This is amazing, though of course I should have expected no less.

Considering your almost compulsive preference for angst, the angst level is no more and no less than it should be. I have loved these characters deeply for most of my life, and don't enjoy seeing them suffer, so I thank you for that.

Also, all that research you did? Gives this fic a very satisfying heft of authenticity.

Thank you for this.