*giggle* Crack!fic is definitely good for getting these things out of your system. I'd read it if you wrote it :)

I know what you mean about the 'two men in the frame' problem - it's tricky, and it needs thought and work. Some things I read make me wonder what the writers have read - can't they tell the difference between what they're putting down and what they've read in published fiction? I mean, I can see the gulf with my work, and I'm always trying to close it, but sometimes I wonder if people are even aware of it.