Oh, thank you so much for saying you loved this! I'm so glad people are enjoying it, despite its obvious sadness -- it's probably the most angsty J/S fic I've ever written and I was honestly worried about how people would respond to it.

Yes, the boys definitely need many, many hugs. :)

Thanks for saying you want to read more from me, that's so flattering! I'm actually currently working on a sequel to my last fic, the Jon and Stephen visit David Sedaris in Paris one. But then this one-shot came to me out of nowhere so that sequel got derailed for the time being, haha. I plan on working on it again as soon as possible.