You have never read slash? I had already read slash in Stargate SG-1, and even some terribly written Kirk/Spock my husband found on the internet, so I'm not sure what to tell you. I mean, I'm really a gen person, especially now, but I still love this story. I don't ship M/K at all. If anything I'm a really hard sell on the pairing because I don't like Krycek as a character and don't believe Mulder would ever have sex with him, let alone fall in love with him after what happened to Scully, and Melissa, and his father. But eliade still convinces me that this could have happened during "Sleepless," for which I give her mad props. However, I like doomed ships, and M/K is a train-wreck in the making, which is probably why I love this story even though I don't care for the pairing. And one reason why Andrea dislikes it so much, since she ships them.

There isn't anything to be afraid of. This is "Sleepless" with the addition of a developing relationship between Mulder and Krycek, which (obviously) is aborted by Mulder's discovery of Krycek's betrayal. You get both character's POV, and even some Scully. There is plenty of very hot, and at times, very kinky sex.

There is profanity. The guys talk like (some) guys in real life, not like guys do on tv. Andrea described the story's language as crude, I defended it as realistic.

There is a lot of sex in this story but there is also a very detailed recounting of the casefile of "Sleepless." We spend a lot of time being in the heads of the characters, listening to them think: about the case, and about each other. The psychological insight is excellent. I felt like I understood all of the characters better by the end.

If you aren't enjoying the story, just stop reading it, unless you are under 18, in which case, don't be reading it at all. (;