Laura S. Fox

Always ready to play the matchmaker... I see! Hudson will continue to feel conflicted over his interactions with Otis, but it won't be possible for him to resist temptation.

Chapter Eight – Trust There was a phone call for him. Of course, there was. Hudson let it ring a few times before answering. “Mr. Watkins,” he said brightly, “I wasn’t expecting a call so soon.” That was the exact opposite of what he had been thinking, seeing how a certain state of impatience had begun to take its toll on him. As an investigator, he knew very well that things took time and that waiting was par for the course, and yet, over the last couple of days, he had experienced a restl

Chapter Forty-Five – The Lies We Tell Rusty stole glances at his mom, who grimaced slightly with each bite she took. A lot of convincing had been employed just to make her sit at the table with them. When they arrived, he and August had found his mom in a worse state than he’d expected, and that irritated him. She had been the one to call him over, even encouraged him to bring a friend, and now she was like this. As much as he tried to tell himself that she wasn’t responsible for her mood s

Chapter Seven – What Boyfriends Do Big fat raindrops began pelting the windows while Hudson kissed him slowly. The only two things he was aware of at the moment were the increasingly rapid noises made by the rain against the car roof and the way Hudson moved his tongue inside his mouth so unhurriedly as if they had a whole life in front of them to do only that. That was a lesson his teacher wanted him to learn, without a doubt. Clumsily at first, Otis began to mimic the way Hudson kiss

Chapter Forty-Four – The Sorest Spot Matty brought John a glass of water and waited patiently while his unexpected guest took it with a guilty expression on his face. Extracting uncomfortable truths out of his former roommate wasn’t high on his wishlist, but that was the situation they were in, so that was that. “Where do I start?” John declared and shook his head as if he couldn’t believe he was doing this. “Start by telling me how you could go back to Connor after he treated you

Chapter Forty-Three – Bats Eat Cats… Like Not Really! Matty thought himself pretty clever about letting Rusty know that he would attend the scheduled interview, but he wasn’t exactly prepared for the gift being pushed into his arms as soon as he opened the door. “What’s this?” he asked, as he carefully unfolded the black thing. It was a top with sleeves, skin-tight, by all appearances, and made of latex. And nothing else. “Just something for you to wear while you perform your stre

Chapter Forty-Two – What Makes A King? Was it a good idea to tell Rusty about the strange call from Connor? If he did, he’d have to disclose all the matters discussed… which was basically just one, and it could mean that they were getting dangerously close to the issue of the cat boy, which they both used for teasing each other, as far as he knew. However, in this very interesting game of two, he also had his trump card, so maybe he could just steer the conversation toward the now famous Ry

I hear you all, trust me. Have fun with Maddox and Jonathan, as Rusty is a stubborn one and needs more time. Also, don't forget that I have a bunch of finished stories in here

The fruition will come! And it will be outstanding! It's a promise! (Just don't hate me for about ten chapters or so, lol)

Of course. Timing is everything

that is also a good interpretation of the phone conversations. All kids want to make their parents proud, but on their own terms. This is also the case with Rusty, and also he now understands that trying to get Roy to praise him shouldn't be a condition for pursuing his passion.

Oh, gawd, I'm starting to feel terrible... The ending will be great, it will be forever love... does that help? with the pain and suffering I'll cause until getting there?

Such an on point commentary. Rusty came to the conclusion that following his own passion is better than seeking his parent's approval.

Thank you for the praise! Rusty is closing in on the truth, but he's too caught up in his old ways. However, all these will come back to haunt him eventually...

Thank you so much for this nice comment @Okiegrad There will be some difficult times in their future, but they will get out of them stronger than ever!

Well, that's the story, folks! Brought to you by @Hellsheild through a great selection of gifs!

Wow, thank you so much for this TED talk! You've pointed out a lot of excellent details concerning their relationship. All this 'missteps' on their part are due to their personalities, which explain plenty of why they act this or that way. Rusty doesn't have a notion of love the way others in the story do. In GGDDBB, Jonathan's distrust of Maddox came from having been betrayed before, but that is not on the same level with how Rusty grew up, with divorced parents, with seeing other kinds of love happening to other people and not him. I know he's a complex character, and I really, really want to do right by him and portray him so that everyone understands him. So he's acting as he feels, even though he's not thinking it's love what he feels. You're right - he's making Matty his whole world! And those three words... yeah, they may be said too easily. Which reminds me of a verse from Chasing Cars (by Snow Patrol): Those three words are said too much, they are not enough...

I know I'm making people so nervous with all these situations...

Fumbling the ball is one of Rusty's perks... outside the basketball course.

Yeah, I'm 'afraid' that it's going to top BSH's climax, indeed... Things are changing, and crazy things are happening... and I'm going to say no more... You are invited to be Matty's groom-groom! And I'm glad I'm making you learn history, lol!

You're so right about that special place Rusty has for Matty! The words... they'll come... on their own terms...

All I can say at this point is that they will realize their true feelings! And yes, before the story is over... I know I'm asking a lot of you guys to put your faith in me like this, but I'll pull it through!

In all this game of hidden identities, it's a miracle that we're all still all right in the head... or maybe we're not!

Chapter Forty-One – Status Quo When Monday came around, Rusty felt as rested as if he had spent the entire weekend at a spa or something like that. He smiled as he recalled all the fun he’d had with his baby dude, and most spa treatments surely didn’t rival the stuff they had pulled – and pushed – on each other. Yeah, life was pretty great. Adding that his dad no longer truly cared about his pursuing basketball – since that ship had sailed, according to the same guy – everything was pretty

Chapter Six – A List of Things You’re Not Allowed The drink was odd but pleasant, and Otis had to do his damnedest not to gulp it down. It wasn’t nice to gulp down your drink or gobble down your food, his grandma had taught him, and now, he was in the company of interesting people, who knew a thing or two about how to drink alcohol the polite way. After moistening his lips in the pink drink for a moment and then licking them slowly, as he noticed Missy doing, he needed to find the best word