After all the guessing you had me doing in Lilydale Leopards I'm just a tiny bit pleased to turn the tables on you.
But I'm really you liked the story development, since I worked hard on that. Glad you approve of the ending.
Thank you for reading and reviewing
Indie spent the night without me even having to ask. I can't help worrying that Indie and Preston will both get it wrong and not realize they are more to each other than just awesome fucks. If hope E&C will kick their asses if that happens. Once they are boyfriends I'm sure Preston will get back to his usual fun self and Indie can finally get rid of the ghost of Jameson the abusive bastard. I loved the glimpse of him being angry and getting thrown out of that bar.
Thank you, my dear friend. I shall look forward to your opinion of every chapter, because you always have something profound to say. And your encouragement helped me take the leap and post PPC at GA.
It's hard to decide what is worst: being painfully emphatic or lonely, but being both is heartbreaking. I hadn't thought about it in this way, before you pointed it out just now, but I suddenly realize why Patrick made me feel sad and determined to find him someone to love.
Happy Valentine's Day to you too.
While not anticipated I can't say this comes as a surprise. Hopefully, Merrick can get on a secure channel and talk to Jenson about this. Even if he contemplates the whole 'I don't want to worry my lover' scenario, I think Merrick is too intelligent to fall into that trap. Jenson would not be pleased.
I shall keep reading but with trepidation. I'm not so good with abuse stories, but since you've kept the descriptions indirect, hopefully I can cope. Not that the images created are any less terrifying, strangely enough... Great writing, and I hope Tait will regain some kind of peace and love.
Another Done Deal - or perhaps several: Nodie being like M&K in friendship and love is certain and acknowledged. C&A being future godparents for M&K's kid and vice versa. Saint Kendall does another good dead and Sandra is a future employee of the security firm. Your readers are delighted and look forward to more CotT. Oh and we loved the fun and games too and look forward to the doctor-in-depth.
Thank you, dugh, I'm very glad to have you on board, and grateful you spend some of your precious GA time reading and reviewing.
I agree with you about relating to adults more than teens. And yes, Patrick is unusual and a bit quirky, but not too weirdly, I hope.
It's fun to have a mixture of readers with preconceived notions about the story line, and some who are 'virgins' to PPC. I hadn't thought about it beforehand, but now I'm actually enjoying it.
I had to read it twice, but then I realized you meant Russ and not Evan. Not alwasy easy to get the right twin. It's a good question though, I may have to included something in the next chapter to answer how well Jacob understood.
He, he, I enjoyed the joke too. I got some comments about how the boyfriends would react to the twins planning to have a joint house, and somehow I got inspired to turn it upside down. So glad you mentioned it.
I'm not sure, but at least you had the pleasure of two chapters at once. You're quite right about one of the main themes of the chapter being reconneting with family, and of course Chris now belongs to the family too.
Thanks Bucket, yes, hungry cheeping is always a good sign, lol. I'm glad the hints of more to come have intrigued you and I think I'm following up on most of them. Else let me know.
Only a straight guy could get away with this.
I wish I lived in a world where two gay guys could have a bit of harmless (consensual) fun like this at a sports event and noone would think anything more of it than this situation. But since out men active in professional sport can be counted on one hand (or maybe two?), I think we have a long way to go yet.
Awww poor kitten, I hope he feels a lot better when he waked up. And hopefully, he won't ever have sex again as a cat or be raped as a human. I can't decide whether I want the bad guys to never find Tavo or whether I want them to turn up and face the wrath of an entire bear clan.
You gave us a dark Tsunami of Carly's lies, deceit, selfishness, ruthlessness, and not surprsingly there is a return Tsunami of stunned disbelief that anyone could be so callous and evil, and also a wav of anger for the suffering of Jared and relief that Craig didn't relent until they were agreed about facing this together. But I cannot help thinking that all of this could have been prevented if Jared had simply asked Craig out on a date in high school. It's not as if he didn't know Craig is gay. But he didn't dare cross that line directly, which gave Carly power over him.
I wonder what Phillip will say when he hears of their adventure of almost being swept out to sea. But it's certainly something which will create a tight bond of friendship.
Thank you, LL (Is that why you're called LitLover by the way ? ) I was wondering how many people would recognize PPC, and I'm over the moon that you remember it so fondly.
Yes, Patrick is utterly lonely and he could do with lots of hugs. But as you know and can guess from the story description, his life is now at a turning point. I'm looking forward to posting ch. 2 as well, it's my favorite.
Thanks Reader, I'm glad you like the beginning and I think the next chapter will be the crucial one for determining whether the story will catch on. But I have the feeling you'll be a fan.
Thanks Puppi, I've missed them too. I'm hoping you won't notice the differences too much or like them if you do. Mainly, I added stuff to flesh out the story.
I enjoy the hint of ESP too, it's a balance to keep it real while adding 'the magic touch.'
You're welcome, Def and thank you too. It's also heart-warming for me, particularly since I've been rather nervous about posting PPC here. So I'm relieved at the kind reception so far and I hope you will fall in love with the story. I promise plenty of fun details in future chapters.
Now I want to make pancakes. I'm glad Brian took action and resolved the situation and that their love survived the hurt of Sabina. Even better that she finally found out about Albert. What a relief.
Thanks, Caz, I'm glad to have captured you too. I promise there will be a proper introduction to the Dane and his son next week. As to Patrick's ability
Thank you, Carlos, both for giving PPC priority and for helping out when I fought with revising the early version of the story. But most of all for telling me to stick with what I wanted to do.
I think you'll be pleased with the result, but feel free to tease me when not.
Thanks, Parker - I loved the Eccentric Englishman comment. and you're right about the loneliness too. Read more about the lucky Dane on Valentine's Day.