SS/HP. Slash. When Harry begins to break under the pressures of death and prophesy, help arrives from an unlikely quarter: Snape. Despite their own doubts, manipulations from all sides and hapless interventions combine to bring their two souls together.

The night Lily and James are killed, Dumbledore asks for Severus's promise to give up his own destiny in order to protect Harry's life. Severus agrees, but when he meets his husband from the future, he's forced to break his word. HPSS Slash.