Wouldn't have had these ideas in a million years!
One thing, you're using hyphens around quotes when you should be using quotation marks. I see you're also using them for emphasizing phrases (which is completely fine).
You also could have mentioned who was talking a bit more often. For long dialog sections, things got a bit confusing.
But, overall, I really enjoyed it. I had always imagined if Ironwood was to adopt someone that it would be Winter, but the idea works just as well with Weiss.
-WP

The ending is nice. Thanks for the reference s.

This was sweet, something different. I liked that you took the time to explore a lot of the small character moments in this like you do with most of your work, and have characters that might not normally interact have a chance to talk. Ironwood is a great example. Pretty unexplored in canon, but you do a good job at looking what the man beneath the uniform might be like.

I also like using the photos as a framework (ha!). I thought it worked really well with the story.

Great work as always!