*rises from the grave*

HOLD UP- ALMOST 400K???? WHAT HUH HOW WHY WTF

IM SHOOOOOOK

i literally said eff this & quit writing and everything picked up holy shit i cant say thank you enough but i did wanna say thank you guys for being there when i had nobody & thank you for always havin my back. yall really made this nonbinary pal a little happy inside 🥺🥺

ink and innocence will probably be the first fic i finish out of the three i have up just because i have honestly ran out of ideas on this one. i'm thinking of bringing the babies in (z & l's), larry wedding, maybe ONE scandal & thats it. if my braincells could come together and put the icing on the cake that would be lovelyyyyy.

i have been reading through alot of comments and just wanted to clarify things for past readers and current readers. please note i started writing this three years ago, meaning i had literally no idea what i was getting myself into and i wrote what i personally thought was pretty alright. there are things i have yet to mention in the backgrounds of these chapters for a reason and it all comes down to one thing: i am a dumb bitty who thinks differently than others.

remember louis' allergic reaction? it wasn't in his file.

remember the age confusion between chapters one and two? louis was claimed to be 18 in chap 1 but he admitted he was only 17 in chap 2 (never mentioned but i had these saved in notes i wrote forever ago to keep the pot brewing) the academy didn't want to face any difficulties with buyers so they did what they had to do to make money. yes, they auctioned submissives. it has happened in other fics before. i understand human trafficking is a serious subject and in no way did i intend for this to come across like that. this is fiction, the academy was solely for those who lived the bdsm lifestyle with CONSENSUAL partners. meaning those who gave permission for this to go on. harry should be in his mid twenties, giving him at least 7-9 years on louis unless i read everything wrong. that may be a big age gap to some, but i have personally seen worse. and they are located in the uk, where the age of consent is 16 but louis' parents are not in his life and he made the decision on his own.

moving on,

one chapter mentioned zayn pregnant with a little girl, and then they found out they were having twins. a slip up 👀 confirmed, it's twinsies, louis is only having one child so dont think there will be 4 heathens running around. just 3, i promise. the twins will be mentioned again.

and i also didn't realize alot of things were pretty rough because of the gap i took. yes louis acted like a child because he was treated like one for a big chunk of his life. being with harry and being in the lifestyle he's in eventually brought him a sense of normalcy and maturity with a bit of anger issues and protectiveness. remember, he lost his family. harry's all he has. he has called harry names out of respect as he was trained to do at elite. he has had his moments where he acts completely different when harry isn't around. bits and pieces dont make sense to me either.

BASICALLY THIS IS AN AU- ALTERNATE UNIVERSE, FICTION, NOT REAL, IM RAMBLING. MY BAD.

and PLEASE understand i was 16 when i began writing iai and night shift. i had fun doing it, writing was my escape from my personal hell & i enjoyed the reactions, the attention and the love. this was my home when i had nowhere else to go.

ANYWAYS. how have you guys been i feel like i abandoned my kids omg im SORRY! i dealt with alot of family issues and severe depression for the most part. i graduated high school in the middle of a pandemic (class of 2020 gang rise up), started working full time compared to part time & i ghosted my therapist so i wasn't doing good for a while. but ive noticed a bit of a change & i'm trying my best to make it better. i wont say give it time because i feel like yall have waited long enough so i am coming to you, asking for advice.

should i be the dramatic individual i am and ruin this for everyone or happily ever after?

in all seriousness.

thank you for 380,000+ reads! whether it was re-reads, first time reads, chapter 27 from the tiktok (someone tell me wtf that is about pls I WANNA KNOW)

I LOVE YOU GUYS NEVER FORGET THAT

AND I KEPT MY CAPS ON BC IM MAKING SURE YALL KNOW