*flails* Oh, oh, wow. It's so beautiful, and it's for me! Gah, just the language is amazing. Every image builds more emotion, and each one is so incredibly vivid. I love the prayer book falling to the floor -- I know that sound exactly, and oh, it worked so well as a pivot. And poor Remus and Severus! There's no way around what divides them now, and it hurts -- everything they say and do says so.

I loved the image of the stained glass comparing the colors of Lily and James to Severus in black and white. I loved how vividly I could see the empty church (and I'm just itching to paint it, too), and it made me happy that there was the smell of incense lingering. Because that's as it should be. ;)

Thank you so, so much. I love this story, and I can't believe you wrote me two! *flails some more for good measure*

*hugs*