This is more than just alright. This is amazing!!! I really liked the way Gerard and Mikey were described here. Gerard is the kind of person that does/takes what he wants. He could care less what others think and only does what he thinks is the right thing to do. On the other hand, Mikey seems like the type that will disregard his own opinion to please everyone else. There's no way Mikey could know that incest is wrong if that's not the way it was looked at by everybody else. He was willing to stop a relationship with the person he loves just to be what society claims is right. He'd risk the person he loves leaving him (not that Gerard ever would) because he's trying to be 'sensible.' Of course Gerard will go to all costs to stop Mikey from thinking that way, even if he is a little forceful. Gerard knows Mikey doesn't believe that stuff anyway. He's just trying to convince himself that it's wrong because that's how most people view incest. Gerard doesn't care about other people's views. He cares about what he feels for his brother and what his brother feels for him. He doesn't need somebody else to tell him who he's supposed to love, he can (and already did) figure it out on his own. I like that no matter how many times Mikey will try to convince himself that what he and Gerard are doing is wrong, Gerard will always be there to convince him otherwise. He'll use some really dirty tactics to get Mikey to believe him, but they always work and are used for a good reason. Anyway, this was an absolutely wonderful story and I loved it to pieces. Great job!!!
Author's response
Aw, thank you very much! :D
I'm glad you liked how I described the Way brothers; you seem to have got it down to a t. Gerard will pretty much do what/who he wants, he doesn't care about what other people think and only really cares about what's best for him as well as, although to a lesser extent, Mikey. Mikey, however, just wants to do what everyone else sees as right; I guess he wants to be normal and fit in. You're right about him not knowing about incest; if it wasn't popular public opinion, I doubt Mikey would have thought twice about falling for Gerard in the first place. Gerard will do anything to keep Mikey as his, even if his actions are a little intimidating/forceful. I'm pleased it came across like that; I was worried that Gerard's possessiveness came over as a little bit too rape-y. Of course I wanted that element to be there, that the audience doesn't really know if Mikey truly wants it or if it's Gerard forcing Mikey to think he wants it, but I didn't want it to be the main point to the story. Gerard certainly will use dirty tactics to get Mikey to see things his way, but it's only because he wants Mikey to be happy deep down.
Thank you very, very much for taking the time to leave such a detailed and lovely review. Thanks! :D