As a long-time reader of this particular Secret Santa, I could spot their signature all over this fic. And as always, amazingly done. It's been getting so hard to find really good torture fic post-DH, so this is quite a treat.
"This wasn't reading just a fic. This was a terrible and beautiful experience.
Which is, really, all I've come to know when I read your writing."
I would happily agree.
What makes it even more compelling is that the author has left the reader with so much to consider and contemplate after the story is done. Because the story ISN'T done, really. Not only am I extremely curious about Ron/Narcissa, I have to wonder what's going to happen when Harry tries to go back to his normal life with Ginny. Because you just know that girl is a dom trying to break free, and that relationship can get all kinds of twisted as Harry tries to recover. Not to mention future chance meetings with the Malfoys. *shivers* The resulting scenarios are endless and all of them delicious.
It's always deeply satisfying reading a fanfic that gets Harry's emotional make-up dead perfect. Excellent job.