Thank you. I'm glad you did comment. It's nice to hear that it moved you.
The trio have made it through the worst of their conflict. That's not to say that things are going to be easy to work out, but they see that they have something there, and they need to work it through, in whatever form that might take. They have a lot of talking to do, I'm sure.
Oh, there is no doubt that Ripp was using Frances too, like a bandage for his wounds, and as a way of acting out on some of his more hidden desires (Frances being a "safe" target, at least at that moment). Ripp was hardly thinking about it that much, though. He was just feeding off the emotion of the moment. They were both equally weakened by their states - Ripp's drunkeness and both of them feeling very lonely and desperate.
Definitely. Tank has been in a similar situation before, but a lot of the variable were different this time. A lot of old emotions must have come up again in a really muddled way. It's not like Ripp was taking something he wanted, exactly, but he was still there, as always, getting into Tank's business. Tank had gotten his head around the gay thing with Frances, but having it hit so close to home, with his own brother, is another thing entirely.
*snicker* Even Johnny. Well, he's learning not to be so stubborn and self-absorbed, isn't he? Everyone has had a chance to grow a little here. Making mistakes can be a good thing, at least for the eventual growth it can bring.
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The trio have made it through the worst of their conflict. That's not to say that things are going to be easy to work out, but they see that they have something there, and they need to work it through, in whatever form that might take. They have a lot of talking to do, I'm sure.
Oh, there is no doubt that Ripp was using Frances too, like a bandage for his wounds, and as a way of acting out on some of his more hidden desires (Frances being a "safe" target, at least at that moment). Ripp was hardly thinking about it that much, though. He was just feeding off the emotion of the moment. They were both equally weakened by their states - Ripp's drunkeness and both of them feeling very lonely and desperate.
Definitely. Tank has been in a similar situation before, but a lot of the variable were different this time. A lot of old emotions must have come up again in a really muddled way. It's not like Ripp was taking something he wanted, exactly, but he was still there, as always, getting into Tank's business. Tank had gotten his head around the gay thing with Frances, but having it hit so close to home, with his own brother, is another thing entirely.
*snicker* Even Johnny. Well, he's learning not to be so stubborn and self-absorbed, isn't he? Everyone has had a chance to grow a little here. Making mistakes can be a good thing, at least for the eventual growth it can bring.