"You know, you could just have me do it," said Severus for what felt like the thousandth time, sitting in the headmaster's office. It was deeply reassuring, ten years later, to see him sitting there, looking almost comfortable. Severus was never completely comfortable anywhere, but it seemed like finally he'd started to at least think of Hogwarts as his home, as somewhere he actually belonged. The shadow of Lily Potter had never quite left him, but he at least didn't dwell on it every second of the day, anymore. Among his ideas, Albus liked to think that convincing Severus Snape to be a teacher was at least one of his successful ones.