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  1. Robert Hugill
    I have a relatively compact story about Russ in Ireland ready and on the stocks, and am currently working on the next Brian and Gordon...
  2. Robert Hugill
    Well, in fact I came up with the name first, Russ Kahn, and then worked out the background later. Often happens. Same with his mixed race background that sort of developed. There's more in the next story in the sequence, about his Irish adventures!
  3. Robert Hugill
    Glad the timelines of the stories make sense, it required a bit of jiggery-pokery to get them to line up properly!
  4. Robert Hugill
    It was amazingly quiet, yet with the odd disturbing noise; it was strange how, faced with no background noise, even the smallest of sounds disturbed. They were woken early by what sounded like agricultural vehicles, and Brian’s first instinct was get up, but Gordon grabbed him and whispered, ‘It’s our honeymoon’. Feeling a bit abashed, Brian got back into bed, and the two of them made early morning love. Not the quiet relaxed sort. Brian was the active one for once, and they didn’t have to worry
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    Arvid’s father, Kjell, was nothing like the figure from my imagination. Given Arvid’s strapping size, I had envisioned his father to be some sort of Swedish hunk. Not a bit. Kjell was squat, veering to fat, with a pair of close-set eyes behind little round glasses. He had a habit of peering at everything, which made him seem furious even if he wasn’t. His wife, Bella, was taller than him, slim and elegant but rather sharp-featured, and her long hair was unashamedly grey, no tinting or highl
  6. Robert Hugill
    Indeed, I didn't think Brian's arc of development worked unless he father Toby early.
  7. Robert Hugill
    Apologies for any confusion over the description of Di. Have adjusted it.
  8. Robert Hugill
    The house didn’t look particularly promising; a pair of what had probably been agricultural workers’ cottages, attractive stone cleaned to within an inch if its life, tiny windows and a front garden that was lawn and very little else. Brian looked at Gordon, who shrugged, and they knocked. Needing to arrive at 11 o’clock had been bad enough; luckily neither had drunk much the previous evening and they had got up at their usual workday time. But then they’d ended up being early and had kicke
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    All my instincts told me that I ought to make myself scarce on Saturday morning, but Vince’s breakfast invitation had been quite explicit. I had to admit that I was a bit curious, well a lot curious. And, after all, the house was half mine; if they wanted privacy, they had Vince’s bedroom and his den upstairs. Of course, with the perversity of things, I woke early and lay in bed, thinking about the previous day. Not so much that Vince had admitted that he was bi. Not even so much that he ha
  10. Robert Hugill

    Wedding

    Robert Hugill commented on Robert Hugill's story chapter in Wedding

    Don't worry, lots more to come!
  11. Robert Hugill
    Neither Gordon nor Brian slept late. By the time Toby got up, tousle-haired and a bit bewildered, having been allowed to sleep in on a school day, Gordon had already been for croissants and the coffee was on. “Good morning sleepy head.” “Dad, I was going to…” “It’s OK, sport. Gordon got croissants.” “And pain au chocolat.” Even to Brian’s untrained ear, Toby’s French accent was terrible, and Brian made a mental note, they needed to find him some suitable coaching. Neithe
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    Date Night

    Robert Hugill commented on Robert Hugill's story chapter in Date Night

    He is a bit older than 34. That reference was intended to be the age Vince first realised he liked guys. Freddie was conceived after Vince got back from Uni. Still young though
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    Date Night

    Robert Hugill commented on Robert Hugill's story chapter in Date Night

    Gray and Matt do take their time!
  14. Robert Hugill
    Plans had gone well, suspiciously so. I had checked with Vince about his movements during the week, on the excuse that I was thinking of cooking dinner one evening (which meant I actually would need to set to and volunteer to cook at some point). Peter had emailed me about what food he was going to prepare. It was Summer and the weather was due to be good, so it was cold food and salads. And I promised some decent bread. This came courtesy of Matt, who brought one of the bakery’s artisan sourdo
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    By the time the weekend came, Brian was on complete tenterhooks. Friday night, they’d arranged for Toby to stay with Drew and Evie so that he and Gordon could go for a drink with everyone from work. Hugh had arranged for them to get a private room in a big pub in town, and the intention had been not to be too drunk or too rowdy. Fat chance of that. Philippa had come, there’d been cake. But then she slipped away, and things began to go downhill, until Nathan’s kid brother appeared, dressed a
  16. Robert Hugill
    “What’s the problem? You’re looking glum. Writing not going well?” Matt paused in the consumption of his jam sandwich, holding the half-eaten bread in mid-air. “It’s not that. It’s my brother.” He gave a wry grin. “Family stuff, eh?” “We’ve never really done family stuff, at least not in the way that most people seem to. Neither Vince nor I have ever got much involved in the other’s life. I spent a chunk of my 20s conducting a Cold War with my dad, and Vince, at ten years older
  17. Robert Hugill
    That too. And she does create a real stink at one point....😁
  18. Robert Hugill
    Venetia recurs in the story, like a bad penny, a small-ish but very significant role.
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    Sunday, Toby allowed himself to be made a fuss of by both his Gran, and Drew and Evie. He’d enjoyed doing the talk and wouldn’t have minded doing another one, but all the attention afterwards was not ideal. And it continued during the week, as at school there were plenty of comments. Some kids were complementary, though his closer mates knew not to make too much of fuss. Justin and others simply kidded him, but then there were the wankers who made a big thing of it without really approving. He t
  20. Robert Hugill
    I think the older Maggie Smith might do well for Venetia, the younger Miss Jean Brodie era for Rowena. Felicity, perhaps Alison Steadman!
  21. Robert Hugill
    I have to admit that I have always enjoyed Barbara Pym's novels!
  22. Robert Hugill
    Venetia and Charles Murray lived three-quarters of an hour’s walk away. And we did walk. Vince had been going to drive, but I pointed out that he would have to moderate his alcohol intake. And besides, if we had a car, we might be deputed to run the Rowena woman home. He smiled and said I was wicked. But we did leave the car at home. The walk was a bit awkward at first. There were plenty of topics for conversation, yet the one that loomed at the top was one I couldn’t, and Vince wouldn’t,
  23. Robert Hugill
    Thanks! Brian's surname is Wilkinson. It was going to be Wilson until I realised who that was. Not sure where the name is mentioned, but I do remember having to come up with it and it is in my concordance.
  24. Robert Hugill
    It really was a takeover. Toby hadn’t quite believed it until he got to the Wetland Centre and found that there were kids everywhere. Not just as audience, but a bunch of ‘young producers’ were in charge of arrangements. He’d got there early, with Nina and Elise, all taken by Nina’s Mum, a brisk, slightly scary woman who surprised Toby by giving each of them a package containing cake, ‘to keep them going until lunch’. Nina had smiled and told the other two that her Mum’s plum bread was ace.
  25. Robert Hugill
    That's a v different story!
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