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OK, the dS Match reveals are now up, and on Monday I'll post on my website a copy of my story, hopefully with the goddamned typos fixed (apologies to all readers for not leaving myself enough time to get the frickin' thing beta'd). Just to reiterate the prefatory note, this story is a present for pearl_o, with big love and admiration. She'd requested it over a year ago, and when the Team Angst opportunity I came up, I knew that that was the perfect occasion for getting myself to finish and post this upbeat, heartwarming little bit o' fluff. (*g*)

When I'd finished the story, I put up a rather overwrought LJ post about how unhappy I was with it; in the fullness of time, I've gotten a better grip on what my distress was all about, and though I don't think any of this is necessarily of general interest, I thought I'd type up a few thoughts. ( My issues. Let me show you them. )

And many, many bows of admiration and gratitude to the fabulous organizers, china_shop and sageness; to nos4a2no9, our indefatigable Team Angst captain; and to all the writers for both teams. *Wow,* did this challenge produce some fantastic stories, which I now need to go comment on.