A/N: Yes, there's a sequel planned. I need a lot more than 221 words to resolve this!
My sincere thanks to everybody who's read, reviewed, followed, and favorited these two stories! In particular, Insert Kick Awesome Here, who suggested ASF; faithful reviewers johnsarmylady, marylouleach and phanpiggy; sevenpercent, who helped with Britpicking; and BloodyRosie, KrisEleven, phanpiggy, and sevenpercent, all of whom suggested or inspired chapters.
EF and ASF started out as just an experiment. I realized that the thing I fear most now is the opposite of what I feared most ten years ago, and that made me think about how Mycroft's greatest fear might have evolved over his life. I wasn't expecting any sort of response at all, and the positive feedback has been both surprising and humbling. You're all positively lovely!
If you'd like to read these two stories together (that is, one tab with EF and one with ASF), here's the order in which I recommend reading the chapters:
EF 1977, 1978, 1981
ASF 1981
EF & ASF 1982 (chapters are independent of each other)
ASF 1983, part 1
EF 1983
ASF 1983, part 2
ASF & EF 1984 (take place simultaneously)
EF 1984, part 2
EF & ASF 1985 part 1
EF 1985, part 2
ASF 1985, part 2
ASF 1986
EF 1986
ASF 1986, part 2
EF 1987
ASF 1987 & EF 1987, part 2 (take place simultaneously)
EF 1988
ASF 1988
ASF 1989
EF 1989
ASF 1989, part 2
EF & ASF 1990 (take place simultaneously)
EF 1991
ASF 1991 parts 1 & 2
ASF 1992
EF 1992 parts 1 & 2
ASF 1992, part 2
ASF 1993
EF 1993
ASF 1994 parts 1 & 2
EF 1994
EF 1995
ASF 1995
EF & ASF 1996 (take place simultaneously)
ASF 1997 parts 1 & 2, 1998, July 1999, October 1999
EF & ASF November 1999 (take place simultaneously)
EF February 2000, March 2000
ASF March 2000, parts 1 & 2
EF 2001
ASF 2001
EF & ASF 2002 (take place simultaneously)
ASF 2003
ASF Interlude
EF 2003
EF & ASF 2003, part 2 (take place simultaneously)
ASF 2003, part 3
EF 2003, part 3
EF 2004
ASF 2007
EF 2008
ASF 2010, parts 1&2
EF 2010
ASF 2011
ASF June 16, 2012
EF June 2012
ASF June 19, 2012