Okay, now you're gonna get me blushing. Or grinning like a loon. Haven't quite decided which yet. *snerk*

But yeah, the pairing is just wonderfully bent. I'm seriously loving where you're going with this fic too. While usually my inner!Tex is all 'Ew, Stumpy is my bro' whenever I try and slash him with Swindle, this one is really working for me. *snickers*

I cannot claim the honor of coming up with Hound/Mirage actually. I think tactile_contact started that one but yes, I can proudly admit Smokey/Swindlec!crack! is mine. LOL As for Wyntir and I writing more Combatific, we are actually FINALLY coming back to a fic we abandoned about a year ago due to evil writers block so who knows, maybe we'll have something up in the near future!