What a fun story! Witty, hilarious, & their love interest grows so naturally from the circumstances. I loved it! 6 yrs is a long time to come back & finish a story, but I’m so glad you did! Major kudos to the author!

1 question-I wonder just why exactly Severus dragged Hermione into the dark corner anyway? Crisis response or fruedian slip perhaps.

Thank you for making this story

I was hoping for the bed scene lol. But I really enjoyed it,

I enjoyed this! It is both original and comfortably familiar. Just one thing, okay two: did Skeeter really register as an animagus? Her reaction to Hermione’s threat was unusual. She seemed worried for a few seconds. Secondly, how was Skeeter altering the photos if not via House-Elf? Okay three things—How did she know the content of real-time conversations? If it was as her beetle form, why didn’t Hermione suspect that?

This was delightful and I adore their banter and level of connection. Well done and thank you for this!

Your story amused me a lot. Thank yiu sincerly for that. I had a very hard week and was looking for something to refresh my mind before do my writing too. And I found that sweet tekst of yours. I love the pairing very much and I've already read all good stories available in the Internet. Lucky I found yours.

This was such a great story. Throughout, I found it was fun to imagine what the changes would be when I knew a picture was being taken. I am surprised now by the word count - it felt longer and I think that's a complement because it means you packed a lot of entertainment in.

I wish you had included something of her friends' reactions, but her parents were really good here. Especially poor Severus' nervousness in the kitchen scene - how he is certain he will get chewed out. I'm curious if you took out author's notes from before this was finished? Either way, bravo for finishing something you started so long ago, I am very appreciative.

At the end here I thought you we're setting up the next front page, but instead they were all scared shittless and it was perfect.

Damnit Severus why do you have to be so practical? He's right, but still. Morky knows how I feel.

I love him teasing her about being the second brightest, and her response. And the thing about her robes having no volume was hilarious. The are so cute together - but still in character and that is critical for me. Stories have a tendency to ruin Severus by making him mushy at the end, but you didn't do that.

The first sentence of this chapter is fantastic. It could have been the summary for this story. I also liked "a topic to dance around awkwardly, not bring right out into the open" because it highlights the difference in their two personalities well.

And since I seem to just be quoting your cleverness back to you, I will end with "One frustratingly logical and utterly appealing argument began to drown out all of the protests in his head." In the end, he was trapped by his own logic and need to be nice to her - so perfectly Severus.

Now I am wondering if her equations really are off, so the thing that is slowing them down is they are too distracted by each other. Would explain why two otherwise smart people would mess up. I also liked him realizing he tends too act rashly with her - it's good to address why he would be less in control and have him be aware of it.

Morky's comment about crazy wimmins is perfect here. Also I like Severus' self reflection on "pining hopelessly and dramatically over unattainable women" being a skill he has.

It is an undeniable fact that Hermione Granger has a thing for Severus Snape's hands. Glad you worked that in here. And even more glad he noticed.

The poor man can't even get coffee without it being published in the papers. I like how you are slowly growing an attraction between them. I can totally see him worrying about being the lecherous old man the papers claim he is. And I can totally see her getting a bit tingly over watching him brew. Her thoughts about a sleepover make me laugh out loud. And I love their banter at the end of this chapter.

You're doing a great job with the whole paparazzi issue. The way they take a grain of truth and spin it to an outlandish lie is on point. And the reason you worked in them spending so much time together is believable. I like the way you are writing them, a good balance of making him snarky but not a total jerk and her assertive when she needs to be.