#tddao

First offf the way you dropped us right into that pure panic moment with the CDT stickk??? i was imediately sweating. swear my heart was racin like I was the one standing there, ugly cryin on the bathroom floor. And the wayy you described her wholeee mental spiral?? Babe, I FELT that. Like, helloo?? Googling “false positive CDT” like as if she was looking up something about her period and diagnosing herself via google?? Relatable content fr 🫠.

And THEN the family stufff??? Ugh, it hurt in that very spesific way only family disapointment can. I wanted to jump into the storie, snatch her mom’s phone and yeet it into the sun. Like ma’am??? HUG. YOUR. CHILD. YOU. COLD. BISSSSHHHH!!! 🥲🥲

But also THE DOCTORRR??? pls pedros character has no right being that much of a walking contradction. Like sir can you not be terrifying and weirdly comforting at the same time?? It’s confusing for my emotion?? (Also… am I suposed to be blushingg at a medical exam?? Because I was. no thought, just “Is he gonna fuck her? ohh shit theyre gonna fuckk and her moms just outside 😳😳.”)

The way every little smell and feeling was sooooo detailed that I could literally taste the sterile hospital air and feel the awful cold chair under my butt?? REAL AF (i suffer with chronic shit so i am there often).

AND GURL the breakdownn when she’s begging her mom at the hospital door?? SOBBING. no joke. legit tears. I was ready to assemble an army of feral besties to storm that hospital and rescue her myself, hair up, earrings off. 🫡

The writing just hit so hard like, it’s so like painfully real (i mean i do have a crush on a nurse at my local clinic, he fine af). You made the whole "struggling against who the world says you gotta be" thing feel so personal And her messy thoughts being all over the place?? Chef’s kissss mwuah!💋

pls if I had one lil wish?? Maybe just like, a teensy bit more breathin room between the angst, like throw the girl (and us!!!) a cupcake and a warm puppie for 2 secs to recover before BAM more angst. again i love the angst but jesus have mercy, gimme some fluff or something soon, y/n needs it!

but honestly??? i devoured thiss. 10/10 emotional damage. Would cry and scream again. pls write more immediatelyyy or i will simply perish 🫶✨✨

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Hi Lady Bug 🥹🐞

OMG 🥹🥹 I don’t even know where to start with this comment!! I’m grinning like a fool and lowkey tearing up reading it. THANK YOU for taking the time to write all this 💖💕💞

LOVE:

💜 The Vibes™ Tall, brooding, smells expensive, has that calm Alpha dominance without being a complete jerk?? LIKE HELLO?? You know he could ruin your whole life with one look but instead he’s out here asking, “Are you okay? Can I get you a cup of water?” SIR.

💜 Professional but NOT cold💜He knows the power dynamic but doesn’t weaponize it. He’s not out here flexing his Alpha status just to make her small. He’s respectful even when she’s spiralling. (And let’s be honest, she’s spiralling HARD.)

💜 The secret softie energy💜Like the way he’s gentle when she’s having a literal meltdown?? The hand on the back? The good girl moment??? (Girl, I am not okay.) He’s terrifying in a way that's weirdly comforting. That man would definitely hold your hair back while you’re crying in a McDonald’s bathroom at 2 AM and not judge you once.

💜 Low-key Rebel Energy💜The way he challenges the mom with, “Is there something wrong with being an Omega?” LIKE SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE BACK ROW. He’s giving “I’m in the system but not OF the system” and I live for that.

HATE (that I love it):

💜Too Calm💜Like SIR. SOME OF US ARE HAVING A LIFE-ENDING EMOTIONAL CRISIS. Could you at least pretend to be a little bit more panicked?? She’s over here dissolving into tears and you’re just raising one eyebrow. GIVE ME SOME URGENCY, KING.

💜 That “Good girl” Moment💜NO BECAUSE LISTEN. I love it too much. It’s rude. It’s emotional manipulation at this point. He KNOWS what that does to her Omega instincts and he just drops it like a casual comment while she’s clinging to her last shred of sanity??? The power he holds is dangerous.

💜The Sedative Scene💜I GET IT. I do. She was being feral. But sedating her??? Sir, there has to be a slightly less dramatic option than injecting a crying girl. Like idk, maybe try a blanket and a cookie FIRST???

💜Too Mysterious💜Like what’s his deal?? Why does he have big “I’m hiding a tragic backstory” energy?? Sir blink twice if you’re secretly running an underground Omega rights movement.

In Conclusion: Doctor Castillo is 90% comforting, 10% terrifying, and 100% the reason I’m both kicking my feet and screaming into a pillow. I love him. I hate him. I trust him with my life. I would absolutely cry if he raised his voice at me once.

💜Would die for him but also would definitely text my friends, “He’s toxic but like... in a healing way?”💜

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💜💜💜 anon STOP. This comment?? Has me kicking my feet and screaming into my pillow. I gotta say, the the way you get Doctor Castillo at a molecular level is actually terrifying.

AHHH 🥹💖💖 thank you SO much!! I can’t even explain how much it means to me that you’ve been here since 2023 like seriously, you’re a real one 🫶💗 I’m beyond happy you’re still excited for Dog Days Are Over it’s been such a labor of love and knowing you’re along for the ride?? ICONIC BEHAVIOR.

chapter 5 may not come out until next week, since i don’t have a lot of time to write on weekends due to my job, and this one’s a bit more slow going than previous ones…it’s at just under 3k words right now and i’m hoping progress will pick up a little once i’m another thousand or so in. the issue with ending on a cliffhanger….starting the chapter with such a major and intense scene leads to a fear of imperfection that makes me write at a snail’s pace 😔