Oh, I really like this. I'm a sucker for a good sympathetic-but-unapologetic Petunia story, and I love how you've characterized her here, as someone who despite a deep-running streak of passion and romance has to live in the world (both by circumstance and for her own sanity) and as someone who wants to feel special (and gets to, in those little ways that even the most 'mundane' love story brings). Wonderfully done, Mystery Author!