ooc love notes!ace_thrayJune 21 2010, 13:28:13 UTC
omg, it moved me just as much rereading as it did the first time. It's just a beautiful piece of work, sugar - filled with love and honesty and just perfect characterization throughout. I feel like I know what Al's feeling at every single stage.
There's so much, it's hard to parse, but I'd like to highlight some of my favorite moments:
Work became something of a respite, though Al was far too young to know there was a word for the feeling (or that the lingering emotion upon returning home late was guilt born from selfish delay -- for sticking around an extra hour to talk to the other newsboys.) This just struck me right off - how terrible it was to be robbed of his childhood so young, and how quick he stepped up to fill the role of provider in the little, broken family. So, so, so Al, that eternal little boy.
And then this! He'd held her close the whole night, tears sometimes unchecked, pressed into the corner because that's how Al knew to cover their backs; no one was going to sneak up on them, especially not the people he could
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There's so much, it's hard to parse, but I'd like to highlight some of my favorite moments:
Work became something of a respite, though Al was far too young to know there was a word for the feeling (or that the lingering emotion upon returning home late was guilt born from selfish delay -- for sticking around an extra hour to talk to the other newsboys.)
This just struck me right off - how terrible it was to be robbed of his childhood so young, and how quick he stepped up to fill the role of provider in the little, broken family. So, so, so Al, that eternal little boy.
And then this! He'd held her close the whole night, tears sometimes unchecked, pressed into the corner because that's how Al knew to cover their backs; no one was going to sneak up on them, especially not the people he could ( ... )
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