Beautiful piece. I loved the small but vital personal details of the characters interactions-the idea of Adam in an XMen tshirt made me laugh. The way you put together the unlikely truce between Eckhart and Brennan was masterfully original. Looking forward to reading the rest of your stories.

Nicely written... I swaer I already reviewed this! This is a really nice fic!

Mason's all nice and healthy, my friend says karaoke is chicken soup for the soul... then again she attracted to Eckhart who is ridculously older than her and on a show... *sigh* I need better friends...

What a wonderful interlude! I really enjoyed reading all of the small intimacies between the characters in this story - in dress and in character. You've continued to do a wonderful job of fleshing out Eckhart, giving him more moral dimensions and personal context. He is a character about whom few people would consider - is he in pain? Does he feel regret? remorse?happiness?

In some ways, this story feels like two seperate pieces: the scene in the kitchen including Brennan, and the inner and outer pieces involving just Angelique and Mason. If you wouldn't mind a suggestion, I think that perhaps the story would be stronger if you restructured a little. The scene with Brennan is *very* important, but it's also somewhat active in comparison to the other parts. It also overlaps an earlier part, bringing the characters back into the kitchen, and repeats an earlier action, the making of hot chocolate. Repetition is not always bad, of course, and this is more of an observation than anything.

I'm so glad that you've continued to work with Angelique and Mason. Creating a new character is such hard work, and it's too often ignored within any given genre. I hope that you're finding it rewarding - I'm certainly enjoying seeing the results of your work!

Wow, good one. Which reminds me that I didn't actually finish reading the other one... Anyway, I demand a sequel! Although the karaoke is mine.

This is really good. So what's Mason gonna do now that he's healthy for a little while? I vote for him wearing jeans. And possibly a Genomex Karaoke Night.