Jon doesn't say: About once a day, no matter what I'm doing, I end up thinking about how the bastard died with my name stamped in his skull. Sometimes I don't catch it until someone asks me why I'm smiling.
Stephen doesn't say: I still love him. I can't forgive him, but I don't know how to stop loving him.
Tracey doesn't say: After everything else you two have gone through, it wouldn't make much sense to draw the line here. She thinks she would, if one or both of them came to her and asked permission to spend a night together; but they don't ask.
I love bits like this that really consist of entire stories on their own (and I envy/admire authors who can write concise bits of literature like that!)
It just occurred to me that Jon & Stephen's closing thoughts here remind me a lot of the way they each feel about KB at the end of Crush. Complicated to say the least.
And Tracey *hugs* She is a bit of a silent hero in this story. Part of me wanted her there during Stephen's rescue, but that probably wouldn't have done anything to curb Liam's violence and Jon would of course never allow/ask her to put herself in that kind of danger.
I also enjoy the way Tracey accepts and embraces (for lack of a better word) the intimacy of Jon & Stephen's relationship that includes sexuality even though they are not actually sexual with each other. I have grown an appreciation for celibate intimate relationships.
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Jon doesn't say: About once a day, no matter what I'm doing, I end up thinking about how the bastard died with my name stamped in his skull. Sometimes I don't catch it until someone asks me why I'm smiling.
Stephen doesn't say: I still love him. I can't forgive him, but I don't know how to stop loving him.
Tracey doesn't say: After everything else you two have gone through, it wouldn't make much sense to draw the line here. She thinks she would, if one or both of them came to her and asked permission to spend a night together; but they don't ask.
I love bits like this that really consist of entire stories on their own (and I envy/admire authors who can write concise bits of literature like that!)
It just occurred to me that Jon & Stephen's closing thoughts here remind me a lot of the way they each feel about KB at the end of Crush. Complicated to say the least.
And Tracey *hugs* She is a bit of a silent hero in this story. Part of me wanted her there during Stephen's rescue, but that probably wouldn't have done anything to curb Liam's violence and Jon would of course never allow/ask her to put herself in that kind of danger.
I also enjoy the way Tracey accepts and embraces (for lack of a better word) the intimacy of Jon & Stephen's relationship that includes sexuality even though they are not actually sexual with each other. I have grown an appreciation for celibate intimate relationships.
And of course, the final drawing is lovely <3