That was so lovely. And hopeful but not sugarcoated. Realistic. Painful. Their instinctive craving of each other's touch coupled with her confusion and his slight desperation... all really well rendered.

That's exactly what I was going for -- so I'm glad you enjoyed it and felt it worked in that perspective.

Also, the Torchwood party at the beginning was fabulous. :)

HEE! I love that part. I just expect that there would be a general amount of freaking out about saving the world.