Story time.

A pal of mine recently got in touch with me for the first time in forever. We spent plenty of time catching up, and it was a good reminder for me to actually come back and catch up with all of you – I've definitely owed you some tea-time catch up these past few years.

I'm absolutely blown away by the number of people who have inbox'ed me, left reviews, and supported this old story of mine that, tbh, hasn't really aged well but, y'know, I wrote it when I was in high school LOL And it still hasn't seemed to stop you all from enjoying it these past 10 years! (5 years if we're only talking the time it's been since I last updated – why does it feel like it's been so much longer? :o like srsly i was in my first year of college when i stopped updating but it feels like it's been so much longer)

I don't know if you guys actually care about what I'm up to, but I've been doing well. Definitely not dead as some of you have been concerned about! I just became incredibly busy after high school, adult life got to me in more ways than one, and before I knew it, I had physically and emotionally stepped away from , not because I didn't want to be here, but just because... well, I guess I felt sort of embarrassed? Like I said, this story hasn't aged well with my own writing abilities (a field that I now specialize in) and suffice to say, my dreams as a writer just didn't line up with my joy of writing fanfiction in a lot of ways. I also ended up struggling with depression and burnout quite a bit this past decade, and it kept me from returning to my fanfiction writing even when it possibly could have brought me a smile or two. But there was the shame of having been inactive for so long that kept me from returning, which is silly because I'm seeing all the support people have left for me over the years regardless of my being gone. You guys rock for that :3

I can't make any promises that Only Chosen Love will return. Fanfiction writing isn't exactly at the top of my priority list, but I don't want this to end on a sad note either, and I don't want it to be the end of my fanfiction writing because it's something that's been such a joy for me to take part in, even just as a hobby. It's what launched my passion for writing, after all!

So if I do bring back OCL, maybe it'll be in need of some rewrites. Nothing crazy, I promise! But enough that it could take a story that you guys already love so much and make it even better :)

In the meantime, maybe I'll bring you guys some lemony one-shot goodness. Definitely haven't outgrown writing smut and romance LOL Did I mention I've been absolutely falling for the Zelda x Ganon ship lately? ;D

All in all, yes, I'm alive, I'm well, and I'm hoping to get back into fanfiction writing, if people are really hoping for it. TBH I'm really surprised with how well OCL did; it still gets 1k views a month which is impressive for a fanfiction that hasn't updated in 5 years . I definitely wasn't expecting the amount of support it got over the years during its activity AND inactivity and I guess that's why it makes it so bittersweet to possibly return to it – it's not like it hasn't been crossing my mind these last 5 years, so the fact that my thoughts keep returning to it means I owe it some sort of closure ;) (and not out of obligation or anything, I really do want to eventually lol)

So, from the bottom of my heart, thank you all ! IDK if this is the sort of 'return' you were hoping for or expecting, but I can assure you that you haven't seen the last of me :) Now that OCL is officially 10 years old (as of April 11th, the timing on that one's a little crazy lol) it might be time for a 10 year anniversary return of some sort ;)

So keep your eyes open and keep those alerts turned on!

Thank you again. I appreciate and cherish every single one of you ^_^

- Shinigami-Zelda-sama