More long-ass review because I can. They cannot stop me.

I'll be honest. Romance isn't my thing - hetero or homo. It's not that I'm against it, I just generally don't enjoy writing it or reading it. It's always the same story; generic and utterly dull. I've found that friendship is often so much more meaningful and deep than any sort of romantic relationship, the entire romance genre generally leaving a rather bad taste in my mouth.

But this... God, since the very first story "Up In Smoke" I've been hooked on Conrad and Worth's relationship, platonic or otherwise, and I have to say, following the series up until now, I am seriously balls deep into wherever said relationship might go and yes, you have officially made the ConWorth relationship believable and real enough for me - yes, anti-romance asshole me - to fully accept and follow it with the utmost inspiration and delight. In fact, you make it easy to love, mostly from the simple fact that the relationship overall is so incredibly nontraditional and eccentric, making it highly interesting and in areas, just plain hot, forcing me to betray my own faggy ideals because wow, I think I may be being converted here.

As far as character perspective goes, I love following the series from Worth's POV, but having bits of Conrad's POV here and there really adds to the depth and introspect of both characters and their ever-complex feels. I think the part I most adore in this piece is Conrad's hesitance to enter into some sort of romantic relationship with Worth for merely sexual purposes alone, instead questioning if something deeper might exist. To me, this makes the entire relationships real and honestly, the dragged-out tease of the whole thing could not possibly make me any happier, blue balls and all.

And the tears. Oh god, the tears.

On a lighter note, Conrad pulling an angst-queen with refusing to go to the party, only for Worth to banter with him a bit before asking if he was ready to go and Conrad replying with a, "yeah, let me just get my shoes" seriously made my day. That was glorious and I'm pretty sure my roommates question my sanity for having randomly burst out laughing.

Woooow. This was so sad. And hot.

Much love.

This DEMANDS a sequel.

YES IT DOES.

"You can fall for a con. You can fall for a person.
There's probably a reason why they use the same verb."

SO CLEVER, this. Read this chapter with an open mind to silliness, and then it... wasn't comedy anymore. xD

UGH SO AWESOME WHY I CANNOT

I..I just want to give Conrad a hug and cuddles.

And I approve of punching Worth in the face. Any time. Just because. ;-)

Wow, what are my emotions even doing right now?

I was on the edge of my seat towards the end. I naively let myself think, "Wow, maybe it'll go right for once!" Haha, silly me. I don't know who I felt worse for in the end, though I'm leaning slightly towards Worth for once.

Despite the heaviness of the ending, the comical moments distributed throughout were great and really helped balance everything. I loved the bit with the Zombie appearing in the hall when Hanna made a move to get more booze.

Oh, and it was nice to see John again. He's a little shithead but he definitely makes things interesting.

*wanders off to follow your tumblr*

Huzzah for more Apoca'verse! And, I'm in the middle of a /library/ LMAO-ing like mad, making the peoples around me a little nervous! Don't worry, Desdemona, I got your back, grr! grr!

Let me guess: As Worth is leaving he must be thinking something along the lines of "Shoulda got Betsy."?

Wow that was great! What a christmas surprise. Even though John is a little shit he is so fun to read about. And poor Conrad! Also poor Worth! The one time he seems to be really trying to be nice it just backfires. This AU is like, the slow burn to end all slow burns . . . so much dysfunctional relationship. I loved it and I can't wait to read what happens next. Also I love when they go to parties, their lives get shitty and I just want to read about them having fun and getting trashed. Amazing job, it just made my day!

I suddenly understand nothing.

SCREEEEEEEEEEEECH I don't know whether to cheer or cry, so I'm gonna do both. Worth is going to have to do something epic and impossible and romantic, isn't he? Argh, so frustrating!

Oh, Conrad, you poor, poor abused little creature.

Despite that, I definitely laughed out loud at lease once so yaaay funny.

I like John even though I always want to punch him in the face. Or maybe I like him BECAUSE I always want to punch him in the face? I don't know. Either way he's a jerk and I want to punch him in the face. Especially during the Carrie scene. Ugh, John, you little asshole.

Thank you, you two, being punched in the heart is the best way to spend Christmas Eve. That is not sarcasm. I love this 'verse and each and every update makes me squeal with glee even if I know the ending may not exactly be a happy one. Y'all are good at what you do.

Got really excited for a moment toward the end. Not to say John returning wasn't exciting for me considering I find him to be a lovely little bastard. Once again, nice as always. Looking forward to more and maybe, just maybe a happy (sex? Not the right word...) story. But in this fic? Haha, who am I joking. ;) favorite Christmas present I got by far.

Whoa, I had no idea you guys were working on another fic! Best present ever, is what this is! :D Commenting while I read...

FFFF, Mr. Malpractice. Genius!

Haha, I like the reference to Casimiro. He doesn't show up much in the Post Apocaverse, but it's fun to hear about him vicariously through Worth or Conrad. I also hope Conrad never starts posturing and wearing a cape. ;)

I want to stab John. Like, a thousand times. Blargh, he's vile! I'm glad Conrad got to have a little fun at his expense.

I love the conversation between Hanna and Conrad while Hanna is decorating. It's so cozy and familiar and makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.

Hahahaha, the way the "argument" between Conrad and Worth resolved itself into, "hey, so you ready to go?" is great. Those two...

Baw, Worth wanting John to leave Conrad's nose out of it! That just makes me giggle!

I.. wow, Conrad is a better man than I am. Fuck politics, I would have inside-outed that little shit. Pheeeew.

Worth's sweetness is turning me into a pile of happy mush, though, and the comment about the glasses lens-side down is just perfect! I hear ya, Connie.

Aaaaauuuugghhh! Noooo, oh man. Poor Worth! Conrad you are so dumb sometimes okay? Just-augh!

Please tell me you guys are going to follow this up? With a Worth, POV, maybe? Or anything, really! Gah, so sad! D: But also deliciously fun to read!

Well... Fuck. You certainly know how to write a damn good story. But JFC, that ending was killer! I wasn't even sure how to feel by the end. Haha. So, yeah. I love all these stories and it made me do a stupid happy dance when I got the notification for this one. Thanks for writing awesome stories and being awesome!