Topher Lydon

Oliver's been into Finn a while, there was even a point where Orel gave Oliver permission to share Finn.

We're coffee buddies

Will's sex life just got a whole lot more interesting in the later books

that might have been a bit too on the nose for those two LOL I mean they weren't all that subtle as it was

I was waiting for some of this Admiral Carter in the uniform that Will approves of... LOL poor Andrew, once he finally get's pounced on by his long lost husband...

Oh and Axl Fraser, the Pizzaboy is the subject of the next romantic spell of Orel's... so... :: grins :: he's going to find and fall for someone he never saw coming.

Hey welcome to the fun, I get bored and need breaks, so the comment section is always great fun round here. It helps me figure out what is working, what readers want to see, and let's me pitch out ideas. Love these guys.

LOL Garrett barely gets any work done as it is, he's got a live private Soap Opera of his own to watch. And you know the lads at the Haulage yard are equally invested in the will they/ won't they of Finn and Orel.

That is an angle I hadn't considered AKA, huh.... I think I need to sit and think on that one a bit. There is a LARGE porn industry in Toronto, and he is of that age/attractiveness where it would have been something Finn would have been adjacent to. Hell I was adjacent to it when I lived in Toronto and I was only a year or two older than Finn was. I ever tell the story of when I was mistaken for a rent boy? Not that was a night of sheer chaos... >.<

Yeah, no fear about Peter there. It's interesting to watch Peter in all of this. He's unafraid of Graves, when perhaps he should be... but Peter's always going to be that guy that just get's cross when he should be frightened. i've been writing more an more about his brother Bobby (Tabby's Dad) lately and it's fun to see how different they are in temperment. Bobby's other two kids are also twins (Ethan and Aiden) And Aiden is very much like his uncle. He shows up in Charlie's been stolen (a later book this Spring) i have a lot of stuff to get through, a large number of works that should keep things busy till summer at least. Taking a little break from Carter at the end of this one, as I need a break. And time needs to pass so I know what's going on with the Olympics before I can do Jacob and Tommy's story in Milano. I also need to do a LOT more research as to what that entails. I like the idea of those two finally getting a bit of them time, lost and loose in an Italian adventure of their own.

Orel has a plan... you'll have to wait till tomorrow to see what his plan is

Scare is not quite the right words... Orel has discovered PornHUB in his quest to seduce Finn, so believes the uniform is required.

Ahh I am having far too much fun this afternoon.

Ahhhhh see this is a flow.... this feels so much better than the annoying chapters I was working on. :: hums happily as he puts poor Axl the Pizza boy through Orel-vision.

It's not a bad idea, I am revising some of the next chapter today. I am enjoying the scene I am crafting... The poor, poor pizza boy is about to get the offer of a life time... poor Orel accidentally propositioning him. thanks PornHub... poor poor Orel.

It would definitely be new... I mean if Garrett could discover a whole new side to himself, I am sure Finn can.

I have been asked in DM's who the top would be... which is a blink blink moment for me, because Finn has always been written up to this point as being more of the passive (as passive as he could be with Garrett and their fight-sex dynamic)... *ahem* which would mean that, techincially Orel might need a more... assertive nature... Oh gods now I have to have Kyle explain what being a top means to Orel... I am going to go write that conversation now... because I need a break from head splatting.

Going steadily nuts from it tbh, part of me knows I should take a break, but the workaholic in me wants to get my chapters done... I feel behind. I don't like that feeling. to explain, and maybe work through my STUCK I am writing about Finn's apprentice mechanic, Jesse, who is going through a manic episode... it's causing severe complications for Finn who is trying to manage Orel, the garage, and now a kid he hired who he didn't know was unwell... It's not his fault, he's not responsible for the kid, but he wants to help. One of those Drowning men pulling everything under with him. Lydia's practical:" Hiring him was a mistake, you have enough on your plate as it is... you can't keep going like you are. Orel is Orel: Not trying to be difficult, but off on his own plane of existence and isn't quite as helpful as he could be in this situation. Walter just wants to retire. Finn at his breaking point, while Garrett of all people is keeping him sane in that ever reluctant best friend kind of way of his. Sounds simple, till you try to put all of this to page... it's >.< headache inducing... and I am contemplating stripping it all back. I've torn out extra characters, sorted plot back in these two chapters... they've shrunk to one chapter, then back up to two... I am starting to wonder if I, like Finn, have bitten off more than I can chew... I might... hmmmmmmmmmmm I might need to sit and have a cup of tea and think it through. Excuse my sounding it all out, just need to get the frustration out. One of those... three days... it's been three days of this.... I hate getting snarled up.

so day three? Four? of revising the same two chapters over and over and over... I am beating my head against a brick wall. I have a good idea, I know it is a good idea, but execution is proving difficult and I am tired of staring at the same two chapters again and again and again. >.< I get stuck too... it's been rare, but yeah, round and round and round....

It's amusing to think of Orel's sexual frustration. I think he hasn't quite worked out that he can do the kissing too. Hell, give minutes with Lydia and she'd diagnose the situation, SLAP Finn and tell him to sleep with that poor boy before he detonates all over the garage and they have to call a hazmat team to remove all the *ahem* mess.

Poor Orel he just wants to be kissed properly. And Kyle is, as usual, useless LOL At least Garrett is highly entertained.

well that one was WAY bigger than anticipated, all right then. Poor Orel, just wants to know what the whole deal is.

Chapter Thirteen: The Unwilling Candidate The Drive to the Capital The highway stretched before Oliver Merrick like a grey conveyor belt carrying him toward judgment. An hour of Ontario flatland, bleached by a pale sun that offered light but no warmth. He drove in absolute silence—no radio, no podcasts, not even the whisper of the climate control. Just the hum of the Audi's tires on asphalt and the screaming, recursive audit in his own head. Item: One (1) younger brother, relocated