one little elephant balancing

Wow...the way you describe how Claire smiles at him, looks at him, is SO GOOD! So dead-on, too; I can TOTALLY see Claire acting that way around him & saying those things. I can see her being all sweet to him but at the same time being skeptical of him because of not only what happened, but because of her feeling she was giving away too much of herself to him*Claire felt guilt crawling horribly over her skin like a spider. She felt like her emotions were far too noticeable, like she was giving too much of herself away again – and that was a dangerous thing to do when she was around Charlie*<--- That was some good stuff, rite there! The way you describe Charlie is dead-on, too, rite down to when Charlie did something as simple as tuck Aaron's arm into the blanket. And noticing something that seems as unimportant as hair length & turning it into a plot point was pretty ingenious, j/ one of the many li'l gestures Claire was making to show she was trying to trust him again (not to mention she's cut his hair b4, so it makes sense). It expertly infused stuff that was going on @ the time the fic took place w/ references to the past...& I could go on&on&on but I have places to go so...lol MAJOR kuds! <33