A Leaf In The Stream Of Creation (His Angel Boy)

Final Thank Yous ♡

I would like to leave this last page for the people I would like to thank, like honestly I don't think I would have carried on or even finished this book without the support and inspiration from a friend who has become very dear to me.

There have been others along the way throughout these two and a bit years but they all seemed to fade away in their own ways, to tell the truth it has been disheartening to say the least, it has been very hard and difficult at times to carry on but I have come so far.

Pete and Kao have rented out a room in my head and have pleasantly overstayed their invitation, but oh I don't mind, these boys who have slowly become men in my mind have become more to me than just 'characters'- it may sound stupid but it's like they are part of the family.

Pete has been a tricky character to write about, in his POVs I have always tried to show how he thinks and how he sees things not very clearly sometimes, he grew from being an asshole through and through to becoming only partly an asshole haha, he began to become a sweetheart in my mind and I tried my best to let it seep through in my words.

Now Kao on the other hand has been easier to write, his love for all things arty farty was how I started his life for him, but somehow he turned out becoming selfless and wanting to take the pain of the world as well as from the ones that he loves and lay it on his own shoulders, he doesn't know when to stop, he doesn't know if he should stop, all he knows is that he just wants to take it away and make it better.

My little loves Cairo and Jay were born and created in my mind, Jay was pretty basic to begin with and I was going to leave him as a filler character but then he grew on me the more I thought about him, he grew into a solid character and I loved imagining Cairo and his conversations, then I realised I had to put them together and they fitted so well.

They even each other out 😊

Cairo has always had a soft spot in my heart right from the very beginning, with his bipolar and vampireism mixing in together it was quite different for me to write for someone who has a mental illness, I think it is important to add these types of characters because even though my story is supernatural I still wanted real things to occur, real love and real pain.

He was a comfort character and a support for Pete but then I noticed that he needed more chapter time and so that is when I realised he needed his own POV, seeing him with Jay in my minds eye just made me both squeal and melt for the both of them.

Tal and Manon were also going to be filler characters but of course they began to pay rent in my mind as well, they began to make me feel like there needed to be more interactions to show what kind of people they are. With Manon being an introverted little miss she was a little difficult to write, having her completely coming from my mind also made it a bit difficult, with her both being sensitive and bold I wasn't quite sure how to put it.

Tal was inspired by Sammy (Coates) who has been a supporting character in so many BLs now haha, she's so damn beautiful and the more I thought about how she would act the more I thought of Sammy, in the editing process I had to edit a lot of her face and hair though to fit what she looked like in my head.

Clementine was also another character I had difficulties to fully imagine as a real person, with her body being half flesh and half a skeleton it was difficult to imagine her speaking and smiling, she's a complicated character and I loved to think about and write out her scenes, I find her quite comical to be honest- but trying to find a face for her was ridiculous so I had to edit the skeleton part of her on, so I am afraid the edit is pretty awful.

The angels Lorna, Mercury and Jeremiah were a little difficult to write about when most of them don't have thoughts and feelings like the others, they find it very hard to think rationally or even see past the end of their own nose, so that whole 'feeling' of angel personality was very challenging but it was good as well because it is always a good thing to challenge yourself.

Writing a few other characters in like in the beginning the magic dwarf Dr. Thada, Rona the Were Tiger and nurse at the supernatural hospital, a little later Lee Jumpol the boy Werewolf, soon after that Manon's divorced parents, the almost constant spirit of both Kao's and Pete's parents, then at the end Jay's Mum and the dreaded Hemingway.

All these side supporting characters helped me to push through and write out what we have today, and I also just love to write random fleeting characters that don't have a storyline.

Bringing me back to the first paragraph there has been someone who has shocked me and stayed the longest, Ava_Robinson84 thank you from the bottom of my heart, you have become a very dear friend to me and at times my confidant, you have no idea how much I have needed your love, support and enthusiasm throughout your time in being in my life. So thank you ❤

All my love to you all,

🖤
~fairybecka