Story Notes: Thank you, again, to my lovely beta, Colores. The fact that I wasn't the only one laughing at this was very reassuring. :) Anything you recognize belongs to JK Rowling, and even the idea that Lily "might even have grown to love [Severus] romantically (she certainly loved him as a friend) if he had not loved Dark Magic so much, and been drawn to such loathsome people and acts" is hers too (as is that quote I just pulled from a JKR interview.)