Review – Equilibrium
Equilibrium. And we all know how elusive it can be.
Background
After the end of Together, Doug, Lili, Malcolm, Melissa, and Leonora are ready to start the arrangement and live their lives in tandem.
In Between Days, the Arrangement
Essentially, Lili and Doug will have an open marriage and each take a lover, and Melissa and Norri will open their relationship but only Melissa will take a lover.
But the problem was that I had forgotten all about one person within the family unit and had not accounted for him or his feelings in any way – Joss.
Plot
Hence after the ordeal of Lili and Doug’s kidnapping in Together, and in anticipation of a new little sister, Joss regresses a tiny bit. He wants his parents with him. This means some co-sleeping.
Living in a system that is significantly psionically charged, Lili and Doug (and all of the Calafans, actually), are able to share dreams as a kind of alternate secondary reality. Hence this is a big part of what makes the extramarital arrangements work in the first place. But of course Lili and Doug are not going to expose Joss to anything untoward. Therefore, Joss will not be a witness to any sort of a primal scene.
Hence they decide to share with him a small child’s most perfectly excellent dream, ever.
Story Postings
- Posting on Fanfiction.net
- Equilibrium on Fictionpad
- Also, Equilibrium on Wattpad
- In addition, Equilibrium (original posting)
- In Between Days Equilibrium on G & T Show forums
- Equilibrium in context
Rating
The story is Rated K.
Upshot
Ao from the picnic to the train ride to the old-fashioned baseball game, the dream is everything Joss and his proud parents could ever want. Therefore, I simply adore this little story.
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