Date: 10/04/19 09:51 pm Title: Happily Ever After
A great story !! Extensive, I loved it.
I cried a lot with all the bad situations that Bill and Tom went through. The aggression, its separation, its reconciliation. I wanted to pull Bill's earmuffs for his selfishness but they were both very young and had so many decisions to make and so many fears to overcome. I hated Ian for meddling, but he was someone necessary to support Bill in his moment of uncertainty and anger.
I celebrated his reconciliation, tremendous nights just because I wanted to know what was coming later.
Thank you for this beautiful story, I will always have it in my heart, I arrived late but I arrived.
Author's Response:
I am glad you liked it so much. I do enjoy a good story that messes with my emotions so I am always glad to be able to provide that to someone else. I had a wonderful time writing it too. Most of the first part was based on my experience when I was dealing with coming out to my family. Most everything after that was fiction and just felt like a natural segue for the story. Bill was very selfish for parts of this story but so was Tom at certain points. Ian was very necessary and I am glad you saw that. So many people hated him but I actually enjoyed writing him. I am so glad this story affected you so deeply and that it will be a part of you. I don't mind late arrivals and am actually especially glad you arrived late. If you had arrived sooner I might not have responded ot your wonderful reviews because I was so disconnected from my writing due to some horrible stuff in my own life. Coming back to THFF just in tim eot see someone fall in love with one of my stories was easily the best welcome back I've recieved. I hope you'll check on my current in progress "Hot for Teacher" and some of my other completed works. I also hope you keep reviewing it was really special for me to come back to.
Date: 10/04/19 01:26 am Title: Tom
I am so happy!!!!
Author's Response:
I am very glad you enjoyed this chapter. I hope you will enjoy the rest of this story.
Date: 10/04/19 01:09 am Title: "Move In?" "What"
I am craying.... very very much.....
Author's Response:
I am sorry I made you cry with this story but I am glad you decided to continue reading it. These were some of the hardest chapters I had to write. Took way to long to finish them and get them posted. I am glad I stuck with it though. I am also glad you enjoyed this story.
Date: 10/03/19 11:53 pm Title: Letters
Tom & Bill... I am craying.....
Author's Response:
As sad as this story was I had alot of fun writing it. I am very pleased with how it turned out. I am glad you enjoyed it although I am sorry it made you sad.
Date: 10/01/19 08:13 am Title: Away Game
I am so sad for Billy, fighting Billy!!!
Author's Response:
I hated wrtiting this chapter which I guess could be this whole story but I felt like this was so very realistic. I underwent a rather brutual assualt when I was outed at school by a well meaning but very misguided teacher. Admittdly no where near what I just put Bill through but horrible in it's right. The story does take on a different edge at this point but it's a good read.
Date: 09/30/19 11:39 pm Title: Drifting
Oh.. Jorg is very bad!!
Author's Response:
Yes, Jorg is so terrible. I hating writing but he is based on a very real person in my life when I was struggling and coming out to my own family. I drew so much from my experiences in this story. Even a while later it is still painfully relevlant to everything I have gone through. I am back from a very long hiatus and will be getting some new material up soon. I hope you will take the time to check it out.
Date: 11/12/16 05:04 pm Title: Happily Ever After
this was such a good story!!
i am sad that it is done.
it would be cool if u could do a little sequel this!
Author's Response:
After taking a long hiatus to get my life back on track I am planning on posting new stories soon. I hope you will keep any eye out. There may not be a sequel to this but I am working on a few new pieces, a finish to an in progress piece and a sequel to another piece. I hope to start getting chapters out soon.
Date: 11/09/16 03:35 pm Title: Happily Ever After
this was such a good story!!
i am sad that it is done.
it would be cool if u could do a little sequel this!
Author's Response:
I am glad you liked it. I am sure there will be a few sequels to this. Thanks for taking the time to read and review. I really appreciated it.
Date: 11/08/16 10:07 pm Title: Happily Ever After
I really enjoyed reading your story.
Author's Response:
I am glad you liked it. Thank you for taking the time to review.
Date: 11/08/16 05:30 pm Title: Happily Ever After
I enjoyed reading a lot :)
Author's Response:
I am glad you liked it. I thank you for reviewing nearly every chapter even if you didn't like the content.
Date: 11/08/16 02:06 pm Title: Happily Ever After
Great end of a great story. I thank you for sharing this story and your talent with us. I will save this story to maybe read it in a few months or years again :)
Author's Response:
I am very glad you liked it. I thank you for reading it and you're very welcome. I am always glad to hear (or see) that my stories are going to be read again. That makes me very happy. Thans for the review.
Date: 11/08/16 11:45 am Title: Happily Ever After
Hey there,
I'm really happy to read the last chapter, since it's always nice to see a happy ending for a story such as yours! I really have to say that I enjoyed the ride and am grateful to you for writing it with so much heart. It's hard to find a story in which most side characters and main characters are well written with so many layers. Even the part in between which I didn't like content-wise still belongs to the story and taking it out wouldn't have been right.
It's a great trait of you to be able to stand through the critizism that was present in the reviews, but after reading the end notes of this final chapter, I understand why you went through it and not just abandoned the story. I'm sorry for the hard time you had and thumbs up for not giving up in the end and finding your way back on track!
Normally I'm not a big fan of stories with non-con-rape since I think in most stories involving drama it became something like the rule. In here I thought it was well written out and not as superficial/cliche than in other stories. Again, I now know why. It must've been really hard for you to write it, working it out again in this way I hope was more helpful than harmful.
A huge thank you for finishing this story in the way you did and for posting it to begin with ;)
I'll have a look at Masked Stranger soon ;)
PS: Thanks for your citation (I hope this word fits....sometimes it sucks to not speak English as first language xD)
Author's Response:
I had such a hard time with that last chapter. I had to be prodded by a couple readers to finish it. I always try to pour my heart into what I am writing. I find I write better that way and people tend to enjoy it more. I like well developed side characters, they can add alot to a story so I try to think of side characters as real people. I have pages of notes and stories on all my side characters so when they show up in a story they are as real as my main characters in my mind so I know how they will behave and what they will be like. I hated the middle part almost as much as I enjoyed writing it so that was good I guess.
rnIt was hard for me to write sometimes because I got bogged down in the negative but I wanted this story to have it's chance to get out there and be told. I feel like I achieved something great by getting this story out. I had a very hard time and I was glad when I found my way back to everything.
rnI usually feature non con in my long running stories because I went through it and feel like it can be treated in such a way that the character reaches a point where they know who they are and what they want. Being sexually assualted gave me the will to get out of a bad relationship and start focusing on myself before falling for someone else. I feel like that is important to some characters. I only use it when I feel it will be approriate and not over used. I am moving away from that and it is because of this story I was finally able to show not just the crime but the process of recovering and that is something I have never managed before. It was more helpful than harmful.
rnThis story was very personal to me. I forgot to add it to the notes but my mom also passed away and that was another plot point that I used to exercise some of my demons. I definitely put alot of my life and the last few years into this story. It was great to see it recieved so well by so many people on one of my favorite sites. Masked Stranger was supposed to be my Halloween one-shot. It's gotten alot bit longer than planned.
rnCitation isn't right I don't think but I can't think of the word. It might be citation. Even as a native English speaker the language is hard. I definitely like to give credit to my readers when they give me an idea. It's something I really appreciate.
Date: 11/08/16 11:41 am Title: "Move In?" "What"
Its good that bill broke up with ian ... but i have so much pity for tom who is suffering so much :( I want to cuddle him and tell him, that he will get his happyend :'D
btw: Your story is fantastic but even as a not nativ englishspeaker I see some wrong words :D like in this chapter at the end. 'It made him said' :D
Author's Response:
That was a hard moment for me. I had a few ideas for how I wanted this to go but I wasn't sure which one I wanted more or would be better. Finally it wrote itself. I felt so bad for all the crap I put Tom through. Thanks for the review. Also I know this has a lot of mistakes. I go proofread but I don't catch everything. I also do not currently have a beta reader so that is part of it.
Date: 11/08/16 07:20 am Title: Letters
I pity both of them. More Tom who has almost no one at the military station. And bill moved on pretty fast. I almost would be happy for him, but I dont like Ian and I dont like that Bill became a little arrogant.
Also it hurts a little that while Tom hopes that Bill is maybe happy to see him again and kiss him welcome, bill already has a new boyfriend ...
Author's Response:
I did feel so bad writing this but I felt it was nessecary for the story. Yes Bill became a touch arrognant but I have never met a kid who got into a pretigous school who didn't become arrognant. Those letters are heartbreaking. Thanks so much for the review.
Date: 11/08/16 04:50 am Title: Split
Yeay, you finally finished this story and now I can read where I left the story :D At least I have some hours today, to catch up a bit :3
Author's Response:
A little prod from a dedicated reader on another story was all I needed. Thanks very much for that and for this review.
Date: 10/13/16 05:23 pm Title: Paid Gig
Great chapter :)
Author's Response:
Thanks for taking the time to read and review.
Date: 10/13/16 08:57 am Title: Paid Gig
this was a really good chapter!
i cant wait for the next chapter!
Author's Response:
I am glad you liked it. Thanks for taking the time to read and review.
Date: 10/06/16 05:00 pm Title: Mrs. Logan?
Great chapter again :)
Author's Response:
I am glad you liked it. Thank you for taking the time to read and review.
Date: 10/06/16 07:48 am Title: Mrs. Logan?
this was a really good chapter!
i can not wait for the next chapter!!
Author's Response:
I am glad you liked it. Thanks for taking the time to read and review. I appreciate the continued support.
Date: 10/06/16 12:08 am Title: Mrs. Logan?
Tom y Bill together for ever pliz d84;a039;d84;a039;d84;a039;
Author's Response:
I guess we'll have to wait and see. Thank you for taking the time to read and review. I appreciate the continued support.