Agreed ... and yes, I know of people in this area with similar stories, too. It's actually a pretty good character study (I don't recall if you're familiar with Faith, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer), in that the character of Faith as an older teen is a person who's hurt, unable to share her true emotions, and unable to trust because of unspecified past traumas. It's also the kind of story that needs to be told from a standpoint of reminding people that there's a problem out there, so overall I was happy to point people toward it.

I thought so, too; well written, and effective even if you don't know the future history of Faith's character.

hardcore Buffy fans tend to assume everyone's heard of all the characters, I suppose ... :-)