Okay, so I wasn't completely wrong.

Trish did make the first move, and her increased confidence helped her do it. I think her using the confidence building exercise "against" Thomas was a really nice touch. Not only did that produce a "full-circle" moment with her figuring out for herself how to use what Thomas has been teaching her this whole time, but if you look at the times that she has used it up until now (with Thomas reminding her each previous time), it also shows that she was still nervous and unsure of herself in that moment.

Every time Trish hasn't been sure how to react to something, she has looked to Thomas, and he was signaled to her to keep her chin up and shoulders out, giving her the confidence she needed to get through those awkward situations. So here we see her knowing what she wants and being bold enough to pursue it, but still having doubts. Those doubts are understandable, given her philosophy on relationships (that it's better if the guy is taller), not to mention the concerns that come with having sex with your therapist and having sex with a friend's boyfriend.

But I really like that, while her confidence has grown exponentially throughout the story, she hasn't morphed into a super assertive type. A 180 like that just wouldn't feel natural, and you avoiding that trap shouldn't surprise me, as your handling of her character as she goes through this journey has been masterful.

And, of course, the fact that she had to wait for Thomas to initiate after that first move not only feeds into this, but it also makes both characters feel equally invested in the decision, too. That's important, as there's a lot involved in that decision, including some potentially serious consequences down the road. It's good that they jumped into this together, instead of Trish simply being the aggressor.

I also understand Trish's sense of urgency. While I've been focusing on other things in my reviews, I've also had the thought that she was "on the clock" if she wanted to have any semblance of normal sex with Thomas, and it was great to see her acknowledge that now. Not only does she want to experience that one more time before it's too late, but the man she loves is literally sitting in her bed with her. And then there's that movie that kind of mirrors her situation to motivate her further. There's no way she couldn't make a move!

I absolutely love the sex scenes in this chapter. They were a realistic blend of hot and awkward, which fits the situation perfectly. Trish has never had sex at that size, and Thomas has obviously never fucked someone twice his size before. So it only makes sense that they would have some issues. The part where Trish is trying so hard to push him deeper into her only for him to not be enough to fill her conveyed the size difference swimmingly, and the fact that he simply resorted to using his arm instead of feeling emasculated or inadequate is exactly what I would expect from him. If anything, being too small to satisfy her with his cock alone probably just made him harder, which is a mentality that's pretty much required for any partner Trish will ever have from this point forward. So in an odd way, that bit of awkwardness shows why they go together so well.

The same could be said for the shower scene. I like how you called attention to how difficult it was for Trish to stay so low for that blow job. And that growing confidence of hers allowed her to get past the concern of emasculating Thomas, rightfully realizing that her size hasn't bothered him up to that point, and lifting him up to finish him off. It was also sweet that, even though it's pointed out that Thomas's dick in her mouth didn't exactly fill her mouth, she was still felt so satisfied just by making him feel good.

Backtracking just a bit, I think the way Trish voluntarily let Thomas just move her body around was incredibly hot. There's just something about a woman who has the power to take control not doing so (at least not right away) that's so enthralling. And the thing with him making her keep her arms up and pulling her over with her shirt made it feel as though he was playing with a 12-foot-tall living doll! Not only that, but this made the following part (where Trish's passion takes control) feel so much more intense.

And I do think that Trish is well on the path to figuring out Thomas's little fetish. That he isn't emasculated when she takes control or, again, has to use his arm to please her, as well as the fact that wasn't scared or angry that she had actually hurt him during sex hint at it but likely aren't enough on their own to tip her off. The way he blew his load immediately after being manhandled by her in the shower is something she'll probably look back on the next time something like that happens though. Right now, she knows that he's not intimidated or emasculated by her size at all, but another moment or two like that and I think she'll piece together pretty quickly that he's actually into it.

It's sad that Trish doesn't understand why Thomas feels so guilty about this. She probably thinks he's thinking about Melanie or crossing that ethical barrier between therapist and patient when he smiles at her that way. And while I'm sure those things are either on his mind or will be shortly after he leaves, I think what's making him feel so guilty is that he believes he let Trish down. Up until now, he's been able to push his lust and growing personal feelings for her aside, remaining the professional that he thinks she needs him to be to get her through this. He thinks it was selfish for him to cave into his desires, and he probably believes that Trish will be worse off for it in the long run. So while she thinks he's simply regretting this decision (deterring her from sharing her true feelings at the end of the chapter), it's really his love and compassion for her that's making him feel this way.

In other words, even when you finally give us what we want, you still find a way to make it tantalizing at the same time. That's a great trait for a slow burn story, and I'm incredibly eager to see where things go from here (especially with so much story left).

And lastly, I decided to put the poor Melanie section of this review in the back this week. The three of them hanging out together both builds on her relationship with both of them and highlights how much more compatible Thomas is with Trish than he is with her. And I thought it was really sweet of her to let Thomas off the hook and basically give him her blessing to stay with Trish, despite feeling like the third wheel and obviously wanting something from him. Again, we don't see a ton of Melanie each chapter, but what we do get is someone who's insanely likable and someone who I'm going to feel really bad for once Trish and Thomas's (likely) ongoing affair is found out.

And Melanie continues to get closer to both of our protagonists. It's impressive how you've shown her relationship with each of them grow and made her so likable while devoting such a small portion of each chapter to her. You really maximize the impact of the scenes with her, yet you do it in a subtle way.

While we're on the subject of Melanie, I thought it was pretty telling that Trish could tell right away that Thomas had bad news while Melanie, his girlfriend, seemingly couldn't. That was a pretty nuanced way to suggest that Trish knows him better and is a better match for Thomas than Melanie.

We kind of saw a similar thing when Thomas realized that Trish was lying about not remembering the previous night. Yeah, her asking if he remembered anything else would make some people question if she was lying, but Thomas knew. He was familiar enough with her to know that she wouldn't have asked that unless she knew more happened that night. It's little things like this that continue to show just how well these two have come to know each other on a relatively short amount of time.

How Trish handled the morning after was certainly interesting. That she didn't just assume that Thomas had no interest in her after that shows that, on some level, she knows that he does. That she couldn't help but probe him about that night shows that she needs to hear him say it to be sure on a conscious level.

Perhaps more importantly on that front, I was surprised to see Trish actually consider allowing the government to take her. I thought she'd feel some guilt for some of those darker thoughts Patty Hotcakes had that night, but I didn't expect it to manifest in that way. I thought that was an incredibly selfless gesture on her part. She recognized what she could have done, even though she didn't do it, and thought about the safety of others before thinking about what was right for her (I'm sure the fact that it was Thomas she thought about taking advantage of really drove that point home for her).

But just the fact that she even had that thought in the first place shows that she's not going to abuse the power she has over people.

Thankfully, Thomas is there to save her from her own selflessness. And I like that it's emphasized multiple times that Trish wasn't sure about his plan and that she could have easily stopped him from pulling her along at any time. Despite that, she doesn't even try to stop him. She trusts him implicitly. That trust seems to supercede the doctor-patient relationship and her being a type-1 patient. She genuinely trusts that he cares enough about her to not lead her wrong.

We see just how far that trust goes later on when she realizes that she would do anything Thomas asked of her. Admittedly, this could be taken as a firm of obsession or dependence, but I don't think Trish's other actions back up those assertions. I really think it's just a high level of trust developed through the bond they share as friends (and the fact that they both want something more).

Thomas's actions also show that this trust isn't misplaced. He's not his usual, calm self. He doesn't even tell her to come with him when he pulls her to follow him. This had nothing to do with her being his patient or even his attraction to her size; he just didn't want something bad to happen to her. Despite him being pushy, I found that to be really sweet.

Trish trying to be strong to show Thomas that she's all better mentally so they can date was kind of cute and sad at the same time. I think it also shows that she isn't entirely reliant on him, since her own motivation kept her from falling to pieces immediately after hearing the bad news. I'm glad he got her to show her true feelings and let Melanie and him confirm her. Trish leans on Thomas a lit, bit, again, not in the way a therapist's patient usual does. She doesn't want to disappoint him, she wants him to be proud of her, and she just plain wants him. When she starts to doubt herself, she comes back to him. Like I said above, this toes the line between love and dependence, but I think we've seen enough at this point to know that her feelings for him are real.

Lastly, even though Dr. Vale went about things the wrong way and rightfully got knocked the fuck out for it, he does have a point. Threat to humanity isn't the right phrasing, I think, since, contrary to what Vale may think, Trish is still human, but there are some serious sustainability questions if her growth continues fir a couple years. The placement of his breakdown was good, as it reminds the reader that what qualified as a happy ending for this story is still pretty murky.

Is it Trish finding a cure and living g happily ever after with Thomas? Is it her growth tapering off at some semi-reasonable point and becoming Thomas's perfect fantasy? Or maybe it's as simple as finding a way for a miles-tall Trish to co-exist with the rest of humanity somehow. Will she even let herself grow that big, though? I think we're still pretty early in on this story, so there's still plenty of time to ponder that, but with everything that's been going on these last few chapters, it's good to be reminded of the long term stakes.

Anyway, excellent work as usually. I look forward to seeing which endorsement deals Trish takes on.

What sticks out to me the most in this chapter is the growing confidence is Trish. I mean, going up to Melanie unprompted (and even discouraged!) to invite her to her house warming party, politely demanding that the staff figure out a way for her to have her outdoor times, and even the way she reacts to Thomas blurting out this was his job are all things I could have never seen her doing even in the previous chapter.

With the Thomas situation in particular, I feel like she would have crumbled and reverted back to trying to shrink herself in a ball if this had happened earlier in the story. She would have been devastated by this, and he would have lost her trust forever. To see her go from that fragile state to handling those difficult feelings with passive aggressive anger, actually processing her feelings, and apologizing the next day shows a lot of growth, I think.

So Trish's character development is already so rewarding, and it sounds like we're not even that far into the story yet. I'm looking forward to her continuing to open up as her confidence returns.

Poor Melanie. There's nothing bad happening to her yet, but you know that the closer she gets to Thomas, the more she's going to get hurt when Thomas and Trish eventually and inevitably stop fighting against what they really want. We haven't seen a ton of Melanie yet, but she seems really nice, and the fact that she seems to have more sympathy than fear of Trish makes her pretty likable early on. Every time I see her flirting with Thomas, there's a small pit in my stomach because I know how this ends (not literally, of course, but in a figurative sense). This is great writing, and I love how the story can make me feel this way about her, especially when she hasn't had a lot of "screen time" as of yet.

And the fact that Trish, in an effort to accept that Thomas is off-limits and move past her feelings, actually helped advance the relationship between Thomas and Melanie just adds to the whole thing. It was an innocent thing for Trish to do, but again, it's like seeing a train wreck coming from a mile away and not being able to do a thing about it.

As for Trish trying to move past those feelings, I think that was handled really well here. We've focused mostly on Thomas's efforts to do that so far, so with Trish starting to have romantic fantasies about him last chapter, it was a nice parallel to see her going through the same thing he is. This could have easily been a story about a moral, but fetish-obsessed therapist accidentally taking advantage of a lonely, lovesick patient (which is the ethical concern Thomas has, of course), but Trish coming into her own and fighting against her feelings gives them a more legitimate feel, if that makes sense. It doesn't feel like she's falling for him just because he was there at a time in which she was emotionally fragile. She seems to actually like him for who he is, and he just happens to be her therapist who has helped her through a really tough time in her life, too.

Also feeding into that feeling are the interactions between the two as the story progresses. I mentioned this last chapter, but I feel like it was more prominent here (and probably will be going forward, surely). You've written two characters that mesh, and it's easy to believe that they like each other. Their banter is a lot of fun without being over the top. Like I said before, Trish's reaction to Thomas's mistake didn't seem exaggerated. And the way they apologized to each other was cute and endearing without being overly dramatic. These characters feel real, as does the progression of their relationship with one another.

So great work once again! This story has been extremely enjoyable so far, and I look forward to seeing where you've taken it in the chapters ahead!

Well that went even worse than I thought it would!

I mean, I figured the odds that Jake would end up being the understanding type were pretty low, but there was a small chance (in my mind, at least) that he would at least try, which would have muddied things up with poor Dr. Black. But man, Jake turned out to be an even bigger asshole than I thought he was probably going to be.

I thought you did a nice job of selling us on the idea that Jake was a douche right from the start, when he was actually trying to be nice. The way he casually insulted the town without even realizing it and how he shrugged off doing the exercise telegraphed right away that this wasn't going to go well.

Trish's reaction to Jake's arrival made a lot of sense, too. Obviously there's her need to take out her anger at Jake rejecting her (especially since she wasn't ready to accept that yet). But even beyond her scapegoating the hospital staff and even Thomas himself for having "tricked her to being okay with this," I think the way she responded to Jake fits Thomas's initial conclusion that she's a "type 1" patient.

Trish has so far relied on the firm direction of Dr. Black to deal with this difficult time in her life. Taking so much of the immense pressure off of her by telling her what to do, even though he makes it clear that he isn't (and can't) actually make her do anything. That authoritative direction is exactly what the confused and scared woman needs right now to gain some semblance of order within herself, although I do think she's going to outgrow (Yeah, it's a pun, what about it?) this as the story progresses and the good doctor helps her build her confidence (I'm of the impression that this is going to be a 180-degree improvement).

But, for now, Jake stepped in and, due entirely to his previous role in Trish's life, took that role of authoritative guide away from Thomas, his voice instead directing her to lash out at the people who, in his mind, weren't working hard enough on his girlfriend's problem (with zero knowledge of what has actually been done). So it makes sense that Trish would become so adversarial, and it also makes sense that Jake's guidance would lead to her falling into maybe a worse mental state than when she first arrived at the hospital.

I'm also pretty sure this is the reason why Thomas was able to pick up where he left off so easily. With Jake out of the picture, she responded to his gentle commanding quite well (I thought him turning the doorknob to signal he was coming in and simply waiting for her to move was a nice touch). In this depressing ordeal, she trusted him to assume control of the situation, and he, in turn, showed that her trust was well placed, not only by helping her cope with Jake's betrayal, but doing the same with the much worse news about her growing prospects.

Maybe more importantly, I think that this whole thing is starting to teach her to rethink her situation. That line about not wanting to see a hypothetically apologetic Jake shows a shift in her mentality. While she still hates what's happening to her, she's starting to care less about the people who are having a negative influence on her mood and focusing more on what makes her happy (which is why hearing that Dr. Black is dating made her feel like shit again, for a completely different reason).

To me, this is what her imagining of her growth within the hospital and, later on, her fantasy about Dr. Black is all about. Breaking through the hospital entryway with a "fuck it" is a sort of liberation and her envisioning him at knee height when talking to him was a symbol of the comfort she finds in knowing that he'll accept her like that. And her fantasizing about him coming onto her at the same size when she was 30 feet tall moments before further hits that point home, among other, more obvious things.

But in short, I would be surprised if we saw Trish squeeze herself into a ball again. This whole thing will help her truly build her confidence, I think.

While Jake certainly isn't going to be muddying things up for Thomas like I thought he might, it looks like Melanie will be taking on that role instead, and in a completely different way, too. Having him be the one with feelings for two people probably makes more sense storywise anyway, particularly given the moral quandary him being in a relationship with Trish presents. I kind of expect him to lean into that connection he was starting to feel for Melanie in an effort to stave off his feelings for Trish, which isn't going to end well for Melanie. It's really only a matter of how far along they take things and how much she's going to get hurt. Well, nobody said stepping out of the background to become a major character was easy.

By the way, I also really like that Thomas is actually starting to feel something for Melanie, instead of just running into a relationship to stop thinking about Trish. I also like that it was noted that he's found common ground with Trish through their similar sense of humor. It would have been pretty easy to just focus on Trish's size and to use Melanie as a prop to add drama to the story, but these little details make them feel more human and the story easier to invest myself in. Again, these are small things, but they're appreciated.

Finally, I'm starting to change how I think how Thomas's secret getting revealed to Trish is going to go down. Up until this chapter, I kind of figured that he would either confess out of guilt or slip up and say something accidentally. Now, given her reaction to his erection jabbing her stomach and subsequent thoughts afterward, I'm thinking she might figure it out on her own and use the thing she's hated this whole time to win over the man she's infatuated with. It would be pretty rewarding to see her go from not wanting to stand up when he's looking at her to having the confidence to use her size to make a move on him. Anything's still possible at this point, obviously, but this chapter got my imagination moving in a different direction for some reason.

But yeah, if it wasn't obvious already, I was a big fan of this chapter. Awesome work!

Really enjoying the chemistry between Trish and Thomas throughout this story, as well as the continual growth rate as she slowly becomes larger and larger. You have a real knack for character development, especially with how Thomas is able to remain professional despite his underlying sexual angst with regards to Trish's growth. Really good stuff! Looking forward to more.

I'm absolutely loving this story so far!

First and foremost, though, let me thank you for your short, choppy writing style. It make for so much easier reading, and that's really appreciated.

Man, Thomas is such a likeable character. His struggle between his fetish-y desires and his natural want to help poor Trish makes it feel as though he's a really good guy, It can't be easy to put aside a fantasy that until now was thought to be impossible, but he's able to look past that and see Trish as not only a real person (as opposed to the embodiment of all his sexual desires) but someone who desperately needs the kind of help he can provide.

Of course, seeing firsthand the consequences suffered by a real-life growing woman has helped to keep him focused so far. It's one thing to find Trish and her condition attractive, but it's another thing entirely to see the shame, fear, and frustration said condition is causing her.

However, we've already seen signs of a very interesting dichotomy resulting from this. The more Thomas is able to instill confidence in Trish, the less he's going to be able to weigh down his desires with the despair she's going through. In other words, the better he is at doing his job, the less professional he'll be able to be around her. This is a really fun idea to play with, and it also does a great job of building the anticipation of if/how Thomas is going to either slip up or straight up tell Trish about his conflicted feelings (and obviously how she's going to process and react to this information).

And I'd be remiss if I mentioned Thomas's likeability without calling attention to how funny, clever, charismatic, and ethical he's written to be. That last one might seem an odd choice to describe a psychologist falling in love with his patient, but I particularly enjoyed the way he called out his peers for wanting to keep Trish mentally unhealthy just to assuage their own fears.

While we haven't seen things quite as much from Trish's perspective, but from what we've seen from her, both in those brief spots where she takes over the narrative and through Thomas's eyes, it's really easy to pull for her. It's really sad to me that she has been conditioned to think that men should be taller than women, especially when we're reminded that Trish was a taller girl even before her condition materialized. It's made clear that this goes beyond limiting who she puts in her dating pool as well, as we're told that she was used to slouching and shrinking herself when around men in general. That's a shitty way to go through life, making yourself seem less.

We also see the consequences of this mentality when she stands behind Thomas. While it's been all but stated plainly that she's attracted both physically and mentally to her beloved Dr. Black, she feels a sense of disappointment when she realizes how short he actually is. Out of context, this could easily be taken to mean that she's simply against dating shorter guys (not that she's consciously looking to date Thomas, as this was just a subtle observation by her). But knowing what we know about her, I think this was a much more self-conscious feeling, one that leans more toward "a guy that short would never be interested in someone as tall as me" rather than "Huh, he's pretty cool, but he's just too short for me." It's almost as though she's judging herself on Thomas's behalf. Oh, if only she knew ...

And not much has been mentioned about Jeb as of yet, but I get the vibe that he may not be the most supportive father in the world, either. That's not to say he doesn't care about his daughter or that he loves her any less for going through this. However, between that nod that told Thomas that he would never consider expressing his feelings to a psychologist and Trish's desire to be able to speak about her problems with someone other than her father, "someone who she could be vulnerable with, someone who wasn't expecting her to to put on a brave face," I'm not so sure that Jeb even knows how to give her the type of support she needs, let alone be eager to give it to her.

All of this makes Trish a character that I can really empathize with, and that makes going on this journey with her toward building confidence and being comfortable in her own skin that much more enjoyable as a reader. I'm loving their sessions together. I actually found myself smiling while reading Trish go through the confidence-building exercises. 

I also think that all of that makes Thomas the perfect person to help her though that journey. The way she's drawn to his confidence is something that I believe will help her realize that there are more important things in life than height, both because of the way she's starting to feel about the shorter psychologist and the fact that he's not intimidated by her in any way. And the impact of that confidence on Trish can't be understated, either. I mean, you've got a whole hospital's-worth of people reaffirming her worst thoughts about herself, even if unintentionally so, only for one person's light to shine brighter than all of that and remind her who she really is and show her what's actually important (even if that light might be at least partially driven by said person's less-than-pure thoughts and fetish).

Obviously, I'm really curious to see how Jake the boyfriend handles seeing his now much taller girlfriend. Given what we've already established about Trish (namely that she thinks all guys want a shorter girl) and the general direction this story is trending in, it's likely going to be a less-than-ideal reunion, although you never know, I guess.

I'm also interested to see if/how the rest of the hospital changes its perception of her as she continues to build her confidence. It's easy to be afraid of something when it's afraid of itself. Will a confident, more outgoing Trish be received more warmly by the staff, or will the fact that she's not trying to ball herself up and make herself smaller only serve to scare them more?

Lastly, like the other reviewer, I also had a question (or more of a comment really, I suppose) about the sizes Trish will reach in this story. It's not so much that I need (or even really want) to know what heights she's going to reach but more that this story is tagged as only 1 mile to 100 miles tall. I would recommend that you add other size tags to this story (we're already in the 7 feet to 15 feet category now), as letting potential readers know what sizes will be used in the story (as opposed to just where things end up, if that's what the giga tag you picked is meant to signify) will seem more inviting for them. When you get into the miles-tall categories, that's usually a pretty particular clientele, and you might be better served letting people know that this story covers more than just that.

I also have to admit that I'm a bit concerned about this story getting into giga territory. I've got no problem with that stuff in general, and I'm sure that if we get there you've got a plan for it, but I can't help but feel as though this story will lose something special if we get to the point that communication between our two main characters is no longer possible. I don't know, this story so far hasn't given off much "humans are basically germs to me" vibes so far (in terms of setup), so it's hard to comprehend we would get there.

Anyway, that's enough out of me. Awesome work so far, and I look forward to seeing where this story goes from here!