Reviewer: RokofAges75 Signed [Report This]
Date: 07/29/17 04:42 am Title: Chapter 4

I'm enjoying these weekly updates of yours; I found myself looking forward to this one. I loved the awkward morning-after scene, although that was pretty shitty of Brian to blow Nick off like that with the "I have a girlfriend" line - true or not. It's interesting that he decided to tell Kevin about it - I didn't see that one coming! And Kevin was very chill about it. I think the advice he gave Brian was good... he does need to decide what he wants one way or the other, either go back to Leighanne and forget about Nick or break up with Leighanne. Somehow I don't think he's going to just forget about Nick, LOL. One other thing I wanted to mention - the fact that this story is set twenty years ago instead of in the present makes it extra interesting because the world was a different place for the LGBTQ community in 1997. Pop stars who have since come out, like Lance Bass and Ricky Martin, were very much still in the closet in the late 90s. I'm not sure how much the time period will come into play in this story, but that plus Brian's faith plus the fact that he does have a girlfriend add some great conflict or potential for conflict.

Author's Response: Thanks, I'm glad you're enjoying the regular updates! Brian could have let down a bit easier, but I guess he was sort of freaked out about the whole thing. I originally wasn't going to have Brian say anything to Kevin, but then he just blurted it out as I was writing, lol. I feel like it's unlikely he will just forget about Nick, you're probably right in that theory ;) I did think about the timeframe of this and how different things were 20 years ago. It's also sort of hard to get back into the mindset of how not progressive things were back then, as well as remembering that there's no Twitter and instant access to the guys all the time. So it did give me some interesting angles to play with. Thanks again for the review!