Oh, this is my new favorite story in this series! I'm enjoying the character of Phil Coulson more and more. It was Tony Stark who got my attention and pulled me into the fandom and then Bruce Banner who had such deep problems so similar to mine. But it's Phil who's really compelling in the long term because he's got a lot of those same protective instincts but his capacity to actually deal with things is a lot better. Seeing how he got that capacity one step at a time from the beginning is both very reassuring and very informative.

- qwanderer (AO3)