Ah. You know, strangely, I've never worried about that, even though I also don't write to the standard yaoi tropes, or aesthetics, or rules, or whatever you want to call it. I think I've made my peace with the fact that it would make me unhappy to do so, and so don't worry about trying. It probably is something I should consider more for gift-fic challenges, but I'm fairly reluctant to do anything I know will make me irritable, and produce something I'll like less.

Hee, thank you. Well, I need to write one more, at least. After having had numerous discussions insisting they make more of a switch pair than strictly Richard-top/Alec-bottom, I should write at least one story proving my point.

I do! And you've been choosing excellent ones; I'm having a lot of fun reading them.