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Aww you're very welcome! The pleasure was all mine Mmhmm! What goes around comes around and he has a lot of things to answer for - but he is finally doing right by Lance. Thank you so much for the love and the review! I hope I won't let you down ❤️

Tuesday, July 3rd "Whew, you certainly have your work cut out for you," Doctor Bandyopadhyay remarked with his eyes open wide, returning to the waiting room without Jillian. Diego was confused and perhaps a little concerned that his daughter wasn't with the psychiatrist. Is she crazy or demented? Audrey squeezed his hand in support. "Firstly, I think I need to congratulate you on raising two under the age of four as a single parent. Twins can be challenging and demanding even for parents who

Veikko has a lot of trouble with his feelings - particularly where Dom is concerned. That being said, that was a horrible thing to do to him. Wow, don't take all the fun out of it! ❤️

This comes as no surprise! Congratulations ❤️

January, Tuesday 30th Selena: < you should bring me some burgers or snags tomorrow! > Topher: < Haha. You can always come along. > Selena: < next week maybe. i've got plans with reima x > Topher: < You could bring him too. I'd be happy to see you. > Selena: < im tempted. do you think i could come next time for real? > Topher: < You're welcome to join us any time! I'd be happy to see you. > Selena: < im not catholic, will that ma

You're thinking out of the box! I totally dig that Thanks for the reads! ❤️

Haha I'm afraid I introduced him as too one-dimensional, that was my bad. I promise there'll be more answers in his next chapters! ❤️ Thank you very much for reading and reviewing!

HAHA I thought "to hell with subtlety" with that one. Still, I thought it was probably something I should mention before the chapter started. It might not sit well with some readers. That's an important distinction it's not necessarily about hurting people - it's about doing whatever the hell he wants regardless of how it affects everyone else. It was really challenging (but also titillating!) to get in the head of someone who sees people and life in this way! It took me a few goes - it was a little exhausting to be so... cold! I've written psychopaths before (I really enjoy them) but this is the first time I've tried to actually do it in POV. I hope I've done an okay job of it. In the first draft he was SO cruel to Rain that it kind of upset me! Did that scene come across well enough by the way? The direct parallel between the game of chess and the way he conducts himself in everyday life? Haha thank you! I was worried about this one, to be honest. It's unlike a lot of things I've written before! And yeah, I REALLY know that feeling, and I'm so glad (in a way!) that it translated well! I'm not looking forward to revisiting him in Ch8... but I am at the same time! Hmm I did think of that! I decided that since Maverick is set apart from the rest, I would approach him differently. There's a lot I intentionally left out for that reason - bad decision? Thanks for another amazing redux ❤️ oh my lord you're terrific. I hope you have a lovely evening!

HAHA I LOVE that you used "booking" Thank you very much, friend! ❤️ That's exceptional praise! I actually don't know how it ends yet! I've got a few different scenarios I can work to, but I haven't picked an endgame just yet. Maybe we're on the same wavelength! Maybe not and don't count Ollie out just yet! He's come back from his injury and will have a much more prominent role!

Travlbug! I was so keen for your feedback/summary of this one! I pretty much dropped everything to read it! It feels like you understand the characters better than I do sometimes 🤔 Yeah! That was a concept I was interested in exploring Inspired by a pair of characters who are identical in everyway from a video game - the same character from parallel universes in which the only difference is that one is a man and one is a woman, and their different experiences as a result of their gender shape them as the same, but entirely different. Oh good I'm really glad that translated! I was worried that I crowded out his positive traits with his negative ones and not appropriately giving method to his madness - It took me a while before I was happy with this one. It still reeks of dissatisfaction - I should have sent it to you first, I think! Yeah it's a little sad to think what Veikko's hard shell protects him from joy as much as pain. I tend to feel sorry for him all he's wanted for so long is Dom to love him back. Still, that doesn't excuse his toxic behaviour. You knew I had to have a handful of juxtaposition in my chapter! I'm glad you liked them! Thank you very much for another terrific redux! ❤️ I hope you enjoyed my story a fraction as much as I enjoyed your review!

It was handy, being a loner. Particularly one that people were afraid of. Fear is dull, Maverick thought as he packed up his books. What am I supposed to do with that? Veikko isn't scared of me. No, he's a spitfire. Reima's scared, though. How tedious. "Maverick, can I just have a word with you before you go?" Francine Daivari asked him and sat in the seat next to him. He looked at her in scorn. This woman never wanted to leave him alone. She always wanted to talk. Talk, talk, talk. What's

Phew that's a relief! Complicated ass is what I was aiming for! And I'm really glad you find everyone interesting thus far! Thank you for the r, r and r!

I absolutely agree with you there. I don't blame him for feeling betrayed and abandoned by his friends - particularly since they almost lost him. He's so happy to find someone else who feels like an outcast, I'm sure. The two more likeable of the four (imo) were introduced first (bad planning by me) so I would probably say yes, it is the "ei" in their names is pronounced like in the word "sleigh." Vaykko and Rayma.

Mmm, recess is actually lonely when your friends are fucking traitors, Veikko thought angrily to himself. Exiled by the group because he refused to coexist with Topher Lynch, who Dom and Selena had adopted as their tragic new pet, apparently. No way am I apologising to him. Not only did he watch his friend beat the shit out of me, but Topher stole my friends! Why would Dom ditch me for that Catholic cunt? He seems to have a habit of leaving me these days. Veikko didn't know what do to with himse

Haha! Well I'll assume you enjoyed it! It was lovely seeing you go through the whole lot. I'll be writing the new chapter soon! There's so much more I want to tell, and that includes a lot more about both Lance and Gloria. I've fallen in love with both of them as well Lance was an antagonist in the early drafts and Gloria was a minor character, so I'm happy I made those changes! Ollie will definitely be more prominent as Diego & Sean get closer. I hope to do that awkward triangle justice, with Rachel as the dark horse! Thank you so much for all the feedback and the time you took to read and review! It means the world to me. Have a terrific day!

Aww I get ya. I admittedly had my doubts about this chapter - but my focus was on Lance more than Diego this time around. Pretty sure I dropped the ball, though. Thanks for reading! ❤️

Maybe even only a sixth or an eighth! Depends how well I can keep the ball rolling! Thank you so much ❤️ I hope it's worth reading! Haha that's why I'm gonna take a small intermission aww, Diego is kind of a sweetheart by nature, he still has a lot of unlearning of toxic behaviours to do. We'll see what happens! And thank you for being so supportive! ❤️ I appreciate it so much!

Good! That sounds par for the course! Haha ❤️ Thank you for reading!

Oh my word! It was never made canon what his music was, so that's a really good one! It's a very Lancey song.

Aww thank you! That's really high praise, I'm glad there is actually method to my madness haha. Yeah he is definitely a bit of a tart! He's made a few good steps down the right road but it's a long journey after all. Thank you very much for keeping up with TTS, it means a lot!

Thank you very much! I hope it doesn't disappoint ❤️

It's not just sibling rivalry for sure. No doubt we'll find out soon! Aw I'm glad you enjoyed it! Mmm yeah, hopefully that case worker's doing her job properly. Mama bear? That's definitely her! Yeah they're in an awkward spot, unfortunately. Now they're in deep enough that there's no clean way to handle it!

Tuesday, June 26th The morning began similarly to the way the night ended. Diego, in his bed between two other dudes. One of them his son, Julian, whose very presence caused a cold Rachel tantrum in the first place. The other was Sean, who was only too eager to trade places with Rachel so she didn't have to sleep next to her stupid, clueless boyfriend and his irritating kid. While Julian slept like something from the exorcist, twitching, turning and kicking all night long, Sean slept like th

Aw thank you very much ❤️ Thank you for reading!

Oooh predictions? They're very good ones! I'm not gonna say which ones are and are not accurate of course, but I'm happy you're so in tune with my characters! ❤️ I'm typing up June (B) still, and after that I wanna take a review of what I've written so far and see where I wanna go with it. (Since it's effectively the tenth chapter.) Thank you for your continued support! If you keep reading, I promise to keep writing! I hope you like this story as much as I like writing it!