Yesterday while I was writing, I went back to one of my older stories to look at a part, and as I was skimming it, I came to Kevin's name and almost did a double-take. It's like, it was weird to see his name in there. And I realized, Kevin has not been in the story I'm writing now, Curtain Call, at all. I'm sure his name has been mentioned, but he himself hasn't made an appearance yet.
It's weird, cause in a way, I guess I've gotten so used to him not being in the group in real life that I didn't even find it unusual to not be writing about him, but at the same time, I think this is the first story I've written since he left that doesn't feature him. Every other story I've done since then has been either AU or set in the past, when he was still with the group, so I was able to include him. I'm not a Kevin girl by any means, but even so, he's always been featured in my stories, and it made me kind of sad to realize I've been writing all these group parts without him.
How have you guys handled writing (or not writing) Kevin since he left? Do you not include him to keep it realistic, find ways to put him with the guys so you can include him, just pretend he never left, set all your stories in the past...? Just thought it would be interesting to see how everyone's accommodated that.
Edit: Killing him off seems to be another popular option these days!
I did start another story over the summer where Kevin has a larger role than usual in my stories, except he's, like, in a coma, so he still doesn't get much action. Poor Kevin LOL.