This is… not my best work. And that’s not me being overly critical of myself, this story, "Summer Camp Bummer" started out as an interactive story prompt that I worked on a few years ago at writing.com, and when I finally finished it, having been the only contributor, I decided to work it into a standalone prose story, but since it was before I wrote “A Mixed-Up Valentine’s Day” I didn’t have any accounts on other sites, so it remained on writing.com and languished in obscurity, and when I finally made accounts on various TG fiction sites, I never felt it was really up to snuff with my current work, so I never ported it over.
However, I recently got a review on the story, which reminded me of its existence (and while I don’t think the reviewer is a frequenter of TG fiction, since they seemed a little confused at the premise) they claimed it was well-written and it made me re-evaluate the story. I still think it’s pretty bad, but I’ve decided to go back and re-edit it, chapter by chapter, to bring it more in line with my current work, but I’m not changing anything major, just fleshing out what exists. I hope you enjoy it, and if you don’t enjoy it, don’t worry, I won’t hold that against you, I know it’s not that good.
I have found that artists can be hypercritical of earlier efforts. But the stuff of yours you have written in the past leads me to think it'll be better than anything I've written, and a lot of things posted at TGST and here under the two genres trans folx follow.
Your "not best work" is still pretty good. It's kind of a stock "how-does-this-keep-happening-to-me" plot with a slice of wish fulfillment, but there are times that's exactly what I am looking for. There are some serious plot holes -- what become of the other Leslie? -- but it is still quite fun to read.