Lovely readers, I'm stoked on this one. I've always had a really hard time picturing how I would write a modern John, and could never really get it quite right in my head. Well, I've figured it out. Legit clapped to myself when this idea came to me. It's gonna be epic.

John Shelby was five years old when Martha Connolly moved in with her Aunt Celia down the block, and his life changed forever. **Rated T to begin with, may be raised to M for later chapters**