Yeah, sorry about. Considering how behind as hell I am on comments to your stuff, I more than understand having those sorts of limits. About to go and remedy that nowish, before I start any actual writing today. Which is fic, yay! Unless it makes me have a breakdown and then boooo. NO BREAKDOWNS. :D

Thank you so much. I'm really glad you think it's a strong first chapter. I wanted to give some hints about the world while keeping it mostly about Wes and Devin. It's hard for the reader to care about the stuff that happens with/to them later if there's no evidence that they really did have something. And I do think they would've been together, probably soon, if it hadn't been for the bomb. You can see Devin's denial starting to crack and I think the fact that everything from here on out is a giant trigger for him is the main reason it reinforces itself so hard in later stories.

Poor bbs. I'm mad at Kalen again lol. Thanks for reading. :D