Wonderful ending, hon. I'm going to hunt up the link you gave and download the entire story to my hard drive, now that it's complete. I can't say much more than the other compliments you've already received, except that the final line got me all kerklempt. Yay shmoop!!

Just a little note...
...heat in his belly as he tugged Brian's shirt up.
Brian already had his shirt off by that line.