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[delicatale]

Okay, I really feel the need to ask this question here, because I am a bit worried about things I have read this afternoon...

In fic, do you prefer when characters use a condom or not? Say, in a Steve/Danny first time fic, what do you prefer? What do you think is more in character?

Please, do tell me. Any answer would be precious for my sanity, right now.

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[delicatale.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I tend to be less anal (hurr hurr see what I did there) about it when it's oral sex, even though I do feel bad about writing reckless, condom-less blowjobs all the time. But it's just - hotter, whereas having either of them whip out a condom for penetrative sex can be written in a seamless way (I do not believe that nowadays people aren't used to it) and not disrupt the mood.

And, yes, see, that's the thing. They've both had multiple partners and they're both modern men, and I just can't imagine them not just taking one out along with the lube when they're going for it - at least at the beginning...

I have just read different ideas, from another part of the fandom, where people are more into condom-less sex, because it's fiction, so it doesn't matter.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_thelostcity/]

I did see what you did there! And same about the recklessness about a condom-less blowjob, but it is definitely hotter and also more disruptive than putting one on for penetrative sex. I remember reading a story (not this fandom) where the person giving the blowjob put a condom on the receiver, but it just felt so awkward in the moment.

Yes, exactly what I was thinking. It's just...what you do nowadays. Many women even supply the condom, sometimes, too. And you do this until you're tested and decide not to anymore, but certainly not as a first-time, early-relationship thing.

Just because it's fiction doesn't mean it doesn't matter! Safe sex is the way to go and should be practiced as much as possible.

[delicatale.livejournal.com]

It can indeed feel a bit awkward, to write and to read. It's just common anyway, not to have a condom during these parts, even if you should.