First off, I want to say a big gigantic kudos to you for being one of the only authors I've seen who actually acknowledges that chicks can get pregnant without certain interventions. Thank you for that! It's one of those things that always take me out of a story when they just finish up and no one mentions that they're ridin' the baby train.

/mini-rant

Anywho, brilliant. Very well done, great characterization, detail, emotion. I never really considered Three Dog as a love interest, but you portray him so well it makes me love him as a character even more. I love the age/experience dynamic. He is clearly older -- he's still a man with desires, but he's a calmer and more confident sort of person and lover. Very hot. Bravo.