Yes they do. There is some support, but not enough, and that's typical of what happens after this kind of accident. People focus on the crisis elements, and it's easy for things to get overlooked -- like the small child desperately trying to hold himself together.
>> To Flip, his mother's name is "Mom", but I'm /aware/ that it's not, and yet that detail helps fix Flip's age in my head. Strange, and wonderful! <<
Yay! I'm glad it worked.
>> He's about four? Not yet in school? It's the only element that's not clear. <<
Seven, and it's the opening line of the first chapter. Many of the section breaks are tagged with age markers.
>> Lastly, I /love/ that he's biting his nails, which is something the adult Coulson did in another of your stories when stressed to the max. (Turnabout is Fair Play). Thanks for including that detail because it is /definitely/ an anchor point. <<
The whole point of this story is to show the roots of the Phil we know later. So you'll see a lot of things that connect to canon and to other stories in this series. Flip doesn't have the coping skills that Phil develops later, so his bad habits show more. But when Phil is losing his shit they still come through.
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dancing_serpent
Re: Flip needs a hug
Date: 2014-06-02 06:14 am (UTC)Yes they do. There is some support, but not enough, and that's typical of what happens after this kind of accident. People focus on the crisis elements, and it's easy for things to get overlooked -- like the small child desperately trying to hold himself together.
>> To Flip, his mother's name is "Mom", but I'm /aware/ that it's not, and yet that detail helps fix Flip's age in my head. Strange, and wonderful! <<
Yay! I'm glad it worked.
>> He's about four? Not yet in school? It's the only element that's not clear. <<
Seven, and it's the opening line of the first chapter. Many of the section breaks are tagged with age markers.
>> Lastly, I /love/ that he's biting his nails, which is something the adult Coulson did in another of your stories when stressed to the max. (Turnabout is Fair Play). Thanks for including that detail because it is /definitely/ an anchor point. <<
The whole point of this story is to show the roots of the Phil we know later. So you'll see a lot of things that connect to canon and to other stories in this series. Flip doesn't have the coping skills that Phil develops later, so his bad habits show more. But when Phil is losing his shit they still come through.