We have very similar narrative kinks (I like that description). And with the shows that we watched and wrote for, the scriptwriters often ignored or poorly dealt with the dramas that they set up, so no wonder we want and need to help the characters properly explore and deal with what has happened to them! And yes, learn from it and grow!

And there are times when we have to say to the character: "Dude, the way that the scriptwriters made you react makes utterly no sense for your character and they just did it to create false drama, so we've tried to explain it in this fic with head injuries and depression. It's the best we can do."

I often stick my head back into my saved copy of your New Tracks fic, to re-read scenes, and to think about what might happen to the boys in the next fic.

(I have put the icon in as an in-joke between us *G*)