I almost missed this

[mdlbear]

I don't normally read much fanfic (my apologies to those of my friends who write it), so I nearly missed this one by autographedcat. Which would have been a shame. Go read it -- I'll wait.

I was pointed toward it by this post by technoshaman. Many thanks.

(Go read the story first. I'm still waiting.)

One of the comments made me realize that I can't remember any of my childhood imaginary friends. I must have had them. I remember making up lots of stories -- basically fanfic -- that I told myself as third-person narratives. But I don't remember any conversations with imaginary friends. Odd. I wonder if that's why I was always feeling lonely and depressed.