Thank you so much, Dawn! :D I love the Lúthien from the Lay of Leithian the most, I think, because it conveys a great deal of character - to my reading she's surprisingly and delightfully confident and mischievous once she's in control of a situation (and on her own turf), so I tried to convey that aspect of her here, and I'm very glad that appealed. :) I can see how she's intimidating, too, since she does have a central legendarium story to her name, and I confess I tried not think about it too hard for a fic that's pretty much sacrilegious when it comes to canon piety. ;)

I'm so glad you enjoyed the smut as well; it was very fun to write and it's always nice to know that paid off.