Absolutely lovely to be reading this story again. :)

>> ...here was Sean not meeting his eyes, all his former friendliness swept away in favor of cold formality. He'd stayed not because of any mutuality of feeling, but because Viggo employed him and paid him a living wage. That was the long and short of it. <<

I love moments like this when realization sets in (wrong though it may be). Lovely.

xoxoxoxo