Wonderful story. I love your characterization and pacing; I just don't see a skittish Rattmann confronting Chell soon, and certainly not broaching Aperture easily. And your Chell is great. Love her thought process and her adjustments to living in a community. Plus her independence.

I've yet to come across fanfiction that only lightly dips into Chellmann. While I like the theory of the ship., it never turns out great in practice., considering the age difference it too great for me to think it's believable. This story, however, is by far one of the best I have ever read on this whole website. I absolutely love the vocabukary you used, and it was so vivid! You are an amazing writer, and I truly believe you should be a published author, becausr this story was so good. Keep writing! :)

This was amazing. Loved how they both needed time to trust one another. Truly marvelous.

I love this fanfic! 3
I think I've been re-reading it for awhile now.
Would it be ok if I do some fanart for it? I'll message you if I do! :D

amazing writing! i loved this story. sweet and angsty.

great story

I love the beginning a LOT. The part that stuck out most to me out of the beginning portion was "There were others NOW, and she had sometimes met them, and each of them would look at her, and she back at them, and they would share the understanding that they had nothing they wanted to share between them." I can totally imagine all of this happening.

sajcfkkah Chell's reaction to having him watch her is great too. Man, your Chell is REALLY in-character, great job! Poor Doug, poor Chell...

"She didn't see him stare after her until long after she had passed out of sight, then carry on one side of a conversation." Okay if I wasn't shipping these two before, I am now. Because that was ADORABLE.

Chell noticing his cube was brilliant, cause I can't imagine Doug telling her straight off the bat that he remembers her from Aperture when they do speak.

I'm pretty tired now, I'll read and review the rest later!

Another great oneshot from you. If you continue writing like this, I may even register here just so I could follow you. Well done.

I really enjoyed your story keep it up I cant wait to see where it goes!

Ahh, lovely story! I really liked how you wrote Rattmann, and how you wrote Chell's reactions to Rattmann. Since they've never actually met, it's good to see that they're not instantly friends, and that yes, he can be a bit creepy. I also loved the companion cubes, and the fact that you couldn't 'hear' the cube's part of the conversation. Plus the way Doug described Chell's cube was just perfect. I loved the way it matched her.

(Also, there's a slight continuity error where you talk about Chell's jumpsuit/boots being under her bed, and then later describe her bed as a mat. Just thought I'd let you know.)

But other than that, lovely story!