Brokenbind

Hopefully Liam's outgoing, sassy personality will work well with Keon's reservedness.

I think chapter length should be organic, and entirely dependent on what feels right to you as the author. If it feels like a 'snippet' then that works just as well for me as one where I settle in to read with a hot drink.

Love how this starts. P.S I now have visions of @Wesley8890 running after groups of screaming, over-groomed men, waving a lit torch.

Hope you get well soon! I find colds a great excuse for alcohol intake. Purely for medicinal purposes, you understand (hic...) Also hope this is the scare Jedrek needs to pull his head out of his backside. Aside from everything else, just think of all the pâtisserie goodness he could be enjoying.

Jarren's place sounds wonderful. And I want that comforter. Liam will love being there.

Umm - Nero's..?? Great news, whatever they will be. Aww.

Just caught up after binge-reading over several days. Love the story. I know kids can be resilient but Liam seems especially so. John may have helped with that - the world seems like it needs more people like him.

Good to see them back, and that you've re-booted your muse...

Lots of questions here But of the three of them it seemed as if Artemis was the one who felt more alone. Heat aside, if Iason can provide him with some sort of connection and interaction, that seems a good thing.

EZ-RA!! EZ-RA!! EZ-RA!!

Ooh. So that's how the pairs meet. OK, I'm not so anti-Gideon anymore. Not my thing, but I get it. As will Regan shortly. (Sorry. That last was terrible but I couldn't resist.)

I'm positive Mark can fight his own corner without my butting in, but for me, the line about being above reproach was uncomfortable reading. And I am that guy you portray in your point 2, and I for one felt no insult whatsoever. Clearly none was intended in the first place. This is fiction, and fiction set in that period to boot, involving a young, privileged and wealthy individual in major cities and in high society situations of the time. In context it seems realistic that the character may have dabbled had he been there, and a stretch to infer he has an addiction at this stage. And I don't see the link between what has been written and any attempt to glorify or promote that behaviour. According to Wikipedia (so it must be true ☺️) here in the UK we are 93rd in the per-capita alcohol consumption list against Denmark's 122nd. Half of our per-capita probably comes from the huge pub at the end of my road. But Mark's stories didn't influence our relative rankings, nor anyone to drink or take drugs, and almost certainly didn't cause some idiot to nick a road cone and leave it in my front garden.

Married! Perfect.

Looking forward to the next stories already. Thanks Mac.

I'm no expert, but for what it is worth, for me this doesn't read as stale at all.

So their life's works start to become clearer. But there is still much 'cloak and dagger' happening just out of view.

I read the treadmill segment and howled.

It's good that Will realized that JJ may not be at all well. Hopefully that is the first step to him getting help.

I doubt Green will be in a forgiving mood once he finds that mole

Great story - thoroughly enjoyed it.

I hope Ash can help Kenan recover from his loss

Fair point Buz. Hope so - and I doubt @Thirdly would do that to us anyway, especially whilst 'gigglefarting'.

I'm loving the story - more reveals, then more questions than answers for them both!

Hmm. That's not freedom of choice. Not that he'll probably mind in the end but they'll have to compromise better than that. Gideon clearly cares on a primal level but he's difficult to like right now. In truth Regan seems exasperating too. Perhaps they are made for each other after all!

Feels like the perfect solution to me!