"He's not despicable. He's not Toby." I'm officially jealous of our brilliance.

Seriously, a great story. I read this a while back and just now realized I never left a review. You've got such a gift for capturing the characters you write for.

Can't wait to read your next one. Hint. Hint. Hint.

Using "Toby" as a synonym for "despicable" is so absolutely Michael. That one little throwaway line was probably my favorite part of this highly excellent story. Bittersweet and Michael usually don't mix, but this one worked quite well.

I loved that.

Aw.

Just, Aw.

Sweet, sad, accurate and evocative. Enjoyed the hell out of this piece.

What a sublime ending to this lovely piece... 'She waits for him to speak.' True, you leave us handing, for which I must plead for a sequel. But all is forgiven because you gave us a well-written, cohesive story that makes the M/H shippers cheer!

YAY YAY YAY! She's back! Well, in your story she is, and I can believe it in my heart, at least until the next episode. I really loved this! It was hilarious, but sad too. And you could have made the ending all accepting and like "la la la la life goes on," but I'm glad you had her come back. :)

Beautiful story. The ending kind of reminded me of the end of Monsters Inc.

"She gives it to him, because – well, because he’s nice and cute and seven hours isn’t going to magically stop being seven hours." I loved that line the most...great job.

You have such an insight into every character on this show. Everyone you write, in every situation you put them in, every thought they have- just seems unarguably real.

My favorite lines:

She’s in the mood for something new. That way, this will probably feel a lot less like moving backwards.

This hit me in the stomach.

I love the tone to this story. So cheerfully melancholy. There is a determination here on the part of Holly to be bright, and she makes a good go of it, but just can't.

I like the weight you gave certain details (one, two lines to dump the boyfriend but a whole paragraph about Michael and Holly's day in bed together), and I REALLY like the fact that her new boyfried wasn't a jerk. He was just a really nice guy who waasn't quite Michael. Like in the line "What is that, Spamalot?"

Also, you never losed Michael's voice. “I’m not sure if I’m amenable. With that. Proposition.” Good stuff.