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There is nothing in Calvin’s past actions that would indicate he has any real interest in Bryan and Caleb. The only thing he can possibly be interested in is money. I hope Billy knows what that motive is!

Yes! They finally meet again

I am so happyyyyyyyyyy 🎉🎉🎉

Omg. I have tears!!

Great story! I’m jealous of your talent.

Wow! Just...wow!

Of course he should tell him. Everything! Jenn was absolutely right!

More please please please 😜

More please! Love this story! And yes it would be a very happy week

Yes. More please 👍

Yeah!

I am really enjoying this story. I have high hopes for both of them. And I can hardly wait for Teddy to tear Nate a new one. Nate is evil!

I've not commented on a story in along time. Ioweyou and one other author a thank you for your great stories!!! Thank you and please keep it up. Love can bloom anywhere anytime

I just love your stories!!! Thanks!!

Exactly right!!!! Long live love and romance!!! Thanks Gary. I needed that.

I really like the world from your perspective Gary!!!

Sasha - Your stories bring me a lot of joy. I so need to find me an Ashlee!! He is absolutely adorable!!

I LOVE this story. Absolutely enthralling!! More please.

I too just read both of your stories posted here. Loved them both!!!!!

Bloody marvellous!!!

I'm loving the characters in this story. Can not wait for that pig Sean to get turned down flat by Ryan and called out for being such a prick. I'm sure the boy has issues but I hope he learns a good lesson once this works out!!!

I read your postscript. I too have been anticipating the rest of the story. Thanks for continuing!!!

My first review of one of your stories. I've read most of your stories on gay authors. Superb work Sasha. This story is wonderful. Wonderfully crafted character development of a flawed but profoundly sympathetic hero and a strong and engaging love interest who so far seems to be the perfect match for our damaged hero. I can't wait to see where your imagination takes us with them.

Here is real life. Real life is spending the last 5 years watching my husband of 28 years sink deeper and deeper into a dementia abyss caused by a vicious form of progressive MS with many other physical symptoms as well. All of which will just continue to progress. I will face being alone again around the age of 60 after having spent the vast majority of my adult life with him. Watching the kind and gentle soul I loved turn into a person I know longer recognize. Becoming a constant care-giver for the shell of what was once a spectacular human being. Dealing with the grieving process over a long period. It's hell!! I identified so completely with the process that they all went through. I understand completely Brad's anger at Robbie. Believe me, I had no idea what real anger was before. I understand the complete sense of abandonment. I understand the depth of their sorrow. I get it. My comments were not driven by an intellectual need for "forensic accounting". I believe that our truest nature shines through in times of tremendous stress. We try to stay strong for our family and friends. We band together to support each other. We draw strength from each other. I have seen this over and over in "real life". When I use my experience to shine a mirror on Brad's behaviour, all I see is a selfish man. A man not fit to be a parent. Not fit to be a friend. Not ever to be trusted. His anger at Robbie is a pathetic excuse for his betrayal. He knew what he was doing or it wouldn't have been done in secret. I agree that forgiveness is a good thing but as with Will and Matt regarding the Tony affair, forgiveness has to be earned by the wrong-doer. Matt learned the depth of the betrayal he inflicted on Will. He is truly sorry for what he has done. Until Brad understands that, until he can truly feel the weight of his actions, how can he be forgiven? How can he forgive himself? He was the heir apparent in this clan. He is not fit for that position. Will has expressed his diminished opinion of both Brad and Wade. I am fully on board with his feelings. I would never truly trust either of them again. I would look elsewhere for examples to follow and would certainly never seek their guidance. Thankfully, he has JP if he needs someone. I realize that this situation was used as a plot device to show Wade how selflessly Matt loves him. My opinion is that, without rehabilitating Brad, it was a bad choice. Again, in my opinion, he is now fatally flawed. Now I honestly wish Brad had been the one to die on 9/11 instead of Robbie. Robbie had his flaws too but I think that all the others in the family would have been able to rely on him. Not so with Brad.

Reply from Mark Arbour (author) Thanks Miles! I think it was important for us to see things from Matt's perspective. There truly are two sides to a story. While Matt was a cretin in 9.11, he had some good reasons, as did Wade when he was less-than-honorable in this story. I think that in the end, their mutual flaws made it easier for them to forgive each other. If it weren't for Wade's virtual melt-down of infatuation with Alex, they would have had a much harder time as a couple, because they wouldn't have really been 'equals'... Wade would have always had a bit of an upper hand because he was the wounded one. Now, that stigma is removed. While in general I am satisfied with the apparent outcome of Flux reuniting Matt and Wade, I am still very disturbed by one issue. I will freely admit that this alternate CAP universe is purely fiction. However, most good fiction is written to shed light on our human and societal short-comings in the hope that we all learn to be better human beings and treat each other with the dignity and respect that we each deserve. I find our fearless leader's comment above reply to a review somewhat perplexing and vexing at the same time. In a family where they expect proper manners at the dinner table and are quite upset when they don't treat each other with proper respect, I can't understand how the Wade/Brad fuckfest/affair was so easily ignored, forgotten and forgiven. I think that alone should have equalized things between Matt and Wade. I understand that Matt felt guilty for the way that he treated Wade and that he genuinely wanted Wade to be happy. But a simple punch in the nose, a little thinking and a few days was enough to forgive Brad? Matt was forced to face the reality of what he did to his brother with the Tony affair. He finally got it. Brad (and Wade too) both harshly judged Matt for doing that. Then they turn around and do something even worse. Sure, technically Matt and Wade were broken up but both Brad and Wade knew how Matt felt. Their actions were far far worse than Matt's. Brad is for all intents and purposes, Matt's step-father. Is grief a good enough reason to forgive someone completely for basically royally fucking you over? Obviously, I don't think it is I think both Bead and Wade need to have their aha moment when they realize just what they did to Matt. I do not believe that Matt can have forgiven either of them for what they did. He has rationalized it because of his own guilt over treating Wade like shit, losing him and also the Tony affair. It's not resolved. There needs to be a lightbulb moment for both Brad and Wade. I'm not sure of a good way to show Wade exactly how cruel and selfish his actions were and what a kind and forgiving person Matt is. I don't think he appreciates it. Perhaps by simply witnessing the plan I have for Brad would be enough. I was patiently waiting for a scene with a few family members present that would accomplish this. I think the best person to deliver it would be Darius with Will, Jj and Wade there. Darius would find out about the Brad/Wade fuckfest/affair and confront his father. He would ask him if it would be okay for Brad to fuck Zack when he broke up with Will. Would it be okay for him to have fucked Kristen after they broke up? Why wait until they broke up? Then, without really thinks about it, he would ask Brad, "Tell me how you have felt while you and Pop were broken up in university if Grand had been fisting and fucking Pop secretly instead of Neil. Tell me what the difference is. I need to understand how all this is supposed to work". I'd like someone to explain it to me too. I used to really admire Brad. No longer. He disgusts me. The only character who even slightly has a clue is Will but being brought up in a family where selfishness rather than selflessness is the norm is causing him to go down the same path. We were not completely privy to JP and Stef's reactions to this but, no action or words on their part speaks volumes. I have loved reading CAP until Flux. The plot developments and historical settings had been both heart-warming and gut-wrenching. The character development throughout has been inspiring. However, I think that Flux was so much like a bad soap opera, I am really not sure I want to continue reading. I have been a stalwart though mostly a quiet participant in this so far, reading the chapters as they came out and reading both the reviews and forum. I think I will stick to real life from now on. People are much more reasonable in real life.