Omfg.... Snape..... Such a hot scene!!! Where's my fan!?!?!?

Sorry for the slow updates – I’ve been working nights and weekends to try to get stuff done at work - I can understand that, and I sympathize with you, but please - take care of yourself :*

I like how you made her insecurity shows up just at the "wrong" moment to prevent her from actually think in a logical way. Also, her flickering between present and the past, literally building her vision of what happened rather then thinking it through. 

This, however, wasn’t the first intimate moment they’d shared. Admittedly the others had been with him in various states of semi-consciousness.  - mmmm, don't tell me that she thinks that sponge-baths are sexy! Pls, don't! They are, contrary to popular belief, humiliating and rather crude reminder how powerless someone is. Especially when that someone is not capable to take care of itself.

He’d ordered her out. Again. - for someone so smart she is rather thick, isn't she?

Ok entire part with Sew, it is so crushingly wonderful. Hot, and sensual, and sad, and and hopeful - all that and all at once.

With a frustrated growl, he flicks his hand/He shudders at his own touch and is forced to prop one hand on the desk once more to steady himself. - fantastic visual

 Or had suppressed it . . . for the sake of accepting a misery that he could not alter.  - so, his sense of smell is not the only problem he encountered, I wonder what else is influenced as well. 

And it’s not just any woman, but the one he’d spurned all those years ago - I know you are going to twist this somehow, but it still sounds to me like they can balance each other in a way.

Grasping the desk with both hands, he props himself on outstretched arms, chin sinking toward his chest as he tries to regulate his breathing. - another great visual

And whilst recent events might not reflect that, they have afforded him a certain clarity of thought. - recent events or a good orgasm? :D

is that what he’d meant by his plumbing being— - hahahahahahahahaha

Did you need to use the toilet again? I can wait. - btw, is she off the regular bath or she is trying to "fix her plumbing" too? *evil grin*

Can't wait for the next chapter.
But, take your time, take care of yourself and be happy ;) 

Loads of smiles, hugs and kisses :* <3

Chapter 6.

So he tries to get away with an insult by sort of automatic/pretended apology -how Snape...

The scene at the clearing is beautiful, it's serene - forest in the moonlight, scented plants... It just seems so lovely somehow... if you forget him being an arse, and her anger, and the possible danger the are in...

He remembers her compassion... now that's apology I could accept and I suppose she knows, she needs him. She put a lot of trust in him, I do hope he can appreciate that -at least he realises her strength or will to carry on is not limitless.

“Do you believe that the difference is related to sensory receptor density?" -that's what I thought, when she said that: “Some parts of my skin are more sensitive than others. Some smells and flavours have a greater impact.” -even healthy people have that, to a different extent, of course...

Physical examination was so intimate, I believe, that apart from learning about her condition he mapped out her sensitive spots, to be used later... :) Clever boy.

The tension was fantastic. I do hope she doesn't leave just yet.

I also hope, that you will update soon, because it's getting exciting and I am very curious of what happens next :-)

Love

Fox xx

Baaaaaaah! No, don't go. You haven't tested her clit yet. Or any internal areas. So many territories left unexplored. Maybe her anus is totally unaffected. (If it's not, pooping must be excruciating for her.)

There was a lovely contrast in this chapter between the outdoor scene and indoor scene--from the loss of layers to the change in demeanor/ increase in intimacy. (And all thanks to a semi-apology from Snape.)

Are you going to go into why Hermione is so agitated by the mention of her ex-boss (and possible boyfriend)? I need to know what happened!

Fav lines--

"Her breath materialises and dissipates in the glow of her wand."--Love the visual.

I also like the whole scene in the forest. (I know, too vague, but I can't pinpoint what all I liked about it.)

"Their breaths merge. Both damp and laboured."--Mmmmmm! So hot.

And the whole "medical test" scene was fabu! So much tension! Tasty :P

hahaha, I was thinking that when I wrote it ;) - what can I say? Birds of a feather ;) 

she strides confidently out the door—at least that is how she wishes to appear - great introspection

holding branches and bushes out of her way and extending his arm for her to grasp as she negotiates rocks and fallen logs. - he is a true gentleman

“That would be the logical conclusion from my response.” - she actually sounds like him :)

“I suppose that is one way to climb the corporate ladder.” - hahahaha yup, that's Snape XD

He raises one placating hand as though she is a wild animal about to attack. And that is very much how she feels, ragged breaths wracking her small frame, teeth bared. - fantastic visual, it also gives an impression of wild animals trainer, someone who is not afraid to be in a same cage with wild and unpredictable, dangerous animal, which portrays him as brave, daring and damn sexy

“Hermione.”/“Please.”/He hesitates, lips parted. He is clearly having difficulty articulating./“Please accept my apology.”/“I . . . I wish to help you.” - this part is just breathtaking quite literally

The furrowed lines of his prominent features are exaggerated in the diffuse wand-light.  - another fantastic visual

“I . . . remember your compassion.” His voice catches and she finds her heart beating faster at the admission. “I would like to afford you the same. I believe I can help.” - *sly victorious grin* hehe

“I won’t go back there . . . not again.” - I can sympathise, in one point you can gladly suffer through the illness that return to doctor that won't show you necessary understanding

Instead, he catches himself, allowing his hand to hover awkwardly by his cheek before dropping it back to the desk. - the whole section, great insight into his inner struggle

Merlin’s— - I just love this <3

“No. Your hand . . . use your hand.” - hehehehe, I can understand why but still...

She can hear him breathing. No longer through his nose. - grin

Her inner thigh./She whimpers. “Ten.” - She is in for a fast ride to the "itch she can't scratch"

brow furrowing as he grazes behind her knee and then slips up to skim along the sensitive curve of her other thigh. - huh, hot. I know it is examination, and a quite standard one for nerve damage, btu it sounds like seduction and foreplay

Rising, he stands before her. Their breaths merge. Both damp and laboured./His fingertips gently touch the pads of her lips and her mouth drops open; wordless noises emerge. - ok, this scene is steaming hot

Finally he ghosts over her nipple and a moan erupts from her throat. Grasping his wrist in her trembling hand, she opens her eyes to find him looking equally flustered. - ffs, can you send him to examine me?!!! 

He whirls away from her, hands on his hips as his back muscles seethe visibly beneath his coat with each breath. /“That’s enough.” His voice is guttural, strained. “You need to go.” - ok I'm drooling on my keyboard now. I do hope that next chapter will include glimpse of how he deals *wink, wink* with ramifications of this...purely medical...examination.

Ok you left me...in not quite working mood...but my break is over. 
Hugs, kisses and barrels of laughter and good mood for you until the next chapter :* <3

Chapter 5.

I've caught up :D

And the first paragraph is just killing me... Dessie, you know how to turn me on! Naked Snape in the moonlight... honestly that's a dream come true, I have goosebumps all over and I'm drowning in my own saliva.

The whole part about his imaginings and impressions of owners of hands touching him for months, was beautifully written. It gave a subtle insight to his past... less than perfect family life, lost friend, pain, damage, vulnerability. It was perfect in showing enough, without hitting me in a face with it. Good stuff.

"Pits and burrs" -that is brilliant description and terrifying visual at the same time.

"One didn’t button oneself to within an inch of respiratory failure unless one had a reason to do so." -so it sounds funny on the outside, but it has a really tragic lining... I suppose it was shocking for such a private, solitary man to have all his secrets revealed unwillingly to HER of all people.

"From every angle it unfortunately looks the same. Perhaps he does owe her." -yup, it looks like you are backed into a corner mate.

"On their way, they pass that familiar wall of newspaper" -hahaha wall of newspaper... So she understands him quite well, then. That's good to know.

"Snape must have slipped out—no doubt looking to indulge in further snorting at her expense." -hahahaha this is so funny. I am quite like that myself... ;)

" a whiff of kindness, a smidgen of empathy" -love it

"The peace offering comes with a tiny barb. How very Snape." -love it even more

"If only he could pull his horns in for more than a millisecond at a time." awww Snapey... I'd love to see his horn...

“As irresistible as you consider yourself, I’m confident that I will be able to withstand the temptation.” -Hahahaha Snape you bastard!

"But he’s obviously more paranoid about appearing paranoid." -hahahahaha omg honestly, give a man a break! Do you know how hard it must be to give a piss in the same room as all-hearing, all-seeing and all-smelling know it all??? Uncomfortable at the least!

"She happens to know the answer." -of course she does, but will she tell us? Of course not. WE will have to sit and wait. But if the answer is what I hope it is, there will be lots of fun, when anaconda makes appearance at last.

I have to say, I've always found cocks fascinating, squishy soft (like a soft toy) or magnificent and hard (like a wepon), hanging or standing, pissing or fucking -they are such a thrilling and entertaining equipment. God must be a woman!

I also feel very sorry for Hermione, since she's unable to "scratch the itch" she must be frustrated as hell. Her life is a torture :/

Anyway, I believe there is something slowly starting between them two :D

Thank you for a great chapter

Love Fox xx

Ohh and P.S.

I would love to visit Australia, but for now I have so much work, I hardly have time or will to do anything else. Hopefully one day.

Fox xx

Chapter 4.

I loved the conversation with the little know-it-all, it was a heart-warming and hope-inducing little thing. It made me smile. Another little Hermione :)

The conversation with Snape! So funny.

"He grinds his teeth, expecting it to add to the fury burning in his chest but he feels it lower, much lower than that. Inhaling deeply, he quickly dismisses it." -No Snape! Don't dismiss it. For the love of god, let's have some action! Come on Snape, you need it too. Admit it.

Ok, so I do feel a little sorry for him right now, as prickly and arsy as he is, he is quite alone too...

"Or maybe he remembers." -remebers what? Ohhh another secret! I love it -I mean more than before.

Aha. Didn't have to wait too long for this secret to be revealed. So he wasn't aware she fought for him. Hmmm...

Good chapter

Fox xx

Hi Dessie,

Yup it looks that may last review was lost :(  Let's start again, shall we?

Chapter 3.

Description of her eating is so painful. I've read about people with anosmia saying, that eating is a necessary evil and it seems the same for Hermione, although her condition is completely opposite to anosmia. Poor girl, no surprice she lost so much weight if she can't enjoy a simple meal.

"questioning anew the purpose of her agonising life" -how depressing, I'm not sure If I would be able to carry on... honestly I went into depression for far less that that.

The bath scene is bringing some hope at first, but as soon as her brain starts to work properly again -it's heartbreaking to see how much it cost her to have this lonely, scary half-life, where everything is a threat.

Now, the Ministry bastards are the ones responsible for getting my favourite two together :)  I wondered how were you going to do this.

“Of course. Having her shuddering in a corner will be of immeasurable benefit.” -this was cruel, but very funny too, I must be an evil person to laugh. I think Severus, for whatever reason he has, is blind quite on purpose. Surely a Potions Master must know, that heightened senses are very useful... And she's not being paid! Ha! Take that Snape!

Fox xx

Such a good chapter! I’m not even sure why I liked it so much—perhaps it was the burgeoning connection between the characters . . . or maybe the first rays of hope. Snape’s introspective moment in bed was great, giving us both his thoughts and some backstory (and naked Snape). And the bit with the tea in the teacher’s lounge was sweetly poignant. Excellent :)

Fav parts—

“Moonlight drapes across his pale leg, washes over his stomach turning the fine hairs silver, and ends in a milky sash across one scarred shoulder”—Oh fuck me! You went right for the word kill with the first sentence!

“scanning the familiar pits and burrs of his torrid existence.—Pits and burrs”—so good!

“The foundations for his fury were there—lurking in the shame and embarrassment of what she had seen—the understanding that, unbeknownst to him, she had witnessed all that he had spent his life desperately attempting to hide.”—This encapsulates the basis of his self-imposed solitude so beautifully.

“One didn’t button oneself to within an inch of respiratory failure unless one had a reason to do so”—Hahahahaha!

“The black legs beneath are elegantly crossed. She has seen them far less elegant—askew and tangled in bedsheets, writhing in pain.”—Love this visual. And the comparison between the Snape that the world sees and the Snape she knows is really there.

“no doubt looking to indulge in further snorting at her expense.”—Hahahaha! Snorting at other people’s expense is an art at which I, too, excel. Relocation can often renew the joy of that first snort. :P

“straining against any resistance and placing them in some sort of receptacle”—Bahahaha!

“If only he could pull his horns in for more than a millisecond at a time.”—*Snort*

“But he’s obviously more paranoid about appearing paranoid.”—He should have sung a song to block out the sounds (a la Boo in Monster’s Inc).

“having discovered the hard way that there is nothing more excruciating than an itch that she cannot scratch.”—Fuck. Tell me about it >_<

I don’t need anything more distracting me from my work at the moment. - I'm with you on that, she is now in full blown mood, and the chapter I was stuck on - it's almost half written,which is more than I can say for the document I must finish by tomorrow :/

just so that you can love him that little bit more x. - you know me so well xx

Moonlight drapes across his pale leg, washes over his stomach turning the fine hairs silver, and ends in a milky sash across one scarred shoulder. The rest of him lies in darkness, all except the shine of his eyes - fantastic visual, and so damn sexy in an innocent way

He can still feel her hands. Small. Impossibly soft. Touching. Soothing. Squeezing reassurance into his.He can still feel her hands. Small. Impossibly soft. Touching. Soothing. Squeezing reassurance into his. - yes, when we are hurt or in pain, we do tend to create bonds and attachments, much stronger than we normally would, to those who show kindness and give support.

I do envy your mastery with words, you perfectly painted how lost he was in that hospital bed, how much he is a tortured soul in need for kindness and love, even resolution. How much he is haunted by his past and his life. You made it sound so gently with a harsh truth beneath all - in past every moment of tenderness feel like it's stolen, not something that belongs to him.

Perhaps he does owe her. - I won't repeat myself, but you know exactly what I'm thinking ;)

The black legs beneath are elegantly crossed. She has seen them far less elegant—askew and tangled in bedsheets, writhing in pain. - another great visual, and insight in their history.

Sitting on the edge of the saucer is a tiny biscuit. The peace offering comes with a tiny barb. How very Snape. - how very Snape indeed :D. The entire bit with tea cup is just heart-melting <3

If only he could pull his horns in for more than a millisecond at a time. - she does not refer to ALL his horns, I hope. I do expect some hot sexy scenes along the way ;)

“Is there anything further I need to know about your . . . condition?”/“As irresistible as you consider yourself, I’m confident that I will be able to withstand the temptation.” - hahahaha, olive branch with thorns :D - Pomona can only envy him XD

A bronzed silhouette in the low candle light, certain indiscernible curves breaching the glassy water. - perfect :)

 or he’s very well endowed./She happens to know the answer. She’s seen him after all—more than once. She wonders if he realises. - I bet he is *big, biiiiiig grin* Yeah, like he is unaware of the fact, more like he chooses not to remember. That particular memory can make things much more volatile between them XD

A soft rustle as he shakes it. /He zips,  - ok, you just managed to turn something so mundane in to something erothic <3

she looks up at the mirror and is surprised to find his intense black gaze upon her. By the time she turns to look at him, he is gone. - another humongous grin, it's starting, slowly but it's staring *happy dance*

Waiting for the new chapter with all the patience I can muster ;)

I'd wish to send you some sunshine, but where you live I guess you have enough and some more to spare :) So I'm sending you some good vibrations and loads of hugs and kisses :* <3

I am really enjoying this and can't wait to read more! I hope you update again soon!

I could really do with her help at work, things are going crazy. - nope, you wouldn't. She's downright annoying, giving me ideas when I should be focusing on my work >.< 

I just love the first part and her conversation with "minnie me" student. Meeting a girl like that must be thrilling but also painful. She is not the only one, and she si not that person anymore (and not by her own choice).

“They’ve all turned,” she informs him. “No, wait . . .” Raising her nose she sniffs. “One hasn’t. You might catch them before it does.” - ok I love this, the way she forced him to see her value and her usefulness.

Is this to be the entire run of his life? Lurching from one crisis to another? Being left to shoulder the blame, to carry the burden of yet another predicament that was not of his doing? - :'(

He’d suffered more damage than he’d ever let on. His olfactory sense wasn’t a fraction of what it had once been. He’d had to rely upon sight and touch alone for both selecting ingredients and determining the status of potions. - oh ffs, I nearly start crying! Do you have to be so cruel? You are making a difficult for him, one thing he had left... And with what he's doing for school... that's just... :'''(

She’s never seen him harassed like this before. - I do hope she won't start bullying him, I truly do. He is who he is, and you don't teach an old dog new tricks forcefully and expect him to obey or bow down - you build up the trust first. But, they are both damaged profoundly, so...this is going to be...difficult.

“You have not suffered the same.” - well he has a point, his senses are dulled, hers are hypersensitive. But that's it, whatever it is...they are, in fact, two sides of the same coin :)

“There is never a better teacher than one for whom it is a ‘second option’.” - wasn't he that type of teacher? If memory serves me, he wasn't applying for teaching job, it was Albus who placed him there, to keep an eye on him. And yeah, it is a truth, the weaknesses and faults we hate in others are usually the ones we hate in ourselves.

His shoulders sink as the door slams closed./He hadn’t been as unaware as she suggested. He just didn’t know it was her. - There is that too, but also the problem that she was there - she seen him weak and she detected yet another weakness he has. Unforgivable crime!

I hope you are better :*
Waiting with anticipation for the next chapter (still not hurrying you - take your time).

Hugs, kisses and good vibrations sent to the other part of the world (namely you) :* <3 xx

"and that’s the only good reason! ;)"--Hahahaha! Nope, just a big incentive :P

The scene between Hermione and her hyper-attentive student was so sweet. But it was also poignant in that it reminded Hermione how/who she used to be.

And it seems to have awakened her hope.

"He grinds his teeth, expecting it to add to the fury burning in his chest but he feels it lower, much lower than that. Inhaling deeply, he quickly dismisses it."--No! Give into it. That's intuition knocking at your nuts.

"Or maybe he remembers."--Baaaah! What the fuck does that mean!?

Insouciant--word notebook

"He hadn’t been as unaware as she suggested. He just didn’t know it was her."--Ah, thank God, some of my questions have already been answered. But I suspect there's more.

The tension between the two of them was great. I look forward to more misunderstandings and revelations :)

P.S.

I've never been to down under, I will have to go one day 😊

Fox xx 

The first section with Hermione was so beautifully written. Desolate but not without hope. Her life has become so devoid of all pleasures (except the exquisite joy of bathtime of course). She's wasting away on so many levels.

The lack of funding for the school is a sticky predicament. Now I'm wondering how Hermione's going to save the day. 

Fav lines--

"His eyebrows plunge together, united in shock and anger"--I love this so much. 

"Of course. Having her shuddering in a corner will be of immeasurable benefit.”--Hahahahaha! So mean, but it made me laugh.

"Surely even you can manage to dredge a little up from wherever you have buried it.”--I must be a bitch, cause I thought this was hilarious too.

I'm eager for Hermione and Severus to start working on something together. (And Snape needs to make her all better so they can fuck without hurting her.)