Aw, that was a really human moment for Raoul there, I love it. Good closure, too.

Lovely, lovely, lovely! I ditto almost everything said by the previous reviewers! The last line is perfect. Going on favorites!

~Raoul/Christine Forever!~

Oh... moving and beautiful! This is a great Raoul/Christine ficlet! I adored that hug at the end!

VERY nice. I think if more people wrote Raoul this way, more readers would come to think of him like a real person instead of just "the guy who took her from Erik." Raoul is probably--as you write him--a descent fellow after all. This was tenderly written. Honestly, if you look at it right, you can pity them all. Very good writing. My only complaint is that there isn't more.

Wow. I never read RC stuff as a rule, as a diehard EC shipper, but despite that I read this and am incredibly impressed. You just might convert me. Very well written and beautifully characterized. Lovely!

That was a well-written and new idea! :) A lot of R/C stories don't make the two characters very multi-dimensional, which is partly why I find the pairing boring. Thank you for showing their flaws, along with the painful aftereffects of their experiences. I imagine that Raoul's pride would be wounded after final lair, and he can no longer look at Christine as the girl who needs rescuing. Very nicely done!

Beez, this was beautiful.

You write such good R/C stuff, I wish you wrote more. It's lovely, and the end is just too perfect for words. :D

~ P

Hooray for RC angst :D

Have I mentioned before how much I love your Raoul? ^_^ It seems like so many people characterise him as Evil!Fop or Simple!NiceGuy. His character is so much more than that and you're one of very few authors who write him well and make his character fantastically interesting. Heaven forbid the hero of the story have flaws, or anything.

You should do more pieces like this :)

-MS

Aww, sensitive!Raoul :wub: I'm sure he'd be feeling very un-hero-like in that moment. I love the line about him being the saved vs. the savior he intended to be. More! :D

Beautiful! You are such a talented writer. Although it probably would be difficult to come up with a plot (unless it was both Raoul and Christine finally overcoming their ordeal) it would be amazing to see this as a beginning to a short story. Keep it up.