And I'm late in acknowledging your lovely review. Same reason: vacation.
So glad you liked it, and thanks for the language comment.
Actually, there is what you could call a 'prequel' to this story. You'll find it on fanfiction.net when searching on 'therealsnape'. It's called 'Stunned'. I wanted to do a long sequel to that but I couldn't get past the 'vignettes' stage. Your prompt inspired me to write a scene I had been toying with for a long time. And because of the prompt, it turned out much better than my original idea, so thanks!