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  1. Thomas Lindblad
    Nice comments from all of you!
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    The second morning in the holiday home. It was almost unbelievably quiet all around. Alarik and his company were overlooking the calm water reflecting the rays of the sun. Nothing but thick forests on the shores of the lake. They were having their morning coffee on the terrace and did not wish to disturb the peace by doing too much talking. The holiday home of the Liljensparre family was a rectangular building of dark wood at right angles to the water. The windows on the front side at the t
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    It was Alarik’s birthday and he had made plans. No obliged boring gathering with drinks at the office but a good dinner in select company. He turned forty-four this first Thursday in June. He took the day off and went for a long walk, eventually receiving congratulations at home. Obviously from his mother, but also, unexpectedly, from Torsten who informed him that the issue of the ownership of the Swedish holiday home had ‘more or less’ been settled. If he wished, he could make use of the holida
  4. Thomas Lindblad
    That's exactly what often happens at Matthew's age, you switch with ease between straight and gay sex. In the long run, the choice usually becomes clearer. The interaction between father and son under these, admittedly extraordinary circumstances is exciting. I'm eagerly waiting for the next chapter.
  5. Thomas Lindblad
    I am glad Alarik's possession of one-third of a charming Swedish holiday home elicited so many nice reflections among readers.
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    Alarik was born and raised in the Netherlands but over time he developed an increasing interest in his Swedish roots. From early on, he had had a far better contact with his maternal grandparents in Stockholm than with the family of his father in Deventer in the eastern part of the Netherlands. His interest in Sweden was only reinforced when his father passed away and his mother repatriated to Sweden. Despite bureaucratic hassles, he succeeded in changing his surname from Van der Starre into Has
  7. Thomas Lindblad
    'Not quite relationships, not quite friendships either': I could not have formulated my own intention better and more succinctly myself. Thanks! Alarik is definitely no twink-chasing spring chicken, but maybe he can do more than he thinks himself.
  8. Thomas Lindblad
    Halfway through May, the sun broke through although Spring this year appeared to offer more of a foretaste of autumn. On Tuesday afternoon Alarik asked Justin to join him for drinks after work. Justin had appeared in shorts already in the office and was now sitting with his legs wide apart on Alarik’s balcony. He stretched his pale, hairless legs as far as possible ahead of him and put his feet on the edge of a flowerpot. ‘Really awful for you with such a sad event,’ Justin said. ‘By the w
  9. Thomas Lindblad
    Lovely chapter. Very curious about how things will work out between Matthew and Rory. How will they react to the 'new' Gavin? Very good points about the extent and limitations of contact and confidentiality between a teenage boy and his father in a single-parent family.
  10. Thomas Lindblad
    Thanks for your comments. Very much to the point with respect to Alarik's mumblings and our conscious self. What went through Alarik's mind when seeing Wolf/Alex coming around the corner? Not much. In an earlier chapter, Alarik already considered the possiblity of bumping into hem and expected nothing at all to happen. Now the situation is different because of Justin's intervention.
  11. Thomas Lindblad
    His grandfather spoke slowly with a clear intonation. ‘I’m at the extreme end of my life. Just a little longer…’ Alarik imagined his grandfather at the very edge of a high cliff with a wild sea below. Yesterday, on Good Friday, they had celebrated the ninety-fourth birthday of Alarik Hasthven senior with only the immediate family present. Some time ago, he had again fallen down, fortunately without breaking anything. Because of an imbalance disorder, he preferred to sit in a wheelchair. ‘Only t
  12. Thomas Lindblad
    The formation of a Cabinet dragged on and on. Three months after the general elections, it was still not clear who was going to be the next Prime Minister. ‘In any case not Wilders of the populist party,’ Alarik asserted during the coffee break at work. ‘Then the Netherlands will throw away its international reputation.’ Wilma and Justin nodded affirmatively. They wanted to go one step further. ‘Let’s get rid of the whole coalition! Give space for a coalition with the Left.’ On
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    For a change, Alarik spent the evening in his study-cum-guest room, the larger one of the two bedrooms in his apartment. If he turned his desk chair towards the window, he got had a good view of Wolf’s windows. His thoughts circled around two extraordinary events during the past twenty-four hours. Whether positive or negative, some concern was warranted. Last night, he had of course enjoyed witnessing Justin reaching his ejaculation in his very bedroom. A highly intimate moment that one wou
  14. Thomas Lindblad
    Great fun for me to read about the teams Alarik & Justin and Alarik & Wolf. Just wait and see how it turns out.
  15. Thomas Lindblad
    Very amusing chapter, reminded me of Mykonos decades ago. I liked the highly promising beginning with the two young guys. Hope they will come back to us soon.
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    It had become a routine for Alarik. Each Saturday afternoon he was off to the gym. Then he took a shower and had a belated lunch with a glass of white wine. He made a virtue of necessity now Justin was at rugby training every Saturday. The only point was that he took care not to run into those two boys in the street. It was not an issue when he left home since Justin always picked up Wolf at the back of Alarik’s apartment building. After training, however, they went for a beer at Justin’s studio
  17. Thomas Lindblad
    Seraph28, you are perfectly right. Alarik found a strange satisfaction of just observing Alex/Wolf, but of course he getis very curious about him at the same time. Special thanks to the personal touch in some of the comments.
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    Alarik looked around him. Most of the men were in their thirties. They were joined by an occasional young student or elderly gentleman; women were in the minority here. Silent and sweating, they made every effort to lift ever heavier weights. He knew he lagged behind, although looking just as flashy as the others in his shining white shirt and blue sports pants. Hardly any conversations were pursued. All the more often, people busied themselves with their mobile phones, keeping the fitness equip
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    A Swedish Christmas! The prospect immediately evoked pleasant associations for Alarik. Freezing cold outside, nice and warm inside, a proliferation of presents and countless tasty dishes at the Christmas buffet. Each year in his youth, the family had travelled to Sweden to celebrate Christmas with his maternal grandparents. They were already divorced but on Christmas Eve they got together in good harmony. In addition, they attended the traditional Christmas reception of the noble family Liljensp
  20. Thomas Lindblad
    In the month of November, the Netherlands headed towards general elections that soon became a favoured topic of conversation during Alarik’s coffee break in the office. Justin and Wilma were both more leftist than he. They feared a shift to the right. Justin pleaded for strategic voting choosing the new cooperation on the left even if one did not wholeheartedly support their program. Wilma worried about the identity of the GreenLeft party under current circumstances. Alarik kept reacting neutral
  21. Thomas Lindblad
    I enjoy your speculations about which two people will end up together
  22. Thomas Lindblad
    Interesting suggestion about what was behind Wilma's actions. It could have been a separate storyline. Kul att höra att läsare ser spänningen stiga.
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    It was Justin’s birthday and they got together on a rainy Friday afternoon in October. The birthday boy had brought a bottle of Prosecco to work, Alarik always had a couple of glasses in his office and Wilma treated Justin to a big hug. They toasted standing and then sat down in a circle around Alarik’s desk. ‘Twenty-five years old and finally an adult,’ Wilma jested and turned on her chair towards Justin. She wore a miniskirt that well exposed her long legs. ‘I’m still young at heart
  24. Thomas Lindblad
    People get accustomed to a new environment fast. During the warm days of early September, Alarik felt he had never been away. He had pleasant memories from his young years, from swimming in the outdoor swimming pool on the road to Voorschoten and from outdoor activities at scouting on the other side of the Rhine-Schie Canal. Much had since changed, but the peaceful atmosphere and small-town ambiance remained. The new building of an enormous educational institution behind the station had of
  25. Thomas Lindblad
    I found out how to do it! The new chapter is now in the moderation queue.
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