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    Prologue

    Mark Arbour commented on Mark Arbour's story chapter in Prologue

    You hit on an interesting point here, and that's the basic contrast between Will, who usually tries to do the right thing, and Zach, who usually does what's best for Zach.
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    Prologue

    Mark Arbour commented on Mark Arbour's story chapter in Prologue

    LOL. Thanks. Will is a lightning rod for people, generally, but he's an important character...albeit a peripheral one in this story.
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    Prologue

    Mark Arbour commented on Mark Arbour's story chapter in Prologue

    I'd shown Brent and Zach interacting, but never really defined their relationship, so it seemed appropriate.
  4. Mark Arbour
    Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked the story, and appreciated the happy ending.
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    Congrats!
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    The latest installment in the CAP Series, Streak, has officially been launched. You'll find the prologue and the first chapter here. By the way, to get updates on this story, follow the link above, and simply click on "follow this story" in the upper right part of the blurb. If you follow all of my stories, you can actually get updates on everything, by going here and clicking on "follow this author."
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    Chapter 1

    Mark Arbour posted new chapter in Streak

    August 24, 2002 Paris, France Wade I smiled at Matt lovingly as we walked up the Champs Elysées toward the Arc de Triomphe. Ever since he’d come to Boston on August 11th and we’d officially become a couple again, I’d been so happy I’d felt like I was floating on a cloud. We had always had a tight bond, the same bond that kept pulling us back together even when we tried to be single. A bond that was as strong as steel. Only this time, it was even better. In the past, we’
  8. Mark Arbour

    Prologue

    Mark Arbour posted new chapter in Streak

    August 7, 2002 Claremont, OH Zach “I have to go,” I said to Will, even as he pulled me in for another kiss. I had to go, but I didn’t want to go. I wanted to stay here in the condo with him. Actually, I wanted to go to the airport, get on the plane, and get the fuck out of here, but I couldn’t do that until tomorrow. I usually got what I wanted, but this time it wasn’t happening, and that made this even harder. “You think you’ll be able to come back later?
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    Streak

    Mark Arbour posted a story in Fiction

    The CAP saga continues...J J and Zach: Two competitive sports, two athletes, both locked in the closet. Wade: Rebuilding his life with Matt Brad: Learning to be a single guy. Will: Being Will.
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    That is so awful. Speechless. Just speechless.
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    People are much more reasonable in real life...I wonder how a 'real life' person would have handled all the crap these guys have been through? I think you're missing a very key point here, and that was what JP said to Will as they were walking through Claremont. These people have been through hell since 9-11, and as JP noted, he made allowances for that. That Matt and Wade can agree that they both hurt each other, without doing a forensic accounting as you're trying to do, and can put those issues behind them and move on says a lot about how they've grown as people. I think it's a lot healthier to just acknowledge that you both fucked up, and move on, than trying to evaluate who was more wrong.
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    Chapter 19

    Mark Arbour commented on Mark Arbour's story chapter in Chapter 19

    I took advantage of the fact that Walpole was replaced less than a year after this event to make him into a nitwit, when I'm fairly certain he was nothing of the kind IRL. Fiction is wonderful!
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    Thanks Polly! I'm so glad you liked the story. I think that Wade and Matt have both evolved into (young) adults. I think that Zach and Will have major challenges ahead, not the least of which are their own changes. I wasn't the same person when I was 20 that I was when I was 16, or when I was 24 for that matter. Those two have a lot of life-changing experiences (college, for one) ahead of them.
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    Chapter 19

    Mark Arbour posted new chapter in HMS Valiant

    October 21, 1799 HMS Valiant Lisbon, Portugal Granger was up at dawn, and since they would be refilling their water, he indulged in the luxury of a fresh water shower. Winkler helped him dress; putting on his best uniform, and then Granger had breakfast. He had just finished his meal when da Colma arrived. Granger greeted him warmly, and offered him breakfast, but da Colma politely declined. “Our plans for today have changed,” da Colma said.
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    Flux

    Mark Arbour commented on Mark Arbour's story in Fiction

    Thanks Miles! I think it was important for us to see things from Matt's perspective. There truly are two sides to a story. While Matt was a cretin in 9.11, he had some good reasons, as did Wade when he was less-than-honorable in this story. I think that in the end, their mutual flaws made it easier for them to forgive each other. If it weren't for Wade's virtual melt-down of infatuation with Alex, they would have had a much harder time as a couple, because they wouldn't have really been 'equals'... Wade would have always had a bit of an upper hand because he was the wounded one. Now, that stigma is removed.
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    Thanks for the review! You know, I think that if Wade and Matt hadn't spent this time apart they wouldn't have ended up together. I think they had to go through it, and feeling the love they had for each other combined with the pain of being apart, and they also had to mature and evolve as individuals.
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    I love happy endings! We don't always get them, but this one was especially nice. Thanks for the review!
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    Maarten, I'm glad you liked the story. I think the ups and downs make it more entertaining.
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    In case you want to re-read the story (or parts of it), I've posted Flux as an e-book. You can find the thread here.
  20. Mark Arbour
    Just an FYI, I have now loaded all of the completed stories into E-Book format and posted them here. The links are in the main message, above.
  21. Mark Arbour
    The purpose of this thread is to let you know when I've uploaded one of the stories in e-book format, and to let you know if I've made any changes to the books. CAP Chronicles of an Academic Predator 1968 The Land Whore Be Rad Man in Motion A Summer Love If It Fits Bloodlines The Box Millennium Poor Man's Son Paternity 9-11 Flux BRIDGEMONT The Gunroom The Wardroom Master and Commander HMS Belvidera St. Vincent Odyssey
  22. Mark Arbour
    Ace isn't in the story because he's not a very interesting character on his own...he's the proverbial support character. It really is impossible to track all the characters on a continuous basis, but I try to check in with them once in a while. Lou & Marcel and Max & Tim would also fall into that category.
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    I love it when you do this! I understand why Poor Man's Son took the longest, because I had the toughest time with that one, with deciding exactly what to do with the last fourth of it. I'm not sure if Millennium was so fast because it had more cliffhangers (I try to post faster when those happen), or just because the storyline seemed to need it.
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    I do, and I think it is. Hopefully you'll agree!
  25. Mark Arbour
    Thank you for that, and I'm so glad you're at the keyboard, pounding out some stories! That's fantastic! When fans bitch about characters, it's actually quite flattering, because it means you're invested in them. I sometimes find myself playing devil's advocate (like I did with Wade) just because I know what's coming, and what's really going on inside his head, and I don't want you all to get too put off by too much negativity. After I post a chapter, I'm always really excited to get and read reviews or forum comments. I probably check back for those as often as you check for updates!
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