I am a chronic overthinker. I overthink many things, and one of those things is fanfiction.

The majority of my October this year was spent thinking about and writing this fic, the sun swallowed whole, as something to mark Halloween by. It took a lot out of me to write, and although I'm still not entirely happy with it, I'd like to use it as an exercise in writing better. Maybe coming back to this in the future will let me see where I could've improved, where I could've made some better decisions.

Maybe this bit of commentary will help future-me understand past-me a little better, too. Maybe it'll even help you, if you're reading this, to learn a little more about this work (and the thought that went into it).

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