I like reunion/ second-chance/ disappearing and getting back together tropes a lot, but they are rarely ever done right. You need to give me actual reasons for both the disappearence and why no contact was attempted. This was not a valid one. Literally nothing was stopping you from talking about your family and your plan beforehand and then nothing was stopping you from reaching out for 7 years after. Send a damn later. Not even for your condolences? I can't take the longing or the love or the tragedy serieously when there was zero reason for it. Even being scared because things ended up in a very bad way last time would be more valid than this. That said, I did like the story in general and the art is gorgeous.
I like reunion/ second-chance/ disappearing and getting back together tropes a lot, but they are rarely ever done right. You need to give me actual reasons for both the disappearence and why no contact was attempted. This was not a valid one. Literally nothing was stopping you from talking about your family and your plan beforehand and then nothing was stopping you from reaching out for 7 years after. Send a damn later. Not even for your condolences? I can't take the longing or the love or the tragedy serieously when there was zero reason for it.
Even being scared because things ended up in a very bad way last time would be more valid than this.
That said, I did like the story in general and the art is gorgeous.