Lovely insight into Snape's background. The collusion with his mother, the alienation of his father, the stresses that there must be within the family.
I never saw him as a Mummy's Boy, but it fits. He is very polite to Minerva, after all. Uncharacteristically.

His da thought he’d cried happy tears.
Aw. Sad.

Your style is spot-on.


Adred