State Lines: Utah (Patreon)

 So this is a four-part story/novella that has a (REALLY MILD) content warning in it, but only for the second half. The first half can be read as a stand-alone story that doesn't need to be followed up with the second half to make it complete. So I am not going to include the warning in the first part, since it has absolutely no bearing on it. That way, if you don't like what the warning is, you at least get half a story to read! 

The last time I tried to have a warning for a story, everybody basically said "you didn't need to warn for that" which was probably true because it was equally mild, but it was actually part of the plot and was a spoiler in itself, which is also exactly true for this one. I can't warn for it and not completely spoil a huge element of the second half of the story, but I feel like it's something that at least needs a pre-disclosure. Though it's mild and more of a social norm violation than anything else, not everyone might not want to read about it.  But the first two parts don’t include it. There will be a big obvious note before the 3rd part, where the POV swaps and the warning would come in. (The parts are not numbered, they are names of US states, but the warning will still be obvious)

Now that THAT long  disclosure is out of the way, here's part one of four! This is a contemporary story, which I really only do as novellas/one-shots now. It's generally a silly idea, but I always enjoy weird and obscure situations where people might end up meeting each other.

 State Lines: Utah 

Also! There's still this character Q&A going on this month!