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It was the little things that mattered, but not the ones people expected.
Severus was never there when he woke up—but there was always a steaming teacup on the nightstand, prepared just the way Harry liked it.
Severus never came to the Weasley’s with him for holidays—but he always sent Arthur some muggle gizmo and Molly some sort of exotic flower/herb/thing that she loved and Harry invariably couldn’t pronounce.
Severus never said ‘I love you’— but the arms that wrapped tightly around him every night were more than enough.
It was the little things that mattered in life.