While on the plane, I did manage to write the short story I'd been talking about earlier. I didn't immediately post it as it needed some editing, and I haven't had any time until I made some today. I have given it one editing pass; it may well need another, but it seemed to be in pretty good shape on the last read-through, so I'm going to call it done and be pretty pleased with it.

So here it is: An Unplanned Stop