Thank you! ;-) A number of people on the LJ mirror site said that they DID cry--even at work--so you're not alone. Truth is, I kept getting choked up as I was working on it, especially every time I read the last scene. And here I was trying to give the man a bit of happiness, not more angst...
Re: OFCs, I can understand why people are wary, but I write original fiction as well as fanfic, so I'm used to original characters walking into a story. I try to let them be themselves, as the story requires, not Mary Sues or Gary Stus. ;-)