*blush* Thank you, I'm really glad to hear that you enjoyed it! There is, by the way, a sequel in the works.

Yeah, I kind of love the awkwardness at the end too, although it's essentially the same ending as in Mercy's fic.

Hee, yeah, for some reason I always see Xavi being the alpha in that relationship - maybe because he's a year older than Iker, which would have mattered more when they were teens, maybe because he seems like such a bossy know-it-all in general (and I mean that in the most affectionate way possible). Also I see Iker as more of a people-pleaser and Xavi as not caring so much what other people think.