This is such an enjoyable read. Thank you for sharing! I'm off to hopefully find more TOMCHEL fics from you.

Well, hat's off to you – this has to be one of the best fanfics about this pairing on the net. You not only managed to capture the characters well, you developed them into a direction that was believable, at a pace that matched the Chandler and Scott we knew from season 1.

In addition, your writing is great – it allowed me to get lost in the story entirely. I am a bit OCD when it comes to proper spelling, use of tense, etc. so I thoroughly enjoyed – and appreciated – the care you took with each chapter. It must have been a lot of work, and I am really grateful you shared it with us and stuck with it until the story was finished.

Thank you!

:-)

Loved it!

I really loved this story.

I'm in the process of rereading this and Weathering the Storm and I felt compelled to write a review right now based on your note about how you had originally planned to end it here. Thank you and those who encouraged you to keep going. I'm so so glad you did!

Also, when I got to the Christmas part of this and thought on how things had changed by the next Christmas, is amazing!

Such a lovely story! Thanks for sharing it with us :)

I just found your sequel to this story and read it first and then read this one. I really liked it. Thanks for sharing.

Great story!

I practially binge-watched the second half of the first season and the beginning of season 2 last night and although I'm a little confused about the Tex/Rachel thing, my first instinct was to ship Rachel and Tom. And so today I found your story and spent the last couple of hours reading and loving it. I'm not sure we will ever get to see this version of them on the show, but I would sure love to. I especically liked how you portrayed them as a family, what you did with the kids, so adorable. In general, your writing was amazing, I could hear their voices in my mind while reading. So, I'm very excited for season 2 and I would love to read more from you. But in the meantime, thanks for an awesome story :)

I LOVED Sam here. Goodness. How sweet. These kids are just the cutest. You write them wonderfully. You could definitely write a sequel here and I'd read every word. Tom and Rachel are so natural in your story. Gorgeous. I love your writing, I hope you continue to write for this fandom!

I loved this chapter. It was beautiful. The growth of Sam over the course of this story has been lovely. You've really brought everything full circle. I can't wait to read it all again in full. Very well done. You should be so proud!

This is great.

Great ending and congratulations on this story. Again, I simply loved the scenes with the children, they bring such warmth and innocence to the scenes they are in. The wake of this little conversation was a very happy hopeful place to let this story rest fora while but I am very interested in where you could take this in a sequel. Great job! :-D

This was nice happy chapter, both with seeing them have some decent and much needed success in spreading the cure and again the just so adorable interaction between Rachel and Sam at the end. So sweet... :-)