Well that explains some things! :DDD Thank you, formerly-mysterious Wishlist gift-giver!

it’s not like my interests or my writing style are in any way different between the two names

You know, thinking back on the things I loved about that fic, it kind of seems like I should have guessed or at least suspected? But quite honestly I had no idea, it just never even occurred to me that an author whose name I didn't recognize might secretly be someone I already knew!