A/N: A One Life to Live fanfiction from after Dorian moved to Washington, DC.

Disclaimer that none of the characters that OLTL fans recognize are mine, they are the show's producers.

Although most of my OLTL follows the 1990s canon timeline, I don't include some of the unrealistic, sillier storylines from the 2000s and later, especially the bit about Victor Senior coming back from the grave.

In this story, Dorian Cramer Lord lives in Washington, DC and has been undergoing counseling for a few months to help her cope with post-traumatic stress and anxiety attacks.

She discovers something startling about herself in therapy that devastates her at first, but grows to understand that this trait she has does not have to be a disability for her...enjoy!

Prologue:

Dorian:

Hello, readers...oh, I'm sorry if this sounds tacky. I can't really make small talk.

I just wanted you to please try to understand that I come from a world that has far different moral and behavioral standards than most of you are accustomed to.

Some of our norms that we lived with in a small town of Llanford, Pennsylvania will shock some of you, even repel you.

The world my family and I lived in for many years was rife with stratification, hypocrisy, adultery, unpunished murder, unpunished rape, lies, framing others for crimes, deceit and all manner of abuse and boundry violations.

I do apologize in advance to anyone who may be shocked or upset by our actions.

I hope you will understand if not forgive my own transgressions that you may read about here...and I dearly hope many, if not most of you will understand.