Archonstine
Definitely what I expected from their dynamic but his full-throttle ahead mentality is probably where you capitalize best on, because to anyone "normal" what Ricky is doing is basically insane and career suic1de or professional burnout physically, mentally and creatively. I wish Gamer fics took more inspiration in the reality of mundane interactions, especially with whats shown here. It's refreshing, lol this sounds like book review. Great chapter btw
I really like this story. That said, they are areas where you can improve it. Like, I have noticed you tend to not finish dialogues of your characters and end it abruptly in the middle. E.g. 'jus- just- wait a min-', things like that. It's okay, one or two times, but when you're hearing the book as a TTS, it gets a little annoying and lowers the quality of the story as a whole.