I just spent a rainy Sunday reading Dasha's series, which I never would have found without your recs. I enjoyed them very much, in a relaxed kind of way that's different from the looking-for-the-"ahh"-moments way I often read slash. Hope that makes some kind of sense!

Jealousy is quite a big squick of mine, and it was a bit tedious in some ways for Jim to be sick so much, but despite that the stories worked really well for me. Dasha made me really believe in the senses-causing-illness scenario and I loved her portrayal of the total commitment between Jim & Blair. I liked the way the sex wasn't overdone, too - I looked forward to every sex scene instead of skipping over half of them, as I often do in a long story.

For some reason this fandom has me craving long-term relationship stories. This pairing belongs together forever, more than any other I can think of.

I hadn't seen "Another Mode of Belonging". Good story, though I'm in the loathe-kidfic camp.

You've probably read it, but CL Finn has a wonderful long-term dS story: The Easiest Choice (http://members.aol.com/clfinntoo/stories/choice.htm).

Thanks for feeding my current obsession!