Well, they don't see any reason why the couple should be apart once they know that they are interested in each other, so they event a lot of tiresome external reasons. And you know how I feel about that.

I agree about first times. I get that people love them, I just don't share that love for them to the exclusion of ER fic. And because there's less ER fic I want to champion it! In addition, I find ER fic more interesting to write, for the reasons you say. Once I've written the first time, I'm kind of done.

Please, my kingdom for something new, rather than the same damn hurt/comfort first time slash fic that has been basically rewritten since the dawn of time, or at least, the appearance of Beatles and/or Kirk/Spock slash.