I've read this fic before, not sure if I left a review already. But I'm fairly certain I never read the note from you at the end. I want to send you all the love and hugs ever, even though it was years ago!

I love this story. And I love how you rise up to a (very) bad heartbreak. I know this is probably years late (seeing that it was published back in 2013). But I really do hope that you're better now (emotionally, physically and mentally). I was in a very bad relationship before and my escape was going to a different country to work and forget him (after a not so nice Skype breakup - the bloke never even bothered to call me to properly break it up). But moving on, it was one of the best decisions I made - I was free for a while, enjoying my newfound independence in a different environment.

Anyway, after working in my current country, I'd be transferring to a new one (again), hopefully, for good. In Canada, btw. :) So, who knows, I hope if you see a nice lady giving you an encouraging smile on a normal day, it might be me or one of your readers.

Have a great day! And thanks for sharing us this work, your heartache and triumphs!

It’s a lovely, angsty and sad tale with a happy ending. Thank you for pouring all of yourself into this. It’s a great story.

Terrific!

I love this fic, Sorry for you heart and Hope you are good today, but this fic is beautiful!

damn that was good (and lord i haven't been on the website in along time)

This was achingly beautiful.

OMG, it's so sweet and cute and adorable I'm practically getting cavities, an art piece from brought me here so I'm certainly glad I followed the link. I'm going to go scroll through all your other work now, because this was written so well and neatly. Fantastic job, keep up the amazing work )

amazing! you're awesome!

Wonderful, just wonderful.

I'm reading this story more than a year after you wrote it and want to send you hugs even though I am sure being the kickass girl you sound like that you aren't in need of any break up related hugs but they can just be in general hugs! Thank you for writing this fab story. It is utterly gorgeous and beautifully written and I hope you are well and happy even though I am glad you were inspired for this fic!

What a beautiful story, and so well written, I absolutely adored it and I think it's going to become a favourite of mine.
Thank you for this beautiful piece of art (I'm really sorry it was born out of heartbreak though :/) and for those wonderful emotions you made me feel while reading it :)

Love it - might just save me from my 1.5 pkg of chocolate almonds

This was amazing. So real and so genuine and just... So, so lovely. The fact that such a brilliant story was born out of such pain is extraordinary. The universe never ceases to amaze. Thank you for this, and I hope you're well.

- ND

So-so this was really lovely. You took a lot of care in the characters and a lot of care in really emotionally rounding them. I felt that it was a very thoughtful piece. It was thoughtful so that, okay, my heart hurt a little when I was reading it. I love that. I think it takes having a real empathy with your people-the people you're writing, I mean, but more just, you know, people in general-to be able to do that.
So I loved your story, obviously, but I'm reviewing more for your note at the bottom. It really took an edge for me. A year ago-a whole year, which is completely, frustratingly, awfully ridiculous-I went through a similar thing. I mean. I don't know the details of your situation. But I guess I mean that I ended up with my heart being broken. Which seemed like such a stupid expression before it actually happened, but, there you go. Anyway, I was wallowing for days, feeling absolutely awful, feeling as though my chest was caught permanently in my throat and feeling this terrible, consuming hurt. I ran it off and I talked it off and I did a bunch of things knowing that I'd continue to feel so much for a long while because only time can help that sort of thing. And then-I had this assignment, okay, just a stupid three-to-five page essay about anything we wanted-and I wrote about it. I stayed up all night and just finished it. And it felt like a failure-like I couldn't possibly tell this story that was so close to me and so obviously taking over my head to the point that it was hard to remember which details made sense to tell to someone who hadn't been there all along as I had. But I did it. I took advantage of the pain that I felt and I spared nothing. It didn't solve my heartbreak. But it made me realize how important and valuable it is to be able to take your feelings and to produce them into an art that other people can take in to the extent that they feel even just a part of what you were feeling.
That's what I felt you were able to do here. I really hope that you find peace, eventually, though I imagine it'll take time, but basically I want you to know-that-you succeeded. With this piece. You really succeeded in evincing everything I imagine you might feel (and it's hard to imagine that one could possibly account for everything, every part of every consuming heartbreak, but you really did) and your writing became such an empathetic force that it actually was painful to read.
That said, it was your note, still, that got me. I think you should consider writing something personal, something real, about yourself, because your frankness, honesty, profanity, everything really tell a lot about yourself. I think you would produce something absolutely marvelous if you were able to get it out on paper. I don't know that it would make you feel better, but being able to articulate feelings such as these is really valuable and I think you'd do it beautifully.