Hope can be a painful -if lovely- thing, and these two have been burned emotionally way too much to allow themselves to fall in love without restraints. Hopefully, Harry's patience and Severus' blunt honesty will steer them true while they negotiate the terms of a relationship. ;)

LOL. I've got no idea of how long Sev stood there, waiting for Harry to leave, but something tells me Harry must have out-stubborned him. He should get used to it because I have a feeling that's the most important manoeuvre in Harry's wooing arsenal. ^.^

Thanks, as usual, for taking the time to both read and review another work of mine, keyairreem. Your kind and lovely comment meant the world to me. :)