Oh My God ......... I love you.
I was hooked on the story from like the first paragraph, and I savoured every single word.
It was like a movie reel, playing in my head, the pictures and the way you describe everything is astounding.
I swooned when at Frank and Gerards love for each other, and giggled at Ray's sweetness. I laughed along with Mikey's attitude, and the way Bob ruled the roost. And when the attacks began to happen, you always had me guessing what would happen next.
I felt Everything that happened, as if I was there, as if I were a part of it all. The despair and hopelessness, the death and destruction, the love and hilarity, and when it got to the point where there seemed no hope left for Mikey, when Ray turned, when Gerard was on the brink of death, and Frank's whole life was being torn apart, I could barely read this amazing story through the tears that filled my eyes and adorned my cheeks.
I cannot thank you enough for that out-of-this-world piece of writing, that made me feel so many different things all at the same time.
Please NEVER, ever give up writing :)