Flutterings

It had taken them half a year of teas, twenty book exchanges, a group excursion to the Covent Garden Semele, and a spectacular hands-off-you-wenches-he's-mine liplock in the Great Hall to ascertain that Lupin and Snape had been conducting an extremely discreet affair for the better part of a decade.

That line had me giggling; I think it's the word "ascertain" that seals it.

To which I pointed out that I had consulted with Urquhart's Head of House, who concurred with my assessment of the situation. did so as well. It's so very... Snape-ish.

Too many absolutely gorgeous moments to mention without quoting the whole piece, but You and Severus both need to work on forgiving yourselves for being merely human...You do understand it's also why Remus and I find you two utterly irresistible and the last two lines were particularly striking.

Fantastic.