I posted my galpalficathon story from November to fkfic-l (272 recipients) in the closing hours of New Year's Eve, hoping to tidy up and close out the old year for a better start on the new.  One spellcheck-immune typo has been corrected since the ficathon, but the piece is otherwise unchanged.  My thanks to wiliqueen for the prompt, and much_madness for the beta-read.  (Credits are in the end-note, as always.)

I put Tracy and Natalie together twice in 2008, both times for prompts, and both times really challenged me.  I rewatched all the scenes with them together, and they simply never clicked -- which is certainly common enough with coworkers, but they are additionally separated by their respective secrets.  Natalie knows Tracy knows, but Tracy thinks she is all alone -- as Natalie used to think she was.

In any case, that's the end of 2008.  Here's wishing us all a happier, healthier 2009!

	•	Title:	"Milepost"
	•	Length:	~2,400 words
	•	Date:	Posted to FKFic-L December 31, 2008
	•	Rating:	PG-13
	•	Summary:	Tracy receives advice from Natalie on facing difficult crime scenes.
	•	Setting:	After "My Boyfriend is a Vampire," before "Fever"
	•	Characters:	Tracy, Natalie, Nick
	•	Quotation:	"She had tried to become friends with the curly-haired coroner when she first got this assignment, but they just hadn't clicked."