OK, maybe I'm odd... well, no maybe about it... but I don't feel that 'cliffhanger' feeling. I'm curious, of course; who wouldn't be? And I'm going to try to be patient for a week to see how this ends, but it's not going to make me crazy or anything.
It's amazing how, for so many of us, the things we desire are so much more weird in our own minds than they are in the minds of others. My own experience is that I didn't get a massage until I was 50 because I was (and remain) afraid of things I don't know. I fear doing things wrong and being embarrassed. I can see where Harry would fear intimacy. He's never known it. And I can see where he'd have difficulty trusting. But to an outsider, his desires seem so normal.
Well done. I look forward to the conclusion.
C Dumbledore