This is insanely good. They're both so broken, yet you manage to write them with fragile sort of underlying tenderness, despite what has them fractured and brittle and bitter. I love how the BDSM elements advance story's heart as well as the plot; so often sex scenes feel like an intermission of sorts, a brief interlude before the real character development continues. Not here. It's hot, yes. Oh boy, is it hot. But the kink here is more than kink; it's pure, soulful characterization.