Just found this through a rec. I had to tell you - I think my heart is broken. This is just so... broke-open and hurting and loving and them. I cried, I laughed, I breathed the bright wonder of a sky so full of stars it seems like it can't possibly fit them all. I've never been to the Grand Canyon, never felt like it was something I needed to do, and I think you've changed that. Or maybe I don't need to now - I really felt like I was there with them, staring up at the sharp blue sky, the deep old places. This story is just overwhelming, in a beautiful way that is entirely perfect.