Wonderful story and clever ending. I was intrigued from beginning to end. For some reason, I'd love to read Ben's story one day. He deserves a little happiness of his own.
I love when you have like a "stream of consciousness" run of descriptive emotions in a person like when you were talking about Ben and what he'd done. It was sad and although horrible, you wrote it in a way that pulled at the reader's heart.
Of course, Shaun and Adam ride off into the golden light that flows from Adam. Loved this!!!!!