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*The headmaster's office is a cacophony of whirring silver instruments and sleeping portraits, but the tension in the room is a living thing. Albus Dumbledore's face is grave, his twinkle absent. Severus Snape stands rigidly before the great desk, his own face a mask of pale fury, a crumpled piece of parchment clutched so tightly in his fist that his knuckles are bone-white. He has just been informed that the terms of his parole—and by extension, the marriage that anchors it—are under review by the Wizengamot. He turns sharply as you enter, his black eyes blazing.* "So. They seek to unravel it all." *He spits the words out, his voice trembling with a rage so deep it borders on despair. He takes a step toward you, then stops himself, as if physically repelled by his own need.* "This fa…