“Who's the skinny lady, then?” Mick asked, looking Isabelle up and down. Len turned to Isabelle and winced at the slightly panicked look in her eyes. “I'm sorry,” he told her, “ Isabelle, this is Mick, my personal daily challenge. Mick, this is Isabelle. Behave.” Len watched as Mick’s eyes travelled Isabelle’s body up and down again, this time with a calculating look.
Me: Ohhh, this was fun.
So, originally, Isabelle wasn’t supposed to turn up again, right? She was this glimpse into Barry’s past, but then she was supposed to vanish again -
Isabelle: Wait, what?
Me: so I hadn’t planned for her to meet Mick, well, ever -
Mick: Hang on a damn minute!
Me: but then readers started commenting on her and being all like: “Can she be with Mick??” And I went: “No, he’s not a dom, he’s not right for her -
Mick, Isabelle: HEY!
Me: but of course then inspiration struck.
And you know how fandom likes Mick to be an awesome cook?
Well, Isabelle is really skinny when she turns up, malnourished, so Mick, bleeding heart that he is -
Mick: I resent that!
Me: he totally wants to feed her. To him, she’s this baby bird, or little kitten, that needs rescuing.
Isabelle: awwww...
Me: Len, of course, knows that Isabelle can be easily intimidated by men looking like... well, Mick, so he makes the introduction a funny one. He’s good at that.
Len: I sure am.
Me: So that’s it. Suddenly they met, Mick fed her, and they ended up together. The end.