Awww...I like the way you ended it. I've been going through some really hard stuff lately. Not at all easy to deal with, life-changing, in fact. But, you're story makes me think maybe it'll all be right in the end. I hope so, because I don't want my life to simply waste away. But, yeah, anyway. I really liked it. Sad it's ending, but it was closed on a good note. I think I really needed that. So thanks again. :)

Author's Response: Thank you so much :) Well, I guess all I can say now is a huge thanks for standing by this story, for being so honest and so kind. And also, I really hope that things get better for you - I might not know what you're going through, but I've found writing to be a release from all the crap that life throws at me, and I'm glad that you can connect to the story in a way that makes you feel a little better. I don't know if that sounds profound or stupid, but I, personally, wish you all the best. Thank you so much, your words have been inspirational, and I can only offer you the best of luck now. Again, one final thank you :)

The emotion was ridiculous. It wasn’t supposed to be like this. It was supposed to be pleasant, not nerve-wracking and painful. It was supposed to fill him up with the emphatic jubilance akin to a drug-induced haze. But no, it was cold and aching...and yet, so strangely fulfilling, so wonderful that he couldn’t bear to let it go.

Parfait.

“When you said that you loved me, on that rooftop,” he muttered, his eyes roving over her face, heart beat like the clap of the hands of God. “Were you telling the truth?”

Wow...that was some aussometastic imagery there.

*stutters* I don't know how you can do it, but they way you right says so much more than any words ever could. I read this and I feel things I've buried deep beneath the surface. I have tried and tired again to block them out and yet, they seep through the cracks in the mask I've made so easily when I read this...It's beautiful and heartbreaking. I felt it, when he was in the room after the show. I got everything he was feeling, and you didn't even need to say a word. I love that about this story. Really, you are (or should be) up there with some of the greatest writers my eyes have ever been graced to see. I'm sad this is ending. I would love to read more of your stuff.

And another thing! I always love the quotes you have at the top. It's a very good idea. :D

Author's Response: Thank you so much :) I'm glad you liked that paragraph, I was hoping it was realistic enough. Love, or at least "liking", is a difficult emotion to write, so...yeah, I'm really glad that it worked :D It's amazing that you can connect to the emotion within the story, and thank you for being so nice XD Yeah, so I guess the epilogue will be a light hearted ending (I hope it won't be as terrible as "light-hearted" makes it sound, lol), but again, a massive thank you for your reviews!

As for other stuff, I am writing a few other stories - I fell prey to the strange compulsion to write slash, so I'm going to be posting my first slash soon, lol. But this story being my first TH fanfic, it's still my favourite, and to read what you have said about it has been so incredible and inspiring.

Anyway, one last thank you before I let you go, lol. Thank you!!!

This made tears form at the edges of my eyes. No lie. The way you write is so beautiful to me, it's so amazing the way you use your imagery. I began to imagine things in an entirely different light and see the things you were describing the way you meant them to be seen, without ever forcing it on the reader. That is so hard to do and you do it oh so well. I cannot thank you enough for what you've done for me with this story, really. It's beautiful beyond recognition, there really is nothing else I can say. I loved it and I don't know what I'd do if you stopped writing. This story takes me places I never wanted to go, and can't see myself living without being there. I hope this made sense to you. :D But really, schön.

Author's Response: Thank you so much :D I'm so happy you liked this! I was worried about this chapter, although truth be told, I'm much more worried about the next one...yikes XD Oh man, but thank you so much for what you said, it makes sense, and I'm flattered :D Thank you so much!!!

I love how you're describing Bill's agony. I don't mean the physical really (although that's great too) but the the actual emotional agony. the tear between his brother and a girl. How desperate love is making him and how he doesn't want to be here anymore because his life is messed up. Him not wanting this because of everything that's happened and everything that's going on is great with the way you explain it. I'm amazed with your detail and will NEVER understand WHY you don't have more readers and reviews. Well actually I do, most people on here can't handle your description and this type of story, but I like it a lot.

Author's Response: Thank you so much!! I'm glad that the emotions seem real, that they're not too over the top or anything, I really appreciate your reviews, so thank you so much!! I know slash is the most popular by a mile, but (I'm being utterly honest here) when I first started writing and when I joined this site, I didn't actually know what slash fiction was, lol. But I do now, so...XD Anyway, thank you!!!

This is like an amazing story :) I luv and u definetly hav to keep writing it or I will hate u forever!! Jk I won't hate u :) but u shud still keep writing it :)

Author's Response: Lol, thank you, I will keep writing :D Thank you so much for reading and reviewing!

This story explains so much more things to me than I thought anything could ever do. I just wanted you to know that. I thought I knew depression, but this is just a whole new level of hurt. It's beautiful though, in it's own imperfect ways. Simply, yet still so complexly, beautiful...

Author's Response: Thanks so much for reviewing and for being so honest :) I love seeing your comments for these stories and I hope that this doesn't disappoint you. Again, thank you for reading :D

MY GOD! For a moment I kinda thought you had given up posting on this site. I was well worried! I believed you had left (and in case you're wondering, no, I'm not preaching, lol)!
I'm so glad to see the final story of this series; I've often wondered how this would end up and I'm so thrilled that we're about to find out.
But after this, keep going! Try with some other story, whatever you prefer, but go on, please, :). You're just too good, and the way I squeak whenever I see one of your stories posted/updated is enough of a proof.

This is something I like about you: it feels really good to know that I won't be disappointed by any of your chapters. I know that I will like it, that's for sure. LOL, your fictions are a safe place. There's not even the need to start ranting over the fact that this is a Het story and I tend to avoid them; I've started enjoying Het stories, too, thanks to this series. I discovered that also OFCs can be enjoable. :)

So. Basically, in past chapters, I tried to find someone to call victim and someone to blame. I don't know how many times you've made me change my mind; first, I was siding with Bill because Alex and Tom weren't being too fair. Then I reconsidered Alex' role, and Tom was the victim and Bill a little betrayer. Then again, Alex was guilty of kissing Bill and Bill was guilty as well of kissing her back. Now I've come to the conclusion that:
1) Tom is *unbearably* childish, and he's got NO considerations for his brother's condition.
2) Alex is a big-headed girl who needs to learn what her place is, and she is having fun manipulating the two of them; it's really high time the twins learnt to kick her OUT of the room, whenever they're talking in PRIVATE, and if she really, really wants to stay, then... well, be good, girl, be good.
3) Bill should show he has balls. Damn, I'm sure he's man enough to jump on that effin' stage and rock the effin' place, if he really wanted to. But no! He's too busy basking in self-pity! Come ON. He really needs someone to SLAP him firmly and get the boy back to reality.

Don't get me wrong, I'm frustrated towards, like... all of them, but that doesn't mean I'm not enjoying the story, LOL. You just... keep writing, LOL. I'm sure it's gonna be impeccable.

Well, as a fan of twincest, I can't *personally* wait to see a twist and see them rejoin (if they will), even if they're just brothers in here.

Oh, on a little note, criticism is appreciated, you said? Personally I want longer chapters, the way they are now, they leave me hanging thinking "heeeey...", LOL.

Like I said: GO ON, my God, GO ON. .__.

Author's Response: *Sheepish grin* I was on holiday :D Sorry. Anyway, glad you're still liking it, and don't worry! (lol) I have a few other stories lined up, but I need to get writing a lot more. I'm going to finish this one first, and regularly update cat and mouse (by the way, thank you for reviewing that too!), and then post my first slash (possibly). Hopefully, they'll be good :D

I'm sitting at my computer grinning like a mad person as I read your review over again :) It's so cool to know that you see my stories in that way ("your fictions are a safe place"), and that you've been reading other hets too just because of this one. *Crazy blushing* Thank you!! *cyber hug*.

Yeah, I think maybe I need to make Tom grow up a little; maybe (and here, I smile enigmatically, lol) Tom is acting this way because he feels guilty, rather than angry...hmm. Or maybe I'm just talking rubbish, lol. And yep, Alex is really, really big-headed. She seems to think like the world revolves around her. I think she needs a reality check. Finally, Bill is going to get on the stage, but whether it turns out well or not is another matter entirely :).

Twincest, lol. There will be twincest in my other stories, but until I get past how I (only me, personally) find it strange to write twincest, my slash stories might read a little dodgy, lol. Oh well, I've got to try it :)

Most of my chapters are all the same length, mainly because I get to a certain point and think "Hmm...I think this is a good place to end the chapter". But sometimes I go on and on and on and lose the plot entirely, so I end up cutting things down. It's strange, because a few of my other stories have really long chapters, but these fanfics tend to be pretty short. Confusing :S

Well, anyway, next chapter will probably be up tomorrow (I need to proof read today, plus I'm updating cat and mouse in the next few minutes, lol). I hope it turns out okay, and thanks very much!!

YES!!!! Oh Mein Gott. This is so..it's indescribable. They haven't made a word for what this story is yet. I love that this is real, that there's pain, that there's basis in what life truly is and was it's meant to be. It makes me want to cry it's so beautiful and heart wrenching at the same time. I love how you've written the character of Bill because it seems like this is who he is on this inside, the Bill everyone wants to know. It makes him seem so human, so normal, so easily breakable. And I adore that about this story. You're making him out as what he IS, not what you or anyone else wants him to be. And Bill's character gets that. I'm still trying to figure out exactly what Alex is there for, but I'm pretty sure I know, or at least have a good guess! But I shant ruin it for anyone. *(yes, shant) AND HORRAY FOR LONG REVIEWS!

Author's Response: Wow. All I can say is, honestly, thank you so much! It makes me smile so much when I read awesome feedback like this, I get some kind of smile affliction that stays for ages :D I'm glad you like it, and although I haven't actually written the end of this one yet (all the other stories were finished when I posted them), I know how it's going to turn out, and I hope that the ending is going to be good enough :D Thank you!