This is fantastic! The pace at the begining was slow but it's shimmering and you brought it to boiling towards the end... oh lords, if only I could also cook like you. *grin* insomnia, sleeplessness, unable to sleep... almost close to what I feel. No wonder your fic's the first of the lot I read in here :p
no offense meant to other writers, just that a reader does choose stories based on moods p.s. I can't vote 'coz I haven't read all submissions... just came by for a quick snarry stories