I'm glad that the change in tone works for you. I find that if I just write angst and angst and angst, I end up so buried under angst I don't seem to be able to care anymore. So I try really hard even though this is an angsty story to pull in the humor and the hot.

And I'm glad you like the layout! I spent way too much time playing with colors, but then again, I spent a lot of time looking at these colors!