Man this fic was a wild ride. An emotional roller coaster. Also, not gonna lie, the 2010 trends in fic are very obvious, but this fic is pretty damn good nonetheless. I kind of wish it was a bit longer chronologically? Like this all happened in like two to three weeks XD

Had a lot of fun reading this but when the knife first came into play, I could've sworn that was how Leon was gonna get his scar! Once I realized he didn't have it was kind of weird and I'm sort of disappointed you didn't take the chance but hey! If you ever do write that sequel, it'll be fun to see how you could include it.

Thanks for the strifehart fic!

I keep coming back to this fic every once in a while, even years after the initial time I read it. I don't think I remember my info for my first FF account, but it has always and will always be one of my favorites. I don't know if you still check into your account anymore, but seriously, thank you for bringing this story to life and sharing it with us. I hope you see this one day and understand that your work still brings joy and angst to at least one person nearly 10 years after it's publication!

I really loved this story. It touched my heart, really. I... I've been bullied since my kindergarten years, people thinking I'm weird, friends trying to strangle me with scarves, being hit after school. When I was 13, a guy in my bus asked everyday "why are you still alive ?" and he made fun of me all the way home. My parents fight a lot, my mother have depression, so I wasn't safe anywhere. I was so ashamed of myself, I didn't want to get help, I never asked for it and when people saw me being kicked to the ground, they did nothing, just looked away. I'm a girl, I couldn't really fight. Then, when I was 17, I found out that I was bi. It became so hard, to accept myself, I became really angry and I said enough. A girl was throwing papers at me in class and I stood out. I shouted, showing how much I was serious. The teacher, my other classmates, they all looked at me. I'm a quiet person, but this time, for the first time, I fought back. And things got better and I left high school. I would have loved to meet someone like Squall in this years... Even now, I'm afraid to tell my parents about my sexuality. They are going to divorce by the way, my mother still takes meds and apparantly, my dad cheated on her. My little brother is a really fragile person, so his marks dropped and he takes drugs. Yeah, my life seems to sucks, right ? But, I still have the will to fight and your story really inspired me in doing so. So, thank you. I'm smiling, reading your story for the third time. Thank you very much ! (I'm french, by the way, so sorry for my mistakes)

i like the fic. cloud is super OOC tho.. but maybe that's to be expected?

the awesome in this is overwhelming

I so loved This chapter 3

I love your story! I know it's super old but I figured new reviews never hurt. This story has been a constant for about 2 weeks for me when my life really hit an awful patch, and knowing that cloud got a happy ending even when he got to the lowest of the low, I know that everything will be alright. thanks for writing and a sincere good luck to your future projects 3

I think it'd be cool if you made a FIC of what happened to leon before he met cloud all of the abuse and everything that he dealt with

Wow...Just wow...
I nearly cried my eyes out when I was reading this. I got caught up in your story :'
Thank you for the perfect ending of a wonderful story 3

Don't beg; brag!
Your writing is hysterical and interesting. Leon is awesome 3.

So beautiful story...I almost cried when I thought Cloud and Leon had to be separated but when I read Zell was the new guardian of Cloud...I laughed of happiness. Good plot and good story.

I am aware that this story is intense and drama-filled and quite serious in many many ways and yet...
OHMYGOSH RANDOM PERSONNNNN! THE CLEON FLUUUUUUUUUUFFFFFFFFF!
i cant stop smiling.. i feel like a dork :3

it's just like a movie with this happening in it!

This was a good chapter i like how it gives a bit more of Cloud's home life. I guess you are going to make a background on leon and i cant wait u

can i please have him? ill keep him fed and be really good U this was by far the best chapter so far and if it was me tony would be in the ER (former football player 250 ish but this is irrelevent) im starting to feel like cloud and be really attracted to Leon (almost called him leo XD)