Why the fuck hadn't he thought of that? It was so obvious. Since the news, Granger had spiralled in her descent of grief and he had been unable to pull her from it. He had done everything he knew how to do. He held her tight when she would cry endlessly. He kissed her tears away until his lips were soaked with them. He held her again when her sobs ebbed away, and an eerie silence fell over her after spending her voice on the loud heart-wrenching wails. It was at that point he realised she had started to use her occlumency and it had only gotten worse from then on. He should have thought to get Snape much sooner. But he had been so preoccupied with trying to be the one person she could depend on the most. The one person she still had left who loved her more than anything in the world. And yet he had failed her. Something deep inside his chest cracked a little.