Late because I'm busy with both work and writing. I read in bed yesterday before sleeping. Sherlock's dejection at being shut out is a powerful image. A time will come when The Family will not be the great legitimator anymore. I'm thinking of Amado's Teresa Batista, leaving alone and empty-handed the house of her dead lover; I think of the woman in whose arms Jo Pulling died in Greene's Travels with my aunt. It is high time for things to change and for people in a weakened state (the elderly, sick, injured or dead) to be protected from such ...hijacking, and allowed the comfort of the people *they* choose, no need for paperwork. End of rant. You write masterfully, thank you. On to reading the next story.
(Btw, re: the shuttle gifs on your tumblr, have you knowledge of Fish's filk song? here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_GciXA-6Ag)