This is gorgeous, sheldrake. You write Dom and Billy so well - you capture their voices absolutely fucking flawlessly. I love the effortless banter, the affectionate piss-taking, the confusion combined with a clear sense of inevitability as the friendship shifts in minute but monumental ways. Beautifully, beautifully done, and just the sort of story I've been craving.

I don't think I've ever told you... The Real Place was the first Dom/Billy story I ever read (I believe kestrelsan recced it to me). At the time I was fairly ambivalent about the pairing - I was all about the Domlijah when I got into this fandom - and then I read your story and I just fell in love. Started seeking out more fiction, reading interviews and finding pictures with the two of them, and, well. You know how dangerously insane utterly obsessed passionate I am about them now. All thanks to you!