I'd love to wax lyrical on this one, but unfortunately I only have time for a quick 'drive-by'.
I've always enjoyed Rachel stories and this one shows the same deft touch with character as your last vignette, C_A. Beautifully done.
Personally, I'm all for more stories focusing on characters other than the usual suspects.

Especially when they're as well written as this.
Wonderful!
LabRat (seconding that Archive comment from Wendy

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