"Of course I'm going to see her."

Darcy pls.

Severus has had these thoughts, and more. But what the hell is he supposed to do? It's been months for Claire, alone and hunted, and what does she finally return to? Not home, not her family or anyone familiar, just abandoned dogs and him, who she's only known intimately for about as long as she was lost in the bloody hallways. What a stellar consolation prize.