So I know it’s been forever since you updated this story but I would love for you to continue this. I always end up rereading what you have posted of it.

I love Ace is trying so hard for Marco. Reading that last scene though makes me upset with Vista. They are turning him back into what he once was and thats not ending well. Poor Ace having to hear that to. Please dont give up, Ace. I wish he could have stopped it though, Marco deserves better than being used for sex again. Poor babies!
Until next time!

I honeslty didn't know what to expect when I approached this story. I like the way you described Marco's reaction to being raped as sex-obsessed and not as sex-reluctant because many fics I read usually have the effects of rape being "cured" by a partner and it's nice to have a change.

Oh look, finally a fic that doesn't trivialize the use of the word "rape" and it doesn't get any reviews or attention. Color me surprised, .

Seriously, i have seen way too much "i'm going to rape you" being used like it was supposed to be sexy and childish little girls that OMG LOVES YAOI thinks thats cute, but fin-freaking-finally, here is a fic that finally uses them in the correct context to show how horrifying it is. And not only that, you even show non-consensual kiss, even if it doesn't have a malicious intent and an appropriate reaction to it, instead of again, making it OMG CUTE BEING FORCED IS CUTE!

Ugh.

But enough about me ranting about what disgusted me about fanfic readers. This fic is superb, it made me really emotional and the choices and actions the characters made them feel so alive. A very rarely discussed aspect in rape victims is that it causes hypersexuality as a form of them trying to take back control, and i like how you use that. You take use readers to look through Ace's eyes, and it goes from something erotic, to something alarming and yet one cannot help but still attracted to, and in the end, with Thatch's story, you lay down why it is horrible.

And i'm in love with how you make Thatch tell the story. It was realistically horrifying, because even if the world of pirates in One Piece is very PG, this is the actual hard truth of what could happen in that world. And i fell in love with this:

"Do you know how disgustingly easy it is to fall in love with someone so broken, and to fall out of it once you realize you weren't strong enough to handle just how truly broken someone was?"

and this

"No it wasn’t. It was our ego, and for me, it was my guilt and the need to be responsible of that guilt"

It just spoke to me like a commentary on hero complex, and i hope i got it right. Ace was right in saying that it wasn't love that they felt for Marco, it was their inherent need to be a savior, thinking they could fix him. And they gave up on him once they realize it's not that easy. And oh i love that so much.

There's still so many else i could say, but believe me when i say i love this fic and hope you would update soon. I need the resolution, i need the healing, and i know you'll do great just from these first 2 chapters.