December 15

[kalina_blue]

Comments

[solas_divided]

I just loved this! It was exactly what christmas is about... family! Thank you for sharing!! *hugs*

[uniquepov]

Thank you, sweetheart. *hugs* I appreciate all the encouragement you gave me during the writing process as well!

[dormiensa]

a bittersweet christmas -- poor hermione! but it's a testament to her hard work and big heart that all the kids came home to spend christmas. and yes, now that you've finished killing him off in this story, i'd like you to return him, good as new, back to fandom, thanks. :P

[uniquepov]

I know... I hated having to say goodbye to him... but this story absolutely refused to have any other ending... Believe me, I had to write oodles of fluff afterwards to recover.

[deirdre_aithne]

*glomps* It gives me the sniffles no matter how much I read it, mixed with that warm, fuzzy feeling at the end. Heartbreaking in the memories, and comforting with the way the family all comes together because it's their tradition.

I just want to say thank you so much for writing this. *hugs* You have no idea how much reading it has meant to me; it hits a soft spot in a weird way because in the back of my mind, I know one year this might be the way my Christmas goes with James in the army and all.

It's a lovely fic, hun. I don't know how else I can express my love of it other than to just say that I really do love it.

[uniquepov]

*snuggles* Thanks, hon. I know this isn't going to be everyone's favorite, but this is a difficult time of year if you've lost a loved one and this was something that I just... needed to write.

I'm so glad it spoke so strongly to you, but I'm sorry it made you sniffly.

*snuggles again*

[uniquepov]

Thanks so much!

[eilonwy1]

Wow. My heart is in my throat. I am so moved. This is really beautiful and so deeply touching. (Somehow, I knew when I read "major character death" that it was going to be Draco.) I love the delicacy of this story, the insights into even canon moments like the one on Platform 9 + 3/4. The portrait of Scorpius as shy and reserved-- lovely. The growth and deepening of her relationship with the love of her life is conveyed with such scrupulous attention to the small details-- the way she remembers his head in her lap one year, his hair shining white in the firelight many years later... it is these tiny, apparently disconnected moments that string themselves together to make a whole, shining necklace of memories, the portrait of a life together, as a couple and as part of a family. Just superb!

[uniquepov]

That is one of the best review I've ever received... I'm so proud that it spoke to you like that. Thank you so much for sharing your impressions with me! <3

[eilonwy1]

Thank you for sharing such a gorgeous story with us! I look forward to reading more of your work! <3