Milkshake Hearts

Author's Note & Introduction

Hi all!

Before I get into this story (finally), I've just got a few little introductory points to make, and I'd appreciate if you read them.

Firstly, a note that equally applies to all my fic, but which I want to make especially clear here. When I write Shayne x Courtney fanfiction, I'm not writing about the people that exist in real life with those names. I am merely using their likeness - and that of any other characters in the story - to create a fictional character. This fic will, inevitably, draw on content and concepts that exist in actual-Smosh territory. That does not mean that at any point is anything I write reflective of reality. It's a story, it's fiction.

And it never goes anywhere near the people involved.

Secondly, and very importantly: when I first started writing the story that has become this one, it was actually based on someone else's fic. I've since rewritten it entirely - this fic now stands entirely on its own and is not reliant on or based on any other existing fic - it is its own separate fic-world. That being said, I still want to acknowledge that the idea of milkshakes and jokes about milkshakes was inspired by Summer Girl by simplymarina, which is a wonderful fic and I would absolutely recommend you go and read it if you somehow haven't already.

Thirdly, some style notes:

- I'm Australian. For the most part, I've avoided including outright Australian English in the sense that the American characters should speak American and everything plot and story-related is firmly set in America. However, my spelling is going to be Australian, the major one being that I write 'Mum' instead of 'Mom'.

- A novel follows a clear plotline, and this is not a novel. It's basically a never-ending fluff-fest. There isn't going to be one big plot resolution goal that I eventually reach and end the story. This story can basically keep going as long as I think of things to write. That being said, there will be bits and pieces of "plot" that grow and evolve throughout and it is absolutely one, coherent story, not a series of separate stories.

- I've still got some questions to decide around mature content, but head over to my profile and I'll put a conversation up there about that to try and get some feedback before I work it out too.

Finally: Update schedule to be determined, but I will space it out a bit. For the most part, chapters will be averaging about 2000 words each. At the time of first posting, I have 63 Chapters written and a whole lot more to write.