Different is definitely the word. *sweatdrops* This was not at all what I'd had in mind for my next au100 story, let alone my Christmas fic, but some stories seem to take on a life of their own...

As for Heero - he's going to be very glad that he decided to stay. ;) Regency times didn't just have puny little bunches of mistletoe, after all... Kissing bough, anyone? *grin*