Not my characters, and I make no profit. Thanks to my beta, Max.
First of all, I want to thank everyone who's been reading what I write up to this point. I know this story has grown a lot in popularity, and through it I've made a lot of great friends and met a bunch of truly wonderful people. I started this story as a way to give Ennis and Jack a happy ending—and a few really hot sex scenes. The ending hasn't happened yet, I know, but I'm afraid it never will. That's why I'm writing this.
Over Christmas break I came to learn some things about my own family that cannot help but alter my role in the Brokeback Mountain fandom. I am deeply sorry to have started a story I can't finish. In a way, though, it's not fair to give a fictional Jack and Ennis a happy ending. In real life we can't rewrite our histories. We have to live with them. Everyone who maybe felt this story understood them will only feel left behind or abandoned by that happy ending. Not that I don't want that for Jack and Ennis as well. I just can't write it any more.
Also, my story was wonderfully smut!ful. I know a lot of people really responded well to my sex scenes, but for personal reasons, there can be no more. I'm sorry. I wish this could be different, but that's the way it's going to have to be.
So, since I have to abandon this fic, I offer you all a consolation prize! I'm going to be starting an extended series of short stories focusing on the happy times between Jack and Ennis, in a canon setting. I hope you will all join me for that wild, and fun, ride. For any real Ennis's out there, the happy memories are all that's left of the happy ending.
That's all. Thanks for reading thus far, and I hope you all have an excellent 2006!
kimmiecowgirl (Kim Jackson)