t, I come back here to read this fic periodically when I need inspiration to write or reassurance that writing fic is something worth doing, and it occurs to me that I should tell you that. This story never fails to move me with its depth of feeling and its layered characters and its deceptively simple language. You have this astonishing ability to find just the right word or detail to illuminate something while never calling attention to yourself as a writer who's pulling the scene or the story together. I still remember perverse idyll's perceptive comment from when this was first posted--you make your reader feel as if she's in tune with the story, vibrating at the same pitch.
It touches me, too, to read something with characters and themes so close to my heart. So often I feel as most of fanfic is written in another language, and I need to translate as I read to find meaning for myself. This is so clearly written for me, in words and gestures and events that I'll understand. Thank you.
What's the code for that little heart symbol? This fic needs a dozen little heart symbols from me. M.