[ He can keep the smiley, Severus isn't emotionally invested in it besides being irritated at having to make it a thing. But it's a thing. Genuinely, he doesn't want this to end badly, but also genuinely, he wholeheartedly believes it will, because that is the entirety of his experience. Severus really and truly doesn't understand why he wouldn't argue this. ]
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Peter ought to get a medal for patience.