(cont'd, still on THREE):

I'm hellishly impressed, too, at the flawless weaving of this conversation into canon. I know we've all more or less gleefully embraced the fact that the person Roman was talking to in that hospital scene COULD TOTALLY HAVE BEEN MARC, but to see it actually described like this, to have it cemented into reality, is just gorgeous. I know I'll never watch those hospital scenes now without having this entire alternate reality flavour them, AND I LOVE IT.

The possibility of reconnection! Argh, and briefly there you have me rooting for it, and then there's this:

But god knows, he’s never been one to walk away until he’s exhausted every effort. He did that with Roman once. His life with René deserves just as much.

…and oh god, that is so MARC, so intensely in character from someone who we later see taking every desperate chance in DeRo 3.0, and it makes me hurt for him and love him so much for having that same determination here, that stubborn intent to give his current relationship the fullest of chances, no matter how beckoning this hint of re-sparkage with Roman is. And again, I DO WANT BOTH, SIMULTANEOUSLY, but I want a chance for René more.

And this makes me so curious, too, about just how these two eventually did fall apart (if we go by canon) and how they arrived at a place of friendship (again, love how we've all embraced the fact that the person Marc was calling from Essen to tell him no need to pick him up was René, hahahaha).

Oh oh oh, and then the hint of emotions spilling open after the phone call, when he looks at René! Wanting to unravel it all, to re-establish that trust they're so obviously having issues with. Makes me love him so much. And good god, but you rock those last lines!

France might not be his home, still. But René is. This is a trade off he can make.

*aches and loves* Just perfect!


Also, two random things that made me LOL:

…the centre in Essen was hailed as one the Americans should keep an eye on.

MALE FUNCTION SHOUTOUT! HAHAHAHA. (IDEC if it *wasn't* one, I'm reading it as one anyway. Heeeeh!)

The man never had more than 50 euros in his wallet at the best of times.

YEAH, BECAUSE WHEN IT WASN'T JENNY STEALING 100 EUROS FROM HIM TO HIRE JULIAN LOOK-ALIKES, IT WAS DARLING INGO PUMPING HIM FOR CAB FARE FOR HIS PRECIOUS BRAT.