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To all who stuck with this,
Firstly, I want to thank you. After suffering my mental health collapse last November some part of me doubted if I'd ever get to this point in trauma cafe. I was suicidal myself, but my first worry was that I had lost the ability to write. That was when I knew I was in trouble. The moment Trauma Cafe stopped flowing was the moment I knew I could no longer deal with depression and anxiety on my own. Turns out it was far more than that, and now that I'm medicated and have regular therapy and I'm back to work I'm stable. The past few months have been a whirlwind of emotions for me. Since November I've been struggling with my own past history of abuse and my own case of PTSD. I've had to lean a lot on my support networks and without them I doubt that I would ever come back to this fic. This is, by far, the most ambitious work of mine that I have finished so far. It's very personal to me, it means a lot to me, and if you've read it to the very end and stuck with me through the hiatus, I thank you.
It must have taken quite a bit of faith to keep coming back to a fic that was just hanging in the air, so close to the finale, and yet forever shrouded in mystery. I want to thank you for waiting for me, and most importantly, for welcoming me back with open arms. I had honestly thought that I had been forgotten about. I thought that nobody would want to continue reading my work because I was a has-been. But after some urging from my partners I got back to writing to again. It took me quite a bit of time to convince myself that I was able to work on Trauma Cafe. I knew that the heaviest part was coming up and that I had to do it right. I don't want a Game of Thrones scenario, after all. (Do not get me started on Jamie). I wanted to do this right, to give Caleb and Molly the happy ending that I promised for them. I have a personal rule; the suffering that a character undergoes must be equal or greater than the reward they get at the end. I wanted to give Caleb and Molly the happy ending they deserved after all I put them through in this. Because I did put them through the ringer. Quite a bit. It was a daunting task to me, and I hope I did it right.
Thank you sticking through to the end with this. If you're binge reading this all in one go; you're a lucky one.
With all of my love and never-ending gratitude -
Pepper