*beams* My reasons for writing this can be summed up as follows: a) watching someone you care about massively routinely ignore their own stress and strain would be pretty bad, and b) doing something about it doesn't have to entail crazy drastic measures, but eventually something's gotta give. It's possible I wrote the story so I could write the fight in the parking lot and the last two paragraphs.

All that is to say, yes, quiet and intent, that's exactly what I wanted to bring out. I'm so glad it worked for you.