Oh man, I first read NAB when it was fully posted up and I raced through it, I was so driven to read it to the end. I'm grateful to you for posting this up, because, after I read it the first time, it made me go back to NAB and savour the writing, the story, how the shift away from the outcome of the Roche case (Ror's breakdown) was developed so naturally, it seems inevitable. I forgot far too much of it too, so it was a rediscovery for me :)
I then came back to THIS again and it's lovely how they can be read back to back and work so well together. I particularly loved the old man and his lawyer son. The poor girl whose photo plays such an important role for Ror... and yes, the times Dan or Ror pop up :). I particularly love the ending, with the winter night sky, the couple and Ror--it kind of drives home how the fear, the redemption and the new solidity of Ror/Dan's relationship was echoed around them (along with the not so great discoveries, ouch with Gary). This fic takes it beyond them into the world around them, it plays with a cast of OCs and yet you retain the connections seamlessly with Dan/Ror.
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Date: 2010-04-06 10:04 am (UTC)I then came back to THIS again and it's lovely how they can be read back to back and work so well together. I particularly loved the old man and his lawyer son. The poor girl whose photo plays such an important role for Ror... and yes, the times Dan or Ror pop up :). I particularly love the ending, with the winter night sky, the couple and Ror--it kind of drives home how the fear, the redemption and the new solidity of Ror/Dan's relationship was echoed around them (along with the not so great discoveries, ouch with Gary). This fic takes it beyond them into the world around them, it plays with a cast of OCs and yet you retain the connections seamlessly with Dan/Ror.
So many many layers and my mind is blown.