Because of another project I'm working on, this popped out at me as a big, fat allegory! It reminded me of conversations I've had with queer people against the institution of marriage. Without a contract to bind them, they take tremendous pride in partnership as a deliberate choice made over and over, every day.
Of course I always read things on several tracks at once, so the greater part of me was just wallowing around in your gorgeous storytelling. I love the format, your cheeky take on the "5 things" tale, and how you use it to build one story, rather than resetting the tension every 1000 words. Your character details are awesome. I like how you pack little flashbacks and observations about their habits and mannerisms in around the bones of the story; it makes your world -- their relationship, their inner lives -- so rich and interesting, so efficiently. I love how you FLAUNT the fact that you can write something intellectually present and prettily id-stroking at the same time. I felt a dash of neener-neener lurking around the edges of this fic.
Their passion and need for each other is really hot -- like, really, I'm serious, whoa -- but my BIGGEST kink IS that it's a choice. That is the hottest thing for me.
They are so cute with their "I'm sorry" notes. And Draco's, "It's just blood," was just a fucking brilliant line.
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Of course I always read things on several tracks at once, so the greater part of me was just wallowing around in your gorgeous storytelling. I love the format, your cheeky take on the "5 things" tale, and how you use it to build one story, rather than resetting the tension every 1000 words. Your character details are awesome. I like how you pack little flashbacks and observations about their habits and mannerisms in around the bones of the story; it makes your world -- their relationship, their inner lives -- so rich and interesting, so efficiently. I love how you FLAUNT the fact that you can write something intellectually present and prettily id-stroking at the same time. I felt a dash of neener-neener lurking around the edges of this fic.
Their passion and need for each other is really hot -- like, really, I'm serious, whoa -- but my BIGGEST kink IS that it's a choice. That is the hottest thing for me.
They are so cute with their "I'm sorry" notes. And Draco's, "It's just blood," was just a fucking brilliant line.