And the masks they both wear. I love that you've created this whole characters of Rene so well that I feel for him, that I can empathise with his fear and his anxiety, and *understand* his motives, even though it's all through Marc's eyes. It also shows how well Marc knows him. That even though they still have these few sort of barriers up between and around them, that they have Issues, they know one another. Well.
Hahaha, basically, they're both just such men. That little bit more closed-off, but still trying to be open enough, to be strong and keep their composure at all times, even though all they really want is to make their point, to tell each other how they feel. And I like the idea that they will. That one day, Rene and Marc will live happily ever after (only with Issues, because they're more fun), and that Marc's return to Essen doesn't end with RoMarc, but with a friendship, a regaining of a relationship, only in a new form, a non-romantic form.
Either that, or a threesome. But I'm cool with either.
I honestly couldn't write a comment while I was reading Three, because I didn't want to stop reading. I loved the different approach to the RoMarc reunion - i.e. Marc going into it with a boyfriend, with whom he intends on staying.
But that under everything there's a slightly bitter feeling of being stuck in France, of not knowing Things, and also of Rene not telling him Things. This is a part of their relationship that obviously needs work, and Marc's willing to give it that work, and from what's here, so is Rene. I really, really want them to work out, dammit! Hahaha, tell me!! Do they get to stay together? Do they go on and have Issues like any self-respecting Gay Boys? Please?
And I want get-togethers
I'll stop now. But I want this. So badly.
This was like a tiny coin leading to a pot at the end of a Very Gay Rainbow. MORE!