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( Er, chagrin... )

I swear, I'd leave my head behind if it weren't so firmly attached to my arse.

Anyway, story. (: This was written for the 2004 While We Dream of Yuletide Treasure rare fandoms Secret Santa fanfiction challenge. Thanks go to my recipient,

lectito, for a truly inspirational Yuletide request ("Like the filthy monkey") -- though she bailed on her own assignment, never acknowledged the story I wrote for her and has now deleted her journal, this story probably never would have been written if she hadn't requested it, and that has to count for something; to

lcsbanana and

thete1, for providing a responsive audience when I needed one; and to

liviapenn, for a fantastically thorough beta of the original version. Further thanks to Te for suggesting the POV change that, I think, dramatically improved the story in this version. You can decide for yourself after reading the original version on the Yuletide archive.

Oh, and this isn't -- quite -- DC comics fandom. It's The Authority, which is a comics title published by Wildstorm, one of DC's subsidiaries. Yep, the comic with the canonically gay superhero couiple.

Continuity note: Set between the storylines "The Circle" and "Shiftships" during Warren Ellis's run on THE AUTHORITY vol. 1 (1999). No spoilers, and you don't necessarily have to have read the Ellis issues, though having done so will (hopefully) add to your appreciation.

( Changelings )

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