Oh, wow! A second reading that fast? Are we talking about the same chapter...? ;D

Nah. j/k Thank you, though! I'm sincerely grateful you're enjoying it so much!

Without knowing much of their back story, I do think she'd be forced to recognize at least some of the UST between them during his MIA stint. I think, towards the end of those three months, she wouldn't be able to continue fooling herself, especially as she stayed exactly where she was for him.

And yes. There really aren't enough right-after-his-return fics!