Chapter 33

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Despite his resolution, Ennis was uncertain how to approach David.  The store didn’t seem a suitable place and he couldn’t be sure if they’d get much time alone.  And he shrank inwardly from walking up the stairs to the door of the beach house and knocking.  As often as he recalled David telling him he was welcome “anytime you wanna come back”, he

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Gift of exile

[argentine65]

It has been a long time but you are here again and this time with a more brave Ennis. I understand quite well that David did not invite him to stay the night and to probe him in a public meeting. I only hope Ennis will resist because David deserves it. Thank you so much for sharing. Martha

David's second "test"

[talkstocoyotes]

In a sense David has previously played "Jack" to another man's "Ennis", but unlike our own Jack, he'd been able to see the man he always wanted for more than 'a few high-altitude f***s a year' -- he and Nathan were living only 90 miles apart, and David's family had known Nathan literally from birth. So he's had a lot more disappointments after meetups that went well and expecting that 'things will be different this time.' The Independence Day beach party is a type of situation he and Ennis will be in quite often if they live together and make compromises like 'I stay home when you visit your family but you give me holidays'. The beach party is a low-risk situation in terms of encountering any homophobia, although there will be an unexpected pitfall.

Thanks for reading, and thanks for being patient with my sporadic replies. :-)

[soulan]

Hmmm, surely it was David that Maggie was staring at on the stairs. I wonder how he looked. (Like Jack did at the bottom of the stairs in the reunion scene?)

I emphathized with Ennis as he reacted to Rick reflexively pushing his beer away. I remember the look of panic that flashed on the face of a co-worker with whom I was sharing a soda when I told him that I'd spent the weekend helping clear out the apartment of a friend who had died of AIDS. Gay automatically meant disease in a lot of people's minds back then, the fear and ignorance was so great.

I laughed at the image of the brick-like car phone. I used to wonder if people I saw using them while waiting at a traffic light were just pretending to take a call in order to show off.

David is wise to make Ennis prove himself a second time -- I'm sure Ennis assumed that one date was all it would take to get things back on track (or back where they used to be). But good for him for insisting on a goodbye kiss.

I sure wouldn't mind reading about the Fourth of July party at Christmas.

Upcoming holiday

[talkstocoyotes]

LOL, I'm determined to make it no later than Thanksgiving

[emmiska]

Thanks for the next chapter, I waited for it!

hey, you said it...

[gibbous_moon]

Upcoming holiday
[info]talkstocoyotes
2011-10-29 08:12 pm UTC (link)
LOL, I'm determined to make it no later than Thanksgiving ! ;-)

yes? kj

Re: hey, you said it...

[talkstocoyotes]

This one is shorter than the last few, but I kept my promise !

http://talkstocoyotes.livejournal.com/12435.html