn't she? It is nice to see that he is still human however. If only he would listen though. All he could see from Lupin was rule breaking and proof of how Harry and company had been doing so, not that there could have been a mistake.
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
Yes, he really was destroyed. I can't think of a better word, but true.
Response from livvy6 (Author of Love Remains)
Yes, he really was destroyed. I can't think of a better word, but true.