Can you hear the Twilight zone music playing?

I kid you not... I was just shuffling through some papers on my computer desk and had the printout of this story in my hand when your reply landed! I'd just re-read the title and author name and the story came back to me with a smile and then I looked up again, at my inbox, and there you were *g*

Suffice it to say, that smile I gave the printout was genuine and my fondness for this story carries on :)

that's half the fun of writing pre-series fics

I hope this means you have more in the works at some point down the line ;)