Sara, you're so, so kind! Your enthusiasm is always SO encouraging!
And I'm a sucker for that hand on the lower back thing, too. I feel like I'm in danger of overusing it, but it's SUCH a defining little characteristic of their romance! I just can't resist. It's going to show up in just about every story I write.
PuffyTiger, thank you so much! I really appreciate your popping in to offer such nice words. I always felt like this scene was much more atmospheric in my memory somehow, as if my remembrance of the romance heightened it. So I tried to write it to feel the way I felt about that heightened memory. "Bundle of blushes" was a darling that I almost killed several times - I'm so glad I didn't! Thanks, again!
