I read this about a week ago and at the time felt completely unable to leave a coherent comment (or even a fitting one!) but since I just rec'd it in my journal, I think it's high time I left something for you, dear author.
So, from my rec:
I haven't left a comment for this one yet because I sat there after reading it and just couldn't come up with the right words. It's so beautifully written, one of those stories that brings you into it so that when you reach the end of the fic, you can't deal with the real world. Like everything real is suddenly unreal. Utterly gorgeous and the author does a magnificent job of looking into the characters and knowing them and then showing them to the reader. God, I want to write like this.