fic rec: A Man's Greatest Treasure (Severus/Lily, romance, NC-17)

[arcanetrivia]

If you like Severus/Lily and you do not go read (I know who and you don't, ha ha)'s less_for_you gift for xnymphadorax, A Man's Greatest Treasure, like, right now, then it shall be twenty lashes with a wet noodle! Ve haff vays of dealing with people like you!

It's simply a lovely piece of work. 9k, NC-17 although a good deal of it is below that rating. And the sex is lurvely, don't get me wrong. Sweet and hot and tender. But there's so much else to recommend it too. This is the one I said a while ago, "Oh my, you quoted Rumi; I think I kind of love you right now". It's told in a series of small episodes, one from each year. The build is slow and makes me smile and contains "I can't quite believe you love me" on both sides of the game. If you don't like some level of fluff this may not be the story for you, I suppose, but then WHAT KIND OF FREAK ARE YOU ANYWAY ahem.

This was my comment on IJ:

You already know I love this story to bits. Their relationship is so beautiful and the sex at the end is so wonderful and I adore that Severus comes too soon and man I just have the biggest weak spot for fic where Severus is loved and wanted and grraaaaahhhhh.

Yeah. Kinda like that. ;)

Hie thou with haste!

Comments

[who_la_hoop]

That fic was very cute, yes :) You hooked me to read with I adore that Severus comes too soon, because hot, awkward, good-but-not-good teenage sex is so rarely done in fandom and I love it so!

[elethian.livejournal.com]

Hmm, you won't like mine then, which is a little on the "too good to be true" side. Well, it's a little awkward, but well. It wasn't your gift. :P *giggles*

[who_la_hoop]

*grins* Well, sometimes perfect sex can be yummy too :D Although I prefer it when Snape has it with Harry, hee!