a/n: hey, guys. so i know i haven't updated this story in forever. i know it has a lot of reviews, i know it has a lot of favorites and follows and has found its way into more than a few communities. you guys have all been pretty great but to be honest i just don't care about this story anymore. to tell the truth i don't think there was ever a time when i really cared about this story much at all - i mean, it *was* only ever meant to be a one-shot. and i don't care about it anymore. i don't. nonetheless, i've been tossing around a few ideas here and there in my head for the past few weeks, and came to the conclusion that i still have it in me to stick with it...but only if i rewrite it one last time. this version will remain up until August, but by the end of summer i'll have begun the rewrite, ((along with To Be Loved the Way You Love Me version 3)) and this one will get taken down. sorry, but this just isn't what i wanted for this story, and i don't want to keep working with something i already hate. if you're willing to stick with me throughout the newest revision, feel free and thanks for all your time and patience. if you don't, there's the door.

furthermore, i've noticed a lot of people come to read this story, and wind up on my profile for long periods, reviewing/favoriting/following a good many of my httyd fics - and this isn't to say i don't appreciate your support, because i do, i just wanted to warn you that the upcoming revision for this fic will probably me one of my last stories in this fandom. it isn't that i don't love httyd - i do, i assure you, and i'll continue writing fic for it on my own time, but i probably won't post a good 90% of it. if i do post much of anything, it'll likely be one-shots here and there. you guys have been pretty awesome and amazing and supportive, and i'm not secretly discussing any of you in any way when i say this, but this fandom is pretty bad. i've met people here that are seriously cruel, people who've tried to bully me, people who have tried to stalk me, people who have plagiarized my work word-for-word, and i'm just...i'm really tired of it. i ignored it for a long time - after all, all fandoms are like that, right? - and only recently woke the fuck up. you guys, a lot of you guys, have been super kind and supportive, and i appreciate all of you so much, and i acknowledge that not EVERYONE in the fandom is like that... but i just don't want to be associated with such a harmful, toxic community any longer.

to quicken my exit ((and also b/c i just don't give a fuck anymore)) i'm also dropping quite a few fics: A Walk in My Shoes, Ashes, I don't want to talk about it, It's a Scary World Out There, Differences, Drifting, Everyone Needs a Guardian and Trouble Child.My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark, Where Will You Go, Hard Knocks, and Toy Soldiers are going on temporary hiatus while i sort out other things; Unbreakable and Untold are going on hiatus until i complete the revamped version of To Be Loved the Way You Love Me - other revisions include Listen, Secondhand Smile and Scars. stories that remain safe and in-progress are Break of Dawn, Catching Stars, Eyes on the Sky, Fire and Ice, I Didn't Mean to Hurt You Too, Painful Sort of Perfect, Permit Me a Father Fantasy, Rabbit Hole, Sticks and Stones, Thirteen, Those Who Stay, and Wolfsbane.

thanks for listening, guys. i'll see you at the end of summer.

- .ryder