Ok Artemis, since you didn't say it, I will: Oh honey! If I could hug you Roy I would in a fuckin' heartbeat, I swear (and you too Artemis for being such a sweetie when you totally had the option of walking away but chose not to).

This story was really hard to read, and I'll admit that I'm still having trouble keeping back the tears because goddamn, this was so heartbreaking. I mean, I'm not even sure which is stronger, my urge to punch Ollie in the face because how could you not notice that and just grabbing Roy, having a good cry together, and never letting him go (except to see little Lian, if she's really going to happen and wasn't a hallucination).

And now I really, really want Ollie to find out because it's only fair that he knows how he much he screwed up someone's life. Granted, it was Roy's choice to start using the drugs but if they really were having sex together how can you not notice the track marks? I mean, maybe I'm just ignorant having never taken any sort of drugs before, but I've heard enough stories to know that there are signs that people like Ollie especially should have been able to pick up on.

And somehow it seems you've turned me into some kind of masochist, because it kind of hurts to read my favorite character like this but you're just so good at writing him (and Ollie and Artemis) that I keep coming back for more.