A Time to Blossom (ch. 12)
11 Oct 2022 comments
After Craig and Nat spend an afternoon sword making at University, Craig's grain reveals she arranged a special evening for everyone, and hopefully a particularly memorable one for Nathan.
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A Time to Blossom (ch. 11)
7 Oct 2022 comments
Nathan and Craig are to work together as a team, Owain's apprentices, forging a magical blade in the searing heat and half light of the Engineering Lab's furnace room. Craig's intent on not being outshone, but Nathan, unknowingly, has a magical contribution to make to the forging process...
A Time to Blossom (ch. 10)
30 Sep 2022 comments
On their final day at his grandparents' house, Craig and Nat are casting around for things to do when Craig's gran suggests they might like to spend the afternoon in an archaeology class at the university. Before that, Craig wants to go the railway museum...
A Time to Blossom (ch. 9)
9 Sep 2022 comments
The forest is cold, wet, muddy and dark as Nat and Craig set out to spend a night alone before another day of mountain biking and kayaking. Craig is in his element outdoors, but will Nat appreciate it?
A Time to Blossom (ch. 8)
24 Aug 2022 comments
For the last couple of days of Nat's stay with Craig, the two boys are off camping, mountain biking and kayaking with Craig's dad. A time to bond, or perhaps for the relationship to run its course and fizzle out.
A Time to Blossom (ch. 7)
4 Aug 2022 comments
It's Tuesday and Craig is showing Nat around Scarborough before taking him to play cricket. Well, Nat needs to be taught a proper civilised game instead of that girly rounders thing Americans play. They hadn't bargained on encountering some hostility from Craig's cousin Jake though...
A Time to Blossom (ch. 6)
14 Jul 2022 comments
It's Easter Monday afternoon and after a morning showing Nat around York, the two are meeting up with Craig's parents for lunch. Nat is in a good mood but Craig is a little disgruntled. That should change though as the afternoon's plan is for Craig and his dad to go and look at some shotguns and maybe buy Craig his own first gun.
A Time to Blossom (ch. 5)
29 Jun 2022 comments
It's Monday and Nathan gets to experience something new: a ride on a bus. Accompanying Craig into York, he sounds finds himself entranced by the olde worlde Shambles, exasperating Craig as he wanders from shop to shop whilst Craig would much rather be looking at the Viking swords and armour at the Jorvik centre.
A Time to Blossom (ch. 4)
7 Jun 2022 comments
Craig and Nathan continue their holiday in York with a visit to Elvington air museum. After going head to head in a singing duel, Nathan sees a way to assert his supremacy over Craig when they get a chance to go racing land yachts.
A Time to Blossom (ch. 3)
25 May 2022 comments
It's Saturday and Craig & Nathan are off to York to help out on an archaeology dig that Craig's gran is in charge of. They are to be supervised by some university undergraduates, Jackie and Lizzie, and then of course for the roleplays they will put on for the visitors they need to sort out who is going to be master and who is servant...
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A Time to Blossom (ch. 2)
17 May 2022 comments
The boys are on Craig's turf now, and Craig's determined to reach Nat a lesson or two. In England, Nat's sergeant's stripes count for nothing and so the two lock horns to determine supremacy...
A Time to Blossom
7 May 2022 comments
Nat has arrived in England to stay with Craig for the Easter holidays. Eventually they get to spend some time alone together and Nathan has an important question to ask Craig. Why did he leave him, and America?
A New World Begins (ch. 36)
28 Apr 2022 comments
The Easter holidays are almost upon us and college is breaking up. Nat has to hand his History project in and that's likely to raise a few eyebrows. Craig is busy trying to find his passport as well as deciding what he should do about the offer from Will. Dad is on his way home too. There are lots of decisions to be made...
A New World Begins (ch. 35)
23 Apr 2022 comments
It's almost the weekend before Easter and Nat calls a meeting to break some news to the guys in the dorm. Arrangements need to be made for the holiday, and Nat's also gong to be given his first weekend pass out of the semester. Someone else will have to be put in charge of them for a couple of days while Nat's gone, and the potential candidates don't seem too appealing to the guys.
A New World Begins (ch. 34)
15 Apr 2022 comments
As winter starts to turn to spring and Easter appears on the horizon, plans begin to be made. Nathan senses another business opportunity and Craig starts to wonder how he might get back to America.
A New World Begins (ch. 33)
12 Apr 2022 comments
With the snow emergency over and the college getting back to normal, rewards and congratulations are due to be handed out to those that deserve them. Unfortunately, however well meant, Jackson's comments to Nathan cut through him like a knife.
A New World Begins (ch. 32)
30 Mar 2022 comments
The snow had bated a little and so the National Guard deploy into Pittsburgh to clear the roads. Hot on their heels are Allegheny's cadets, and foremost amongst those are Nat and his squad. Things suddenly become serious when an emergency call for help comes over the airwaves.
A New World Begins (ch. 31)
9 Mar 2022 comments
In the States, Nat and Bensinger squad are putting the finishing touches to their winter survival plans and getting ready for when the National Guard are mobilised to aid the local community. Back home in England, Craig decides the pheasants he's shot are ready to be cooked and so sets out to impress his mom with his culinary skills. There's a pheasant spare too, so perhaps Mandy would like it...
A New World Begins (ch. 30)
26 Feb 2022 comments
The weather continues to close in and, as some lessons have to be cancelled, Bensinger Squad steps up to fill the gap. In the background, Nat continues to lay plans...
A New World Begins (ch. 29)
19 Feb 2022 comments
The snow begins to descend on college and as most of the cadets prepare for being trapped in the dorms, Sergeant Bower leads Bensinger squad out into the woodlands to try their hand at winter survival. They aren't meant to stay out overnight but as darkness falls they receive an unexpected visitor...
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A New World Begins (ch. 28)
14 Feb 2022 comments
The New Year, and so a new semester, has begun at Allegheny College. Now in sole charge of Bensinger Squad, Nat has plans to push them further and the incoming bad weather could help him there. He makes an agreement with Jackson, then lets the guys in on his plan. Well, part of it...
A New World Begins (ch. 27)
12 Feb 2022 comments
It's almost time for the start of a new term and, on opposite sides of the Atlantic, preparations for the return to school are underway.
A New World Begins (ch. 26)
28 Jan 2022 comments
It's the last weekend before Craig's dad returns to America, and the last shoot of the season at the game syndicate Craig's dad belongs to. On this occasion, Craig is to be allowed to shoot too. All eyes are on him. But are Craig's thoughts elsewhere?
A New World Begins (ch. 25)
15 Jan 2022 comments
Boots' time in London with Shane is drawing to its close but, just hours before he says goodbye, a comment from Kyle stings Boots and makes him re-assess things. A decision is made...
A New World Begins (ch. 24)
9 Jan 2022 comments
It's New Year's Eve and Craig has plans for another day in London, eventually culminating in a trip to the Tower of London and then Trafalgar Square. First though, he has to get everyone there and that's easier said than done. Until, that is, Kyle's dad steps in and arranges things with the Secret Service...
A New World Begins (ch. 23)
4 Jan 2022 comments
It's time for Boots to meet Kyle and Shane's parents and so he dresses accordingly for dinner, much to the amusement of Kyle and Lee. He also has an envelope to give to Shane...
A New World Begins (ch. 22)
31 Dec 2021 comments
It's just before New Year and Craig is invited to spend a few days in London with Shane, Kyle and their family. Craig knows his way round London, having spent some time there when he was younger, and so soon organises a tour of attractions for them. The Mall, Horse Guards' Parade, London Bridge, The Tower of London, a trip to a pub...
A New World Begins (ch. 21)
25 Dec 2021 comments
It's Christmas Eve, the night when Nathan is expected to smile and play his cello dutifully at the Governor's Christmas Eve Concert but Nathan is more concerned with the package that arrived for him from England...
A New World Begins (ch. 20)
24 Dec 2021 comments
It's the last week of college before the Christmas holidays begin and Will is preparing to analyse the data from the survey cameras on Travis's plane. Needless to say, Craig has an input to that. Craig also goes shopping with Mandy for a few last minute Christmas presents and she spots something he absolutely has to have...
A New World Begins (ch. 19)
21 Dec 2021 comments
Nathan has several things on his 'To do' list: a. Form a golf club, b. Drag Shane out of his comfort zone, c. Call Craig.. Two of them are straightforward...