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To all my readers;
I am sorry you all had to wait so long for me. I’m sorry I wanted to give up so many times. And I’m sorry that, in the end, this isn’t what I wanted to be. I wanted the Bodyguard to be so much better than this, but I wasn’t able to come through on my own plans. Writing like 135K words is actually a lot harder than I thought I’d be, lol. Thank you for sticking with me for so long and for enjoying this story.
There is a lot of this fic that happened underneath the surface that I ended up not writing about. If this was a real novel I’d re-write so much of it, but LOL my impatient ass just uploading everything. So, if you have questions or want to read long threads about certain aspects, my twitter is always open.
Just in CASE anybody wanted to translate this trash fic to another language: please be my guest. I will just request that you acknowledge in the first page of the translation that the original fic is by me (use the full name peppermintglow please) and that you also post a link to the OG. Also, because of the way I wrote this fic, I wrote it specifically with SEVENTEEN’s characters and personalities in mind. Even if I took creative license, this is a Seventeen fanfic. So I will not be allowing anybody to repost this fanfic with other couples or groups in it, edited to be fanfic of another group, or a different SVT OTP. I’ve seen that going around recently and though I don’t think anybody would much like this fanfic enough to do that, I thought I’d say up front: please don’t destroy it. Even if you think the dynamics and dialogue work perfectly for your OTP, please respect my choices.
If you are here after binge-reading the whole fic because you wanted to wait until it was 100% finished before you started reading: it’s not that I don’t respect your decision, but I need you to acknowledge that you would have been devastated if you had to live with the cliffhangers. I’m just saying. I meant for readers to be on the edge of their seats half the time waiting for the next update. Charles Dickens style (which, in my opinion, is the only reason Charles Dickens was popular, cause his shit came in instalments too lol).
Thank you for loving The Bodyguard. Please feel free to leave comments here or on twitter (I do so love getting them), and if you know anybody who would be especially devastated by this fic I heartily invite you to invite THEM.
Lots of love,
Ellie