OMG, I love Martin like this. I know you're into angst, and that's great (for ripping out my heart and stomping it to little bits) but you should definitely write fics like this.

Angst is where my heart is, but I did like this, if only because being happy is still so new for Martin, and he's constantly being caught by happiness--that it's not going to be taken away from him, and he's not going to have to fight for it or deal with Victor's disapproval of it--that it kept the fic fresh as I moved through it. And I liked that... kind of like rediscovering what it means to be happy for myself.

I'm so glad I bullied you into this.

Me, too :) *hugs for you*