I think it works well as a shift-of-perspective sort of relationship story, where you start focusing on all these little annoyances, but snap out of it and realize that the good parts outweigh them immeasurably

I'm glad it worked for you that way! That's really how I feel about how B/A would be, but this fic was a lot more explicit about the bad things than the good (as you say). A few found it proof that B/A wouldn't last, but a lot found it reassuring, and I do too.

You're one of those people who's really good at putting words together and giving them meaning.

Thanks so much! I tried really hard to make each word important by limiting the words on each section. I'm glad that showed through.

Thanks again for reading, and for letting me know you liked!