Characters
Tags
Angst
Hurt/Comfort
Emotional Hurt/Comfort
Friendship
Protective Minerva McGonagall
Supportive Minerva McGonagall
Severus Snape Has a Heart
Minerva McGonagall & Severus Snape Friendship
Book 7: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Headmaster Severus Snape
POV Minerva McGonagall
Albus Dumbledore's Hogwarts Portrait
Except it ended abruptly
Summary
Being Hogwarts' new headmaster is no safeguard from the Dark Lord's fury: it is up to Minerva to help Severus get through the night, a moral dilemma which she would have gladly foregone.