@Steve,
Good to see a developer looking after his product - prompt response is appreciated.
Yes, your plugin does have some plus points - namely config options and
styling is easy to change, as above.
With 'Subheading' installed the second example you quoted worked fine, but when 'Subtitle 360' (and modified code; example1) was tested, the modified styling did not show up on the post.
We use Genesis on all sites, with Simple Hooks plugin which makes things really easy. So the snippet above just gets pasted into the 'show after title' box.