This was so cute!

Loved it! A few questions though… who returned the letters? Wrong address? Why didn't he come back? Why did his friends turn Anne away?! Were they so hard hearted? Obviously they were, but how could they?! (if you can't see that emoji, it's the really angry, red-faced one). What about his sister and brother-in-law? Didn't they know Anne was pregnant? OK, so this may not be just a FEW questions, but I do still want the answers :) I love the name Alex. Now the righteous indignation has passed. I find it hard to believe that Alex was the only child in the classroom who's from a single parent household, cos it's pretty common nowadays. What kind of era are you aiming to set this in? What explanation did Anne give Alex for his dad's absence? I can't imagine Anne either lying to him or avoiding the question. I love that Alex addressed Fred as "Dad" and it's so fitting that he called Sir Walter "Grandfather." Phew! That reads like a rant, but I really hope you answer those questions :D Thanks for sharing this story.

This was amazing! I loved it so much!

Eh. I like most of your Persuasion stories, but this one just doesn't connect. It's just a heavy subject which needs a bit more meat on its bones. And this ultimately felt like just the bare bones.

3rd time to read this. And I still crave for one more chapter! :,(

Wow, I am just exhaling...what a wonderful and original story. So beautifully written. Thank you for sharing your writing with us!

Love love love this. I vote for a sequel!

Shortsweet. Because you only focus on FredAnne, the other characters' background story doesn't distract from the couple. I like that you make Lady Russell as a fierce lawyer. It makes sense.

I read this twice already. I always love reading Persuasion, my favorite JA book. I know this is a one-shot, but I wonder if you could write a 2nd chapter on Frederick and his son. We've read a HEA on Frederick and Anne, but it would be nice to read a happy fulfilled Frederick with his family, most specially with his relationship with Alex. :)

This is absolutely fantastic I wish you could of extended it but truly this is very well written. Simply beautiful to read thanks xx

Oh gosh, what a happy sad story! Well written and soo right... Thank you for sharing:)

Bitter sweet. I would have loved to read a little more being the romantic being that I am. :)

How could I comment this at all? You are one among the writers who take a deep depression and conjure a sunny day out of it.

Wow this was terrific! I thank whatever it was that inspired you to write this. Beautiful and very emotional. Thank you for writing and sharing with us.

Oh, that was really sweet. And a bit bitter. I especially liked Alex's letter, as the perspective of a child is always most touching for me. The story itself is also quite touching - with pain and love being so visible. I liked a lot how you transfered it into modern times. Almost lack of dialogue is also a good idea - it makes a reader concentrate on internal events and provides a strange feeling of quite which is somehow artistic.
Last scene is also of great beauty.
I think the only thing that isn't so great are all those clichés, yet they didn't bother me that much. Love stories and fanfics are all full of clichés, it's just how it is and when they are wisely used they aren't annoying. Which is exactly what you did.
Thank you!