Oh, yay! What a wonderful comment!

I do love writing vivid vignettes, and actually haven't done many of them for this season. But with this short deadline, this was the kind of story that was called for.

I'm glad you felt it all the way out to the edges, M! And I also believe Kyle will put that bottle down and finally take the leap toward something better than the lost promise of where he is.

Thanks so much for your lovely words!