I'm gonna go with my first response to this gorgeous story, ten years ago:
allegrita wrote: ↑Fri Dec 07, 2012 5:47 am
Oh, siiiiiiiigh...
You write the most wonderful, heartstring-pulling, romantic stories. Just what I need right now. I think I'll just hang out here in this story and feel the love. Good thing I like this song, huh?
I'm gonna hang out here for a while, savoring your MickBeth angsty romance.
Oh my gosh, this story just pushes all the right buttons with me. It's so very, very Moonlight. Sad, yearning, hopeful, confused, poorly communicated, but rescued from tragedy by true love and the ability to know you've messed up... and to fix it as best you can.
Aw, so sweet! I love how Mick manages to put aside his traumas about Christmas in order to make Beth happy. He should then have practice every Christmas, and every year see the holiday more clearly, and from Beth's celebratory point of view.