And now this story makes 110% more sense. And is 110% more awesome.

For me, dark doesn't equal bad. I like a dark fic as much as the next fanfic writer. Good grief, the one I remixed was originally a very dark angsty fic, and I did not lighten it one iota when I did my version. Actually, I may have turned up the wattage on the angst just for good measure.

So your fic totally worked for me on several levels. :-)