Announcement:

No, don't freak out, I'm 100% not abandoning the fic. Just wanted to update you all since I've been sort of radio silent lately – work has been super busy, and I have a little test I have to take early in August, so I've been studying up for that.

But most importantly, editing is coming along. I've revised all the chapters from 1 through 16 so far, and hopefully I'll be done with all 25 uploaded chapters sometime soon. I highly urge you to go back and read, if not the whole story, at least 1-16 for now for the more consistent tone. As I mentioned on AO3, I haven't altered the plot at all, but some dialogue has been edited and I've fixed a lot of tonal and consistency issues.

Also, shameless bump to get this fic back to the front page and get more views lmao.

As for the next chapter – I will likely post 26 on Monday, and then I'll go back into self-imposed radio silence until after August 11, since I do need to focus on this one test.

Happy reading, and thank you all lovely people for your reviews, PMs, thoughts. Stay safe and be well!