Geron Kees

Hmm. Getting some uncertain signals from the situation between Katy and Travis. Don't know about that just yet. Also mixed signals from Ben. It's one thing to be in denial, but another to be totally honest with yourself but still play the part of the ignorant one. Travis isn't fooled. Travis has his own baggage, as yet not fully off the train and placed in plain view on the platform. Yep, at this point, the pool is a little muddy all around, and Derry the clearest character here! But that's good. I love to have to think about what's going on, and you are making me think. I suspect a few things, but i don't know. Shows you are doing your job!

Okay, That was actually worth the momentary grief of thinking that Scott and Graham might possibly be parted. Some new and interesting depth has been added with all this. I love a good mystery, and you've set out some nice things for us to gnaw on and think about. Glad that Graham was there at the station, waiting. That tells me that he has already put his faith in Scott. I was just a bit hesitant about the cops letting our boy go, though. Scott certainly admitted to enough for them to hold onto him. That they kicked him out only rings true if they are purposely hanging him out in the hopes that someone tries to grab him or take a shot at him. Not a pleasant scenario, either way. I'm willing to wait to see what nefarious plans you have for our happy couple. In a way, a payment has yet to be made here. It isn't quite enough that Scott has renounced his former life and now is looking to walk on the side of decency and love. I am assuming he is going to need to make an effort to help clean up the dirty mess that he was involved with in dealing, and maybe help right a few wrongs to those he trod upon in his old life. I think he and Graham are up to that.

Aw...come on. I mean, I know the importance of conflict in a story...but...now? What will Graham think when he comes back and Scott is gone? Sigh. I know, I know. It must be done. I guess we have to get beat up a little more be fore the happy ending (right?). Proceed. I am coming along, yes...right behind you...huh! I have to, that's why!

Whoops! Someone left the door open! Very nice intimate moment with our two favorite guys. Fascinating bit of need to be submissive on Tobyn's part! Who knew? Kellar sure seemed to understand and allow him that, though. Loved the meeting of Hutch and Delia. Must be a wonder to be able to sense your mate at a distance. Let me pause a second....reach out....hey....it works! Okay...we're in the same house...same room, even, so it's kind of easy. But I love the way that Ms. Sybil is already awakening to Arthur's presence. Can't wait for that meeting to take place! I love to be up after reading something, Gary. Not that i am the kind that's usually down...in fact, I'm kind of an upbeat guy by nature. So that you can pull me up even more... Thanks!

It's really easy to read a well-written story about nice people. That, more than anything else, has driven this tale. These are nice people. Shifter or human, that's not the important thing. Both are people. I personally believe that characters in stories need to be liked. It's damn hard (at least for me) to empathize with characters that don't deserve the effort. Oh. I can follow a story that's harsh and demanding, but it isn't nearly as much fun as caring about the people you are immersing yourself among. I have come to care about your characters. Leaders should be reluctant about the job of leading. It means they have some awareness of the responsibility they have to look out for those they lead. Kellar has all the merits of a strong leader, and all the strength of his own ideals and the support and love of Tobyn. How can they go wrong? The story has been good along, but but now I am vested within its its flow. Onward, then, and hunters be damned! Lay on, McGary, and damn'd be him that first cries, 'Hold, enough!'

I've read your verse and poetry, and find that it has touched on me, and so I've sat, to write you back, and let you know I'm bitten. I see you've come straight from the heart, and not left out the harder parts, you've gone and done, a great job, son, so I'm liking what you've written!

Good to see our boys are patient with each other. For anyone not raised on a farm, the entire process can be a mystery. Mikey declaring that he "sucks with machinery" when faced with a simple cultivator was hilarious. As was the idea of pizza seed. Greg is expressing real some real love with Denny, letting him out a little but making certain he faces nothing alone. Also please to see the Kevin is about to make an entrance...although I may soon need a scorecard to keep track of all these couples. Was it possible back then for so many gay guys to live within shouting distance of each other? Where the heck did you say this town was located??

Brother, you write a nice, tight story. I can get inside these people's heads and walk around a little, and I love that. Ben is going to have to make some admissions to himself, even if he cannot make them to the world. This thing with Travis is now far enough along that it just isn't going to sit well to consider it a brief infatuation. Travis, for his part, is making no bones about what he is feeling. Katy is deliciously irritating, the little vixen that wants but cannot have, the fox in the hen house of Travis's ambitions. That the two have battled before is obvious, and that Katy is quite good at it - in a very plainly juvenile fashion - indicates that her ability to get under Travis's skin goes back a ways, to younger days. Ben's inability to handle her is a little alarming, and indicative of his mental status as on the fence of life at this point, unable to make a leap either way. I'm sorry I don't get back more often. I do love the story and think is extremely well-written. That it stays so well in mind between visits only shows how well you have etched the visuals. Back again a.s.a.p.

I knew that it was going to be tough for Vega to make the decision to move. It's perfectly understandable, too. Home and hearth are strong elements in the human - and shifter - heart. i was put off a little by the suggestion that Kellar become the savior, Cahlar, to facilitate the move. I know it was just mentioned in passing, but it's a very dangerous idea. I'll have to wait and see what you do with it. Arthur is going to be fun, I can see it now. Logan, restored, is also going to add some things to the story. I'm sorry to be so long getting back - just busy with my business. I'm hooked though - you know this. Carry on, and I shall follow!

“Blow in my ear, and I’ll follow you anywhere,” Ah, romance! Another good chapter, with a lot going on, and most of it happening in the flickering light - or perhaps even the shadow? - of a classic piece of schlock filming. Mr. President? Bi-Partisan Party? Man, does that somehow sound current. I also enjoyed Bennie's conversation with Finn, who is trying to convince himself of a valid reason to see more of Lee - and how much more of him to see. If I had to imagine how two brothers might tackle a conversation like this, I doubt I could have done as well. Kevin is problematic. He is going to need help with this, obviously. But who and just how? - difficult to say. He needs to admit some things to himself to move on, but those things must first be placed in front of his eyes instead of hiding behind his back, where they are now. Another very likeable chapter, too, CG. Bravo.

Reprieve? For real? I like where this seems to be going - but I haven't forgotten Scott running into his old drug connection in the restaurant/bar some chapters back. Scott is not totally off the hook with his supplier, and that guy will be looking for him. This isn't over yet. So - for now - bravo. Gray has proved to be worth waiting for, and worth changing for. Scott seems ready to get back to life. But can he do it? That's the question.

Hmm. This certainly read like this chapter and the last one used to be one chapter. Or, at least both written in the same sitting? The end is promising. Talking is always the first step, after thinking. These two have been so miserable that the impetus to work at some solution appears to quite strong now, and I kind of figured that Graham would have to make the first move. Scott was too up caught in the feeling that he deserved this misery to look immediately for a way out of it. Foolish boy. Cookie pulled a fast one, but it seems to have produced results. It would be nice for Scott to get something out of his hard work. Software sales are a nice income! I really hate to have to wait and see what happens...but I have to wait and see what happens. Back at the first opportunity.

Aw. Amazing, how you have brought us full circle, from viewing Scott with complete contempt at the start of this tale to feeling the shattering of his soul in this chapter. He was honest with Graham, and he didn't leave anything out. And that he feels he got what he deserved is the saddest thing, because now he is not the guy that deserves to lose it all and be hurt. I guess the saddest thing is that this needed to happen in order for Scott to move on in life. The secret is out, even in his own mind now. He let it out of the cage all on his own. Now I have to go and see where it may lead him.

Really a nice chapter. Arthur remembers! Interesting how he had the sudden chronological leap, and recalled that he was supposed to meet Sybil - as if the intervening 78 years had not even happened. And the idea of drawing healing energy from metals is interesting, as up until now it has been wholly an organic process. But it seems a logical premise that the restoration of electrical-based functions might best be achieved through the use of conductors. You are really thinking this through! I have to stop for now, but will be back as soon as time permits.Always a great pleasure to return to this story. Thanks for being the magnet to the iron of my curiosity!

Whoa. Arthur is still around?? That is cool. Man, he must have some stories to tell! Think Ms.Sybil will welcome him back? So we have at least two families supplying hunters at this point. Two visible means several more as yet undiscovered, maybe? But all in all, a more manageable problem then the army I was originally considering. And it does make sense, really, A large group with this kind of religious fervor would be hard to hide in the world today. I have to get to the next chapter to see what's up with Bill/Arthur! Look out there! Comin' through!

More surprises at the end of this one, eh? Man, drive-in theaters bring back some memories! A lot of them had already closed by the time I was driving in the mid-eighties, but I recall the ones we frequented quite well. Who never tried to sneak a few extra people inside in the trunk of the car? I remember being in line one night and we suddenly noticed that they were asking the cars ahead of us to open the trunks. We didn't have anybody with us, but the car in front of us tried to back up and get out of line, but there were poles on either side. They got caught. So we are adding another guy? Or two? Is this whole town secretly gay?!? I love it! I think that Linda made the right decision. I love all the different layers of this story. I'd make the wheels within wheels analogy, but it's not appropriate. Lives within lives? Yeah, that better says it!

Man, I gotta get you to write my resume, buddy! I'm happy that you liked this. I am getting the knack now of finding out where someone added a comment. Americans live in cities that are, for the most part, a couple of hundred years old. The history of this country is short, by European standards - at least the history of Europeans on this continent is short (don't want to discount the thousands of years of Native American history that precedes European settlement here). Living in a city that is eight centuries old, or even a thousand or more years of age - has a different feel to it altogether. Amsterdam has buildings in the city that are older than the United States. The nation, too, has memories that go way back. The people are aware of this depth of time, and they have a feeling for the places where they live. It was just a short step in the imagination to think that the city might somehow develop feelings for its people in return. To have Coby and David - having found love together - wander through this place between dreams and nightmares, seemed a fine way to both explore some of the legends of the city (Black Matthew, called Zwart Mattieu, is a genuine legend of the city), and to strengthen the love that the guys have found. They will be back for another adventure - when time permits!

I nearly missed your comments, my friend. This new software tells me that someone liked "chapter one" - but chapter one of what? I had to look at everything until I found your new addition. I grew up to age nine in Ouderkerk, once a distinct village on its own outside of Amsterdam, but in recent years considered a suburb of the city. I have always loved the city - Damsko, we called it - loved it for its heart and its soul. It makes it easy to write of things slightly outside of the norms, for Amasterdam is a city that not only tolerates dreams, but embraces them, loves them, and shares them with others. The place is ancient, and full of the memories of others. I was inspired to write this tale by remembering the places I have stood and looked at the passing waters - for gazing into canals is a pastime for many who live there. The canals are flushed often, with locks opened to allow the sea in, and all know that the oceans come from all over the world. Indeed, Damsko is a city of the world, and one where time moves to its own standard. The idea of a Mooi standing behind it all, smiling, makes me smile in return.

I could have sworn I responded to this. Maybe it was lost in the update? In any event, thanks for taking the time to comment. We all grew up in different settings, and with different parents and siblings (or none). Isn't it funny that we all wound up here on GA? Funny the different paths we all took to get to the same place! Thanks for the good word.

I had to laugh at poor Ben, sitting at the dinner table, with Katy's foot rubbing one leg, and Travis with his hand on the other. Here in a nutshell is the dilemma of choice Ben has to make - straight or gay - and that he didn't even have to think about it only demonstrated that the decision had already been made. Interesting, too, was the fact that his sister seems to have already known of his decision - and his bent - which just goes to show that family really is seldom the last to know anything. There are rules to being in a family, and one is that secrets are often kept dear, even when those secrets are the big ones that change the way we live our lives. Lastly, that Katy seemed also to know that she was in competition with her brother for Ben's attentions - and that she had now lost her bid, as evidenced by her ire at their return to the table - pretty much said that Travis wasn't exactly safely in the closet at home, either. This is great! I love this story. You are doing a great job with the presentation. I don't intend to give up on it at all, but just have to get here to read as time permits. Thanks!

Well, there is some progress here, though it's slow.. I realize now that the decision on the part of Vega to move or stay is going to take some time. From a realistic standpoint, consolidating with Morningstar is the only option. But I know how people (and shifters) can be when decisions revolve around things like home and family. Leaving a place you love is never an easy decision. That it doesn't have to be permanent should help, though. And, I am also seeing that this could be a long process - both the finding of other packs and earthmates, and the war to reduce or destroy the menace of the hunters - and you are already at chapter 44 here. Wow. This'un could be a long'un, son! I am ready to go the journey with you, and to stand with these new friends until the end!

Hi again! I'm really happy to be back with the story. And this was a great chapter to resume with. This is a pivotal moment in the resurgence of the shifter people. Logan's return to health has illustrated forcefully to the members of Vega pack that their conditions can be reversed with aid. The disclosure that there are new earthmates to be found at Morningstar was taken well. I'm only sorry I didn't get to sit in on the meeting that followed - but I hope that Vega will see the need to combine forces with Morningstar pack. Also refining well is the ability of Kellar and Tobyn to communicate personally. It seems to be an ability that has a lot of potential down the line. Lots of cool stuff happening just now, in fact. I, too, an interested to see what Kellar can do for Fendral. So I guess I need to read on...

As always, it is a pleasure to hear from you, William. This series is a look back, yes; but I do feel there is a commonality here with the young of every time and place. Friends really are something special when you are young, and it is a part of our evolution from children into adults that we share those little splendid moments with them in preparation for someday finding that special one person that will round out our lives. It's a phase of life that we never really forget - certainly not easily, and never for long.

Thank you, Ivor. You are one of the series longest following fans. The guys discovered you at about the same time that you discovered them, and the association has been a good one. Remember that your input has inspired more than one incident in the story lives of these two. Far as I am concerned, you are at least partly responsible for some of their happiness, too.