This was a really strong start and the detail is really good you can actually relate to Frank's issues but i read about half way and just got really bored, I understand you want it to be slow evolving but this just seems a little too slow I had to stop reading because I was starting to skip paragraphs. aside from that It's really writen well.
Author's response
I appreciate your honesty a lot. It's all right, sometimes steadily-paced progression isn't for everyone. I know I tend to pick out fics that get going pretty quickly, myself. I just didn't want to fuck this up, give it a pace that would ultimately end up annoying me in the end. Thanks, all the same. I guarantee you, once we've hit right after Christmas, the entire thing is going to change; things will go faster, Gerard and Frank will be way in over their heads; shit'll go down (x Maybe I'll get you back as a reader someday, who knows.