Happy Update Day ?

As always I grow unreasonably upset every time I make you wait longer than two weeks for an update so you can imagine the inner conversations I was having with myself ? This month has been really hard on me, there's been a lot of sleeping and a whole lot of anxiety. Sometimes things feel permanent, and even when you try telling yourself that they aren't, your mind can be quite a tricky thing to convince. Ahhh but this is my safe space, we come here to be happy ?

So on to happy happenings~ This is it my darlings! and even though I made you wait for it you'll be excited to know that as per usual I ended up writing much more than anticipated and ended up with a stupid long chapter ?

Rating: M (Explicit): Guess you'll have to read and find out if there is any spice in this one~

Disclaimer: They are not mine ok? Any characters portrayed in this fic belong to Masashi Kishimoto. I just use my writing powers to right his wrongs...mainly the fact that he never made Sasuke and Naru Canon.

Falling Hard

Chapter 15: You and I

People were talking.

It was like the first day they showed up on campus together all over again. Everyone was either nose deep in their phones replaying the videos of the fight or their eyes were shamelessly following him and Sasuke around, quickly turning back to their friends as they spotted the bites, their voices growing louder.

Sasuke had held his hand and even offered to skip his first class to stay by the library that morning. He'd told him not to, he would be back for prep in a couple of hours, and with finals approaching he had no business skipping class.

After the raven had hesitantly left he did his best to keep his expression neutral as the alphas that came around were actually able to pick up his scent, frowning at the mix of alpha and omega pheromones then their eyes were quick to find the mark on his neck. At the sight, some of the alphas that had been prowling around the library finally took their leave, and to his utter frustration, others seemed more interested.

He was startled out of his thoughts as someone placed an iced coffee by the notebook he'd been reviewing. He looked up from the reception desk to offer Itachi a smile "You're just doing it to make Sasuke angry now"

"Good to keep an alpha on his toes" his eyes fell on his neck and he felt the blood rush to his face as the raven offered him a trademark Uchiha smirk "Though I see he's finally stepping up"

"You talking shit?" Sasuke never failed to arrive almost right behind Itachi, he was also carrying an iced coffee, he glared at the cup currently in front of the blonde "So nice of you to bring me something" He told his brother, reaching for the iced coffee in front of the blonde and swapping it for the one he'd brought.

Naruto barely managed to hold in a laugh at the childish move.

"Too sweet for you" Itachi replied with a small smirk

"Imma need the sugar high to get through your prep session"

"I'm an excellent teacher," Itachi replied, unphased. "See you when we get out," Itachi offered him with a small smile.

"Debatable" Sasuke muttered with a roll of his eyes before he turned to the blonde who he knew was trying his hardest not to laugh "See you right after" he winked at him.

It was always a little noisy right before prep, that's when most people pretended to 'study' at the library so they could sneak a look at the brothers. It took twenty to thirty minutes but the library would settle, and then he could actually work on some of his assignments. Voices grew a little louder and his eyes drifted momentarily to the table where the group of girls he'd confronted the first time he showed up with Sasuke had officially set up shop. They were there for every single prep session—he'd like to take a look at their grades, very little studying was actually taking place.

The platinum blonde—who turned out to be named Jessaca—like you had to pronounce it as jess-Ah-k—looked at him in contempt before she turned to the brunette next to her, who was named, wait for it, Harmony.

"He really showed up with a bite, like bet his insecure ass begged Sas for it" Sas? He gripped the counter holding in a hiss.

They'd just come back from spring break and he couldn't wait for summer vacation.

"Someone should probably tell Sasuke how friendly he is with his brother"

He usually sat there and pretended he couldn't hear them, they could try and spread as many rumors as they wanted. It wouldn't change a thing, whoever looked at that video of Sasuke fighting Kiba would know Sasuke was officially off the market. He'd never once fought for an omega, and he couldn't care less if he saw anyone he'd been with get together with another alpha.

Even as he made the very sound argument in his head as to why he just needed to let the group of girls be, he couldn't help but make a point once Sasuke was out of prep.

He leaned over the reception desk nudging Sasuke to lean in "What was it you wanted to do to me at work?" he said softly before he leaned back and placed the 'back in 5 minutes sign' on the desk.

The response in Sasuke was instant, desire filled the air as the raven's eyes grew dark he wasted no time following behind him toward the restrooms.

He didn't need to look back to know that the girls were probably simmering in pure anger and jealousy.

What begging? He didn't actually need to beg his alpha for anything, he just needed to ask nicely.

"Sasuke- ah" he opened his legs to allow the raven to settle between them as he licked and nipped at the skin on his neck "I'm so tired" He groaned, both in pleasure and in frustration. Sasuke was going to get him all riled up but he could barely keep his eyes open.

"Mmmm"

"You said you were tired too" He squirmed under the raven, they'd just finished their finals and the lead-up to their exams had been nothing short of brutal.

"I am"

"Then?" The blonde said pulling back and pouting.

"It's just baby boy—" Sasuke inhaled deeply as he licked at his scent gland "You smell so sweet" There was a small growl at the end of the sentence as the raven teethed at the bite on his neck and pushed his whole weigh down on him, rubbing their erections together.

His eyes fluttered closed and he all but became liquid under raven, his desire bubbled into urgency the moment he smelled the turned-on alpha on top of him and he threw his head back shivers running down his spine.

Who needed sleep? That didn't matter as long as he had Sasuke inside of him growing bigger, getting so turned on by him he wouldn't be able to stop until his knot was deep—He felt like the air got knocked out of him for a second and it took all of his will power to nudge Sasuke to move off him.

The alpha actually growled, pushing the blonde back down before he froze, sitting back and frowning "Sorry I don't know why…"

Naruto sat up, clearing his throat, his gaze falling on the confused alpha "Sasuke" The raven looked at him pushing back the need to just shove the blonde back into the bed—just what had gotten into him?

"I think I'm going into heat"

Sasuke sat still for a few seconds, his mouth watering at the sweet smell coming off his baby boy.

"I think, I was so busy with finals, I—I thought I was feeling sick because of how stressed and busy I'd been"

"Naru," he said lowly trying to hold on to his common sense, while all he could think about was his baby boy ass up on the bed.

"Then I assumed I was feeling needier because you'd been spending most nights at your apartment studying with the guys—ugh if mom found out I lost track of my heat like this she'd ground me for months—"

He reached over pulling the blonde closer and kissing him to get him to stop talking, he ended up pushing him right back down on the bed as he climbed over him biting at his lips and growling lightly as the omega shivered under him. He groaned, dropping his forehead on Naruto's shoulder before he sat back moving to the edge of the bed.

"Baby boy—What do you want to do?"

The blonde closed his eyes, forcing himself to try and think rationally "We hadn't talked about this"

Sasuke wanted to break something, they should have . He closed his eyes, taking a couple of deep breaths and regretting it instantly.

"I don't want you to go," The blonde said softly shaking as he looked up "But you should"

There was so much he wanted to talk to Sasuke about before he saw him like that, would they both be responsible enough to not accidentally bond out of raw instinct? It was too late to have that conversation now.

Sasuke closed his eyes, willing his alpha not to snap at the blonde for suggesting he leave him alone during a heat.

"Sas" He looked at his omega, flushed and conflicted, he didn't need to make this harder for him, he needed to be better.

"Ok, yes, I hear you" he stood taking a couple of steps away from the bed "What do you need? What can I get for you?" he asked, running his hand through his hair and tugging at the strands in frustration. He made a mental note of the items the blonde listed for him and allowed himself to lean over so he could kiss his baby boy's forehead before he made his way out of the room.

Naruto allowed his body to fall on the bed after Sasuke had left for the grocery store letting the tears that had been gathering in his eyes fall.

He wanted him to stay, he needed him to stay, and at the same time, he knew they weren't ready yet. He wanted to tell Sasuke he was on birth control and they could stop using the condoms, he wanted the alpha to take him bare, he wanted to present for him—He kneened into the pillow rubbing his thighs at the thought, he didn't want to do any of that in the middle of a heat he probably wouldn't remember.

Sasuke was quick, grabbing the items the blonde had asked for and rushing back to the apartment, he quickly closed the door and as the smell of pre-heat slapped him in the face again he stood there giving himself a couple of minutes to calm down so he wouldn't give in to his need to walk to the room, strip the blonde and take him.

He found Naruto with the blankets pulled all the way over his head he placed some of the water and snacks on the nightstand for easy access "Naru" he tried tugging at the bedsheets and the blonde held on to them "If I look at you I'm not going to let you go" the strained voice came through.

He understood that…he was already having a hard time making his body obey his commands to stay off the blonde.

"I'm leaving the snacks and water on the bedside table, please make sure you eat, I'm scenting the house, if you need anything you call me"

A small barely there "Ok" reached his ears.

"I'm going to go now" he gritted out, when he stood the blonde's hand reached out from under the covers grabbing his wrist "Can you…can you leave the clothes you're wearing?"

God, how was he going to get himself to leave this apartment?

"Yes baby boy" He willed himself to change into a new set of clothes and left the one's he'd been wearing next to the snacks and water. He scent-marked the apartment and grabbed Naruto's favorite sofa blanket on his way out taking it with him.

He couldn't give two shits if someone spotted him as he furiously jerked himself off in his car in the apartment complex parking lot. Some of the rage and frustration he was feeling slowed to a simmer as his load hit the blanket.

It took him all of thirty minutes to start his car and drive to his apartment, finding himself unwilling to set any more distance between himself and the blonde. The further he drove the worse he felt, he couldn't stop thinking that he needed to be there, that he was the worst for walking away, the bite on his neck stung.

He closed the door to his apartment and let his forehead fall on the door. He cursed as he remembered that Juugo was going to drive home right after their last final. He pulled his cell phone out of his pocket and hit dial before he brought the device up to his ear.

"Sasuke?"

"You think you could stay at my apartment for a couple of days?" He muttered, his body was on fire.

Itachi had been surprised when he'd walked into his brother's apartment, the smell of rutting alpha was strong. It was unusual for an alpha to ask another alpha into their space when they were going through a rut.

If anything he figured his presence there would make it worse for his brother. He walked up to Sasuke's bedroom and knocked.

" Don't" he didn't even bother with a full sentence, but Itachi understood that he meant for him not to go inside the room.

He stood outside the door patiently waiting for an explanation as to why he'd been called over, his younger brother had always been fiercely independent and rarely even allowed their mother to watch out for him when he'd presented.

"Naruto's in heat" Finally rang through and he cussed inwardly as Sasuke growled opening the door and hissing at him, his hands shaking.

Itachi hadn't been able to help the spike of interest as his mind went straight to what the blonde would look like mid-heat. He closed his eyes and re-directed his thoughts, looking levelly at his brother "Sorry, I meant your omega no disrespect"

Sasuke stared at him a bit longer before he grumbled "I need you to keep me here, I can't trust myself to stay"

Understanding filtered through him and he nodded at his brother.

After Sasuke had gone back inside his room he made sure to apply some blockers and set up shop in the living room.

He had a feeling he had a long week ahead of him.

It was torture.

No matter how many times he came it wasn't enough, the smell on the blanket he'd taken from the blonde's place paled in comparison to how sweet his baby boy had smelled.

His mind kept tackling him with images of how beautiful Naru would look presenting for him, shamelessly begging to be taken over and over in his insatiable hunger and his rut just doubled down at the image.

Two days felt like a whole week and he was starting to think that there was absolutely no way he'd make it through. He was in the middle of getting himself off again when his phone started ringing. He groaned and reached over to silence the call but stilled as the blonde's contact info filled the screen.

"Baby boy" He muttered, picking up and bringing the phone up to his ear. Unable to stop his hand from sliding over his erection.

"S'ke" the low moan reached his ears and he closed his eyes "S'ke I can't do this ah"

He gripped himself "Naru"

"No matter what I do it's not enough" Another trail of long needy moans and he rubbed the head of his erection "Please come over, please, please, I need you"

"Fuck baby boy you can't talk to me like that" he growled lowly and a small sob rang through the speaker; he could hear wet sounds in the background and the image of his omega ramming a knotted dildo up his ass had him gripping his dick harder as he stripped it back.

"Everything here smells like you" the blonde sobbed.

" Omega—slow down" he commanded, a small whine met his low voice " I can't" but he knew the blonde had obeyed.

"Do it slowly" He continued, slowing down his own pace and picking up on the gasps and moans falling from the speaker "You know how to hit the right spot baby boy, you have to build yourself up"

"I need more, I need it to be faster"

" Not yet, are you touching yourself?"

"Ngh—Alpha please"

"Keep pushing that dildo, all the way, and I need you to strip back your cock, you know how I would do it don't you?" More sobs rang through the speaker and "I don't need a toy, I need you" met his ears and he closed his eyes, growling into the phone—he should be there.

" Push it harder, it's me, baby, that's me you got inside, you can push it harder now"

" Ah– I'm so ready, I promise that I'll be good if you come over" another string of moans and sobs "You can do anything you want, please "

" fuck" He grunted, half caught between unbearable need and feeling helpless at being unable to give his omega what he needed.

" Sas—ah"

"I want you to push that knot all the way inside, as deep as I would go, go hard princess"

And a string of curses and sobs left the blonde as he came undone and Sasuke spilled into his fist.

There was some gasping before Naruto's raw voice reached his ears again "I'm hard again"

He was wiping at the cum haphazardly and throwing his clothes on before he was rushing out his door only to have Itachi block the door.

"Move" he ordered and his brother crossed his arms his eyes falling to the phone in his hands, the moment he tried to reach for the device Sasuke took a step back, growling at him.

"You want him to hear another alpha's voice now?" Itachi asked levelly and Sasuke was quick to end the call, his eyes were blown.

He tried for the door again and when Itachi pulled him back he turned around shoving the older raven. Itachi managed to manhandle him against the door holding him in place " Listen" he gripped him tighter "You step in his house now and you'll go feral, won't even know what you're doing to him"

He pushed through the fog of the blondes begging, letting Itachi's words sink in, he closed his eyes taking a couple of breaths before he cussed. Itachi took a careful step back and Sasuke made to go back to his room.

"You should leave your phone out here"

"Fuck! " Sasuke cursed again as he slapped the device on the kitchen island.

Naruto thought he'd never come down, he ached, his covers were a mess, and he felt empty and dissatisfied at the lack of his alpha.

He blushed as he reached for his phone and saw how many times he'd ended up calling the raven, he was mortified for a few seconds but his need to reach Sasuke won over as he dialed the number.

"Hello?" He frowned sitting up and scrunching his nose at the wet sheets.

"Itachi?"

"You coming down?" He felt the heat travel through his body, his face was on fire.

"Um…" he wasn't sure he even wanted to know why Itachi was picking up Sasuke's phone "Yeah," he said softly.

The raven let out a sigh of relief, he was sure his brother was about to lose his mind "I'll let him know"

He figured that Sasuke had ended up calling Itachi so he could keep him away and covered his face embarrassed, what did he end up doing that Itachi had to go as far as to take Sasuke's phone away?

Sasuke wasted no time, taking him fast and rough when he'd stepped in the shower with him after he arrived at his apartment.

He'd all but cried—much to his embarrassment—as the raven spilled into the condom knotting him once they sloppily made their way from the shower to the ruined bed. Sasuke bit him so many times. His shoulders, chest, legs…he was obviously still coming down from his own rut and taking everything he'd been held back from.

Pulling back after he saw how absolutely exhausted the blonde was. He sat by Naruto nudging him to drink water before he went to the kitchen and cut up some fresh fruit for the omega, making sure he ate before he helped him shower again, changing the bedsheets and nudging the half-asleep blonde to lay down.

He hugged his baby boy's body to his own. Low purring met his ears and he looked down to see the blonde's eyes fluttering closed as he nuzzled his neck, and he too was finally able to fall asleep.

"Sorry" Sasuke muttered softly as he looked at all the bites he'd left behind, taking in the bags under the blonde's eyes, he shouldn't have pushed him so much the day prior.

Naruto was cross-legged on the bed looking down at the tray of breakfast Sasuke had brought over, he blushed looking down at the coffee cup he was holding "Not like I would have been able to just lay with you without doing anything" he said embarrassed biting his lip.

"Baby boy I—I don't think I can do that again…stay away like that," Sasuke said levelly, the whole time he'd felt like he'd lost half of himself like his body just permanently settled on alert mode refusing to wind down until he was within the blondes vicinity again.

"I don't think I could either" Naruto mumbled, he raised his eyes to meet Sasuke's "I wanted to spend it with you, I really did, it's just—I didn't want to rush into it, I didn't want us to regret doing something—" Sasuke knew, and he didn't want Naruto to feel like he had to explain so he opted for lightening the mood.

"In the heat of the moment?" he offered

Naruto groaned, letting his body fall on the bed as he rubbed his face "You think you're so clever don't you?"

"Im not?" Sasuke asked climbing over the omega.

His baby boy's face grew bright red as he groaned again "You've really done a number on me you know" he muttered "Two heats in a row now"

"You went into heat—See this is why we should exchange numbers, I'd have been more than happy to help baby boy"

"Who said I spent it on my own?" Naruto snapped "And I didn't go into heat, I had my heat, it's anatomical you know happens every three to six months, really depends on the omega" Naruto added.

"I know anatomy, well, what is it that I have to do so you'd let me be the one to take care of you next time?"

His alpha purred at first "I did trigger your heat last time" but then he frowned, pinning the omega's wrists above his head "Who was it?" Naruto looked at him confused.

"Last time you said you hadn't spent your heat alone, who did you spend it with?" He was already thinking of different ways to rip the alpha apart.

His baby boy's face filled with color before he leaned up kissing the raven "No one" he bit Sasuke's lip before he pouted up at him "I lied—you hot-headed alpha, I've actually never spent my heat with anyone" One would really have to trust their alpha partner to welcome them into their space knowing they were going into heat—coming across just any random alpha in the middle of your heat…well, that would be tragic for any omega.

The raven groaned, letting go of the tan wrists and allowing his body to blanket the blonde's body, burying his face in his neck— so if Naru shared his next heat with him…he'd be his first.

"I had promised myself I would behave this morning, you're making that very hard right now"

He moved off the blonde, his back hitting the bed and staring at the ceiling for a few seconds "Can I move in?" He asked and Naruto sat up next to him, his eyes wide "I think you're still coming down from your rut" he let out.

Sasuke rolled his eyes "I'm serious, I don't want you here by yourself, and I don't want to be anywhere you're not—plus, it's not like I didn't technically spend this whole semester here already"

He smirked at the speechless blonde, "You don't want me to?" He asked, knowing perfectly well just by the blonde's smell what his answer was. The omega pouted at him, throwing a pillow at his face "You know I do "

Sasuke laughed, pulling the blonde over him and hugging him close "Embarrassed you can't seem to live without me anymore?" Sasuke had enough self-confidence, he didn't need to agree to his statement verbally—his body betrayed him enough as it was.

"You're the one asking to move in," the omega said, sticking his tongue out at him.

Naruto closed his eyes, the fresh air on his skin felt so good. He knew sitting out by the patio would be the better choice. He opened his eyes and caught Sasuke's impassive face.

"You're the one who made me wear blockers," he said amused.

"Because you still smell stupidly good" Sasuke grumbled, Naru's post-heat scent continuously reminded him how during the blonde's next heat, he would be his. Fully, wholly, in every sense of the word except for a bondmark.

Guess that was his next benchmark.

"Why are you sulking then?" Sasuke had kept him locked up for a couple of extra days refusing to let the omega out in public.

'You need to eat more'

'You need to sleep more'

'I can still smell you'

All while conveniently coaxing him into bed with him, he couldn't help the sense of satisfaction that he felt at Sasuke's Alpha behavior. Funny because in the past he would have thought no alpha had a right to tell him what he could or could not do. When it was Sasuke though…it came across more like concern, like being protected, watched over, cared for.

But concern, or not, he needed some fresh air and had finally set his foot down threatening to tackle the alpha if he didn't let him go out, the raven had begrudgingly agreed with the condition that he wear blockers.

"Because I can't smell you" Sasuke replied, he opened his mouth and the raven interrupted him "I know, I know I asked you to wear them myself, I'm aware" the alpha sulked.

He couldn't help the soft laugh that left his lips as he looked at the raven with what could only be perceived as adoration "Alright, I guess I've had plenty of air and sun now, let's head back home"

Sasuke's eyes fell over the blonde hair framing the pretty blue eyes before he took in the blonde's playful smile—he was so pretty it was sort of infuriating because he'd turned more than a couple of heads when they'd walked into the restaurant. Funny because if you asked Naruto he'd say it was Sasuke that turned the heads.

But before the pair could get up to leave, Naruto's phone started ringing Sasuke could tell he was weighing whether he wanted to answer the call or not. In the end, he took a steadying breath and brought the phone up to his ear "Hey Mom"

He was quiet for a few seconds before he raised his eyes back to Sasuke's "I'm really ok mom, no you don't have to come over, just took me a little longer to recover—yeah no I uh–was thinking I'd probably stay so I can get a headstart on internship prospects"

Sasuke felt for the blonde as he could hear Kushina's raise her voice all the way across the table "I know I don't have to, but I was thinking it would be nice to get a headstart in doing some research on some of the companies I'd like to apply to"

Another pause and Sasuke wondered if he should be feeling guilty. The blonde had decided to stay back most of that summer so they could continue spending time together—he knew Naruto missed his parents. He on the other hand was trying to pretend like his mom hadn't asked him to move back home at least twice since the semester ended.

" Mom, I'm not saying I'm not going at all, of course, I'm going to visit" He grew crimson, blue eyes shily lifting to look at him "I'm not hiding anything"

Naruto didn't want to lie, he just…After the year he'd had was it really so bad that instead of trying to convince his mom of his feelings for Sasuke, or more over Sasuke's feelings for him, he just wanted to spend his summer fully enjoying their time together? No homework, no gossip, no work.

Just him and Sasuke.

His head thumped against the table as he managed to end the call—after promising his mom he'd Facetime her later that night—and groaned "Mom's too perceptive"

"You know, I'd actually love to meet her"

He raised his head squinting at the raven "You say that quite confidently given you'd have to show up to face an omega mother you've never introduced yourself to with her son looking like bitten furniture—I don't think you're ready for the level of fear you'll feel"

He stood outstretching his hand to the blonde "If I face her, think she'd let me come stay with you at your house? I'm intrigued to meet these chickens you claim are gremlins in disguise"

He laughed smiling brightly at the raven "Wonder who you'll regret meeting the most, the chickens or my mom" he giggled "Does that mean you'll take me home to your mom as well?" he paused—last time he'd gone to Sasuke's the situation had ended up being…

"I'm pretty sure Itachi probably ratted me out already and that's why mom's been so insistent I go home" He grumbled without any bite "Only way to survive my stay would be to bring you with," he said with a small smile.

And Naruto's momentary panic slid off him—they were in a very different place now than where they had been the first time he met Sasuke's family. This was Sasuke's way of telling him he'd do right by him this time around.

He knew he'd do whatever it took to stay by the raven's side.

Because it made so much sense now.

The raw almost physical attraction he'd felt for the alpha when he'd spotted him the first time. It had scared him so much that he'd purposely evaded him. Yet…he used to lay in bed wondering why .

Why did he care so much about Sasuke's reputation, why did he still look for the pale skin and midnight locks across campus and party rooms, why did it ache every time he spotted the raven with someone else?

After Sasuke started pursuing him he'd been torn between the need to belong to him, and the fear of being set aside. If only he'd known how seamlessly they fit together.

He wasn't sitting back anymore, he wasn't hiding. Love was a constant fight, to improve oneself, to love continuously, to treat and nurture. Sasuke inspired him to be better, and he wanted to believe he did the same for the raven.

The alpha slid his arm around his waist pulling him close and taking the longer route back to his apartment. And he knew he was doing it because he'd been complaining about being cooped up.

Sasuke leaned over kissing the side of his head "What's on your mind baby boy?"

"You," he said honestly, and rolled his eyes shoving the raven as the smell of pleased alpha permeated the air "Gosh you're so full of yourself, I take it back"

Sasuke laughed, pulling him back "Don't take it back princess" he leaned down kissing him softly "Would it help to know that you're also always on my mind?" he murmured against his lips, unarming the blonde as he allowed his forehead to fall on the raven's chest.

"Is it awful that I kind of wish we didn't have to go back to school?" he said softly.

"You're telling me? how I'm I supposed to think litigation after school starts up again when I have such a cute boyfriend waiting for me at home?"

Home

A term the alpha kept using when referring to his apartment...for a second he imagined moving out of that apartment and into a house, a faded bite mark on his neck, his and Sasuke's bondmark. His and Sasuke's home.

The blonde blushed, "I'm being serious!" he muttered, embarrassed, tabling that particular fantasy for a later time.

Only to have Sasuke drag closer, his hand cupping his face "So am I" He muttered "If I remember correctly I gave you fair warning you can' get rid of me now baby boy—It's you and I"

He leaned up landing his lips on the raven again "You know I think I'm pretty ok with that, you and I, come what may"

This chapter took so much re-writing I had to give myself a day or two before I even allowed myself to open the document for editing again. I really hope you were all able to enjoy it.

I wanted to wrap it up in a way that you'd be excited to come back for that sequel but not waiting at the edge of your seat in case this pesky depression keeps me front writing. As of right now, I don't foresee the sequel to be as long as this first installment-she says as she's never been able to keep anything 'short' her entire AO3 career.

I will be taking a break from the Falling Hard world for a while and will concentrate on Embers, maybe I'll revisit some of my old writing prompts first. I've got a couple I know you'll all love. but do you know what the issue is now? I want everything to be A/B/O. It's like I was so nervous about even writing A/B/O and now I look at my prompts like 'hmmmm' you know what would give this some extra *spice* - A/B/O, I must control myself, I officially have a problem.

Getting to your comments from the last chapter after I post~ You know I've read them and re-read them, but this girl had to boss too hard and is now a boss and doesn't have enough time in her day. Can't wait to see what you have to say on this one, much love my darlings, sending hugs and kisses your way.

Chio~