Reviewer: LenniluvsBrian Signed [Report This]
Date: 02/26/15 06:19 pm Title: Chapter Twelve

I get that Nick's pissed but he needs to give people a fucking change to explain before he jumps down their fucking throats. Yes Brian should've told him a helluva lot sooner and before Jen (the dumbass) sent out the new contracts. But jeez Carter. The man is your best friend and you need to let him explain - he's not like your fucking fucked up family.

~Lenni~

Reviewer: GrunAugen Signed [Report This]
Date: 02/26/15 09:15 am Title: Chapter Twelve

Damn. Well, that was about the most explosive chapter possible, and with the most dire consequences so far. I really appreciated how raw and spontaneous Nick's and Brian's reactions both were, as it really conveyed their hearbreak and shock, on both sides. I have the feeling that it's going to take a lot more than a punch to mend this... if it can be mended at all.
I suspect that Nick is currently somewhere he'd rather not be, or that's unhealthy for him to be, and I hope Brian pulls out all the stops to find him, because it's his only chance to get Nick back. I hope you give Brian the chance to say that Nick gave him hope not to quit. Or to actually change his decision, and do so publicly.
It's intriging that Nick persists in thinking that Brian's life with Leighanne, without Nick, is perfect. Whereas from the indications we've had so far, the opposite is true: the über happy Skype call early on, the fact that (as far as we know) there's no regular, casual communication like Nick has with Lauren, and the leak of Brian's decision to the media. In this story, Leighanne seems to have the most to gain and the least to lose, and I wonder if when no decision was made public, she worried that Brian might back out and decided to give things a little nudge. That's my conspiracy theory so far. ;)
Please keep up the great writing and update soon!

Author's Response: I think we're dealing with a situation where Brian has come into this from the angle that Nick is the problem, that Nick distancing himself from Brian is why they haven't been close recently and that Nick's anger about Brian's so-called perfect life is where the disconnect is at. I think Brian's about to learn some stuff about himself that might help turn it around and maybe, just maybe, the so-called perfect life will be part of what comes to question, like you've started to wonder here as well. Maybe. ;)