Thankyou so much for the wonderful feedback! and late to the party, pish! the door is always open for people who can shower me with praise ;D

thankyou for identifying a whole bunch of things i was trying in particular to write about. this is my first mal/simon but i have quite a thing for their power dynamic - i'm really very glad, beyond words, that that came out in this story.

thankyou again :) feel free to friend, of course!!