It takes two to tango

No matter the time or the place there is one couple that you can't separate - want to take a guess ? Nope ..  you won't find the answer in the picture this time, even if pictures paints a thousand words! .. and this is an awfully nice picture ... it could very well be the climax of a lesfic story line as in ... no I'm not the writer - I'm the reader! And that's who they are, the couple .. not the dancers silly ! The couple that you can't separate, the couple who need each other like ... well whatever You Need.

... the reader and the writer .. it's a bliss when you find each other. You can be her first, she can be your latest and you can be each others ... whatever you are it might be for life. 

You can bookmark her, put her among your favourites or on a shelf - she won't mind. She will think of you while she puts her words on paper and ponders the story line, but you don't have to brush your teeth before you take her to bed. 

It's a match made in heaven, but it's not free. You'll have to commit your reading time as she will have to commit herself to slaving over the keyboard. She will wonder if you read her lines, as you will wonder the meaning of her words. 

You are together yet separate, your lives merely touching, but still she can linger in your head for days like the tune of a favourite song that you hum to yourself over and over again.

What you do to her is your choice, but if you like her writing drop her a line - STOP lurking and be a pal feed the bard!  ... now I don't know the couple but they could easily picture characters from a favourite story line - even if short blond and tall dark aren't in the picture.... could it be Caid the "Balantine Babe" from Dabkey's "And Playing the role of herself" and her love interest Robyn who just happened to be sporting both a very visible boyfriend Josh and a less obvious stalker. Well probably not as both Caid and Robyn tends to be a bit protective of their private lives and not much is private when you are an actress. On the other hand it might be Mimi and Jolly as you might say that privacy is not high their list. Mimi is waiting in the wings - and not quit patiently - for the love of her life, Jolly to notice what is right in front of her eyes ... the love of her life, and once the cobweb has been dusted of Jolly's mind, they find "A place to Dance" very much in the spotlight or rather in their fathers face ...yes check it out!

Dancing is certainly not uncommon in our lesfic story lines and to some it's almost a lifestyle. Take Sheridan who is a regular on the dance floor with just about any hot babe that she can lay her eyes on ... well that is until Keefer happens to put herself firmly in the picture, but "Caution: Under construction" might just leave you a little breathless even if you aren't  joining the ladies on the dance floor. 

If you go for the more serene dancing then an evening in the company of D.S. Bauden and "A Saving Solace" might be more to your liking. It's just one dance in the confinement of Kelly's home but it does take the story and the ladies to the next level. As is the case for Laurel and her friend Caden in Kim Pritekel's "Again". A dance in the privacy of home is just the thing that gets things moving towards the living happily ever after. If this is playing it a bit safe then try your hand with Xenasgrll's "A Safe Place" where Paige treats Madison to a dance which would not be deemed safe in a public place. Do you want me to go on .. then lets turn up the heat a notch with J Brownell's "Now and Forever" this time the ladies doesn't even make it to the dance floor even if they are dressed up to the nines and almost there, but then again they don't really need to go to the next level, they are already there. 

Now don't get the impression that a dance is all it takes, sometimes a dance can spell disaster waiting to happen as is the case for Clancy in "Miss-Match" by AC Henley, but then again Max wasn't really whom she should have chosen for her first dance and she might think to thank Carmen for getting her ass out of trouble. As for dancing with the "wrong" woman Artemis Callaghan will set up Kit for trouble in the long run by accepting a dance with the wrong sister at the right time. A mix up YES - is it easy to fix - NO or YES - as long as you don't mind playing the fence a bit. Follow the ladies in Hen Night, Wedding reception, Honeymoon, Divorcee.

Go on there is a woman and a writer out there who is the ONE for you....

A Safe Place by Xenasgrrl

Is it unethical if a teacher has a loving and/or sexual relationship with a student? Is it ok for an employer or manager to have a romantic liaison with an employee? Is it unethical if the coach has a relationship with a player on her team or a doctor with her patient? Well I might be a prude, but sometimes one of the stories that I read online will display a relationship or a situation that I feel is unethical, even if it’s just part of a storyline and definitely not real life.

Of course I’ll dismiss the story immediately and never return …. well …ahrg... I think perhaps not always. I may well be a bit inconsistent in my moral attitudes; if the story is captivating enough I might hang on to it, even if it’s going against my morals! Yeah - I hear someone laughing, but at least I’m honest – that’s important isn’t it?

“A Safe Place” by Xenasgrrl is one of the stories that I have a bit of a moral issue with, but it hasn’t stopped me from saving a link to the story or from returning to it from time to time, so perhaps you should go and see if is bothers you – it might not. I can tell you that it has quite a good rating on The Athenaeum.

The story centres on Paige, a young woman deeply disturbed by a brutal rape and the lack of support from her parents in dealing with the after effects. Without the help of Madison, Paige might not have been able to work through her troubles and return to a life of her own.

You'll meet Paige when she checks herself into Palo Alto Mental Health Facility one Friday night – probably not quit voluntarily - she can’t sleep because of the nightmares, she won’t take drugs even temporally, and she keeps hurting herself, not looking to die, but to find peace. Well Paige is a mess, but you really can’t blame her.

Dr. Nicols or Madison is the newly appointed chief of staff at the young women’s unit at Palo Alto a prestigious position for someone thirty-three years of age. The position takes quite a toll on Madison’s life and leaves her with little time and energy to look for a close relationship or to really take care of herself for that matter. But Madison is more than just a doctor with a prestigious job, she is also a compassionate soul and takes quite an interest in Paige and the pain she so openly displays. Madison really do want to make a difference in the young woman’s life.

If you choose to look into this story you’ll be able to follow the slowly emerging positive improvements in Paige mental state and to see what effect the young woman have on the life of the straight, lonely and overworked doctor.

I will tell you that this is where my problems with the storyline comes in **SPOILER ALERT**. Even if Madison and Paige don’t have a doctor – patient relationship when they begin to take their relationship to a new level, and even if it is “real” love, I still think that a loving relation between the doctor and her former patient is a bit unethical.

Anyway I do think that the story is very well written, with a catching storyline and a good character development. The story is focused on the story of Paige getting well and the development of a relationship between Paige and Madison, but it’s all entertaining enough with bits of drama and obstacles to the budding love.

While we are on safe places – Kim Pritekel wrote a disturbingly dark tale also displaying a safe place – a place created for a woman to seek refuge in while her body was in harm's way. The story is called “The Collector” and was reviewed by The Rev some time ago.

[If anyone should know of more fic's form the pen of Xenasgrrl I for one would love a link.]