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3 Jun 2004
harry/snape rec
3 Jun 2004 10:36 pmquid pro quo by aucta sinistra, nc-17, long meaty post-war first time. i found very little to quibble with and the whole thing was just gorgeous. i almost cried a few times. snape might be a little more... rational than his canon incarnation.
why should you read it? sexy UST. funny dialogue. highly romantic.
why should you read it? sexy UST. funny dialogue. highly romantic.
help! the l-word?
3 Jun 2004 10:42 pmfor those of you who are happily settled in romantic relationships with life-partners:
how big a deal was saying 'i love you' the first time? did you ever say it? did it occur to you that it was a big deal? did you bypass it as sapped of all meaning and express yourself some other way instead? was there ever, like, a mutual confession, and if so, do you think of it as a milestone, or does it blend in because really, in retrospect, you both knew it already anyway?
(i have only my one, personal experience to draw from, and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
wax_jism and i differ wildly in our use of the 'love' word. i don't know how realistic basing myself on that is. fictional!BM and RFM are not like me. they are more the hallmark-card-buying sort of person, so i need a more representative sample.)
how big a deal was saying 'i love you' the first time? did you ever say it? did it occur to you that it was a big deal? did you bypass it as sapped of all meaning and express yourself some other way instead? was there ever, like, a mutual confession, and if so, do you think of it as a milestone, or does it blend in because really, in retrospect, you both knew it already anyway?
(i have only my one, personal experience to draw from, and
wax_jism and i differ wildly in our use of the 'love' word. i don't know how realistic basing myself on that is. fictional!BM and RFM are not like me. they are more the hallmark-card-buying sort of person, so i need a more representative sample.)