Thanks for updating and adding another chapter! I love all the familiar yet new components of this story and encourage you to keep producing.
I was surprised to see such negative comments to Mer’s question/statement at the end. To me, she voiced a realty that Alex needs to face and not run from. When he left Jo and Seattle he was so laser focused on his kids/Izzie that he seemingly did not care for the chaos and wreckage he left behind. He didn’t take his friendships, career, or marriage into account. He was the one who couldn’t see compromise in a grey solution, only black and white, all or nothing. Mer knows this as she lived through it and knows her friend. He not only has to realize how big of an impact his choice made, but also needs to accept that his actions have consequences and now he has a whole other life that he can’t ignore. I didn’t see it as Mer saying “you can’t make complicated families work” more “you are the one who caused the split and you chose Izzie and the kids, so don’t forget that or them (like you did to Jo and Seattle) as you navigate your feelings.” Of course maybe I’m just projecting a better natured/mature discourse because it’s what I hope would happen with hindsight and progress. Either way, please please PLEASE keep this story going as it’s an engrossing tale.

Thanks for updating! I thought you gave up on this story. I really love it, but u can't believen that Jo begane this person. I think the situation with Alex only will make her stronger and even more resilient! Not cranky or anything. But keep going and this is your story:-)

I am just beyond happy to see an update after all this time. I thought you had kinda given up on it, but I’m SO GLAD you didn’t. This chapter was awesome, and I hope they get together soon. I miss them together so bad it hurts and, although I know I won’t be able to see them, reading about them being together after all that mess sure makes me feel a bit better about everything. Specially when the story is as well written as yours always are. Keep doing it!

All these little things you make Alex say to Jo that sound horrible when you mentioned in the last chapter that he doesn't mean them. Or the things he fails to address completely. And now the thing with her daughter almost dying and him not telling her immediately. It really adds a whole lot of conflict to a situation that was already pretty crappy because of the way he left her. I'm kind of wondering how much worse things can get between them before there's some light at the end of the tunnel. I wonder if Jo would agree that Alex was her soulmate. But she seems convinced he never loved her based on how she imagines everything went down after he left for Kansas. I don't know how long your fic will be but I'd appreciate some bonding between Jolex in the next chapters.

why do i feel more stressed out over the health of this fictional child in this interpretation of a story from a television show than anything else in my life rn. loving it as always, thank you for your work!

Is Meredith trying to say he couldn't have had a family with Jo because Izzie had his kids? I really like how you're writing this story but it infuriates me over and over again with the stupid choices Krista and her writers made. Izzie went and had Alex's kids without telling him. Allegedly he agreed she could do whatever she wants with the eggs, but to me then the last 10 seasons and everything I watched him say and do make no sense. He knew he could be having children out there but never contacted Izzie? Said to Jo that he doesn't need to call her? Nothing he ever said indicated to me that he assumed she could've used the embryos and that he could already be a father. Now the natural and most logical thing for him to do would have been to be angry with Izzie for taking away five years he could've had with the twins. But no, apparently Alex Karev in 16x16 felt no anger whatsoever. The next logical thing would've been to tell Jo about the children and ask her to come see them with him together. Then try to figure out how he can be part of their lives and get to know them without immediately giving up on his marriage. Maybe co-parenting with Izzie while also having children with Jo would've worked, or maybe he eventually would've felt like it's not working and that his children are his number one priority, and then he could've told Jo he wants to move to Kansas and to get divorced. Then, he and Izzie could have rekindled their romance. Or, he could have actually had the life with Jo that Hayes has with her in your fic. Jo is also a stepmother to Hayes's children and would've been the same with Alex's. They could've taken trips together if Izzie was okay with her children going on vacation with Alex and Jo. Simple as that. It could've worked out just fine and it makes me want to rip my hair out that we are supposed to believe it would've been impossible for Jolex to stay together just because Alex found out he has kids. It's not like he cheated on Jo and was aware he could've gotten someone pregnant. The kids were born without his knowledge. I truly hate the writers more than anything and hope you can fix what they broke. As angry as I'm with 16x16 Alex, it's nothing compared to my anger towards the writers.

Hope Jo can stop being mad at Alex soon. He did his best to save her daughter. I think he would have deserved her attacking him for everything else he did but not for the surgery and wanting her to hear good news first.

kinda love seeing alex suffer now after what he did but i really need jo and hayes to break up already. plus reading about how happy they were or their big family just makes me sad man i just need jolex back together :(

It's a nice thought that Alex's mother would still stay in touch with Jo because sadly I feel like she might have totally accepted what her son did because now she has two grandkids. By the way, I don't like how Meredith or Alex insinuate that Alex couldn't have had this life with Jo because of his children. Or did I get that part wrong? The writers acted like there was no way for Alex to make this work without leaving Seattle and everybody he loves when I'm sure Izzie wouldn't have minded coming back. Sure, a farm may be better for her children to grow up on than some house or flat in Seattle, but I think if she and Meredith had worked everything out, she would've liked to be back, unless she doesn't like thinking about Seattle anymore because of George. But the last time we saw her, she didn't sound like she hated Seattle. Reading this fic fills me with a lot of sadness because it should've absolutely been Alex having a family with Jo, and the writers fucked up so badly. I just personally don't buy the argument that Alex had to leave to raise his kids. Jo would've supported him. By the way, I absolutely understand her anger but on the other hand she should know Alex did the best he could with her daughter. And that maybe someone else might have lost the patient on the table. Hope she can forgive him.

Where would Izzie and the twins fit in that? Nobody says they shouldn't have been in the picture but they could've stayed Alex's ex and his kids while he still has his own life with Jo. They could've moved or he could've moved and at least asked Jo to come with him. I just detest this thought that he had to drop everything to go be a father to those kids. It makes me mad at them solely for existing because they were used as a horrible plot device. I hope Jo can calm down and talk to Alex, and I hope Mattie will be okay.

hope you haven't lost all creativity for this fanfic as it was my favorite

Hello ! Hope everything is okay for you.

Also hope that you haven’t given up on this story because I am dying to know how it goes ! The storyline, the characters, your writing : everything just fit !

Loves it please update really soon.

Loves it please update really soon

Best story ever