I got some Moulin Rouge vibes from this without the singing. All you need is love!

The sugary sweet ending juxtaposes the bitter, gritty realism of the setup, but there's nothing marrying the two. It makes the ending seem like fantasy, not reality. It's too perfect. All it takes is for one person to show up with, as the title says, pure love and that's enough to turn a lost soul around on the spot. Of course nothing says she isn't still a junkie entrenched in her situation, junkies can have lucid moments too, but even her finding him out of the blue like that suggests it's surreal. There's also no indication of the passage of time, so it might be weeks or even years later which would make it more believable, but as written it seems like it's literally the next day.

It's a sweet idea, I just don't buy it. Sell it better, make me want to buy it, and this could be a really effective story. The writing is quite good, I don't doubt you could pull it off.

As for the sin, there's talk about lust but it isn't evident here. It's just love, misguided and foolish love that somehow pays off.

Really good writing here, great action and the dialogue felt natural, really good pace with this story as well. Your story had a message as well so bonus for that.

As with the story itself, I really couldn't buy Marcus's character, he seemed so desperate and all that he could think of for the last three years was her? She didn't even know this guys name...

I know you try and rectify by having him say that he's not into handicaps, but I really think Marcus has a fetish. But you adhere to the challenge, so well done with the entry and good luck.

-cheers