Date: 06/27/10 11:55 pm Title: Between You & Me
This is amazing. So poignant, and as a formerly single parent, being on welfare and food stamps and wondering how the hell to pay the rent, this is so. damn real. I KNOW how Tom feels and it sits hard in my belly. I'm anxiously awaiting more of this.
Author's Response: *sighs* It was also a reality, at one time for our family. Being the first child, to very young parents (not to mention immigrants), I had a first-row seat to struggle and hardship growing up. Thankfully, welfare is (hopefully forever) a thing of the past. I'm glad you could connect with the story, and hope that life will always be on your side from now on. Unfortunately, Tom and Bill's situation is a common reality for so many, and I only wish I could change this with my own two hands. rn
Thanks for reading and reviewing, it means a lot to me, truly, from the bottom of my heart. I hope I can satisfy your expectations with the final chapter. =)
Date: 06/27/10 11:54 pm Title: Between You & Me
very cute and heart-whelming and absolutely well-written. emotions and sweetness oozes form the fic and i just HAD to click it. great use of different points fo view throughout the chapter. I'm actually thinking fo making a fic named 'superman' so when i saw this i was like OMFGKWHBEFWHNMJ AWESOME -CLICK- so yeah XD I cant wait and i'm so totally tracking this!!
--jilly
Author's Response: I sent the right wavelengths then! Hahaha~~ I always wished that I could put some magical spell in which people would be inexplicably compelled to click my stories. Thanks for reading, and also for enjoying what I've written! I'm terribly pleased, and warmed by your review. Thanks so much! ♥
Date: 06/27/10 10:06 pm Title: Between You & Me
love love love love this. so heart-warming!
Author's Response: Thank you for reading!
Date: 06/27/10 09:55 pm Title: Between You & Me
Okay, so power seems to be on my side, so I got time to read it again and review, hope you don't mind? *bats eyelashes*
I just love the dynamics between Tom and Bill, the love Tom feels for his child is only paralelled by the returning love he gets from Bill. I am pretty sure what he said in the end is right, Bill saved him, even though their life is not ideal, they have each other and that's much more than others have. Tom is willing to do whatever it takes to make Bill happy and that just warms my heart, at the same time it breaks it, when I see Tom so broken over not being able to give him more.
I'll be looking forward to the second part of this.
Author's Response: I don't mind in the least. *goofy smile* ~~ I feel that Tom (like many other kids my age) would have been on a path to destruction, but because he has Bill, he has had no other choice but to buckle down and take responsibility. Bill made him grow up, Bill made him an adult, someone with something to love, and to work for, thus this child is a savior, rather than a curse. It's hard right?
Thank you so much, as always for filling me with your thoughts and taking the time to read. ♥
Date: 06/27/10 08:21 pm Title: Between You & Me
This was too sweet! I loved reading this, seeing Bill grow up and his relationship with his daddy. And I promise I will come back and leave you a more detailed review when I'm not afraid the power will go out on me again. *hugs* Glad to see you sort of back.
Author's Response: Haha~~ I never truly left, not far, anyway. T__T I just wish I had stability in my own life, so I could write continuously without interruptions. T^T I feel like when I start to write a story, I have a responsibility to those who choose to read it, and with all this running around like a chicken with it's head cut off (i.e me), I'm in some way failing someone. ;___; If only I could stop being selfish, and stop writing, but I'm so greedy to want to post anyway, whenever I get the chance.
I do hope your power finds stability too! o__o Oh my~~~ Please stay well! *hugs back*
Date: 06/27/10 04:23 pm Title: Between You & Me
Oh.
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
I don't even know what kind of words to say, because I feel so many things all at once when I read this. I wanna call my dad and tell him I love him, I wanna hug Tom and tell him he's doing the very best that he can and to continue cheering him on. He's got a beautiful boy that's smart, healthy and clearly adores him. He's definitely a hero in his son's eyes and I can see it. I can see his strength, but that also came from Bill.
Holding that small child was enough for him to know that there was nothing else he was there to live for than for this child.
Heaven and Earth, to keep his boy happy.
I am so overwhelmed by the depth of emotion put into this that I am crying with just that one need to tell Tom that he's doing the best that he can do and to never give up.
This child, this beautiful boy--he's there for a reason.
Even if it's to give Tom his own quiet strength.
This father and son bond brings tears to my eyes, for I have not read anything so perfect and so real.
Me encanta esta historia. Estoy super enamorada de ella y no puedo esperar por la segunda parte de sus vidas.
Gracias, gracias, gracias for escribir esta historia tan hermosa.
Author's Response: Wou, wou, wou~~ muchas gracias! I'm overwhelmed. I write with two things in mind; One, write something that makes me proud, and two, write something in which someone will be captured in my world, if for but a moment. The fact that it moved you so deeply, fills me with a pride beyond comparison. (Honestly) I'm so utterly content that I accomplished my goal, because I don't feel that satisfaction often.
Yes, please, go call your father. xD Haha~ It's important that we remind the people in our life that we love most, how much we appreciate them. For me, it is my little sisters, in which I try to remind them everyday. I hope that Bill too (symbolic of sons everywhere), continues to give Tom strength, and that Tom will realise he's as every bit important to Bill as Bill is to him.
Tus palabras son especiales para mí. Muchas gracias, amiga. Please keep smiling, and I do hope the second part of their lives up to your expectations. Wou~~ I will do my best. Thank you, again!