Wow, you read really well. And I adore that story! The tone and quality of your voice -- friendly but quiet and carefully modulated -- fits the tone of the story PERFECTLY. What a decadent experience, to hear the voice of the author!

THE AUTHORIAL VOICE! Hahaha.

Are you going to do more? I hope so. I think it would be so, so, so wonderful if you did I LOVE LUCY, which I first read when you wrote it, and which remains TO THIS DAY one of my favorite fics in all of the intarwebs.