Oh, Nita, I haven't read anything for ages but I read the cold open when you first posted it so I knew I'd need to read the whole thing and it was SERIOUSLY AMAZING. So many people have said "spec script!" and while I have no experience in the matter, I think they're absolutely right. GET THIS OUT THERE! It is exactly the right brand of humour with enough gritty/sweet/real stuff underneath. So many fics can get one or the other right but you have such a masterful balance of the two, it is honestly ASTOUNDING. I want everyone, everywhere to read this. And then make it into an episode!

(Also, I was shopping today and the girl that served me -- I swear, there's like your doppleganger living her in New Zealand. I had to look twice!)