I love the story that you've managed to write, truly. Concisely, it's about two friends having drifted apart, lived their own lives separately and have come back into each other's lives and having to learn to adjust to being strangers that are getting to know each other again. It's beautiful.

But I may be overly sensitive, and that's on me, but Matt's choice to be a vigilante had the repercussion of making Foggy a victim of violence. And i get that you're illustrating that Matt hadn't taken it very well, and out of sight is out of mind. The people that have stayed, all they can see is Matt's spiral and the fallout of Foggy having left--not what prompted him to leave.

But I am mad at Kirsten's initial conversation with Foggy after realizing who he is (wanting to kick him in the face, but begrudgingly coming to conclusion that maybe he didn't deserve it), Marci's and Karen's conversations with him--that they are mad at him for leaving. That after physically healing from his injuries, Foggy should have stayed to tend to Matt--to reassure him that the act of torture was okay and completely not Matt's fault (exaggeration on my part-I know that's not your point).

That to be broken and allowing one to make decisions that are easy and are actually in one's own self-interest is unforgivable? That Foggy's torture was terrible, but not nearly as much as the effect it had on Matt?

I just get the vibe of victim-shaming and I hate it. And like I said, I'm probably being overly sensitive, but that just has been my take away from their conversations--and that interpretation is entirely on me and my own issues and probably not at all what you intended. I could have and probably should have steered away from leaving a comment at all, but I just needed to put my thoughts to words.

This really is beautifully written. But not my cuppa. Thank you for sharing, nonetheless.