PrivateTim

I am not sure how long after the Long Way this story is, but probably two years at least. Did people really expect two 17 year olds to last forever as a couple? I've known guys who dated someone all through high school, broke up for college, grew up, and wound up back together eventually. But high school romances are just that, high school romances.

The Log Way, later Lo(n)g Way, and eventually Long Way was brilliant, especially considering how young Dom was when he wrote it. I believe he was in his teens still, like 19 maybe. As to the start of In the Fishbowl, it shouldn't hurt to be a kid. Some people shouldn't be parents. Some shouldn't be foster parents and the system should do a better job weeding them out. I've seen enough bad of both, birth and foster, parents to know. It's been a long time since I read this story and I am looking forward to reacquaint myself with the characters.

I'm glad the sequel wasn't about the the main characters here. Sequels just diminish the original usually.

"I’m not the same as I was before" Aiden, who was an ass for much of this chapter, said that to Nicky. But hasn't he been saying to Adam that Aiden is the same as he was before Adam knew he was gay, and saying to Adam that he, Owen, is just the same as he was before? Owen is still Owen, gay or not. He should have reached out to Nicky.

No, as I said before, Aiden knows his is a manipulative bitch, she has always been. He is disappointed that she hasn't really changed.

Owen was more than pathetic, what he was feeling was a manifestation of his PTSD. Karen is just another Anna/Janie. Owen should have called her out in front of Aiden, but where is the drama in that ha ha.

If Dennis' knee is that bad, the team doctor wouldn't let him play and the coach wouldn't want him to. Owen really does need professional help. Chris is right, it would just get worse. That is why the suicide rate is do high in the military and law enforcement.

This why Chris & Tony needed to insist that Owen go through counseling. He has a shit-ton of unresolved emotional issues. This is such a pivotal chapter. You start to understand why it is the Long Way.

Not really backstabbing, she has just always, wanted wanted Aiden to be her boyfriend and she is willing to do anything to accomplish that, but even Adam knew it wasn't a real relationship. He called Aiden Janie's "pretend boyfriend". I also think Adam will be okay too. As a freshman you are insecure with everything and he goes along with things to not stand out, but when push comes to shove, I think he'll be there for Owen.... eventually. But I do recall a brewing storm.

I see Alistair as the classic nerd boy.

So finally some pieces fall into place for Owen. From a previous chapter it sounded like Karen had a restraining order on her, presumably for violence against Aiden and now she's gone there again. I am not sure Owen is being fair to Nicky. He is making a lot of assumptions, 1+1=3 kinda stuff.

Can I just say I think Dan was a dick actually. He was bad as a chick trying to use sex to get love, but Owen was never going to have the feeling that Dan is desperate for him to have. The relationship was pretty toxic for the two of them. Owen feels guilty because Dan died and he never did develop the feelings that Dan wanted him to. Had Dan lived, he'd have wrecked Owen's life thinking he was doing Owen a favor. I've known a lot of those people.

No way, he is way too pretty. Wade is a First Family of VA, his looks will be more English, think a young Rupert Graves or Hugh Grant, maybe James Norton of Grantchester.

Sam Nivola isn't good looking enough to be Wade.

I've read Desert Dropping and the Lo(n)g Way multiple times and will probably read them again, but Quinn irritates me too much to through it the same way I have some of the others. Such is the genius of Dom's talent that Quinn can get under my skin so.

The ship is in the deep ocean. Fish don't exist every place in the ocean, they are mostly closer to shores and where there are reefs, where there are food sources for them.

This couldn’t keep happening to me. It couldn’t. It just wasn’t right to be attracted to other guys. They made this clear at school. Brad, my best friend, even thought it was gross. I thought it was gross too, of course. Dom wrote this story in 2006 I think or sometime around there. I think that was before streaming was mainstream. Sites like Cam4 and Omegle hadn't launched yet. Point being, I don't know how often straight best friends saw each other hard or jacked off together, but once streaming became a thing, I can't believe how many straight boys were induced to get naked, get hard, jack off and sometimes jack off each other or even blow each other a little, all because they thought they were talking to a live girl. Sometimes it might have been a live girl, but one paid by a Dirty Old Man to catfish and record them. So the second point is, how much has technology changed the behavior of teens, boys and girls, with SnapChat, sexting, etc. I think it's been a huge change.

I don't think Guy Fellowes name was mentioned casually, there has to be a reason, but what is in it for him? I think he was hoping to take control of Buck Industries, but there is little left and how would he access it? Before he could have claimed he was working in his client's interest, but not now. I doubt anyone knows what is in Travis' will, at least not the people messing with him. John Paul, Stefan, Jake and maybe Brad know, maybe Will informally, and I highly doubt Taylor or Big are in it. Lots to be revealed. But hey, maybe since they are in Norwalk, the captors will get something from Clearman's North Woods Inn!

In the CAP World? She is pretty mainstream 🤣

And you believe psychologists who work at a university named after toothpaste..... 🤣

Right, but that is the point. Will thinks there are circumstances where he can interfere with others, just like Brad, somewhat reasonably thought it was okay to "interfere" with his 14/15 year old son's life. It is easy to rationalize your own behavior while criticizing the same behavior in others. I just want you to be sure and tell Will what a hypocritical douche I think he is 🤣

Especially since "children" in 1794 were not the children of today. There is shocking data in the sociology world that a boy in 2025 doesn't reach the maturity that a 17 year old boy had in 1940 until he is in his mid to late 20's now. That is especially disturbing to the U.S. military.

**I guess since we wouldn’t let them track our cell phones, they’d decided to hire spies instead. “We’ll deal with that later,” I told him. He winced a bit as I said that, all but proving that my spy theory was correct.** Thank you Mark for the latest chapter. Wow that was a lot to absorb. As to the quote above, I am back on the "Will is a douche bag" train. What concern or business is it of his that the family is keeping an eye on one of their own? John certainly wasn't aware of it, so it sounds like a win-win to me. And then Will "don't tell me what to do" Schluter tells John and Ryan what to do and treats them like little kids. He should have let them have their skanky ho's and let them deal with Brad and Jake. Really interested in where we go from here. Did Taylor really have that Serb boy fuck up Travis' apartment, or was that an improv on his part?

It's been a very long time since I first read this story...... Hey, did I ever tell you about the two gay Irishmen? Yeah, Hugh Fitzwilliam and William Fitzhugh.. ba dum bah!

Dude, psilocybins rock! 🤣