Thank you so, so much, mystery author! Beautiful writing. You've captured young Albus perfectly, here: mourning the loss of his golden future, his Grand Tour; his infatuation with Gellert, which Gellert of course takes full advantage of. Then that amazing sex scene, all mixed up in Albus' head with the unforgivable curses - like the Cruciatus in reverse, the Imperius writ large, and that final, chilling Avada Kedavra (the petite mort?).
Unforgettable.