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Ahem, clears throat, well, I can go into a little more detail about why I love it.
I love stories that tell me more about Jim/Blair's past, we get so little of it in cannon. I prefer slash but I occasionally like my slash with a plot, and this has a heck of a plot. This is also one of the few stories that has a convincingly likable Naomi, you've made her human and vulnerable and worthy of sympathy. I love how you have Jim/Blair show affection towards each other in ways other than sex. A lot of the sex in slash feels flat and lack tension to me, I personally don't think you need a heavy sex scene to make a story slashy. The one sex scene they do have comes in the right moment in the story, it's brief but still has plenty of ambiance and heat. You did a great job with Naomi, I thought her voice was spot on. The same with Blair, this was Naomi's story but Blair's journey also and I like how you've dovetailed both their povs. I love the deathbed scene, quiet and not overly dramatic and yet so very painful. And the end, where they are all on the plane, perfect, always makes me teary eyed. But what's awesome is I feel optimistic and uplifted at the same time, I think it's because the resolution was about compassion and forgiveness and I just got the feeling that Blair was going to eventually be ok because he has so much love in his life.