It's over! Finally! I wanted to thank you lovely people for commenting: I really appreciate your feedback and it so inspired me. You all rock! And wow: over 1,000 reviews on FF, here and elsewhere. I'm overwhelmed.
I may have mentioned this in a couple of review replies, but I did write an alternate final chapter to the story which I haven't posted here... it's the bleaker, non-shippy resolution to D/K, written for some of my readers on FF who stuck with the story even though they weren't all that keen on the pairing and I sorta sprung it on them! I like both endings and I think they both work in their different ways, so it's
here if you'd like to see it, and if you feel so inclined you can leave it a review [I have anonymous reviewing over there but just sign so I know who you are!]. ;-)