@-1000ligtaspoints Thanks! <3 I'm doing a lot better now and finishing up school so there's more Sting to come!
Oooo, yeah that's a bit of a funny tale. At the end of the book, there's a short chapter where I explain some of my creative choices and that was one of them. At the time, I was figuring out what kind of story I wanted to write. Initially, the reader would develop the same illness as their mother, thus making the tale about Sting and Reader's relationship dealing with the issues Reader's parents dealt with. I decided to scrap that idea in favor of a more romantic/cliche/campy story because it was more fun and would've lasted longer. Don't worry, Reader is not pregnant. I'm trying to transform those moments to fit the Reader's inner turmoil—lots of anxious nausea for sure.
Thanks for the question! Feel free to ask more anytime, I really appreciate it! :)