Happy birthday, Thothmes!

Yes, a very belated one... because I'd hoped to finish the icon prompt you gave me for your birthday. And I didn't, because what was supposed to be a light and fluffy ficlet kept expanding until I discovered an entire story lurking in there. Sigh. Okay, yes, not sigh for the story because I think it will be a fun adventure fic, but sigh that I couldn't write what I wanted. :)

How can a writer tell when a ficlet doesn't want to be a ficlet any more? In this case, it was the slow realization that all the detail I was trying to relegate to "backstory" wanted to be told. And now I have to go research flash flooding, heh. I am not sure what it says about me that this makes three stories in which weather played a part, and all three of them involve heavy rain. It must mean something, I'm sure...

thothmes, I hope the day was a great one! And your icon fic will get written. One day, anyway.