First of all, you made me laugh out loud with the nothing was black and white anymore, and she fell in with the most Gray person there ever was pun :)

he'd grown accustomed to having her around - intentional My Fair Lady ref? If so, well done – if not, still well done :)

Little Elle is just heartbreaking. Really, the entire fic is just heartbreaking and not at all what I was expecting from a "fire" fic. Very well done!