I won't say that those nasty children got what they deserve, but it's rather tempting. No matter what the boys were thoughtless and cruel to say such things within hearing range of Harry and his Tall Man, not to mention foolish. I wonder how the boys would react to discovering that the boy that they called a 'freak' is Harry Potter?
I adored Harry's reaction to Minerva's innocent little slap on Severus' arm. Harry is most definitely very protective of his new daddy. He is just so adorable!
Author's Response: Well, Severus will be at the very least teaching him about why his reaction was not the best to have in the eyes of a Slytherin. He might even go so far as to say that it was wrong and that we should not hurt one another, but I can't really see him saying such a thing; so it's probably not going to actually happen. lol
As mentioned before, this Severus isn't even 25 yet. Hell, he's younger than me. :) He doesn't have to always provide the mature response to Harry, even if he _should_.