People date older or younger no matter what the law is, no one cares

Loved the first story! Yes, please definitely continue yoyr Age gap story. It's very promising.

One of my best friends (27) just married a man (48) and it's definately difficult bearing other people's judgements, and what sucks is that they will have to continually face other people passing judgment; that won't ever not be a thing they deal with. [Sorry for the double negative?]

I admit I was dubious; I wasn't sure I wanted to read this one at first; age of consent doesn't equate to emotional maturity, of course, but since she's actually 18, I can deal.

Each of your stories that handled delicate topics were well explored and done very tastefully without betting watered down. If you did decide to write this into a longer story, I would trust your ability to do the same here, and I would read it, I'm sure.

Oi, that was the right kind of creepy.
Literally made me uncomfortable.
Good damn job.

AAH! So fucking cute!
24 was perfection and I'm glad you didn't take the road most traveled on 77; I immediately expected something different when I read the prompt; I'm glad I was wrong.

Mm, how bittersweet.
I mean, the end is hopeful, but situations like that are hard; people like Nathan make you believe that what they do to you is out of love; that's a rough deal... and affairs are their own mess.
I appreciate that you don't shy away from ugly/uncomfortable themes.

That was ridiculously cute.
I appreciate the small details you layer in; you really flesh out the stories with these poignant bits of information that paint everything together. And you do it without wordy excess.
I really like your writing, if you can't tell.
Onward!

Ch7. This is fantastic. It's a take on their relationship that I haven't read before. It would be interesting to see how you play out how they deal with the society views and interactions with friends. I hope you continue this. 3

I’d love a part 2 of Nathan’s crazy sexism

Yay I hate men like Helga future ex

Man this was great! I hope you do make a story out of it. I’m hooked!

Please, please, please tell you me are going to make this into a full blown story. I think I'm already obsessed this universe. I'm itching to know more. Who was Arnold married to? Why was Helga emancipated? How will Arnold's friends react? I actually think it makes sense that Helga would be attracted to an older guy. If she's been on her own since she was 16 I don't think she'd have much in common with guys her own age. From the sounds of it they both have lived a lot of life already. I think she'd breathe life back into him and he'd give her some stability. I love the idea of Arnold being an EMT. That's just perfect. Again, I REALLY hope you continue this. If you ever need to bounce ideas off someone I'd be happy to help.

I really hope you explore this idea further. Personally I loved it. It is totally understandable why Arnold would be hesitant into getting in to a relationship with Helga. Even though it's less than ten years so really not THAT much it feels a lot larger when she is only 18. If she were in her twenties things would be different. Fingers crossed that is continued.

Fine! You can write the full story. At first I was gonna disagree and say no the topic is indeed a touchy one and in real life I would readily disapproved a relationship with a age gap of over 5 years unless it has some long history behind it. However, knowing how talented of a writer you are and this story went so far I can't wait for its full release. It's going to be nail biting, epic and so sweet practically making the readers begging to see them have a happy ending. I would like to see you flesh it out more and develop it into a story.

Loved it. I'd definitely read a full story based on this.
It kinda makes me want to see it the other way round too though, with Helga being the older one.