My literal reaction upon seeing this update (and its rating):
My literal reaction after getting to the ending:
Just ALSKJDLJLASDLKAJSDLK, their conversation!! So well-written.
Matthew could not know what he would do if he came into close proximity with Dominic's body. Having known its taste, its intimate shape, seeing it distressed was causing him excruciating pain.
What a delightfully unusual description! Love what it signifies -- that Crumbling!Dom is so startling to Matt that he's almost like an odd, rare creature that Matt has no idea how to deal with. DEM WORDS, DEY ARE AWESOME.
DOM'S SPEECH. I would have thrown myself around my room with joy and nerves if my butt weren't glued to my chair in shock, lol. I did NOT expect him to be that honest, holy shit...
But I'm not gay because I don't appreciate the aesthetics of the male body. I appreciate the aesthetics of you.
Even though Dom says he didn't really mean that specifically, I love that he's making the distinction between Matt and all other men. If someone made that kind of thoughtful distinction so openly about me, I'd melt. Nicely done.
"I'm a grown man who can't control himself around you. What does that mean? I'm not gay!" He tossed his arms in the air at the exclamation, eyebrows pushed up on his forehead as he shouted it to the walls of the kitchen. "But I want you, and you're a bloke. And why now? Why do I want you so fucking badly?"
That whole paragraph is so fucking brilliant. You can tell he's sort of still airing out his own thoughts, pacing around his head and throwing spitballs at the walls in anger -- but he's doing it in front of Matthew. I just REALLY didn't expect such unguarded honesty from him.
So no, I am not going back to normal. To everyone around us, that is what it will look like. But nothing will be normal for us again, because every time I look at you, you will know. And every time you look at me, I will know.
... Oh, FUCK yeah. I didn't see that coming, either -- at least, not expressed in such a blunt, dominant way. Kind of a turn-on, tbh, not gonna lie, lol. XD On an extremely related note...
He would not allow himself to forget Matthew, to forget what he said, and he would not allow himself to be divorced from Julia's ministrations.
That nice little gem made me feel about 10 different things, mostly a bizarrely baffled delight that he took Matt's words straight to heart. Not that he could forget Matt that way if he tried, but the fact that he's mentally, painstakingly reminding himself to remember... It's so self-flagellating, it stunned me. It's also horrendously sad.
Now I'm all upset for Julia.
YOU, MA'AM. You're charged with making me become ridiculously invested in the feelings and fates of fictional characters via excellent insight of the human condition and superior writing skills. Would you like to make a statement before I turn to goo? (Sorry, been watching The Social Network all damn week... lol.)
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My literal reaction after getting to the ending:
Just ALSKJDLJLASDLKAJSDLK, their conversation!! So well-written.
Matthew could not know what he would do if he came into close proximity with Dominic's body. Having known its taste, its intimate shape, seeing it distressed was causing him excruciating pain.
What a delightfully unusual description! Love what it signifies -- that Crumbling!Dom is so startling to Matt that he's almost like an odd, rare creature that Matt has no idea how to deal with. DEM WORDS, DEY ARE AWESOME.
DOM'S SPEECH. I would have thrown myself around my room with joy and nerves if my butt weren't glued to my chair in shock, lol. I did NOT expect him to be that honest, holy shit...
But I'm not gay because I don't appreciate the aesthetics of the male body. I appreciate the aesthetics of you.
Even though Dom says he didn't really mean that specifically, I love that he's making the distinction between Matt and all other men. If someone made that kind of thoughtful distinction so openly about me, I'd melt. Nicely done.
"I'm a grown man who can't control himself around you. What does that mean? I'm not gay!" He tossed his arms in the air at the exclamation, eyebrows pushed up on his forehead as he shouted it to the walls of the kitchen. "But I want you, and you're a bloke. And why now? Why do I want you so fucking badly?"
That whole paragraph is so fucking brilliant. You can tell he's sort of still airing out his own thoughts, pacing around his head and throwing spitballs at the walls in anger -- but he's doing it in front of Matthew. I just REALLY didn't expect such unguarded honesty from him.
So no, I am not going back to normal. To everyone around us, that is what it will look like. But nothing will be normal for us again, because every time I look at you, you will know. And every time you look at me, I will know.
... Oh, FUCK yeah. I didn't see that coming, either -- at least, not expressed in such a blunt, dominant way. Kind of a turn-on, tbh, not gonna lie, lol. XD On an extremely related note...
He would not allow himself to forget Matthew, to forget what he said, and he would not allow himself to be divorced from Julia's ministrations.
That nice little gem made me feel about 10 different things, mostly a bizarrely baffled delight that he took Matt's words straight to heart. Not that he could forget Matt that way if he tried, but the fact that he's mentally, painstakingly reminding himself to remember... It's so self-flagellating, it stunned me. It's also horrendously sad.
Now I'm all upset for Julia.
YOU, MA'AM. You're charged with making me become ridiculously invested in the feelings and fates of fictional characters via excellent insight of the human condition and superior writing skills. Would you like to make a statement before I turn to goo? (Sorry, been watching The Social Network all damn week... lol.)
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