Important clarifications [Please read before moving on to next chapters!]
strange bedfellowsHi all,
Firstly, thank you so much for giving this story a shot. It means a lot to me that so many of you are subscribing, upvoting, commenting and really engaging with the material. It gives me energy and inspiration to write more! As you can see from how fast I've been updating this story. But I think before you continue to read the story, there are some things I need to clarify.
Without further ado, let's get started.
Format, theme, genre, - essentially, what type of fanfiction is "strange bedfellows"?
"strange bedfellows" is a marriage/family/relationship + entertainment industry alternate universe fiction. We start in the year 2025, assuming the real life characters but portraying them in a fictionalized manner, and also imagining what their lives would be like about 4-5 years from now.
As you may have noticed (if you've read the previous chapters), the story takes on many tones. There's fluff, romance, angst, some real-life elements, some social commentary as well. This is as I am trying to experiment with different styles, and also try to align it with real life in a meaningful way.
I do plan for this story to span 10-15 years (so from 2025 to around 2035, etc.), so we're looking at around 80-100 chapters, or maybe even more.
Why am I writing this story?
I thought of answering this question at the end, but I felt it was important to explain why I'm so passionate about this.
Let's backtrack a couple of years. In 2012-ish, I was very inspired by delaneyna's "The Beginning of Forever", and I talked to her about writing my own rendition of a marriage!au, which spawned "If SMTown Moved On...". It was essentially a fic that assumed all the SMTown stars got married and had som
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