I Was Afraid That I Wouldn't See You Again

Somewhere where he can see the sunset from the porch of his cabin. Monty and Harper live down by the river, and during the day, they work their land, cultivating their little farm. He raises chickens, because he needs someone to love and take care of, and over dinner, he tells them about Jordan.

Sometimes, Lincoln will come to visit them, but he never stays for long. He usually brings game though, and even if he never asks about Octavia, he can tell that Lincoln misses her.

Jasper is there too, living with Maya at the edge of the woods. They mostly keep to themselves, but will sometimes come over for dinner. It makes Monty happy, and that’s the most important thing.

He misses them, the ones left behind, but he doesn’t want them to come here just yet. He gives them time. He knows that one day, one by one, they will emerge from the big, open field, and he will get to hear Octavia laugh again. He will get to see Echo smile again. He will hear Murphy’s teasing again. He will get to hug Raven and Emori. He will get to tell Clarke that he forgives her.

fandom culture is so, so good about giving artists the credit they’re due, but we gotta start doing that for writers too. you’ve got no idea how much people put into their stories and get maybe a handful of reblogs and a dozen-odd kudos. that’s not enough. writing is an endurance sport and y’all need to start giving fic writers a reason to endure it and improve their craft. encourage writers like you encourage artists. reblog fics, leave tags, leave comments, acknowledge that these stories do not just spring into being for your entertainment. 

Artists have the ability to show off preview sketches, host art streams, and get feedback during almost every step of their creative process, and we do not.  We can’t really share outlines and half-finished sentences, choppy first-drafts, and have anyone get excited about that.  When we say it’s an endurance sport, we really mean it.  

THIS.

And of course we write because we love it. We have ideas–BIG HUGE IDEAS–that we want to get out there, just how we see it in our heads, and be able to go back over and over it again, even if no one else cares. Of course we write because we love it.

But we’re human and crave validation. We create these things because We Just Think They’re Neat and want others to agree that the concept or execution or both is also neat and fan about it with us! 

It doesn’t even necessarily have to be about WHAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY WRITTEN. Tell us how much you love the concept or the plot device, start going off on tangents in your comments or tags or replies, because HECK YEAH WE’RE IN THE SAME BOAT. WE’LL JOIN IN WITH YOU.