"For Harry this is tranquility. The sun caressing the nape of his neck, Ginny's arms wrapped tight around his back, her lips on his, and the sensation of unadulterated bliss that she's brought him these past few weeks."

[For Bree, DeLani and Ellie.] "You're always saying goodbye, Harry, and I don't understand why because there's never going to be a last time or an end when it comes to us — Don't you know?"

This is the tale of Severus and Lily's mysterious friendship that evolved from the moment they met the summer before their first year at Hogwarts up until their seventh. What separates them? What holds them together? What became of this bond?