It might seem that way but I think the relationship between them is a little more complicated than that. Let me try to explain here (SM is actually one of my favorite pack members to write).

The characters in the pack are meant to be a little more complex. Just like in real life, people grow up and grow apart and sometimes find themselves back together. That's sort of the case between SM and HJ.

For me, SM's character is just sarcastic and doesn't hold back. He has no filter. HJ even mentions that SM was like that when theyvwere friends, too; its just his personality (I am very much the same in my offline life).The first time their wolves fought, SM antagonize hin bc he knew CN wasn't going to and HJ needed that extra push to finally shift. So that was actually in HJs best interest. Other than that, yeah he tends to start things but I think partly it's bc HJ always gives him the reaction, too. And both CN, CB, and MH have called SM out but HJ is the one who turns an altercation into something physical. He's wild and unpredictable where SM never intends for it to get to that point.

HJ and SM did sort of have their talk in IOHY after HJs first shift where SM explains that and they have a bit of an understanding. In the moat recent update, they get in a fight because HJ gets embarrassed about getting teased. A sore spot for SM is MH. SM's closest friend is 100% MH, someone he trusted to be intimate with for the first time. So HJ bringing that up when SM didn't know that HJ knew was a bit of a shock. Did he overreact? Maybe, but HJ could've just owned up to being involved with MH and that could have been it

In ISYA, SM and HJ fight side by side to protect JS and FX against vampires and HJ actually lashes out after one of them hurts SM and SM saves HJ from being k!lled. Also, there are scenes where while watching a movie, HJ has his head resting on SM's thigh so I think it's safe to say they settle their differences.

Hope that explained things a bit. I love all my pack members in the Yllw Wd verse and, for me, their individual personalities and flaws or quirks make for interesting conflicts, resolutions, story progressions. It's all love between, eventually, the 8 of them though so don't worry 💚

That's very kind and truly appreciated. I read a lot, too, and it definitely can be frustrating for a reader to not have an update in a while but some authors (talking about my own personal experiences here) need time.

For me, I can't post something if I'm not fully satisfied with it. I don't have a beta so it's all on me to edit things and nitpick and ask my kind friends to read things for me just so I can make sure I'm not going crazy lol. So it's a longer process. Even with an outline, sometimes I'm just not in a creative mood to write and when I have pushed myself, I end up hating those scenes. I can tell my voice isn't in them. And that's no service to my story or the characters in them - especially with IOHY because it's an important story to tell (at least, in my brain it is). I just want to get it right, if that makes sense?

Oh that is a hard question.

FFX is probably my most beloved video game of all time. It was my first from the franchise that I owned when it came out (that I didn't have to steal from my older brother's room lol). I remember my parents gifted it to me for Christmas when I was like...11? Along with my PS2. My husband and I danced to "Suteki Da Ne" at our wedding for our first dance.

That being said, Sqll from FFVIII is one of my favorite characters from the franchise.

FFXVI is a very close runner up for favorite game. My husband and I were absolutely addicted since the game dropped and I've even written fanfic for it that I will likely never post lol. FFXV was also very, very good though I absolutely hated the ending.

Literally I can talk about video games, especially FF all day. My husband and I just started VII Rebirth like...two nights ago. Much love to the franchise. I grew up watching my brother play the games until I was old enough to play them myself.