I read this and I thought to myself, oh dear, my readers have realized: it's summer, I'm finished with school, and I have no more excuses. You'll be pleased to hear I've actually already got 7 pages written on chapter 43. I am currently in the process of rereading my own story-- sadly, I'm not above admitting that after having gone 10 months without updating, even I am a little rusty on the storyline. Hopefully I'll have finished reading soon and will be able to write the chapter as if I never missed a beat.

I am so pleased to hear that you have been enjoying the story, and I will certainly take into account what you said about the physical contact. I do feel the need to explain myself a bit on this point. I rarely write in much physical contact, or even much fluff, between the two because i myself am not a very affectionate person, and I have logically deduced that if I am not, certainly Snape is no better. My own relationship with my family has been somewhat rocky over the years, though it is much better now that I'm older, and I have a very difficult time with physical affection even with people I'm very comfortable with. And I am much nicer than Severus Snape. I will, of course, bring the two even closer over time, but the way I see it, the upbringing Severus had is probably not one that would lead him to be an affectionate father later in life, especially toward a teenage boy that he never grew to love while he was still a child. The transition is bound to be difficult for both of them.

Mind you I'm not yelling, of course. You're not the only person crying for more of the fluffy moments. I'm just explaining why I am sometimes hard pressed to write them.

Thank you so much for your review, and hopefully you'll see a new chapter from me soon!

~Gonnabefamous