Part 1

These are AI generated illustrations generated by the author. These illustrations are not for everyone and reflect the author’s vision of what the characters look like. If you prefer your own imagination to mine or just don’t like AI or story illustrations in general, please do not view them. There may be spoilers if you look at the illustrations without having read the story to this point. There may be illustrations that take place in the characters’ futures beyond what the author has written to this point. Such future pictures may contain hints of future developments but no overt spoilers other than the characters in question are still alive at the point mentioned. There may be some NSFW shots in any given posting, so use caution. In any NSFW shot, the characters portrayed are over the age of 18 and consenting to the activity. In all cases, the pictures are AI generated and not of actual human beings. Any resemblance to actual people, living or dead, is completely coincidental. Lastly, AI is far from perfect—it is, in fact, maddeningly frustrating at times—and minor errors will occur here and there. If you are a strict perfectionist, please do not point out small errors to me. I did the best I could for someone with absolutely no talent in actual drawing and sketching, so it’s these illustrations or no illustrations.

Jake Kingsley, 21 years old, playing at D Street West in Heritage, California. 1981

Matt Tisdale, 22 years old, playing at D Street West in Heritage, California 1981

Darren Appleman, 22 years old, playing at D Street West in Heritage, California 1981

Nerdly, 19 years old, playing at D Street West in Heritage, California 1981

Charlie Meyer onstage during the It’s In the Book Tour 1985

Coop onstage during Intemp’s reunion tour 2003

Jake in the cockpit of his airplane, 2000

Jake and Dr. Dave the dentist having a discussion in a parking lot. 1991

Laura in her wedding dress in Hawaii, November 4, 1994, age 29

Jake in his wedding tux in Hawaii, November 4, 1994

Nerdly at home, 2003

Meghan in the hall at night, 1999

Laura and Celia in Malibu on THAT day, 1998

Laura and Celia kissing goodnight, 2002