Oh, I LIKE these. The first one WORKS with what you've done with it, and I like how you wove the anger throughout until you got it *released*, and so ...*sweetly*. The second one is... sweet and sad, in some ways. I love the way you've underwritten his guilt and anger at his father as the reason for his current over-sensitivity. And oh, the third! THAT is what I think this story is about, in many ways. Trying to find a way to atone. And I wish, I WISH that he could let go of the despair... mmm. I love 'em. :)