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We actually know Nana Bev would have no issue paying for all that. It took me a bit to find where it was, but Jack says this about her in chapter 32: “And get this – she’s rich. Not just comfortable. Loaded." Given that, I agree that it's not worth the battle. The impact on Jack's mental health would be too big.

I was as surprised as Olly that Declan would go back to jerking him off after reaching post-nut clarity. I fully expected a shift after his horniness died down, which didn't come. (I've read much further, so it's usually hard for me to comment because I could accidentally spoil something, but this time I remember one thing I felt when I first read it.)

Yeah, I don't want to experience anything close to that, it's scary. It's sad that, despite that, this is somehow still less time than I expected Nicky to still of this for.

I'll have more thoughts another time about the rest of the chapter, but I need to talk about that letter. Oh my fucking god! The letter from Jack's parents, the personal one, was absolutely aeful beyond what I could ever expect. Somehow, they managed to make acceptance of of the guardianship feel much worse than the challenge I thought was coming. That letter would have been a horrible emotional hit to anyone, but I think it's much worse for Jack. It's like his parents know how Jack's brain works well enough to be able to deal the highest amount of emotional damage possible. Of course, what his parents think shouldn't matter from a rational point of view. But that's not how humans work, the rejection, homophobia and hatred hurt deeply.l coming from parents.

That's an important point, but I was too focused on other stuff to notice it. It seems Jonah's theatrics hide his fragility a bit too well, making his own friends, besides Nick, not notice it and probably act towards him in ways they wouldn't if they knew they may affect him more than it seems.

I agree that they really should unpack this with an adult, but if there's one thing teenagers won't do when it comes to relationship drama is exactly that.

That first paragraph is a good point I hadn't considered, it means I can't judge this on body language. But I still expect bad news because his parents seem like the kind to fight for Jack's custody just because losing it wouldn't look good in their social circles, not for any reason that remotely related to his feelings. And, if it does go the other way, I agree that it will still be a gut punch for him because emotions aren't rational.

Wow, that Jonah situation is going to complicate things and it sucks for both of them. For Jonah because the guy he loves doesn't love him back, plus he sees him every day because he's part of his friend group. To Nick because he cares about Jonah as a friend, so he doesn't want to hurt him, but he doesn't have a choice when he has to put a stop to this. Nothing Jonah can say will make Nick love him back and nothing Nick says will make Jonah not love him, so they're stuck in this situation. And now Jack got what, based on his body language, is probably bad news from his parents, possibly very bad knowing them. So Nick will need to give Jack all the support, like his mother said, which means he probably won't tell him what happened with Jonah to not pile on to what Jack is already dealing with. But this will result in Nick dealing with that problem by himself in his own mind and the ten seconds when he kissed Jonah back will away at him, even though he then realised it was wrong and pulled away. And I know his mother told him to talk to her instead of keeping stuff inside, but "my friend kissed me and I initially kissed him back for ten seconds before pulling away, even though I have a boyfriend, and now I'm worried about me doing that" is very not the kind of thing a teenage boy would want to talk to his mom about. Besides that, after some time focusing on other issues, we got to spend most of the chapter dealing with normal exam period school worries. Miss Charice is still great, but now we got to see a different side to her than her usual easy going joking mood. Her reaction to the stopping the pills showed she can be no nonsense when it's needed, not when it's time to scold students, when they need that for their own good.

I understand people wanting more chapters, of course I'd always enjoy more. But I think the current schedule two chapters a week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, is already plenty.

Yeah, they'll probably try to argue Nana isn't fit to be Jack's guardian because of her alcoholism. But her and Nick's mom will argue Jack's parents are fit to take care of him for various reasons. The case that Jack's parents aren't fit for that is stronger, but I wonder what will happen to Jack if the judge decides neither the parents nor Nana Bev are fit for that.

I'm sorry for the wall of text. It's my first time commenting here, so I wanted to cover the Nana Bev situation so far, not just this chapter. I have been reading this story for a while, initially on Nifty, then I found GayAuthors because you used to include a link to here in your stories. When I finally created an account here, I was originally not going to comment on this story because it felt weird to jump in so late, but I have since changed my mind because that was a stupid thought. At some point, I want to gather my thoughts on the rest of the story so far, but they're no longer relevant here, so I'll probably send them by email. Now I'll start Nana Bev's appearance in the story. Jack has horrible parents and, from what he could tell, there didn't seem to be any for his situation to improve. Then her grandma wanted to meet him, but he didn't know if she'd want to take him. When he met her, he must concluded he could finally have hope, although still with legal issues to deal with. Which is why seeing Nana Bev's state in this chapter is crushing, it's like the hope is being swept from under a guy who already went through too much as just a teenager. Jack's parents will probably present evidence of her acting in the same way we saw today and will use it to argue she's not fit to be a guardian. This isn't to say Nava Bev isn't a good person, she's great, caring and accepting of his sexuality. After the previous chapter, I was convinced she'd do a good job of taking care of Jack. Now I'm not sure, it depends on how common days like today are. But my worry isn't that, it's the roadblock this can place on the legal situation. Maybe they can still win past that stuff, but it would likely result in a bigger impact of Jack's mental health, the last thing he needs. Plus also has Nick's mom who really cares about him too, and will do everything she can to help. Which is why Nick should show her the photos of Jack that are evidence of abuse. On a lighter note, okay J. Jonah Jameson, but I don't know how Nana Bev became Spider-Man. Seriously, he's calling someone a menace and his name is literally J. Jonah Jameson's middle name. The short time with the group in this chapter was funny, Jonah is hilarious, the group as a whole is fun. Plus Nick and Jack are great towards each other, except for a couple chapters ago, which they sorted out. But this chapter was almost completely about Jack, so I'll leave the comments about everyone else short for now.

(I've read much further than this, so I'll just mention what I remember thinking when I read this chapter.) Until now, Luke was being kind of homophobic. Not to a big level, he wasn't insulting Olly, but he was treating him differently than before. But now he's trying to be better and he wants to understand, not stop at just accepting, that's good. His questions were a bit ignorant, but I don't mind that as long as they help.

My previous post doesn't actually comment on the chapter, so here goes. This is a very heavy thing for Josh to learn about, the possibility that this version of him may stop existing. Regardless of what his foggy self says, he needed for some people to know this to have them as emotional support. Plus, while I'm not saying foggy Josh is evil, his interests are probably not fully aligned with the post crash Josh. That foggy guy seems to have some kind of purpose as part of a mission, with his actions and opinions probably being based on that goal. Meanwhile, our Josh just wants to be able to live a regular life and get to explore the normal things about the world that he only remembers when he sees them. And not because of regular amnesia, his lack of memory is clearly caused by this whole weird dynamic on his head, maybe to keep some information safe by even himself not knowing it.

I just finished binging the story so far, so I didn't experience this wait. But it seems very complex to handle, I understand needing more time, I'll be patient in future waits. Take your time when you need it, but please don't abandon this story. It's way too good, that would be a shame.

Wow, the mystery keeps getting more intriguing and complex. I don't know how you keep everything straight in your head, or maybe that's part of why it took you so long to write another chapter after this one. The biometric data in the device is probably from Josh, which is probably not even his real name, btw. Other than that, I don't know where to even begin guessing.

You were having too much fun in that conversations with the Hastings. That whole back and forth was too funny. And Reed got what he deserved from Josh at the end.

I know Walter told Josh, or whatever is inside him, to keep things private. But we don't know if we can trust him or if he has Josh's best interests in mind. Whatever experiment it seems they did on Josh probably makes him a tool for something, maybe to decrypt Cerberus. Whether it's that or not, Walter's warning to keep it private may be with the interests of some mission Josh is part of in mind, which don't necessarily align with the interests of Josh on a personal level. So I think it was good idea to tell Dan, for his own sanity.

I guess nevermind the dissociative identity disorder stuff I mentioned in the previous chapter. Whatever's inside Josh's mind talking to him seems like it was put there, something programmed. And Walter is the same name as that CIA guy who's been there for ages, there's no way that's a coincidence. We've had chapters dealing with the side of things that involve the CIA stuff and chapters dealing with normal life stuff. It was nice seeing both of those in this chapter, I like the strangeness of the contrast.

I was thinking back to how Josh looked like a completely different person during that situation in the previous chapter, and now we've seen him talk to someone or himself in his head. That made wonder if Josh has dissociative identity disorder. I'll admit that most of what I know about it is from the Marvel tv show Moon Knight and I don't know how accurate it is, but the condition is real. In that show, the character has one personality that's in control most of the time, but another personality takes over sometimes. The two personalities have different skills and different knowledges, which seems similar to what we saw from Josh when he wasn't in control. So I wonder if that's what's going on in Josh's head. As for what's going on in reality in relation to the night of the incident, I have no clue, but I'm intrigued.

Wow! This changes everything.That complete shift in Josh triggered by the situation that presented itself asks so many questions. He clearly has some kind of professional level of training that's not normal for his age. And, despite his amnesia, that part of him that came out when the situation needed it remembers all that training. This story is starting to feel like a Lost type situation where we keep getting questions and answers, but then even the answers have questions. This is very much a compliment, a big one if you pull it off.

Like multiple people said, reading "Langley VA, CIA Headquarters – Morning Crisis Briefing" at the top of the chapter was a big surprise. This chapter means this is a very different story than what I initially expected. We obviously know which car that was, but the CIA will have a problem in that everything on it burned down and the only person who survive is a teenager who lost all his memories. He probably already didn't know much about whatever they were doing to begin with, but now he knows nothing. Although he may slowly start to remember things.

Between this chapter and the previous one, Josh seems to always be surprised when people do anything kind to him. It feels like he doesn't expect people to treat him well, like maybe he didn't get much of that in his life before the accident.

Your writing makes me feel the difficulty of the recovery, they was very well done. I'm raising an eyebrow on the name feeling like it doesn't fit. That combined with the lack of pictures makes it feel like there's more to it than normal amnesia feelings. I'm glad he found a family that are accepting oof gay people and even already have a gay son.

They way his internal thoughts work during this chapter was really cool. And a cute male nurse triggering a whole rainbow parade in his brain was funny.

(No one will see this comment months later and on the second page, but anyway.) Wow! That way that beginning part was written was so unique, I love it. The rest was great too, the writing was gripping. And, after later learning the extent of this teenager's injuries, it took a incredible mental strength for him to manage to drag himself out of there. The amnesia and the mystery of what lead to the accident is an interesting premise, let's see what you do with it.