Okay, so I'm an unabashed "happy ending" kinda gal. I usually don't read any fics with a "character death" or "very sad" warning on it--just because I can't deal. I'm an eternal optimist--always thinking there has just got to be a good way out of anything. I'm okay with lotsa angst--just with happy resolutions.

I also tend not to read the "five things" type of fic--only because they tend to be too short for my greediness.

I read this because it was posted by you and I've yet to read something by you all that I do not enjoy and like. (Although I really did think twice about reading since it hit 2 of my "don't read" buttons--but past history won out. And I'm glad it did.)

Okay, so having said all that. I *still* haven't read anything by you that I have not enjoyed and liked.

Wow. Very well done. Made me really think and consider the possibilities. Demonstrated very well the love between the two brothers (and I don't mean just Wincest-type love.) The last line is a killer. I rec'd this to a friend after having read it. Don't get me wrong, I still don't like character-death type fics--but this?. Again, wow. In a class by itself. I have no other words. As someone else already pointed out--when the final choice came down, it perhaps was the only "happy" (if you can call it that) resolution.