[Report This]Date: June 12 2025 10:42 AM Title: Chapter 30 - Coffee Date
Your description of what is like to being tiny is really insightful. Seriously: to exist in someone else's space. That is actually deep and a way to express a kind of ideal love. At the same time, it summs up the core of Ben’s growth: he is breaking barriers, both his and from Angie, Morgan and Winters now, existing in their space. I enjoy this insightful side of your storytelling since day one. It takes time, effort, character development… and it’s totally worth the wait. What I am trying to say is… congrats on best chapter so far!
Now that the cat is out of the bag, I guess both will be able to really enjoy each other’s company and a more deep and fun debating experience – I am waiting for the day Angie will go to Ben’s house to fully grasp not just how shallow the complaints about her life are… but also how he is not made of steel and is working double to be where he is: near her.
But where does this put Morgan? Yes, everyone is friends, but I hope she doesn’t just give up for Angie’s sake. If anything, I am expecting for her to go into attack mode and try to be more agressive in conquering Ben’s heart. Like: Oh no, bitch, if Ben is going to exist in some gigantic feet those will be mine! LOL.
As for Winters, in sight of her near 0 social experience, a tiny might be what she ends up seeing as a ideal partner. Winters is still in the dark about who he really is, but nothing will convince me she is not jealous of what him and Angie have, so finding out he is her tiny friend might fuel her idealistic fantasies even more – something like finally being able to have what Angie has. Maybe Winters could sneak on him after a session – Kimberly has a emergency and leaves just for a few minutes and...! Maybe Winters would even try to shrink him even more to sneak him and have him under complete control…
Thinking about that dream sequence even now… if Angie looks divine to Ben at three inches, would she look monstrous if he was a ant? And would she still love him if he became a ant?
As always, many thanks for writing and sharing! Stay safe!
Author's Response:
Always appreciate your thoughts on what could happen!
I have some events coming up that I think are pretty fun, and will also break away from the Tiny Treatments segments in the near future. :)
[Report This]Date: June 12 2025 7:09 AM Title: Chapter 30 - Coffee Date
Hey, we finally got the real talk in this one!
Going back to the previous chapter first, though, I thought it was really sweet how both Kimberly and Dr. Rivera were so worried about Ben. Dr. Rivera chasing him down outside the facility not to yell at him but to check on him was particularly heartwarming! Tiny Treatments seems like a nice place to work, despite all the foot-related incidents ...
And I took it as a great sign that Angie both greeted him casually and ordered him that mocha, memorizing his pre-debate order. Yeah, she's definitely got a thing for Ben!
And of course she's the type of person who "organizes" the sugar packets when she's nervous!
Okay, on to this chapter! Ben and Angie talking, like really talking was so great to read! I've been waiting for this, and it didn't disappoint!
Ben used Maggie's advice here! He apologized instead of making it about him. It was nice to see him have it together enough to remember to do that this time. He still struggled a bit (hence all the mocha-sipping), but he did a much better job of explaining without making himself sound like a victim.
Angie's emotions were really complicated here, but I think she did a great job laying everything out. Mainly, I was impressed with her navigating her humiliation, anger, and disappointment with the fact that she couldn't even be fully mad at Ben because she liked talking to tiny stranger him. I can understand that. It had to be mortifying to find out that she confided in her rival, but at the time, when she didn't know it was him, it was so freeing and felt so good! Hopefully they can get to a place where she feels that freedom without the mortification!
I love that Ben went into detail about his family's struggles and that Angie immediately showed signs of sympathizing with him. I was kind of hoping to hear her thoughts on that, but I'm still hopeful that this might come later on. That's been a big part of the story on his end but has mostly been separate from the school-related stuff. I mean, Ben mentioned to the rest of the team that he was doing this to help his family, but we really don't know how much they know about his family's situation. But I do think Angie has a lot on the brain right now, so it's understandable that this is just one more thing she's processing.
Ben did a hell of a job explaining why he didn't stop Angie from pouring her heart out to him. He panicked initially, but then he started to realize that he had been so wrong about her all this time, and he was too focused on that to tell her the truth. That makes a lot of sense and has to be reassuring to Angie. This wasn't a joke to him at all; it was a profound and meaningful experience, maybe as much for him as it was for her. That has to make her feel that her secrets are safe with him.
I was surprised that Ben mentioned that Sabrina stepped in to fill the appointment Angie walked out of. I'd argue that even that is skirting the line a bit, but I was so glad to see him pull back and tell Angie that he couldn't go into the details of their conversation. I'm sure Angie either was or will be too, as that means that he'll take her secrets seriously as well.
In any case, I'm was happy that Ben was able to humanize Sabrina to Angie a little bit.
But once these two got into a groove, they were quite cute together, with their sips to buy time, gently playful banter, and slight awkwardness when it came to figuring out what to do next. I really like these two together. I also really like Ben with Morgan, but for different reasons. I'm really curious to see which way you go with this, but my money is still on Angie right now, and honestly? I think that's what I want to see, too, even though, again, I wouldn't hate seeing him end up with Morgan either.
Watch you swerve us all and have Ben go with neither, just not having a girlfriend at all. Or, better yet, he swoops in and steals Savannah before Dustin can grow the balls to make a move! Plot twist!
It was great to see Ben request that they go by first names from now on, doing so first. That's a small but significant step in putting their rivalry to bed. It's adorable to hear Angie use his first name (Benjamin or Ben, either way) after she's been calling him Carter for so long!
The prospect of Angie scheduling another session with Ben is an exciting one! I'm really curious what that would look like, now that Angie knows his secret. However that pans out, that will definitely be a pivotal moment in how they move forward (because now that you've teased it, you have to do it; you know that, right? RIGHT?!).
And now we wait to see how this conversation goes down with Morgan. You're doing an amazing job of constantly giving us something to draw us deeper into the story!
Author's Response:
Angie was definitely very focused on wanting to know why Ben lied, so she wasn't really thinking much about anything else for sure, it does get brought up again later though! It just wasn't something I could focus on writing out without it becoming the main topic.
Angie has a longstanding tense rivalry relationship with Sabrina, so Ben figured she'd want to know something like that. He's also being honest and open with her so I figured that'd be interesting to add in. :)
I really liked (and struggled with) the idea of both girls with him. I even considered Savannah at some point. It's difficult for us when you have to pick one and not turn it into some kind of harem, isn't it?
I'm glad you're enjoying the conversations inbetween! It won't be too long of a wait until the next shrinking this time around at least.