I've decided to review and shelf my favorite fanfiction. It’s brought me soooo much joy over the years, I want to make sure I don’t forget all the gems – and perhaps I can inspire some of you to give them a try. Speranza has a real gift for writing middle-aged, flesh-and-blood men with a little wear and tear – taciturn, laconic, eccentric, there might even be a little belly, scrappy beard, eye bags. Her men are carnal and incredibly, powerfully sexy. I’m serious, some of the most erotic sex scenes I’ve ever read – because they are awkward, animalistic, unsophisticated. And always deeply, unselfconsciously emotional. Her precious gift comes especially to the fore with this couple – all her McKay/Sheppard stories are great, but this one especially.