First of all, please let me apologize for being so late in my response to your beautiful review! I'm so sorry.
In any case, thank you from the bottom of my heart for your thoughtful review. This story is very dear to me, and I'm delighted to know that you've read it and enjoyed it enough to take the time and tell me so. The sections you've highlighted were some of my very favorites to write, and I'm especially tickled that the humor came through in Toby and Eileen's unexpected reunion. I did imagine them as once having had a humorous, playful undercurrent to their relationship, before their individual demons and mutual dysfunction got in the way, and it makes me very happy to know that you felt it.
Once again, thank you for reading the story and leaving such a lovely review. It's made my week! :D