When I make promises, I mean them, and I ABSOLUTELY PROMISE you that Ryan will not die at a young age in this fic... He's going to live to be at least 76 (how old my grandpa was when he died) and have met grandkids (adoptive or biological) before he dies peacefully of old age... And this isn't like the time I said 'I have no plans to ever kill Ryan in a fic again' and then later had him die in an Apoca!fic... because at the time I didn't have any plans to do it, so I was telling the truth... lol

I swear that if Ryan dies young in this fic, of ANY cause, I will never write ANY fanfics every again... that oughta tell you how unlikely it is... lol