Wow, thank you! It means a lot that you invested the time in reading this even though you just came across it by chance. And I'm SO glad that you thought everyone seemed in character. It was difficult in some places, given the circumstances, but it was so important to me that they seem like themselves.

The book and movie - The Dreamers - both have realistic, unhappy endings, so I wanted to stick with that - it was tempting to make it sappy but it just wouldn't have worked!

I'm glad you liked this, thanks again for your comment. I hope you enjoy my other fic as well! :)