Oh, thank you! I'm really glad to hear their voices worked for you because that's one of the hardest things I struggle with even when I'm not sleep deprived as I was writing this. There was always going to be angst, but I was surprised to hear the plan for Lanie and Esposito in the new season because it worked well with the direction this was heading.

I actually have begun the sequel to this, but I got distracted with a high school AU, and I'd need to find a beta before anything went up. I've learned my lesson from enough mornings after posting and thinking 'what does that sentence mean?'! XD Thanks for the feedback!