What a wondrous post-war story!! I love the way you slide effortlessly between a character telling about a memory from a scene with someone else, and the actual scene, and back to present again. I don't know if I make myself clear... Oh well, I absolutely adore your fic, tenter and bitter-sweet, and so well written. The end is heart wrenching, but in a good way. All in all, I'd say: WOW!!!