That was amazing.
Seriously the most affirming and beautiful piece of gay media I've ever seen. One of the most endearing aspects was how the characters' depth and your abilities as a story teller developed in tandem, and all of it seemed to mirror Zack's own development... which I know mirrored my own coming out: stumbling around for way to long just trying to see dick and then slowly realizing the complexity of the world around you and the people in it. Very meta. I have to admit that a couple of the plot points towards the end were a little ... "extra" but how you leveraged them to propel the character development and tell a deeper story made the more superficial plot exploits work in your favor.
The ending did *not* disappoint - and I think it would have been so easy to botch. The meta references (porn can have stories etc...) and how you inserted yourself at the end were really spot on (cheesy, but spot on). The writing in the Ash scenes literally had me laughing out loud.
I downloaded this for "porn" but I got something so much deeper. That really became obvious when I realized that the "hottest" scenes were the ones where they were just laying in bed. And I teared up SO many times. It's definitely unlike anything I've ever seen, and it's something I really needed to see at this moment in my life. Thanks for your effort working on this, the care you put into it is evident and I've been waiting 20 years to hear a story like this. It's really breathtaking, and I hope you're proud.
Thank you!