*laughing* So this is the second Draco/Rita I've received in an exchange in the past six months. Now I'm wondering if there's a trend starting somewhere. XD
Okay, I honestly opened a file so that I could make notes as I read, but that idea got lost before I was even a third of the way in. I wasn't willing to change screens long enough to type.
These points are random, bear with me.
-- THANK YOU for the description of the Malfoys as landowners holding a responsibility to their estates. This is an idea I've toyed with for a long time, and I really appreciate seeing it.
-- Draco's work at the kitchen, OMG XDXDXD I love, love his pride when people like what he's done and his growing interest in the whole cooking process. It's fantastic.
-- The sex? Hawt. Let's just get that out of the way right now. Hawt. I love the juxtaposition of Draco's inexperience against Rita's experience, and I especially appreciate that you made his own abilities a process of learning and practicing a skill.
-- Rita's a Slytherin. MWAHAHAHA, yes. Naturally. Could it be any other choice? There's no other way to go.
-- I'll be honest, I was horribly afraid throughout that Rita was doing this whole thing simply to screw with him and that would not have made me happy at all, but you avoided breaking my heart, thnx. :)
-- Hopes for a happy ending for Draco! YAYYYYYYYYY. I don't think there's a person who's talked to me for ten minutes who doesn't know he's my favorite character, so I get all sorts of protective over him. The man needs options, needs a future, needs a shot at a happy ending, and you've allowed for that here, so thank you.
I haven't had enough coffee to do the coding (and I'd have to hate myself for it anyway), so just imagine that the following is written in great big sparkly script font, perhaps with a few blinkies and a fanfare midi file.
Thank you.
I'm really, really looking forward to the reveal here, because if you've written anything else, I have to hunt it down. XD