Loyce, you are an expert at total, bittersweet angst. I felt so bad for Hilde - she loved Duo but he only saw her as a friend. Not only that, but she had to suffer through the wedding, with both Duo and Lena trying to be nice to her but not knowing they were hurting her even more! And poor, poor, poor Heero!

I don't care if he thought he was no longer 'man enough' for his true love, by pushing Relena away he caused all this! Besides, Rel would still love him weather he was blind, deaf, decapitated or dead! =sigh= Dealing out paralysis to Heero and writing the fic in Hilde's POW (as others have mentioned) was a brilliantly genius idea, angst-wise. Heart-touching work; keep it up!