Thanks so much for the lovely feedback. As I mentioned to another commenter, I was having a little bit of trouble working out the ending of the story, so I'm very glad that you liked the last paragraph so much. I got the image in my head of Peter and Neal on the sofa, with Neal having fallen asleep, and it worked for me. Glad it worked for you, too. :-)

Meanwhile I will push part of the blame, or maybe I should say give part of the credit, for making you hungrier to rabidchild67, whose food-related suggestions were a great help. :-)