Yes.

I figured out on my own what to do. I just didn't feel good about ending the story to start the sequel, but it still felt like the next portion would be a separate arc instead of the exact same arc, since there will be new plot twists and new characters. So I decided to end my chapter with "End of Part One". The next one will be billed as opening Part Two, but still posted as a chapter of the same overall story (as opposed to opening a new story billed as a sequel).

I kept the chapter as it was, by the way, bittersweet twists and all. Sampson is still fighting for his life, poor man. Now I need to start the next chapter of the Wild Wild West fic.

I also ended up writing a random h/c piece for this past day's 31_days prompt. After I do the time-travel story, I plan that Coley will remain in the present-day, as he wants to do. But I had a smidgen of an idea where an enemy of his takes Ray back to the past, forcing Coley to chase after them. I wanted hurt/comfort and angst, and the previous day's theme inspired me for a specific scenario, so the blurb happened. The solution was gratuitously borrowed from The Night of the Lord of Limbo. I have no idea if I'll write this story in full, or if this concept will even be present if I do, but it was interesting anyway. (And it gave me a good h/c fix.)

And I think I'm coming up on nine years of being on Livejournal, either today or in a few days from now. I still cringe, looking over those early entries, but it's interesting to see how I've changed since then.