Sequel to A Minute with the Rising Sun. Severus Snape wasn't exactly antisocial; he just didn't like people very much. Or parties. Or weddings. Or being the bearer of strange prophecies... Meanwhile Harry begins his desperate search for Hermione, a journey that will pull him through that proverbial veil.
That was when she said it. Those four words: "That sounds so... boring." Iphy apologised afterwards, but as Hermione puts down the phone she cannot not stop hearing that harsh judgement passed on her life.
"It wasn't until he woke up in the Temple of Isis, with an extra scar crossing his first after the defeat of Voldemort that he realised that everyone was gone. Blank cards, shiny foil-wrapped chocolates and half a greenhouse of flowers surrounded him. He was also very, very alone." (Sequel avaliable.)