Thank you so much for your really thoughtful comment! I'm really pleased to hear that you liked the story, and that the characters' interactions came through as intended.
I also love the idea of Albus never quite having realized his sexual leanings before then -- because, yes, he'd be exactly the sort to have been engrossed in more intellectual pursuits during his adolescent years.
*nods* That's exactly what I thought. Young Albus probably reckoned himself too busy to bother with formative relationships.
His arrogance and absolute certainty that he's right and that things will go according to his plans serve as fantastic foreshadowing of things that are yet to come.
I'm very pleased to hear the foreshadowing worked for you, here - I was trying to add an eerie air of 'that which is to come', even though it was, on the face of things, a relatively simple scene.
I also love the idea of Albus never quite having realized his sexual leanings before then -- because, yes, he'd be exactly the sort to have been engrossed in more intellectual pursuits during his adolescent years.
*nods* That's exactly what I thought. Young Albus probably reckoned himself too busy to bother with formative relationships.
His arrogance and absolute certainty that he's right and that things will go according to his plans serve as fantastic foreshadowing of things that are yet to come.
I'm very pleased to hear the foreshadowing worked for you, here - I was trying to add an eerie air of 'that which is to come', even though it was, on the face of things, a relatively simple scene.
Thank you again (and Happy January! ;-))
PurpleFluffyCat x