September 7th, 2016 at 02:40am
i was already hurting throughout the beginning, but what i think really broke me was when alex went, “Fucking absent father and husband,” because i knew that was when shit was really hitting the fan and i immediately tensed up like OH SHIT DID HE WHY DID HE HELP and i felt so bad for jack, like, immensely bad, because i can kind've see things through his eyes and sympathize with him more because my father is always away for work, too, but it's what he has to do and we all hate it and wtf alex GOD. and i felt bad for him, too, because i know that being in his situation surely sucks a lot of ass, but in the end i couldn't deal with him for a multitude of paragraphs without glaring every time his name was mentioned. 
i ended up wanting to sob for both of them when it wrapped up though because it was all handled in such a way that was both wonderful and extremely painful for my soul.and good lord, the ending, my heart clenched and i was kinda smiling but also just going AHHH because after all the heartache it got so sweet and i loved it but was also so exhausted because this was a (really good) ride. i loved this, you did an amazing job!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! I absolutely love getting comments like these, where people tell me how the fics really make them feel. I gotta say, writing this was so emotionally draining, so I know how you feel. Thank you again, you are so lovely.