waltzmatildah

Thank you! I'm so glad the gradual unravelling of Alex was meaningful and real (and didn't just come across as angsty for angst sake). I really wanted to give some insight into WHY he might have behaved/reacted the way he did/the way he's going to...

I'm glad you appreciated my attempt at writing Mark! As I said to you earlier, I like fic Mark infinitely more than show Mark and so it wasn't too hard to paint him in a way that gave some kind of explanation to his reactions, too. I really wanted to provide something beyond Mark being an oblivious ass (hehe!!) as an explanation for his "run, it's what you're good at" comment... because I think if that had been coming from somewhere in Mark that was meaningful to him (as opposed to a mis-guided attempt to fight Lexie's battle for her) then I would have had so much less of a problem with it. But, to do that, I needed to give him something to run away FROM... hence the development of their relationship and the change in their living arrangements.

THANK YOU for the awesome comments and I especially appreciate the bit about Mark because I really did try!

PS. ALL Alex icons are nice ones... even the ones that are NOT nice!!! (but yes, your's is especially nice!)

Edited because spelling and grammar are important kiddies!