Wow this is incredible. All the emotion and the hot smut and the depth of feeling between them. Truly beautiful.

I'm speechless...that was incredible. I just watched that episode for the first time yesterday and I was so hopeful that there was a fic for this scenario. What a delivery! I adore your writing. You are absolutely Brilliant! Thank you for sharing your amazing talent. xoxoxoxo

As always I just love reading your beautiful words. This is so beautiful. Just as I would have imagined Lucien and Jean together for the first time. Full of tenderness and extreme passion and most of all love. Always look forward to your writings. I can read them over and over.

LOVE LOVE this piece. Damn you Rose, Mattie never would have interrupted this momentous moment - she had better sense about these things.

Whose birthday is next? Because I could get used to reading these surprises you come up with for people! As always, a wonderful read. :)

Thank you for a most wonderful story. We should all experience such a beautiful love. And what a great birthday present...HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANDALLTHATMISHIGAS!

To tell the truth, I have never been one for fanfic, but I stumbled across this site after falling in love TDBM - and I have now devoured everything you have written! I just wanted to say how impressed I am with your writing - from how well you capture these characters to the lyricism of your writing style. You really pull the reader in immediately and I'm always left wanting more. Kudos to you!

I’m not actually living anymore this is my ghost writing this, to say that this is amazing and you’ve killed me, but also thank you.

As a first goes, well OMG is the only way to describe it. At some other time, I'll explain to you just how realistic this story is. Your imagination with words is outstanding. Absolutely brilliant writing.

This is amazing! Thank god Andallthatmishigas had a birthday! This was a present for us all.

If you ever have the time and motivation, I would love to read a follow up about Lucien telling Jean about his scars.

Thank you so much for this️!

I read about a quarter of this then had to stop myself because it was too good an opportunity to pass up. So thanks to you, I have caught up on almost all of the adulting I had to do today, with the carrot of the rest of this story dangling in front of me, urging me on. It was worth the wait. So worth it. And thanks to andallthatmishigas for sharing such a lovely birthday gift with the rest of us.

This was great. So wonderful. Very hot!

Ahhhhh this alternative scene is just perfection. So hot and sexy

Bloody hell.

Wonderful and hot and tender and just perfect. Well done and thank you for sharing.