May 1999. Hermione finds out Severus is alive and pays him a visit at Spinner's End. There are blanks in her memory from that fateful night a year ago at Malfoy Manor that keep haunting her in her sleep, and he is the only one that can give her the answers she is so desperately wishing for.

Here's a fictional take on what could have happened if Severus Snape had arrived at Malfoy Manor when Hermione Granger was being tortured. Hermione struggles to believe her former Potions professor is there to help, and Severus finds himself in a very unexpected situation. Multiple POVs. One-shot.