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Reviewer: nickknack Signed starstarstarstarstar [Report This]
Date: Jul 24, 2022 11:51 pm Title: Chapter 1

I have just finished re-reading this story, one of my all time favorites, and very saddened that it has still not been completed. The character development in this story, for both old and new, was absolutely amazing and I truly hope it will be updated and finished some day soon.

Reviewer: coleamber Signed [Report This]
Date: Dec 26, 2019 2:53 pm Title: Chapter 22

great story, t bad you never finished it

Reviewer: bjluv Signed [Report This]
Date: Oct 28, 2018 9:28 am Title: Chapter 22

I was reminded of this story a few days ago when there was a thread on MW - FB, on which unfinished stories you would like to see finished. So silly me, I started rereading the last two chapters, and I'm so missing it now. I'm not sure if you are still with KD, but if you are, this is a plea for you to continue with this. In a response from you in one of the reviews somebody left you, you said you were reworking chapter 23, but that you had two more chapters after that completed. Sadly to say, we were not given those chapters.  I'd love to hear from you if you are still with the fandom, and would like to know your thoughts on this. I know it's been 2 1/2 years since you last updated this, but I know readers would still pick it up in a heartbeat. So, Please Give It Some Thought!

Reviewer: DarkandLovely Signed [Report This]
Date: Mar 02, 2018 5:59 pm Title: Chapter 22

Omg I love the way they got married. Spur of the moment and without realizing it was going to happen. I love the way Jistin and Jane's relationship is progressing and the wonders it is doing for Brian. Please rediscover your inspiration to finish this story. It is so good and I am just hanging on by a thread!! 

 

Reviewer: LeatherCuff Signed [Report This]
Date: Oct 26, 2017 8:27 pm Title: Chapter 8

I like your tender  portrayal of the relationship between Jennifer and Brian. Most fics I've read depict Debbie as his mother substitute but I can totally believe why he would trust and gravitate towards Jennifer. 



Author's Response:

Thank you. In my world,  I think he does this because most of the people in his core orbit are high drama or needy. Jennifer is a steady rock of unconditional support.

Saje

Reviewer: LeatherCuff Signed [Report This]
Date: Oct 21, 2017 8:57 pm Title: Chapter 1

What a lot of intrigue! Looking forward to finding out more 😊



Author's Response:

Thank you. I hope you enjoy the ride.

Saje

Reviewer: Enohvee1875 Anonymous [Report This]
Date: Jul 09, 2016 11:29 pm Title: Chapter 22

This story is #fantabulous#!  Please update soon and thank you for posting.



Author's Response:

Thank You. I am not sure when I will post an update, as real life is a bit crazy right now and what time I have to write I have been spending with Tagsit on Fiery Nights.

Hopefully it will come back into the rotation soon.

 

Saje

Reviewer: Glo Signed [Report This]
Date: Jun 15, 2016 9:33 pm Title: Chapter 21

I looked up Dakota Moon on YouTube and listened to that song along with the lyrics...wow are you on point with that huh? Love the rhythm.

I could definitely see Brian/Justin & Jane/Tate all having a foursome lol

Absolutely love Emmett/Brian moments and "Who can stump Jane" game...priceless!



Author's Response:

That song was one  of the inspirations for Jane. I cant listen to the lyrics anymore, too painful, especially since the music is so beautiful. A contradiction to say the least, just like Jane.

Oh, I wish I could have them in a foursome. Talk about tasty! I just don't think many readers would enjoy it or believe it. They had a hard enough time with Brian/Jane. Could you imagine?!

I love Brian/Emmett too. I think this experience will cement theiir friendship forever.

I really enjoy Brian's Games. Really, I do. Jane is a tough cookie as they say where I am from. A tough nut to crack. But you gotta love her.

Saje

Reviewer: Glo Signed [Report This]
Date: Jun 14, 2016 1:17 pm Title: Chapter 17

WTF was that?! lol I am soooo confused...what?! First of all, was Jane really sleeping for over 16 hours or more? I understand she's there for Brian but seriously? No sleep?

Secondly, why all the bed play? At first, they were just in the bed together for Brian's sake, he of course, like so many of us, need physical contact for comfort...totally understand. And Jane & Brian really do seem like their two of a kind, in many ways but is she a sex therapist as well?

Lastly, sweet Jesus! Brain & Jane actually simulated sex since there wasn't penetration?! WTF? 'He found himself drowning' 'He found it pleasing' What?! They were rubbing against each other & got off? A gay man & what sounds like a pansexual woman? Omg please explain...yes I'm with you & I'm not going anywhere but what the hell...

"I'm a big, fat, nelly queen Brian! I think I have enough experience with drag to know how to pad an ass!" God, ya gotta love Emmett! 



Author's Response:

Ahhh, you have hit the chapter that makes people run for the hills!

i will do what I can to explain.

Your WTF, is understandable and fairly common...LOL. Brian will have his moment too, in the beginning of the next chapter.

Jane's episode was traumatic, mentally and physically. In some not rare, but certainly less common, insidences like this, a brain protecting the body will shut everything down so to speak. The Brain and the human psyche will work together to protect the delicate sanity. In this case, sleep. And lots of it.

You are correct. Brian is and always has been a tactile person. Having no one with which he found himself that comfortable with leaves Jane. Someone he feels is a kindred soul, respects and trusts. I would not call Jane a sex therapist, though I am sure she has training somewhere in her background to do what she does.

Yes, yes they did, but it was not about sex really. Jane has her own hangups and unfortunately the nightgown is part of the problem though Brian had no way of knowing that when he dressed her. His offer of relief, had just as much to do with correcting an issue he felt responsible for as it was about giving her something positive in the aftermath of her episode. Giving her back control.

Brian, as we know, is a highly sexed creature. Having been without for a while, and presented with the opportunity to do what he does best while also showing Jane how much he cares about her by being willing to do it for her in the first place seemed apropos. There are many many levels on the Kinsey scale of sexuality and I never believed that sex had very much to do with love. Brian finds pleasure in most things of the flesh so this did not seem such a stretch for me. I think Brian feeds on the pleasure of others to feel good about himself, as far as sex goes.

I also think that just because he is gay, does not mean he cannot find women attractive or that he is impotent with them. I just think he likes men a lot more.

Brian is capable of deep love and tolerance in many forms. Just look at the family he has surrounded himself with, most notably Michael and Lindsay. He loves them both and frequently kissed both of them passionately even after they belonged to someone else. It is just Brian's way.

So yeah, it happened. Do I think it will happen again? Not sure, but I dont think so. It is not in my plan at this time. Jane immediately recognized it for what it was and plans to leave it at that, though she will still allow him his physical comforting or grounding, and her presence wherever he wants her.

Believe me when I tell you, I was reluctant to post that chapter and considered a rewritten version. But I could not do it. My characters are bigger than their sexuality and I adhere to no one's boundaries but my own. I saw a stifled and introverted man in Brian on the show. This is my way of setting him free to be what he really was. Simply a man. No lables, no fetters, and no preconcieved notions of sexuality.

 

That being said, YES! I do love Emmett and i think he is and probably was the best of friends to Brian.

 

Hang in there. justin shows up soon. You will get drama, tears, and a very hot reunion.

 

Saje

Reviewer: Glo Signed [Report This]
Date: Jun 13, 2016 7:04 pm Title: Chapter 14

Okay I've been meaning to ask you about this thing that Brian can do...he can see people's aura's or something? We all know that he is a master of reading people in general but what is all this talk about the color he sees around people, does this mean he'a an empath?



Author's Response:

I have not really addressed Brian's gift yet. We will get to it soon though. I am glad to see you still hanging in there.

 

Saje

Reviewer: Glo Signed [Report This]
Date: Jun 11, 2016 4:42 pm Title: Chapter 8

Reading about Jennifer physically taking care of Brian brought back some memories of my own. I was in a head on collison when I was 22, broke both bones in my right forearm, which I have plates & screws in & my right clavicle, as well as other injuries but that specifically I can relate to and how difficult it is to do things for yourself. When Jennifer was putting lotion all over Brian I started to cry, knowing how helpless he felt but at the same time, how moved & appreciative he was that she would do that and how much better it made him feel during & afterwards...

And all I can say about Emmett is-you go girl! 

 



Author's Response:

I can relate too, and utter helplessness is even more compounded when you actually have to go so far as to ask for help. Truly embarrassing. Jen gets that and steps in so he won't have to, probably one of the reasons Brian chose her in the first place.

Little things we take for granted because we can do them for ouselves makes us feel selfish asking someone to do them for us. Like lotion, something to eat, brushing our hair or wiping our ass. I am the caregiver in my home and having to ask someone to do those things felt humiliating. Like I was taking advantage of them. It was much better when I didn't have to ask.

I felt Emmett was also underutilized in the series and i hop to correct that here. I love Emmett's personality and his southern sayings. I spent quite a bit of time growing up  in the South and  living there has its own brand of life, a pace of its own, and a thinking unlike anywhere else i have ever lived. I miss it, and Emmett lets me play in his treehouse sometimes. LOL

 

Saje

Reviewer: Glo Signed [Report This]
Date: Jun 11, 2016 2:24 pm Title: Chapter 7

I am loving this story! Wasn't sure I wanted to start another WIP but couldn't help it when I read the summary...omg!

Love stories including Cynthia & anything on her background...wow! Still so much to understand but so poignant.

Go Jennifer! Surprised she didn't pick up her phone to call Justin on her way to the airport immediately. 

Boy is the shit going to hit the fan now! 

 



Author's Response:

I am glad you started reading. I love Cynthia too, and found it a great disservice the series did not give us more of her. She was obviously one of the most open minded people on the show if she worked for Brian as long as she did. They deserved a tight relationship and though self-serving, my backstory has become Head Canon for me.

I really liked Jennifer on the show too, and easily see her and Brian becoming closer over the years in their mutual goal of a happy Justin. I truly believe Jen came to respect Brian and vice versa. Jen is a great Mom and Brian has a habit of collecting them wherever he finds them, but don't tell anyone.

I think she did not call Justin right away, simply because she did not now what was going on yet or how serious it was, and did not want to cause unnecessary alarm. Also she resspects how very private Brian is.

And yeah, the shit will hit the fan.

 

Saje

Reviewer: The SNO Signed [Report This]
Date: Jun 06, 2016 9:40 pm Title: Chapter 1

Yeah!!! I wrote the 69th review without realizing it.



Author's Response:

Somebody had to, so very glad it was you!

Reviewer: The SNO Signed [Report This]
Date: Jun 06, 2016 9:38 pm Title: Chapter 22

I loved "Is this real? Like, really real?" Did I just get married? At a kitchen table? With Brian barefoot, in jeans? Me in cargoes and a hoodie?

Ahhhhh Brian barefoot... What a joy! In fact, everything bare was a joy with him. Don't get me started on his hands... Too bad Gale's tattoo was almost always hidden. It fitted Brian well IMHO.

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But the end is quite stressful. I'm worried for Gus.

So, is this the end for now? How long will we have to beg you to feed our poor hungry minds?



Author's Response:

I hear ya! I have a not so silent love affair with his hands too.

No, this is not the end. I have the next three chapters written but the middle of chapter 23 feels wonky to me, so I am letting it ferment for a while.

I don't like to force my writing, so when it hits me, you will get the next two fairly close together.

Don't worry about Gus or Jenny, Daddy Brian is my second favorite incarnation of the character, though this is not really a story about Brian's quest for another kid.

He is too fucked up right now for that.

Reviewer: The SNO Signed [Report This]
Date: Jun 06, 2016 8:24 pm Title: Chapter 21

A little calm before the next storm?



Author's Response:

You got it. You are obviously on to me....LOL

Reviewer: The SNO Signed [Report This]
Date: Jun 06, 2016 12:00 am Title: Chapter 20

I'll hang in there also it feels a little weird.



Author's Response:

yep, I don't want any readers to get too complacent.

Reviewer: The SNO Signed [Report This]
Date: Jun 05, 2016 10:58 pm Title: Chapter 19

Cold shower please... That was super hot!



Author's Response:

Go right ahead. Thank you.

Reviewer: The SNO Signed [Report This]
Date: Jun 05, 2016 9:31 pm Title: Chapter 18

I hope Justin won't do anything stupid and that nobody will found out what he discovered.



Author's Response:

Justin tends to be a bit rash and hotheaded. We will see if it has any ramifications this time.

Reviewer: The SNO Signed [Report This]
Date: Jun 05, 2016 7:21 pm Title: Chapter 17

If it wasn't Brian, I would have found this hot, but it's weird.

Maybe he's just dreaming...

Anyway, I'm in with you so I'll continue the captivating story.



Author's Response:

I get it and won't hold it against you.

No, he is not dreaming. LOL

Hopefully you will feel a little better about it after the next chapter.

Thank you for the compliment.

Saje

Reviewer: The SNO Signed [Report This]
Date: Jun 05, 2016 5:36 pm Title: Chapter 16

I loved:

"the dog doing his thing"

"Unbidden was the thought; kind of acts like Justin after a good fucking."

"Yep, eats like Justin too"

So funny...!



Author's Response:

IKR? I had that rolling in my head while I was trying to sleep one night months ago. That part was written long before the previous three chapters.

I had a hard time not laughing while I was writing it.

Saje

Reviewer: The SNO Signed [Report This]
Date: Jun 05, 2016 3:22 pm Title: Chapter 1

Yes, it does.



Author's Response:

Thank you.

Reviewer: The SNO Signed [Report This]
Date: Jun 05, 2016 3:13 pm Title: Chapter 15

I hope Justin is going to rule the world once more with Rage.com.

I love the banter between Lady Jane and Sir Brian. Some light before the heavy that I suppose is to come.



Author's Response:

Yes and....YES.

Reviewer: The SNO Signed [Report This]
Date: Jun 05, 2016 2:41 pm Title: Chapter 14

Brian welcoming the shrink: what a scene it must have been.



Author's Response:

I could not resist....it just seemed apropos.

Reviewer: The SNO Signed [Report This]
Date: Jun 05, 2016 1:58 pm Title: Chapter 13

Who is SHE? Dammit? The "shrink"?



Author's Response:

That would be putting it mildly.

Reviewer: The SNO Signed [Report This]
Date: Jun 05, 2016 6:04 am Title: Chapter 12

"Don't call me Honeycutt." I love how Brian is teasing Emmett with calling him by his last name.



Author's Response:

i think he does it at this point, because Emmett is the only one he knows he can piss off, but not offend. Does that make sense?

Saje

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