It's a shame that this is a oneshot, I'd love to see it taken further. Or a prequel to it, about Scaramouche's death. It's written really emotively, which makes the angst that bit more 'real', as it were.
I love it...and totally get it now. =] BTW, you refer to Scaramouche as the Queen of Rhye, I think...can I use that sometime? I really like it...lol Or is it a copyright? lol