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I ease my foot off the brake and start the downhill coast to home. “Almost there.”
Acknowledgments
Huge hugs and a bucket of ci
Jarrett and Rosie, the two main planets in my universe, for enduring a houseful of scribbled-on sticky notes and helping me to the finish line with just the right blend of tough and sweet love.
My mom and dad, for teaching me that brains are for using and that real love and respect survives differences.
Margie, Anthony, Kim, & Brett, for understanding when I vanish with my laptop.
Mindy Du
Andrea Sabaliauskas, for the brilliant cover illustration of Brandon and Abel and nearly two decades of friendship, support, and B&N chats.
Wendy Bond, my lifelong BFF, one of the first people I ever shared my writing with.
The illustrious Dr. Maverick, my partner in crime and #1 fandom-enabler.
My work pals, for being excited about this project (especially Courtney Stansbury, for coding advice, cheerleading, and lively Game of Thrones debates).
My writing mentors who made me think I could do this, especially Charles Marsh.
The magnificent geeks who invented the Internet so other magnificent geeks could find each other and perpetuate the species. Without you, fanfic would be mimeographed and mailed, this story would not exist, and people would not be skimming this acknowledgments page like “tl;dr.”
Table of Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
CastieCon #1 - Cleveland, Ohio
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
CastieCon #2 - Atlanta, Georgia
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
CastieCon #3 - San Antonio, Texas
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
CastieCon #4 - Long Beach, California
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
CastieCon #5 - Salt Lake City, Utah
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
CastieCon #6 - Baltimore, Maryland
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Home
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Acknowledgments