#keep up

evidence: me pre T:

Thank you so much. That honestly means a lot because the slow burn has been driving both the readers and me a little insane 😂

I've really wanted to take my time with them because they both carry so much grief and baggage. I wanted it to feel like they were healing first before they finally chose each other.

They're so close now, and I'm really excited for you guys to see what happens next. Thank you for sticking with them all this time. 💗

anyways sorry if you’ve addressed this or if it’s been asked already and I just missed it! but what age did you have in mind when you wrote reader and her backstory, especially in the flashbacks I always find myself wondering how old she was then and how many years they served together

Ahhh ❤️❤️❤️ First of all, thank you. Knowing these two stay in your head for days after an update honestly makes me so happy.

And yes, I actually left the reader’s age ambiguous on purpose because I wanted everyone to be able to imagine her a little differently. But since you asked, here’s what I had in mind while writing:

Reader was 27–28 during the army flashbacks, and she’s 35 in the present timeline.

Jack is 43 in the present, so there’s about an 8-year age gap between them.

Diaz: around 30–31 when he died (a few years older than her in the war, fitting the “annoying big brother” dynamic rather than being literally old enough to be one).

As for how long they served together, they knew each other for around a year before everything happened. Long enough to become each other’s safe place, but also short enough that it still feels cruel how much the war took from them.