Bittersweet Candy Bowl

Intermission: Another Flame, page posted 11/28/22

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Author commentary

Veronica: I like that Mike is slowly getting into the “no you can be rude and punch me around again” mode and Lucy’s like “but that was the problem"

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Comment ID #22589

Well, I'm happy they're having a healthy discussion about it.

Ricu31

Comment ID #22590

THIS is what they both need a healthy talk about everything that has happened i wish this is how it played out in the real story line

Brittany ann

Comment ID #22591

Look at what you could have gotten, Mike. You fool. You absolute BAFFOON

April

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“SNAP BACK TO REALITY” ~Eminem

Vrillify

Comment ID #22593

Will the real Mike and Lucy please stand up,

Mobius Gopherhole

Comment ID #22594

The au part of this is them having a health conversation. The real Mike and Lucy could never

Fiver

Comment ID #22595

Please stand up, please stand up,

Mobius Gopherhole

Comment ID #22596

All these alternate timelines hurt knowing what could have been 🥲

Robust

Comment ID #22597

It feels like we just skipped right to the end

Arle

Comment ID #22598

Glad he said that he really just wanted to be able to talk and apologize and wasn't expecting more. I really think Lucy needed to hear that.

It's like she'd been stuck thinking that she had to be a rebound or that he had to have feelings for her for her to be of any worth to him.

Kash Bran

Comment ID #22599

This is before Augustus showed her there are different forms of love; that didn't happen here. I wonder how the rest of this chapter will go if Mike doesn't pursue anything with her.

hazel

Comment ID #22600

Oh snap you're right

Mobius Gopherhole

Comment ID #22601

Lucy: And I also need to get better at kicking your ass as well!

Mike: (gulp)

SCD

Comment ID #22602

God, I wish this were canon

Elvenhunter84

Comment ID #22603

Same here.

SCD

Comment ID #22604

thank god this conversation is happening here so it won't happen in the main story; these two will be angsty with each other into their late 30s

Snow

Comment ID #22605

I think it's less that they will never find a point where they can potentially get back on neutral ground, and more that the actual events in main comic are going to get a lot more dramatic and reach an actual breaking point before things have the chance to get better. None of this healthy sitting down and talking things out, more bottling things up until the worst possible moment to let it all out... or until the bottle shatters. Just my suspicions though, we'll just have to wait and see whether or not that winds up being the case.

Alec