Okay, I have to go look up this "the alpha male and the runway" of which you speak.

Yes, I agree that the tight POV is one of my characteristics! Sometimes I'm going for serious "look at the ironies of the universe" voice (whether for drama or humor's sake) and then I'll go off into lofty-narrator voice, but otherwise, yeah, I do that.

I am just plain pleased by your finding the endings satisfying and oddly, strangely pleased by your understanding the characters, the latter because it's not something I'd dare to credit myself, if you see what I mean.