"This thing of darkness I call mine" would have been a much better prompt for what came out, but the story that matched the prompt I picked was going to take me a hell of a lot longer to write than I had time for, especially as I wrote my mate a birthday present when I was supposed to be writing this! I never can manage to do what I'm supposed to be doing at any given time. :)
Your comments are rich and detailed and I appreciate that you took the time to craft such a response. I had a hard time not starting smoking again while writing this. :)
"Evocative" is such a damn fine compliment. *blushes*