AW, that was soooo sweet! I liked how you made the painting the center of the whole lesson/moral thing you wanted to get across.

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!WANTS MORE IMMEDIATELY. PRETTY PRETTY PRETTY PLEASE!!!!!!! I LIKED THE MENTION OF THE PAINTING. GIVE HARRY A BIT MORE CHARACTER. MUCHAS GRACIAS, MERCI BEAUCOUP, ETC ETC ETC.

Wonderful. I love how you used the painting as a symbol of their relationship.

-Mel

I adored this-it was lovely and sweet. Your Hermione voice is great.

I loved the way you worked the painting in as a metaphor for H/Hr. Great story!

wow it was so good. I like it alot. cool!

woow. that was like the best one i've read in a while! lol., really good. really good. love the picture comparison. i love it! Muuch mucuh loove!

Hey, I'm a fanfiction-author from Germany. I often read stories on portkey.org but I didn't read for a long time something as deep like this.
I like this story cause you took it slow. No kiss, no sex, only talking and holding hands.
Congratulations yoho
PS: excuse my english, I'm good in reading, put I can't talk and write this language.

beautiful just absolutely beautiful.. this story was deep and even without the customary kiss - it still was so complete , this is the second time i'm reading it and i love it even more, thanks 4 the link to the painting (nice interpretation by the way)

Beautiful beginning. You capture the Hermione I remember from OotP perfectly. Harry is grieving too, which is both realistic and somewhat refreshing.

Great little story. The use of the painting as the -- fulcrum? -- on which Harry's universe pivots as he has his epiphany was very well done. I was hoping so much that neither of the two would back away from this new truth, so almost stood up and applauded when I read the next sentence, Hermione wanting to *know*, 'for better or for worse', and stating her feelings out loud. Great stuff! Onto the sequel!

One day, I'm really going to go through all your fics. I love every single one I've ever read.
This one was beautiful; I love the distinction Hermione makes between being needed and being wanted.
And I love how you write Harry recovering from OotP-- that's really what should have happened in HBP instead of the crap we got and I love to read it the way it should have been. And you do write it so well.
I love the connection between Harry and Hermione and the understanding. Simply lovely and very poignant.

so very very cool cool i love this it is awesome

That was a very nice double-meaning in what Hermione said about 'so much deeper'.

That was a very nice double-meaning in what Hermione said about 'so much deeper'.