God, I love math nerd sex. And I love the way you so skillfully upend all the usual cliches here, whether about older women or Eastern European athletes or sex-and-brains. Such expert pacing and tone, too. All the Viktor/Rufus sections are hilarious, and Sprout and Hooch and McG are just beautifully characterized. Thank god Minerva is no Elendra Shopster! I'm sure ES wouldn't have had nearly the same sort of sexy, formal foreplay as Minerva and Viktor (like his charming request to kiss her, and her response). Finally, I love how McG charms all the international Quidditch teammates.
Great lines:
The wine flowed, and the numbers sang Perhaps my favorite line of all.
Their tiny death cries annoyed Minerva as she tried to regain her equilibrium Ha! I'll never look at a gnat or moth in the same way again.
It had not been so long for Minerva that she was nervous Such a nice touch
Minerva knew this lonely heart had been saved. Perfect.
"Clever, sexy, and you . . . you know calculus." Be still, my heart.