Thanks for the feedback, Ieshwar
When I sat down to write this story, it was supposed to be a Valentines Day thing, but for some reason i decided not to do that. Anyway, the feedback on this story has been pretty slow, so I just assumed that not too many people liked it. I guess if I had bothered to post something here, I might have gotten more comments back :pickaxe: :pickaxe:
I'm really glad you saw things between Daryl and Tommy the way you did, because that's how I intended people to see it. I wanted Daryl to come off as self absorbed but sweet. It's not that he doesn't care about Tommy, it's that he wants his boyfriend to take the bold steps he did because he thinks it would be romantic. He never stops to think about the long range consequences.
The most important point I was trying to drive home, though, is that Daryl doesn't have the perfect life at home. Just because he's out to his parents doesn't mean everything is sunny between them. But just because things aren't perfect doesn't mean they have to be screwed up, either. He's just a normal, everyday guy with normal everyday problems, and he's not perfect.