Author's Note

If you read my small note at the end of the last chapter, you'll know that this story was only meant to be like 10 chapters long and I basically thought of it as a series of one-shots leading to Mikaela being with Peter, and then the plot and character development just got away from me and suddenly the story was fleshing out in ways I hadn't expected, and then I was like fine okay I'll do Endgame and that led the story to ending up at 58 bloody chapters. But I loved writing this story. I've never written anything with an OC so fleshed out and developed and I'm so happy I got to do it and that you guys have given me such kind and generous support. I really truly cannot thank my reviewers enough - you have honestly made lockdown so much better for me with your kindness and validation and it's been such a huge treat to watch you all react to my story.

I've been so happy to be able to give you all content so often over the last month or so, and I'm so sorry it has come to an end! I'm back physically at work now so the mad burst of creative writing I did at the start of lockdown has slowed considerably, but I have three stories that I started and I want to do them all but I think I should do them a story at a time but I'm not sure which one to start with and ugh.

One of the stories is based on the 2008 film Jumper, with an OC (not a David's sister fic) paired with Griffin because Jamie Bell is gorgeous in that film and deffos the best thing about it. My OC is already a part of the world and active within it, so it's hopefully not going to be like the other Griffin/OC stories out there where she doesn't know anything and he's got to worry about keeping her safe etc.

Another story is based in Red Dead Redemption 2 and is a pairing with the irresistibly handsome Arthur Morgan because he is a MAN in every way and I love him. My OC is a Mrs Adler-esque woman who can handle her own, but I have to admit that this story is the least fleshed-out in my head.

The last story, which is something totally different for me, stemmed from wondering whether I could use a character everyone's familiar with in the MCU world. I was just brainstorming and I thought about how much I love Jessica Jones and how cool it'd have been if she was in the Avengers, and I watched Iron Man recently and fell back in love with Tony Stark (because he's been so paternal for so long in this story I forgot that he is a SNACK) and I thought to myself.. maybe Jessica Jones and Tony Stark would be an interesting dynamic to explore with the PTSD and self-destructive tendencies? Y'all know I love Pepper and Tony to bits and I don't know what kind of relationship Jessica and Tony would end up having in the story, but I think I'd make it so that Tony's PTSD is a kind of constant factor, rather than just existing in Iron Man 3, and Pepper maybe isn't equipped to deal with it - enter Jessica Jones, a fuckin pro at dealing with PTSD. I think it would maybe go off-canon slightly, still not sure. It's just a loose idea that's bouncing around my empty skull.

So, those are the three stories I've got starting in my head, and I've written a couple chapters for each of them but I'm not totally committed to them yet so I'm not posting any atm. Let me know if any of them sound particularly interesting pls x

ALSO I would be lying if I said I didn't want to come back to Mikaela and Finding Home. I've been toying with a collection of one-shots for the story, some existing within the story at points that weren't covered in the chapters, some existing beyond this last chapter, and some perhaps looking at alternate versions with alternate pairings etc.. a FanFiction of my own bloody FanFiction, if you will. It's Charlie'sLooney's fault for putting Mikaela and Steve in my head because actually they could have some stuff in common and also Mikaela could do so much to help Steve and stuff with Bucky and Tony if she was older when she meets him and more matured so more interested in helping people.

But anyway. I'm getting ahead of myself because Mikaela/Steve could be a whole other story in its own right! Lol woops.

So please let me know whether any of my three stories sound interesting to you, and if you have any requests for one-shots, leave them in a review and I will definitely be looking at them and having a think about what I can do!

And thank you, thank you, thank you for reading all fifty-bloody-eight chapters of my story - and this note if anyone's even reading it. I love each and every reviewer and follower and favouriter and I promise I read and loved every single kind review each one of you left and they all warmed my heart so much xx

THANK YOU