It is done: I have submitted it.
First original story to an original story competition. It's been a ridiculous psychological roadblock; I know perfectly well that people are just people, and fan-people are just the same as snobby-original-writer-people (and possibly even less snobby than some snobby-fan-people), but... yeah. It's been difficult, and scary. Absurdly difficult for something that's only 320 words long. I'm hoping, through practice, it will become less so.
I'm really proud of the work I wrote, and I think it fits the brief. Most of all, I'm super, super proud that I did it.
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