Hi, everyone, I have to admit that I'm not really sure about posting this one. I originally intended to write it only for myself. But hey, I'm an attention addict, lol!
Seriously, I decided to post it just in case someone else out there might like it too. But this story may not be for everyone. It has the same warnings as my story "Slave Child". It deals with slavery and attempted suicide. In fact, this plot bunny partly sprung from SC. I had been wondering about some alternative scenarios there, and also from "Christmas at Spinner's End", such as 'what if Harry hadn't been so easily roused from his catatonic state of grief?"
But I have made some significant changes from "Slave Child" so this story really isn't a SC alternate universe, but a story in its own right. For one thing, Harry and his friends are older. This story begins during the summer after they would have left school. That being said, I am going to write them, especially Harry, as less independent than most young adults are that age. I really like Harry and his friends as kids, but I didn't want school and lessons to get in the way of some things that will happen later.
Another thing is that, because I wrote this just for myself at first and I love mushy emotional scenes, the mush factor is pretty high.
So the warnings are: sensitive topics such as slavery and suicide, and lots of angst and mush, and potential OOCness.
But anyway, in spite of that and this whole book I'm writing here, I hope you'll enjoy it!