Oh, this is nice; h/c that doesn't go all drippy (well, only in the necessary watery sense - brrr, the shock of that cold). I'm a sucker for this kind of doing-all-the-right-things-without-making-a-fuss-about-it comfort that suits Bodie so well. Not to mention that bouncy, exuberant relief that Doyle's okay. And I like Doyle's very reasonable total absorption in his physical misery and then the dawning realisation of what's going on around him as he starts to feel human again. Nice restrained ending, too. Thank you!
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