-rolls up on a big wheels with a starbucks and a hankering to get this party started-

HELLO FRIENDS.

It is I, the person who starts a story, then inevitably runs off to Tumblr and forgets. I apologise for this and will accept any punishment you deem necessary.

BUT...the main reason I'm updating this is to let you know that I will be starting back on this story, slowly over the next few days I'm going to be combing through previous chapters and giving them an overhaul editing wise ( a year later it's clear to see my 2am university writing needs some grammatical aiding ) and start posting NEW CHAPTERS.

YES. NEW.

Believe it or not, I had/have a plan for where this story will go and I was only getting started when it came to the shadow reveal in chapter 5. For those who commented/messaged, haha! You are correct, however, this story isn't going to be the simplest familial bliss that some other bat!fam stories get. I have a goal in mind that doesn't exactly spell out happily ever after (BUT SPOILERS).

So to tide you over until the overhaul is done, I'm going to give you a few hints about what to expect in the next couple of chapters. By answering a few questions I've gotten about the story over the platforms its posted ( , AO3, tumblr, etc), hopefully, this helps until I can get the ball rolling!

boyfriend? SOMEONE WE KNOW? Ahahahahahahah...yes. If you've read any of my previous work, it may be pretty easy to put together ;D

do the fam know Riley is missing? no. they don't. however, that doesn't mean we won't be seeing them very very soon!

is there something like, mentally wrong here? well. i don't know how you relationship with your siblings are - but, I mean -vaguely shrugs in feigned answering-

WHEN ARE YOU GONNA UPDATE? PLS PLS PLZZZZ? SOON! Probably in the next week or so.

DID THAT HELP? No? Darn. Oh well, I'm grateful for those that have stuck around as this is probably my favorite story out of all I've ever written. I have quite a few different plans for this story, and perhaps for my Nightwing Stuck in Starling ( which I haven't at this time decided to reboot, but if you like that too let me know! maybe I'll consider it).

Talk to you guys soon3