PrivateTim

Dom's protagonists are always clueless, self-doubters in the beginning. Please, Rory? Quinn? And now Owen? It's been a very long time since I've read the Lo(n)g Way.... first it was the "Log Way", which really confused us... the Domaholics of the day. Then it was able to be edited somehow, but it came out as above, the Lo(n)g Way and it was finally able to be edited properly in the migration to this software package.

Tony & Chris are using the attack on Owen as leverage against their father. That is how Owen got to move in with them, how Owen got all his possessions and his truck.

Can I hang onto this fantasy I have that Dominic has spent the last 13 years he's been away writing furiously, He's written three sequels to Desert Dropping, finished With Trust and all is right with the world. Dom was so young when he wrote this story, I can only imagine how much better he'd be now, and it is scary because he is already great.

"She was afraid of a lot of things, Rory. Just like you are. But, the one thing she was most afraid of was leaving you. She made peace with that, though. She knew you’d be safe with Eddie. And happy. That’s what she wanted for you, and the only one fighting that is you, and quite frankly, I don’t see why. Do you really want to be on this plane, Rory? Right now, do you?" This was a gem from Alice. The conversations was the classic, you can't go home again. Home isn't where you've been. it is where you are.

34 chapters in and it puzzles you that Rory is stubborn? 😲 Home is "Nevada", but we don't know where. I'd say not Las Vegas since Vegas is pretty much a desert, just like Phoenix and Rory seemed to not understand the desert environment. Reno to Phoenix is a long drive, 11+ hours if you pay attention to the speed limit. Bottom line is, Rory belongs with his father. His grandmother knows it. I think Rory does too, but Rory is stubborn.

I think we all know Rory is staying. It is like a Hallmark movie, you know the guy and girl are going to wind up together, but you watch for two hours anyway to find out how. Who says Alice was uninvited? For all we know Dr. Jase invited her. And again, I can't believe no one talked about the incredibly hot love making session between Rory and Seth. I never even considered anal sex when I was a teen. It just wasn't on my radar; not until my senior year in college. I've always been amazed that there are guys who are 15, 16 or possibly even younger who either know they are bottoms and can't wait for it, or actually have not waited.

I am pretty sure every gay/bi boy falls for his straight best friend that he can't have. If you are lucky as a gay/bi boy you meet guys you CAN be with, but I had friends growing up who ONLY fell in love (lust) with who they couldn't have. They'd ignore the guy who liked them and obsess over the unobtainable.

Really? All anyone can talk about is Aaron, not the incredibly hot, sweet, sensual, erotic, boner producing sex between naked Seth and naked Rory? Completely naked sex is so hot and such a step up from erections sucked through a fly, or a hand job inside your pants. It is the ultimate intimacy and Dom wrote it beautifully.

Rory and Luke aren't cousins, maternal, paternal, anything. Jase and Rory aren't cousins, maternal, paternal, anything. That is one of the lies Rory, and frankly, Jase, were mad at. Since Eddie and Jase are partners, in the gay world of 2005, or so when this story was written and there was no gay marriage, Jase and Eddie considered each other their spouse. In that sense Jase would be Rory's uncle and step dad, and since Luke is the adopted son of both Jase & Eddie, Luke would Rory's brother.

A completely heart wrenching chapter. It was chapters like this that made all the other authors of gay fiction jealous. I know life gets busy and lives change and people move-on, but I so miss your writings Dom. Thank you for such great stories.

So many possible explanations. Maybe Alice, who had just lost her daughter, didn't want to lose her grandson too. Near as I can tell, Rory is all she has and "grandma" Alice can't be that old. If Gina was 16 when Rory was born, how old was Alice? 42? Younger? I like the subtly of Dom's sex scenes.... kind of. I also I'd like to get Mark Arbour to so a Seth-Rory fan fiction sex scene and a Luke-Rory fan fiction sex scene.

Of course Aaron's drama isn't over. But these gays boys in AZ move awfully slow. I'd had oral sex or hand jobs with a dozen guys before I kissed my first guy.

Seth and Rory can't break-up, they aren't dating. If Rory and Luke dated openly, Eddie & Jase would freak. Dom, oh Dom, wherefore art thou.

Because it is too early in the story..... Rory isn't hooked on Seth, there is a slow relationship developing. We are looking into Rory's inner monologue. He has been grievously emotionally wounded. He THOUGHT he reasons to hate Seth, we all experience hyperbole in our own minds. We usually moderate the thoughts when they come out of our mouths. OMG, Luke likes Rory. He's afraid if Rory and Seth start dating, he'll lose his chance with Rory.

Maybe if the people in Rory's life had been more open and honest with him his whole life, not just the last two months and maybe if his mother, hadn't died less than 8 months ago and maybe if it hadn't been a slow, painful cancer death, Rory could be cheerful enough to make you happy.

Seth isn't misunderstood, we really just don't know him. This is the first chapter where we've really seen him. The other chapters have been glimpses. Suffocating? Where has Eddie been suffocating? He has been permissive and lenient beyond belief. If anything, he's been too hands off. Welcome to the party.

Who should have decked whom? (yeah, yeah, I know you said that ten years ago, but gotta ask anyway) Seth is a really good guy, which Rory will figure out eventually.

"I’m serious, too. He’s not interested, trust me." Dun dun duh! Who could it be that Luke is interested in but THINKS he isn't interested in him back. 🤔

What's confusing? Aaron bad, Seth good. Aaron doesn't bring out the worst in people, he creates it and manipulates people to get what he wants. Eddie wasn't "wondering", he wanted to tell Rory at 16 he was too young for hickeys and Rory reminded Eddie what HE was doing at 16. It wasn't to hurt Eddie, it was a reminder of what teens do.

Ain't it delicious? In my mind Aaron already has. Oh please, do you really think Rory has it figured out now? Rory is going to fall for Aaron's lines again and make an excuse for Aaron why he acts the way he does. I'm thinking Rory doesn't have it completely figured out yet.

He got what he wanted. I've known a lot of guys like that. The minute there was a climax, they were done and out of there. Aaron only cares about himself as evidenced by shoving his cock in Rory's mouth and not caring that he was gagging.

I suspect Rory will get stupider still before he figures things out. At this point Rory is "whipped" because he has never experienced intimacy with anyone before.

If Jase and Eddie are partners, why isn't Jase more involved with Rory? Clearly he would understand the importance of an independent relationship with Rory. Oh Dom, how I wish you were around to answer questions.

Because it is what players do. They have esteem issues so they mess with everyone else to enhance their standing OMG, Aaron doing nothing wrong.... he is predatory, manipulative and possibly a sociopath. I don't care how attractive I found a guy, how aroused he got me, for what he did to Luke with the stolen car would preclude me from ever having anything to do with him. The is no misunderstanding in what Aaron did with the stolen car. He deliberately kissed Rory in front of Seth, to goad Seth. He deliberately invited Seth to the movies to mess with both Rory and Seth. He comes and goes in Rory's life on a carefully planned schedule that keeps Rory unbalanced. Rory isn't an idiot, he is naïve and inexperienced. See above, naïve, inexperienced and now I'll add hormonal (horny). Aaron knows how to play all those weaknesses. Really? Do you want to watch Harry Potter without Voldemort? Star Wars without Darth Vader? Othello without Iago? The Grinch Who Stole Christmas without the Grinch? Life is full of unlikeable characters. The stories above and countless thousands of other are cathartic and give us hope that good wins over evil. Whatever," Aaron replied, suddenly sounding annoyed. "I came over to see if I was imagining things the other day. Obviously, I should just go. I thought we were going to try, but you don’t even like me touching you, apparently." How classic is this bit of manipulative behavior? Aaron knows exactly which buttons to push and when.

Brain cells to work properly need a large supply of oxygen, which is provided by blood. As a gay, horny teen boy when all that blood flow is diverted from your brain to below your belt, rational thought is difficult. Aaron knows that. Not sure why Rory is a psycho. The adults in his life are not doing a good job with him. He needs to be integrated into the family and they need to spend time every night doing that. They have not. Aaron isn't strange. Unfortunately, guys like him are all too common in the gay world. Is he just trying to score Rory as a sexual conquest? Messing with Luke and Eddie? Messing with Seth? Probably a combination of all plus more.