'okay that's ticketeeboo by me, let's have lunch'.
LOL!!! I know what you mean, though. I think reveal fics are hard because they've been done so many times, it's hard to be original with it and also hard to get to the resolution point that we all want to see without dragging through the angst for months. I almost didn't put it in this fic (because it was supposed to be 3k!) but then how can you tear down the lies without tearing down the biggest lie of them all, right?

Anyway - glad how I chose to handle it worked for you. :)