I'm sorry this isn't an update. This will be replaced with chapter eighteen as soon as possible. Please bear with me as my Mum is in hospital with a suspected heart attack.
If any of you are Christians please pray for her.
Update: 20/04/2020.
Mum is okay. She has unstable angina but it's under control. My life has been a rollercoaster the last five years. I went to university. moved two hundred miles. was temporarily homeless (am fine now), got a BA in English and have had various mental and physical health struggles although those are improving now and finally found an amazing partner although we're long distance at the moment due to the pandemic.
I am currently going through this story chapter by chapter editing and "betaing" it by running it through Grammarly and ProWritingAid. Sorry in advance for all the pings you're about to get over the next couple of weeks. I'm doing this in the hopes of getting my inspiration back so that I can complete this fic.
I want to thank everyone who has stuck by this fic so far. I'm frankly amazed by the number of people who have read this, enjoyed it and are waiting for updates. Sorry for keeping you all waiting for so long you're all awesome.