I would like to start this off with: This story is not discontinued.
Now that that's out of the way, there are some things I would like to say.
Firstly, I am eternally grateful for all of your comments. Some have been so kind that they have brought tears to my eyes. I have been and always will appreciate all of what you have to say about my story.
Additionally, this story will be updated properly someday - perhaps soon, perhaps not. For this reason, I am not allowing people to adopt it or continue it themselves. There is a large combination of factors that have led to me not continuing it presently, but mostly it is the content matter and events that have happened in my personal life not allowing me to continue.
To put it the best I can in a way I feel comfortable with is that it has taken me a long time to be comfortable with subject matter so close to PTSD. This is not for reasons pertaining specifically for myself, but because of things that have occurred to some people I am incredibly close with. I forced myself away from this story for a while, and that led to me turning away from DC as a whole for a long, long time.
Now, I am in a much different place in my life. Things are just...better now than they were back then.
And so I'm sorry for such the incredibly long wait, and I thank all of you for sticking with this story. I've always disliked it when stories I love and follow get discontinued, and so I swore to myself long ago that I would never do the same unless I really had to.
And now, well, I don't really have any reason not to, so I'm really going to try.
I love you all, and thank you once more. I hope you can understand my vagueness.
-Phoenix
[PS: You might see some changes in the early chapters sometime after this is posted. That is because, due to my long absence from this story, I have settled into a new writing style. I will not be changing any major plot, as this entire story was planned out long ago.]