Timothy M.

Thank you, Mike, hopefully this story will brighten your Sunday mornings for a while. I'm glad you liked the sweet stuff, I always worry about getting it right.

Thank you, tim. I'm glad you embrace them and the sentimental stuff too. I hope they'll continue to touch you.

You know I hadn't thought about it being a 'general rule' that gifted people cannot use their abilities for their own advantage, but now that you point it out, it makes a lot of sense. This rule holds true for plenty of stories, and for this one too, even though Patrick has used his talent for rejecting unsuitable 'suitors.' I'm glad you point out the way Patrick lets his mind (and hos fears?) overrule his instincts and his heart. He dreams of a future with Peter and Michael, he falls in love, he even see a glimpse of an intimate moment, but he dares not believe or act. It makes the courage of Peter even better. Oh, and having you tell me, you love the story is the best compliment of all.

No matter what the future would bring, Patrick knew he would cherish this moment of unbelievable joy for as long as he lived. The man he'd fallen hopelessly in love with was on his knees in front of him and had asked him to be his Valentine. It was as if his lonely heart had been hidden in a tightly held and secured box. Peter's words had unlocked and flung open the lid to his secret desires. All of his repressed feelings poured out in a huge flood, like a dam bursting, and only the unexpec

Glad to see the boys getting some serious studying done too. I was wondering: does Joel never call home to let them know how he's doing?

LOL, I'm so glad you find them fun. You might want to try out my new story (The Cardmaker and the Caretaker), which will have more Danish quotes and is set to post a chapter every week, unlike this story which only updates at random intervals.

Wow, cocoon, what a lovely surprise, you certainly made my day with this review. I'm delighted you like both sides of the story. The emotions related to Russell and the romance, and my attempt to use the Danish landscape and Copenhagen as the setting, including showing our way of life. I'm glad to hear you recall the Danish beaches with fondness. I have to admit you're probably right about Swedes being the ultimate blond Scandinavians, but Danes and Norwegians are close behind, and Finns too, I'm told. But as for Vikings, Danes and Norwegians are the classical types. Your comment about my proficiency in English has me blushing with pride and joy. I put a lot of effort into my writing (with the help of my beta and editors), so having you notice makes me profoundly happy. Lots of reading, speaking and writing brought me to this point, but there is always room for improvement. for reading and reviewing and please feel free to comment in the story forum too.

It's probably better that being toast.

Well done, Rex, keep telling them to admit their feelings and commit to love and each other until they give in. Those two guys need to start building their future together right away, why waste any more time when it feels right? Oh and well done, Robert, on getting the hungry birds cheeping.

Tait does not seem like the kind of person who would squander his money, so I guess he can life off his savings from model work while he finds out what other skills or possibiliteis he has. I hope Philip will admit his love for Tait at some point, I know it's much too early, but I want them to find happiness together. Loved the description of the house.

Donnelly seems to be the only nice, sensible person around. I hope he will take care of Kye until the Lord he saved wakes up. Sam is an insensitive idiot, so we cannot rely on him to get the story right.

Thank God for that - or I guess I should say Thank Dragon for that. Toph is still ignoring Gary, he did not go to his parents' Christmas dinner, and Steve was the one to betray him (twice) and not the other way round. Who is Oscar? I need to go back over previous chapters?

at least the toad error was funny (the your instead of you're was ) or maybe they get all the kids to collect toads and stick them on the car?

I often have to correct words with unnecessary double consonants: Stared and starred are two very different words in meaning, the first means to look intensely and the second to be the star of e.g. a show. Similar with scared and scarred (afraid and having scars).

Thanks, Dodger, that's preceisely one of the reasons for this feature. I'm glad it was helpful. to all of you for commenting and adding the story to your reading lists.

Yes ! Finally someone who understands me. (I totally get the trip away at 50, too.)

I see someone else is finally noticing and mentioning the wonderful thematic titles and chapter notes (Hi Drew ). They are one of my favorite things about your stories, Gary. Carly might have represented the treacherous waters at first, but Craig came well-prepared for his white water rafting trip. In the end, he and Jared are the ones to come out on top, and Carly is left floundering and trying to stay afloat. She definitely needs therapy, although I bet she will refuse, because she prefers to wallow in her own stagnant pond of misery where she is the victim and everyone is out to duck her. Yeah, she may be more self-deluded than actively evil, but it amounts to the same as to the way her actions impact everyone around her.

Tillykke med fødselsdagen happy waving of Danish birthday flags

Awwwww (totally fan-girling, -boying, whatever ) Deadpool / Spiderman Valentine's Day chapter (almost). I'm so happy for Wade, he deserves that. Well, I'm happy for Peter too, but he's loved and been loved before. Anyway, they are majorly awesome together. and knowing you this is were the shit hits the fan

Thanks for using the review, Renee. I'd also like to recommend Palantir's current story One Semester. It reminded me of something I forgot to mention in the review: how there are always great descriptions of wonderful expeditions to beaches and caves and other real parts of the fantastic Australian landscape.

If anyone can point out a Comsie story where the characters are not irrational, overwrought teens who spend most of their time worrying about self-image problems, I'd love to read it and I'm sure it will be my favorite. (Oh and no mouthwash, please.) I've tried a few and while the writing itself is fantastic and the plots are interesting or fun, I simply can't stand the characters. Reminds me of something... Oh yeah ! Robert Jordan and the Wheel of Time series. But I'm really glad you have lots of fans who appreciate your stories, it's well deserved for all the hard work and the huge number of stories you've contributed to GA.

So did Tommy's mother and the pig fucker just kiss or did they do more ? My guess is Twoey will pretend to go to school but go see his grandfather instead with the evidence on a USB stick.

Happy Valentine's Day, Gary, I'm glad you thought reading my story was a good way to spend some of it. I'm delighted you liked Peter's way of expressing his feelings, I hoped you would. I know you like men who have strong emotions and admits them freely. I knew you'd love Michael - I promise he'll be an important part of the story. Keeping the family together, hmm how to do that. Stay tuned and find out. Thanks, buddy, you and everyone else made my day with all your suppoort.

Happy Valentine's Day, Puppilull, even if we don't really celebrate this in Scandinavia. I hope you'll keep looking for more to this story, hopefully every Sunday for now. Glad you enjoyed it so far.

Happy Valentine's Day, LitL, and thank you for such a wonderful review. I'm lapping it up and purring, ehm I mean, I'm delighted you think so much of the story. As I said to Def, Patrick didn't realize Peter was falling too, perhaps because these feelings were new to him. Not only his own, but also the ones from the Dane. And at the same time there was Peter's love and worry for his son, so I think it's understandable if the caring was a bit obscured to his special sense. I'm you liked the asking, I actually began with this sentence and the Personal Card idea and worked my way towards it, when I wrote this story. on your husband's reaction to Peter Schmeichel.