I get way too emotionally involved with my favourite characters...

It's not often I need to skip to the end of a book for reassurance that it'll be ok, but when I do it usually means the characters and plot are well-written and intense enough to draw me in completely, with sufficient threat to make me concerned - basically, that I'm very emotionally engaged.

Svetlana - as drawn by my lovely friend Abi

We've ended the main Pathfinder campaign on a huge cliffhanger, with the party discovering 5 years has passed on Golarion whilst they were off trying to deal with a threat in The Abyss.

5 years is a particularly long time in the relationship of Svetlana and Noleski, bearing in mind they had a rather hurried wedding because he needed to strengthen his position as king. I can see all sorts of things that could have happened in the 5 years she was away, and I'm pretty sure the three most obvious scenarios I'm going to list here will already have crossed my GM's mind:

1) She's been away long enough to be declared dead, so he's remarried someone politically convenient - who has had time to produce heirs.

2) He's remarried for love.

3) He's been replaced with a doppleganger or shapeshifter and is actually trapped somewhere else whilst the country is brought to ruin by his enemies.

Of these, 2) is the worst case scenario from Svetlana's point of view, and I really hope it isn't the route the GM goes down because I massively 'ship Svetleski (Nolana?) (if you'll excuse the silly slang phrasing).

1) could be interesting: that Svetlana started to feel increasingly sick during the last session has me wondering whether she might have managed to fall pregnant during her shore-leave before entering the Abyss, which could lead to some interesting scenarios (her child would be younger but would have been conceived first, which could lead to all sorts of confusions in law). Also, Svetlana may not have been worried about marrying Noleski in the first instance, but as soon as their relationship went that way it became hugely important to her and her position as his wife is something she would be prepared to fight for - even if that fight is actually a long political game that she would otherwise find tedious and unimportant.

If the other wife is nice and actually seems to care for him and Brevoy, she may have pause but if she has any evidence Noleski still loves her the way she loves him, nothing will stop her finding a way to be with him.

3) could also be a lot of fun although I think may be more traditional fare for a game of this sort. I'm pretty sure Svetlana could work it out - they kept their relationship secret for awhile so had ways of carrying out private conversations under mundane seeming normal conversations that I think someone pretending to be him wouldn't be able to mimic. Also that they'd have removed staff Svetlana knew and trusted (would they have dismissed or duplicated Malliard?) So then it'd be a game of tracking down and reinstating.

I'm not sure where they are with their rings giving a telepathic link at the moment...

To be honest, probably what will come up will be something I've not considered but I'm really concerned that the 5 years will mean the end of Svetlana and Noleski and I really don't want that - I'm pretty emotionally invested in Svetlana and her marriage to Noleski is a large part of what got her through being killed and all sorts of other things. So I feel like I need to peek at the end and just confirm that the intention (barring Svetlana doing something stupid like getting herself killed again) is for her and Noleski to be together. I'm just not entirely sure how to ask for that reassurance without sounding like a complete wet blanket!

Anyone else ever or often become that involved with their characters? I've wept for characters (in game and in character most usually) in the past and it'd be nice to know I'm not alone!