Author's Note: the explanation of the title would come in the later chapters (maybe.)

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* Angelic Layer *

Hermione and Severus are still in Severus's Pensieve.

*FLASH*

Hermione opened slowly her eyes to see that she still was in the room were that woman had been so cold blooded murdered. She closed quickly her eyes again, waiting for the next murder to happen.

She heard a soft noise. She re-opened her eye carefully and saw a figure bent over something. She heard a small cry, and the tall figure gently talked to the thing on the table.

Hermione took Severus's hand in hers and stepped a bit closer. Severus held her hand and sneaked his arm around her waist.

The younger Severus was looking thoughtfully at the almost finished baby. Only some skin was missing. Hermione could see the veins and all the organs of the baby through its transparent skin.

It wasn't so horrible to look at then the time before. The baby was gently cooing on the table on which it was. It looked normal.

For the first time Hermione took time to observe the young man in front of her. It was almost the same man Hermione had seen in her classrooms for years. His face was a bit rosier and his hair was greasier (if it was somehow possible). He had his usual scowl on his face. Then he looked at the baby, and some how his face light up. His face looked younger and happier.

The younger Severus was smiling to a small baby. The baby had always that strange smoke state, but it was somehow living. The baby looked at the figure in front of her. The younger Severus waved to the baby with two fingers. The baby waved her fist back. He chuckled silently and gave the baby a peck on its cheek.

Hermione felt the arm around her waist tighten. She turned around and smiled shyly to the older Severus Snape. He looked at her with smiling eyes and concentrated again.