Another in-character, believable--and,  yes, romantic--story. Thank you for this continuation of the Brian & Justin saga!

Not my 1st time reading this one, nor my last time! I loved it like every fic that you write! Thanks Kachelofen for your work, you are amazing! Christine Xo

I couldn't bear that Partners in Crime was ended, so I rushed back here to read one of your oldies. Great story, as always. I loved how Brian finally broke his last rule and ran after Justin, with stupendous patience to boot. Thanks for writing. TAG

Surely, surely, the two stories here can't be your first in the fandom?

I loved both of them - especially this one.  I could totally see Justin falling into this kind of depressive mind set - and the stuff about Marissa's being his sanctuary totally rang true to me. 

Loved it.  Loved them both.  Am only sorry I gulped them both down in one weekend.

*sigh*

Author's Response:

Actually, they are my first two stories, period.

I'm glad you enjoyed them. I'm writing another one, but it's coming slowly.

Thank you for your kind words.

What a great story! Loved it!

Author's Response:

Thank you. :-)

Just finished your story & it was absolutely wonderful. So well written!!!

I definitely look forward to seeing much, much more from you in the future...please tell me you are working on something else!

Author's Response:

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I intend to write more but the new one is coming very slowly.

wonderful story - I stayed up far too late reading - well written - I had to award a blue ribbon.

Author's Response:

Sorry to keep you up :-)

And thank you. I feel very honored.

WOW

Author's Response:

:-)

Hi,

 

Very interesting.  I do enjoy having Brian and Justin tell their side of

the story.  One particular comment by Justin I thought was very

telling.  Yes – when he met Brian and the rest of the family, he was

only a kid, and they were adults.  I hadn’t realized the effect that had on him. 

 

Also interesting is that everyone else in the family has become a

success.  That is except Justin, who needs to feel equal.  He is still

much younger than anyone in the family.  Maybe, just maybe his art

work will soon be recognized and then he can feel like a success. 

Until he feels equal and a success, and of value, it is best that he keeps

‘some’ distance from Brian.  I can’t see Brain, or Marissa, or anyone

convincing him that of course he is of great value.   Like the rest of us,

Justin will have to find that feeling and belief for himself.

 

Thanks for the story,

DavidR

 

Author's Response:

That is very true. Other people can make us feel better, but in the long run it has to come from the inside. Justin will have to find his own way.

Thank you for commenting. I'm glad you're still enjoying it.

Brian can be adorable and mean sometimes. I understand perfectly Justin´s emotions, it´s hard live with someone so problematic as Brian.

Author's Response:

I agree. Brian, for all his good points, must very difficult to live with. Thank you for taking the time to comment.

Thanks for the story, I am enjoying it.  I find that

using two points of view for the same scene to be

very effective. 

 

I would like to tell Justin – “no, what you think is so is

not.  Think again!”

 

For Brian he simply needs to know that no action is an

action.  I think he knows that, but in his very complex

mind, somehow he believes it is less sever.  From me to Brian, “no – your wrong!”

 Again, thanks for the story.  It is the type that is so

 frustrating as we know more than the characters. 

 

DavidR

Author's Response:

I'm glad you're enjoying it. Good point about it being frustrating that we know more than the characters do. That hadn't occurred to me. Thank you for taking the time to comment.

I´m loving this fic! Poor Justin!

Author's Response:

Thank you for taking the time to comment. It is much appreciated.

I absolutely love the way you do the two voices and points of view... so interesting to see what each is thinking and how they keep misunderstanding one another. Can't wait until next chapter!

 

Author's Response:

It's easy to misunderstand another person. I think if we could look into the other person's mind we would be surprised what they think we said. Thank you for commenting.

I looked at this a few times on bjfic and thought it was going to be a typical Brian and Justin meet again after a period of time. I was so wrong. This is incredible writing. I do hate to read stories where Justin did not become a success or became a hustler or whore but this one intrigues me. I will have to see how this one turns out.

Author's Response:

He's not really a hustler, though how realistic that is, is another matter. Thank you for giving this a try. I hope it doesn't disappoint.

Hey!

So happy you're posting here, too, sweetie.  I can make the font bigger for my tired, old poor eyes.  :-)

Author's Response:

Hey. Unfortunately, this will not catch up with LJ, so you won't be able to read it here first. But I hear there is this new invention called spectacles. You should look into that. :-) 

well - this is interesting - I am intrigued to see where this goes

loving life,

Charle

Author's Response:

Thank you. Still a long way to go.

Interesting. Personally I never thought that B & J could stop loving each other and Justin would never give up... but something clearly happened that put the two at odds and made them not stay in contact even though they were ready to get married years before. And it seems from parts of the story (within B and J) that they still love each other. Something must have happened, and I hope that one of the future chapters will explain whatever that was. Although they both seem to be ridiculously stubborn and refuse to make an effort where the other is concerned. 

And I realize that being part of an escort service is not the same as a whore, and he probably only sells time and company, anything more intimate is personal and not a service sold. However, if Justin thinks Brian thinks that, he clearly has lost all ability to understand and read Brian, and seems to not want to fix that. I don't think Justin would give up all that easily if he still loved Brian, and he must think Brian really doesn't love him and gave him up easily if he's not fighting for Brian. They both also seem to have the completely the wrong idea about each other, not that that is uncommon for these two... anyway, you said the whole story is done, but you're posting it slowly... I'll be very interested to see what happened between these two to pull them so completely apart from each other. And how they will get back together again... as I am hoping that will be what happens in the end. 

Author's Response:

Personally, I'd like to think that B/J would have stayed together. That's what my first story was about. This one shows what might have happened if things didn't go as planned. 

I will be posting every couple of days or so, just to give people a chance to read the chapters before the next one is up.  Thank you for commenting.