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7/21 c1 1Disenchanted3467
absolutely love this. I really miss Psych.
Made my day!
7/11 c1 44smuffly
How did I miss this?!

I love the image of Lassie and Jules protecting Shawn in this way - and the fact that Lassie sleeps through this whole story! (Yet has an effect on it all the same because things might have gone very differently if he wasn't there at all.)

Possibly my favourite line is the one where Juliet takes Shawn's obvious joke (deflecting the truth about his own dream) and makes it even funnier when she asks if a pogo stick is really a two-person thing - followed by Shawn's own quick reply. Hilarious!

I love the quiet, considerate and observant way she helps him untangle himself. It's interesting that you didn't go into a lot of detail about the trauma itself but actually use subtle references throughout, which works very well in this particular story. And his tentative request for her to stay, stumbling over the words... so moving, followed by that particular way that she says his name when she recognizes the fact that he is opening up at last and making himself vulnerable.

The whole section where they are lying beside each other was just right, full of little signature details, like the touch of their hands, and perfectly restrained (yet full of feeling). And the ending, where she wakes up and considers the situation, is thoughtful and full of tentative hope for a future we know will come to pass.

Another great story and I am sorry my review is so tardy!
Happy Psychversary!

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