Well, Faith and Dawn are in an established relationship. (I think that I established that well enough in the fic that it isn't intentional fallacy-ish to say so here. I'm envisioning this as part of the Watcher!verse which would mean their first time would have been during "Dirty Girls.") But yes, Dawn especially is more young and teenagerish, not yet grown into the more capable Dawn we see post-Divine Interventions.

This is the first time I've written femslash this explicit, so I'm glad it worked on the "guh" level--I was scared to death of getting something wrong. Usually I rush through sex scenes, or else fade to black as soon as possible, but here I forced myself to take my time.

I actually decided that Fath liked hippos first and then worked out the reason. I really don't know where that came from, but it felt right so I ran with it and I'm glad I did.

I'm glad the fic worked for you!