HL Fanfic: "When Everything was New"

I wrote "When Everything was New" for hl_flashfic's "Second Banana" event, to the prompt: "Alexa meets Tessa at an art show."  I'd written HL in multi-fandom games before, and just because, but this was my first attempt in an HL-specific venue.

Thanks to sholio and skieswideopen for beta-reading!

Available:	The Ficathon | My Fansite | The AO3
Length:	~4,800 words
Date:	HL_FlashFic 08/12/11
Rating:	PG
Characters:	Tessa, Duncan, Alexa, Martin Sorrel, uncredited cameos
Summary:	Tessa exhibits in the juried division of the 1986 Seacouver Art & Wine festival.
Quotation:	"Tessa hesitated. Pressing for public reaction was rarely wise; and, usually, she was content with her own assessment and Duncan’s, other critics be hanged. But she remained unsure where her efforts fit at this festival, if they fit at all."