I had hoped that someone would be able to make sense of my (admittedly) inscrutable, byzantine request, but this just goes so far above that. You know when you fill out a request and then you get all these plot bunnies and you kind of wish it wasn't a request because then you could just take it and write it all? Yeah. This was one of those times. So to have someone come and basically do that for you, in such a wonderful way, is basically the best present ever ever.
I don't even know where to start on the smut; each pairing was hotter than the last and by the time I got to the end my brain had more or less melted into a puddle of goo - I thought I'd melted at the Rosmerta/Dorcas scene, which is perhaps the hottest, most edge-of-your seat arousing cunnilingus scene I've ever read, but then you hit me with Snape tied down to a bed and Regulus being the perfect little Slytherin inexperienced but bluffing through it top. He's characterized basically just the way I picture him (how did you know??), from the way he interacts with Sirius to how he tries to dominate Snape but just gives in in the end... nnngaa.
And then the Minerva/Pomona sleepy!sex!! *swoons* Minerva's version of falling apart is just the way she would do it if she was secretly grieving over a lost love. Drunken confessions of long-held love are one of my favorites, which I'm almost sure was NOT in my request, so double yay on that. I would definitely never object to seeing this McGonagall again - not only the way she's characterized, but the silver-auburn hair coming undone, and her square shoulder and muscle-y back and small breasts... yes yes yes! *sighs* I love them ALL and can't pick favorites and it's like getting four stories in one, and gah I think my brain's melted again. Coherence may not be my strong suit right now. You certainly have a deft hand with the smut, mystery author!!
I think all the other smut may have wiped the James/Sirius straight out of my mind, but I remember liking that, too. Yeah. And the way they just cleaned up and started talking about dinner after like nothing had happened. Heeee!
I definitely caught the dub-con theme going through it; but if Oenghus is to be trusted, then no one got together who wouldn't have done so if given half the chance. Using the gods to stir things up was a really clever device, and the interludes with them watching from their realm were hilarious! Cliodna and Creide sneaking off to get it on... teehee! Magical stuff forcing people to get together is also one of my favorite things. This whole fic is actually just all of my favorite things put back to back without ever coming up breathe, and as such was totally squee-inducing in its entirety and at numerous points along the way.
Thank you so, so, so much!!! You have no idea how much I love this, really. *huge hugs*
This is one I'm definitely saving to read over and over. (And over, and over...)