Ah. This is... really weird, I'll be honest.
I never really planned on coming back to this, to be quite honest. Not only because I lost my passion for it after my mom's death, but because I lost the rewrite I was working on. Didn't plan on it, but here I am, sort of. I suppose I wanted this to feel less open ended, I guess. Because the last thing I said was that mother passed and that the hiatus was extended, which made it seem like I would return to the story. I guess back then I planned to return to it eventually but well, times change.
This was mildly inspired by the fact that I got some notifications for abandoned stories that got picked back up recently, because I haven't actually visited this site in a long, long time, much less signed in to either of my accounts. But it's almost five in the morning and I'm down memory lane.
If any one of you who still follow this story get a notification and read this after seeing it's not an update, hi. If you're one of the people that sent me support after my mom's death, thank you, truly. I'm happy to say I haven't stopped writing, although it took me a while to really get back to it, and other things in life. In fact, I'm doing fanfiction once more, as of this month, something I never thought I would. Although it's a series of drabbles for an entirely different fandom than this and on AO3 rather than here.
If it wasn't obvious, this is pretty much where the journey ends. I never managed to get a hold of F.A. again, but if she ever decides to visit this account again, perhaps she'll pick her story back up. Though I highly doubt that.
As for me, well, I have the plot for this story and it's sequel in my head, but that's where they will probably stay. The story I have is wildly different to the one we were writing, and I'm not too invested in writing it, nor do I think it would interest many readers.
So to sum it up, it was a pleasure whilst it lasted, but time and life have forced me to move on. Thanks to everyone who read this story, your comments and support really kept me writing in a time where I didn't really believe in myself. And I would like to specifically thank Nyx of Nic-n'-Nyx, because fuck dude, you were my first real source of feedback in regards to writing. And honestly younger me didn't really realize exactly how much you helped, but you helped a lot. I hope you're reading this so I can thank you properly, and tell you how much it meant to me. I've found people in my life now that will critique my work when asked and help me, but you were the first person to really give me tips and pointers and help out, and you did it without me even asking you. So again, thank you.
And that is all, folks.