#problem-builders

How Thomas found Celeste and how they became boyfriend and girlfriend; how Emma was affected in the beginning stages

Theo and Celeste being friends pre-canon; what exactly he loves about her

Healthy!Thomas AU where Emma has no grounds to worry that Celeste’s independence is being restricted but must still deal with the pain of the separation

Celeste at cheerleading practice as an exploration of the social dynamics between her and the girlfriends of Thomas’ friends (she complains in A2, S9 that their competition to show off their goodness and worthiness as partners made her feel inadequate, but we don’t see this firsthand)

Emma and Celeste as children: in ballet class, at kindergarten recess, running lemonade stands, drawing with sidewalk chalk (shoutout to @tobyflollops for suggesting the last two)

Theo and Phoebe being lab partners (it’s mentioned in passing as having gone on for two years in chemistry and physics)

How the engineering club fares without Celeste as co-manager

How Emma and Celeste feel about the altercation with Thomas as a whole outside of their views of him or themselves

Okay! So I have a faux-Wikipedia summary in my pinned intro, but I'll link it here again. TL;DR: teens learn to manage interpersonal conflict, featuring a repressed girl adopted in an implied-by-casting way whose separating parents and best friend call to mind her early life; said best friend, a neglected girl whose parents didn't want a fourth child; her abusive boyfriend; and a boy whose best intentions go pear-shaped and turn him self-destructive. If you read this summary and you're noticing that one of my submitted characters, Miranda, is missing, that's because she's from another story in the same timeline, "A Different Path, a Different Day," that takes place 7-8 years later. I've summarized it here. TL;DR: abused pianist-flutist who is no longer classical and has severe impostor syndrome about her popularity among fans of her band thinks about her family, her ex whom she fled out of fear he was too good to be true, her music, and her future children while waiting for her therapy appointment.